When I saw the trailer, I could already see the whole movie in my head and I knew it would be awful.I could also see that the CGI were not up to the task.
Then I came here to see the ratings and lots of people seems to have liked it so I thought maybe I was wrong and its not so bad.Sadly it was worst on many points.
- Actors are just filling the spot, I mean they could have used any members of the crew like cameraman or sound technician and it wouldn't have made any differences.
- The story is lame and predictable with no originality, imagination or dept.Its almost like if it came out of a script writing software where you put some key words and it generate a story.If you're a fan of the old ones don't watch this you'll only end up angry.
- The CGI would be awesome in a video game but in the movie you never feel like you're looking at real apes.Even the movements like fighting or jumping or climbing and even walking don't look natural.I mean I would have thought that if they couldn't make them look real they would at least give them realistic movements ... But no not even and sometimes its just plain stupid like multiple apes jumping out of 3rd floor windows (lol) and all at the same time all getting on the ground at the same time no cuts or anything.Yeah facial expressions are good but still on a face that doesn't look real.
The best analogy I can find to describe looking for something like a modern version of the old movies and watching this would be like if you want a 2 inches thick old style pizza with the best quality ingredients cooked in an epic antic oven but instead you end up with an economic brand of a modern industrialized frozen atrocity half reheated in the microwave and still cold in the middle.
More and more movies and t.v. shows are as horrible as this these days and not only that people write, produce and sell them but lots of people likes it that way.Its like if a huge number of our populations are becoming empty zombies and these movies/shows are meant to feed them, it really scares me ...