I don't blame the actors b/c it didn't seem that they had much to work with. If this passes for smart then our standards have dropped. So, I don't know where all this "smart" talk came from. Entertaining from that aspect - along with Caesar himself, but not much else. Those movies were much heavier in every way while this plays much more like a straight action film. The original series was not afraid to hit you in the gut and make you think. It relies on a trite storyline that's been beaten to death (Don't play God Don't mess with Nature - yada, yada, yada) with nothing more interesting or thought-provoking. It isn't "smart" compared to the original films. The bad news: There's no Rod Serling-style, Twilight Zone-ish, philosophical themes or moral messages here. Action sequences and set pieces are all good. Serkis does his usual great job (although I thought his King Kong was better). The good news: The CGI apes stuff works pretty well. I finally ponied up last night to check it out.
With the surprisingly high box office numbers and positive feedback from most who saw it, I got more excited. Like most I was initially skeptical at the idea of attempting to reboot the franchise - but as positive reviews kept flowing in regarding this "smart" script and Avatar-like CGI, I began to get excited again. I'm a huge fan of the series (excluding the Tim Burton disaster, of course) but this didn't have nearly the depth nor the intelligence I was expecting.
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