Rise of the Planet of the Apes: Review

Apes, what is it that comes to your mind first after hearing the word. A specie who is responsible for evolution of mankind. Science says humans evolved through apes, but after watching Rise of the Planet of the Apes, I wish we could stop the evolution graph when entering the matured Ape-like era. I would be glad if i had Caesar's intelligence. Afterall, who doesn't want to excel in each and every part of their life.

Yesterday, I had the privilege to go and watch Fox's new franchise after the very successful X-Men: First Class, the Rise of the Planet of the Apes. To be honest, my first reactions after hearing the never ending name and watching the not so attractive trailer, the first word came to my mind was 'Why?', Why is it that Fox is ready to waste their money on something that is not bearable, I mean Apes, please 'gimme a break'. But to my surprise, after watching the movie and coming out of the theatre I realized I am a human (Idiot, Jerk)

ROTPOTA has everything what it takes for a subtle action movie. Character sketches, graphics, action, humor, acting, background score, movie script and most of all the pace of the movie, all combined gives you a 'Smashing-Hit' package. ROTPOTA has managed to achieve itself this package. James Franco, John Lithgow and ofcourse Andry Serkis acted marvelously. For a moment i forgot that it was Andry Serkis behind Caesar's skin. Full justice done to the character by Serkis. The most beautiful part of the movie is the way emotions have been portrayed of both the Ape and the Human.

Plot: Human hands responsible for the evolution of Apes turning into highly intellectual individual, a science which gave birth to replica of human consisting of smartness, intelligence, arrogance, a science where even human has no cure to defy it. The tag-line 'Evolution becomes Revolution' is perfectly suited for the movie.

To sum up, ROTPOTA teases your imagination in a subtle way, the action and the story demands your attention, it gives you a proper build up to the story that was made in 2001. Everything in the movie makes sense. Rupert Wyatt has done a fantastic job by keeping in mind the duration and the pace of the movie. If you've managed to miss this one do not curse yourself, you're just being human (idiot).

My Ratings:- ***1/2

The Smurfs - Review

I am 23 and definetely no that type of a person who will go and watch animated movie targetted especially for monirs. But except for one clause, if i am getting free tickets. Yesterday, was one such day where i had the privelege to watch ‘The Smurfs’ for free. I had made up my mind that the movie i am going for will surely be a biggest blunder in the history of animated movies, courtesy the bad trailers and no PR. I entered the theatre with couple of my friends and wallah! What was suppose to be a biggest blunder in the animated arena, turned out to be one of the finest comic-book movie film to be ever made. It totally took me by surprise. The character description of each and every Smurf was amazing, i mean from the movie point of view. The voice overs, graphics and animation was commendable. The most enchanting part was the human emotion and touch involved to the entire script really blew me away by surprise. I haven’t read ‘The Smurfs’ comic book but after watching the movie would surely want to the libraries to lend me some of their comic book volumes.

Plot:- If you have read the comic book, you know the entire story. Gargamel the Antagonist of the movie is hunting for ‘The Smurfs’ to experiment his wicked spells. Clumsy the Smurf lands all the other Smurfs in trouble by bringing them all to planet earth between the Humans. Gargamel follows them to Earth. The Smurfs somehow gets connected to Mr and Mrs Winslow. Patrick dreams high of becoming a successful human-being, and hates the smurfs. But the cuteness and the honesty of The Smurfs drives Patrick towards them, who infact helps them in acheiving their final goal i.e. to go back to where they came from. Gargamel vs Smurfs and Patrick is also well focussed in the movie.

In all, do go and watch the movie, even if you think you are the most matured person alive on this planet earth. The movie surely attracts the Big and the minors.

My Ratings – ***