I have been really busy lately with festivals, work and catching up with friends so I haven't had time yet to write about Planet of the Apes, which I actually went to see with my mum about two weeks ago, she cried all the way through.
So, I have to really think about what I'm going to say about this film because I loved it so much I will end up talking gibberish. I thought James Franco and John Lithgow were amazing. The Apes themselves are much more realistic than in the television series, I was in awe of them. The emotion you can gain just from one look was incredible, just like the humans in the film, you could see the feeling in their eyes. Even though the film was visually beautiful the narrative was simple and predictable yet capturing. I could kind of guess what was about to happen after every scene but that didn't matter one bit, I was still on the edge of my seat all of the way through. Each scene was so gripping, I couldn't look away from the screen in fear of missing something. It's very rare a film has this affect on me, or anyone for that matter especially my mum because she falls asleep during every film she watches but not this.
I will be queuing up for it's DVD release.
