Rise of the Planet of the Apes is out on dvd, Chrisisall?

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UPDATED: Thursday, February 23, 2012 12:59
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SUASOR

Thursday, December 22, 2011 5:47 PM

They seemed to have sequels in mind, but I have not heard anything about it yet.

OPPYH

Thursday, December 22, 2011 9:05 PM

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Originally posted by chrisisall:

I'm officially blown away.

Yeah so was I.
It just has that classic APES feel to it. Everything from the thought provoking premise to the bloody final battle.

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OPPYH

Thursday, December 22, 2011 9:13 PM

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This would definitely have to fall into the 'Surprise Of The Year' category.

Yeah, to put it mildly. I remember seeing the first trailer and rolling my eyes. Thinking Captain America, and Green Lantern would be magnificent, and RISE would suck. Well It turns out I was Disappointed big time with both of those films(Cap was OK, but I was just kind of bored and it didn't really do anything for my taste). Green Lantern...Ummm nearly walked out but paying the premium 3-D price, I just couldn't do it.

When I watched Rise I thought I was in for more of the same. When I walked out of the theater with a smile from ear to ear I felt like a new person again.

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HKCAVALIER

Wednesday, February 22, 2012 12:42 AM

Hey y'all,

Saw this last night. Sorry to say--shocked a little--but I didn't like it. I thought I'd at least LIKE it, y'know?--maybe not love it or think it was great, but right now, um, Mark Walberg's lookin' pretty damn good! I still think Tim Roth is the best thing that ever happened to a chimpanzee costume.

Good CGI, better than I expected, but the plot was soooooooo nothing you didn't see in the trailer--less, in a way, 'cause it implied all manner of exciting things that simply never happened in the actual movie. So, spoiler alert?

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I thought the primate sanctuary had EVIL HOUSE OF HORROR written all over it. Why would any sane man let these mustache twirling sadists have his beloved chimp? It was cartoonishly obvious where that was headed. AND THEN, the actual abuse the apes suffered was pretty...tame after the hype. If not tame, I'd say, at least, banal. There was more abuse going on at the actual research facility than the Dickensian monkey prison.

And then to end where they did? Immediately after the trailer, as it were? I mean, I was expecting some kinda "rise" going on, some kinda "planet" of the apes, not just the "cozy island" of the apes. And then tack on a MAJOR plot element in a little power point presentation playing over the end credits??? Tell me y'all who liked it didn't just gloss over the credit sequence when you looked back fondly on your viewing experience.

Aw, nuts, now Chrisisall's gonna think I hate everything. Again. I liked Daybreakers.

I didn't see that coming, but I thought it was smart and emotionally compelling and I'm always pleasantly shocked when Ethan Hawke puts in a good performance.

HKCavalier

Hey, hey, hey, don't be mean. We don't have to be mean, because, remember, no matter where you go, there you are.

CHRISISALL

Thursday, February 23, 2012 12:14 AM

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Originally posted by HKCavalier:
I liked Daybreakers.

I really want to check that out!

The not-so-much-laughing-anymore Chrisisall

THESOMNAMBULIST

Thursday, February 23, 2012 12:59 PM

Hey Chris.

Glad you finally went and watched it. It is rather good isn't it?

You make a good point about the little homage to Goldsmith, given that there were nods elsewhere to the original.

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