And it wasn't just any one aspect of Caeser, not just his facial expression captured from Andy Serkis nor just the creation of him from the tech team, but it was the overall delivery and performance of this CGI masterpiece.
But before I go off and give the impression that he was the sole reason for the success of this movie, I have to say it was everything about the movie. From the plot to the acting to the story development and the computer graphics, it was a successful marriage and wonderfully directed by Rupert Wyatt.
However, there was some cheese dripping to the floor from certain scenes and they have always involved the apes. Perhaps of the limited experience of Wyatt in the director's chair, when he wanted to go for dramatic effects, sometimes it just went overboard and came off tacky. One good example was when Caeser came out of the smoke riding a horse with one of its arm raised in the air. Totally unnecessary from my point of view.
There were some other little things like how Caeser obtained the knife from Tom Felton's character, which could have used some more creative writing ideas. But still, credit to Wyatt for directing quite a difficult movie. Especially when he conveyed conversations that was going on between the apes so that the audience were clear on each intention.
Brian Cox didn't really stand out for me but he delivered what was needed of him. Freida Pinto from Slumdog Millionaire fame, and who started her acting career there, grew to become beautiful and a beautiful actress who performed adequately here.
A very nice reboot and I wouldn't mind sequels.
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