Why I love Movies

We saw the Rise of the Planet of the Apes today and it really was excellent. It is why I love movies and the way they can transport me. I laughed, cried and cheered. The way Andy Serkis played our protagonist Caesar tells me that the powers that be need to step into the 21st century and add a new acting category of motion capture actors. He deserves to be recognized for his amazing ability to bring life to these characters. Every emotion was there in the face and eyes, no need for words. The way they set it up for a sequel has me counting down until it comes out. If you haven't seen it, I won't ruin it for you but it is definitely worth the ticket price and then some. The way the world is today it might not be a bad thing for the apes to take over, maybe they won't make such a mess of things. But it is movies like this that bring out the inner child in me. It is indeed magical. I even liked it better than the last Harry Potter. In fact, it is the best movie I can remember seeing in quite awhile. The previews made it look like an action movie but the story was in the smaller moments. The love shared between Will (James Franco), Charles (John Lithgow) and Caesar is the core of the film. It breaks your heart when you know that Caesars heart had been broken and there was no going back. This film made the apes the hero's and you wanted them to be free of the shameful treatment at the hands of men. The pacing was good and I didn't want it to end, even though I had an attack of the small bladder but was unwilling to leave my seat. Damn those bucket of 15 dollar soda's.

I have always been a huge fan of the original Ape films and have seen them all numerous times. So to see such a high quality reboot far superior to any of it's predecessors (with a wonderful shout out to the Heston film) is very cool. If they don't mess it up in an inferior sequel this could be a long running franchise. Let's hope so.