Why you must watch "Rise of the Planet of the Apes"

I decided to watch “Rise of the Planet of the Apes” the moment I came to know that Weta Digital will be associated with this movie. My decision was not wrong and I am glad that I stick to it. We will come back to Weta in a moment but first let me tell you that “Rise of the Planet of the Apes” is not the movie to be missed. It is an excellent film with an eye opening message. This movie is not about some crazy bunch of Apes trying to bring chaos and destruction to the city of San Francisco, but this movie is about crazy human beings who can go to any extent to prove what they are doing is correct and whatever harsh decisions they are taking will proliferate man kind and eradicate some of the most dangerous and incurable diseases from the face of our planet. Well this issue is debatable and I am sure there will be no end to it.

Watch “Rise of the Planet of the Apes” for its excellent direction, heart touching story and superb performaces by all the actors, specially Andy Serkis. Now if any of you don’t know who Andy Serkis is then it is completely fine. Andy Serkis is the man who hides his face behind the CGI and has played some of the very unforgettable characters. Andy was the one who played Gollum in “Lord of the Rings”, he also played the role of the mighty “King Kong” (Peter Jackson’s version) and in “Rise of the Planet of the Apes” he played the role of Caesar. I guess both Weta Digital and Andy did an outstanding job by creating Caesar. You won’t be able to make out that Caesar is the creation of the magical motion captured CGI. The CGI effects are simply flawless and very neatly done. The expressions given by Andy Serkis were superb and heart touching. I am wondering if Academy will consider Andy’s role (as Caesar) and will nominate him in any of the best actors category. Hope after watching that you will feel the same.

Watch out this behind the scenes video to see how Weta and Andy created Caesar.



Now coming back to Weta Digital, it is one of the best CGI makers in the business of film making. Peter Jackson founded the company way back in 1999 and I recommed checking the wiki page to get more details on that. Based in Wellington (New Zealand), Weta brings in world renowned talent in the art of CGI and related effects under one roof. The team at Weta was responsible for creating some awe-inspiring CGI and bringing in some historical achievements in this elite field of film making. Lord of the Rings, Avatar, District 9 and King Kong were among the very best of Weta’s projects. For more movie projects of Weta, visit this link.

Go watch “Rise of the Planet of the Apes” and I am pretty sure you’ll like it. The movie does question your inner conscious about animal cruelty by repeatedly asking you these questions – are we doing justice to these innocent creatures, for the sake of experimentation are we using them as petri dish, will there be any alternative solution to test new drugs? Well as I have mentioned all these questions are debatable.

To me “Rise of the Planet of the Apes” was the best summer film for this year. Though it got released 4 weeks back, it continued to be among the top 5 grossers in the US. Go watch this movie and see how "Evolution becomes Revolution" (which is also the tagline of this movie).