REVIEW: DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES
Anyone who knows me or has read this blog knows I'm a big James Franco fan, but I don't worship the guy. I love his zany performances in Spring Breakers and Pineapple Express , respect his more serious work in excellent dramas like the first two Spider-Man movies and especially 127 Hours . But here's the weird thing I noted in my Oz the Great and Powerful review: he's been upstaged by primates: twice. The first came courtesy in Rise of the Planet of the Apes , where Franco had the spotlight easily taken from him by Andy Serkis' masterful creation: Caesar. The other problem with the 2011 prequel to the superior 1968 original was, though it was building up to it, it still focused too much on humans when all we want to see were the apes. I am very happy to say this film took note of our laments, and corrected them. Caesar is a father now, his wife just giving birth to another baby boy, along with his other son, Blue Eyes. It's been a decade since humans have ap...