I saw Rise of the Planet of the Apes. Good film, enjoyed it, great FX, Andy Serkis stole the show as usual. But I didn't really feel any connection between this film and the original Ape films. In fact it reminded me a lot of a forgotten film made in the 80's, Project X, starring Matthew...
What's odd about Sam's post above is that it's the same thing I wrote on the previous page, word for word. It's a planet of the apes movie, I have all the others in the series in my movie collection. I can't imagine this one being so terrible that I wouldn't want it joining the others. And I...
I agree Burton's Apes wasn't a very good film but I saw it in the cinema and bought the dvd as soon as it came out, I did enjoy Tim Roth's villainous chimp Thade, and Roth didn't require much make up to look like a villainous ape (ooh). I was watching the Hulk the other day and there was Thade...