One of my most cherished movie-watching moments was being witness to Caeser's first word. When Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes made its way to theatres in the summer of 2011, most audiences (including me) had little to no expectations from it. Tim Burton's ghastly reboot of the campy '70s franchise (Ape-Raham Lincoln, NEVER FORGET) had left a nasty memory in the minds of many an audience member.
When Rise... took a wholly new approach by examining the origins of how ape-kind could physically and intellectually match and eventually overthrow mankind, I was fully on board. ....