Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes (EOTWS)

End Of The Week Shorts #15 extract: Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes (2011)

A surprisingly brilliant reprisal of The Planet Of Apes series containing one of the greatest moments of all cinema: that tremendous roar of "NO!". 

The only real draw-backs of this film concern the building and use of the human characters, which, though they are peripheral to this story and so certainly aren't welcome to take the spotlight, could have been handled a little better. On a more positive note, Wyatt takes this film in a direction that the rest in the trilogy didn't; he embraced the spectacle that could be captured with the apes natural movement - look for instance to scenes where the young Caesar moves around the home, or where he climbs the giant redwood for the first time. 

Beyond this, Rise is all about story with some great ties to the idea of 'Genesis'. For a lot more on this that contains spoilers, check this out.