Rise of the planet of the apes

                         I liked a lot.  I love movies  with  monkeys. Monkeys are mysterious in every way. The monkeys  have so many attitudes and characteristics similar  to humans that is difficult to deny  the existence  of an evolutionary  relationship between the two species. This leaves us puzzled  if not  consciously, at least unconsciously. If the common  observation  leaves us  already mobilized,  what to say  on the theory  of evolution?  The ideas postulated by Darwin  seems  very well thought out, well-grounded. And here the mystery deepens. The theory  of evolution  answers  many questions  and raises  many more. Monkeys  are for us an alive question (or several).  It makes  this kind of movies  interesting  and atractive for us. We are more or less  like Caesar  when he compared  himself  with the dog. After all, who am I?  What am I doing here? I have human and animal features but I  am not human  nor animal.  How to trace  my history  if I am this odd creature?  What is my place in this order of things? When he found himself  trapped  on a leash, just like the dog, Caesar began to ask.  How to harmonize  the similarities  and  differences? Face the monkeys  we are  like  Caesar face the dog. Is there, really, a relationship between  humans  and monkeys? What is the nature  of this  relationship? Why some  unmistakable  similarities and a huge  gap  in  consciousness  and inteliggence?  And the  holes  that aren't  filled  with logical  explanations  are  easily  taken  by  the  imagination.  This is  why everything  that involves  monkeys are tremendously attractive for us.

                       I read  a review  of   "rises  of the planet...." the critic  has identified  carefully  several  discrepancies  and all  that remained unexplained in the movie  series  Planet of the apes. There is  gaps too, in this new  movie.  From  where  the research team  extracted  the  ALZ  112? It acts on DNA....but  how? Why? I honestly  didn't  understand  how Caesar  acquired  intelligence. I liked  commenter's work but I'm not getting this serious way.  The  "gaps"  in the film  are directly  related  to our impossibility  to discern  anything  approaching  an answer or at least  one search  path. Which  leaves us  with a  tremendous  compulsion  to speculate. As much  as the filmmakers  are creative is difficult to devise  a coherent  plot  or at least  plausible for such enigma.

                      In the end everything  will go on the way  of  fantasy. Fortunately. On cinema fantasy is always welcome and if it is  fun,  who's  going  to care about  consistency? I really enjoyed  " Rise of the planet....". Some scenes  reminded me  the priceless  King Kong, where fantasy  was delirious and wonderful  and  no  one  asked for consistency. Where  the craziest  and most abusurd inconsistency was the best of the movie: A gorilla in love with a platinum blonde. Although no  rhyme  or reason it was one  of the most  interesting  "impossible love" of the cinema.  At least, I was moved  by the scenes  on Empire State     

Building. It was amazing, no!? Now the fiery and  infatuated  King Kong  has been  replaced  by the smart, libertarian and  articulated Caesar.  Where  does he  get the idea  of rebellion?(television? books?).  And the ride  on  the  bridge? Very cool. Forget the consistency, I loved it. Apparently,  the monkeys have evolved  considerably. I do not  know  what was in  ALZ 112, but it  left Caesar hormones  totally  imune  to the females  of the human species. Although  weakened  by the crisis  of  identity  and everything  else,  would not hear  of any  woman.  And at  an early  age knew  to play  Cupid  by helping  Will win Caroline.  Look;  Our gentle ape suggest a dinner. Of course, nothing  to get hold of the ladies  as a primitive King |Kong. Awesome!


Raise of the planet of the apes

director: Rupert Wyatt
writers: Rick Jaffa, Amanda Silver
Stars: James Franco, Andy Serkis and Freida Pinto

2011__Twentieth Century Fox  Film Corporation