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Created Aug 07, 2011 06:27PM PST • Edited Aug 07, 2011 06:50PM PST

1. Quality

2. Summary

   Great 4.0

   So the birth and rise of the great Caesar and his brood is revealed! Finally a great prequel to the famous Planet of the Apes series that the boomers grew up with! I think half the excitement was this homage to the old-school. Only few films have you rooting for the bad guys – helped along by a*hole treatment by dumb-asses – but really you are rooting for their eventual take-over and hoping the movies get re-made. Great action and desired reaction to some very angry apes swinging around town and creating havoc… preparing for the eventual putting of humans in their place and creating a great series. Hail Caesar – I’m ready for more!

4. Acting

   Very Good 3.5

   James Franco holds his own, but Caesar out does him in the end. John Lithgow in an unsettling role – but a good job. Sorry, but Frieda Pinto will be forgotten very soon. Brian Cox – great as the corrupt ape-keeper. We’ll probably see more of unknown David Oyelowo, and we should have seen more of sidekick Tyler Labine – who could be Jack Black’s double.

5. Male Stars Very Good 3.5

6. Female Stars Very Good 3.5

7. Female Costars Very Good 3.5

8. Male Costars Very Good 3.5

10. Film

    Great 4.0

    Appealing to the boomers and paying homage to their adolescent entertainment is the biggest coup. Real aficionados will pick up on the references (Caesar on a horse, the astronaut launch, glimpse of Ophelia, very angry gorillas and more) , but adding modern effects and a higher level of sci-fi underpinnings could give a revival some staying power.

11. Direction Great 4.0

12. Play Great 4.0

13. Music Great 4.0

14. Visuals Great 4.0
15. Content

16. Edge

    Risqué 1.6

17. Sex Titillating 1.6

18. Violence Fierce 1.6

19. Rudeness Salty 1.6

21. Reality

    Supernatural 4.0

22. Circumstantial Supernatural 4.0

23. Biological Supernatural 4.0

24. Physical Supernatural 4.0