rise!

we went 2 alamanda on saturday. so far away fr home. thing is, we had free tixs for mr popper's penguins for ahmad & kakak (courtesy of lovely aunT kay), so since the show was on for quite some time, it was still available at few cinemas & alamanda was among one. & my colleague fr ofis who was temporary  bujang on that w'end since the wife & kids went balik kg (his leave application wasnt approved) had asked me 2 watch 'the rise of the planet apes' wit him. & so we went. i definitely couldnt resist mr james owh-your-sweet-smile-melts-my-heart franco on the big screen.

for some reason, i just felt that the movie wasnt suitable for dhani. that was why i made him  watch mr popper instead. i thot the RotPotA (rot.pot.a???) wud confuse him coz i had planet of the apes on my mind. him being a curious one, might shower me wit questions i have no answer for.  like last time wen we watched 'x-men: the 1st class', he asked why were the club girls wearing sexy lingeries? & wat does 'go fuck yourself' mean?

RotPotA is totally different fr planet of the apes, starred mark wahlberg & helena bonham carter. while PotA was set in apes world, RotPotA has today's world on the background setting. will (james franco) is a scientist working on the cure for alzheimer, tests it on a chimp and is so close to success just to get his research called off wen the chimp runs amok. the chimp is eventually shot to death but leaves a baby, entrusted to will. he brings him up and secretly carries out his supposedly abandoned research on both caesar the chimp and his own dad who suffers fr alzheimer (yes, that's why he's so adamant in finding the cure for the disease & eventually it becomes his personal battle). meanwhile, caesar grows up as an extraordinarily smart chimp who could beat his human counterparts his age. but chimps dont make a gud pet. no matter how human they are, they stil have that innate beastly traits in them. the rest, u'll have to watch it yourself.

as much as i know that the story is all fictional, i'm stil impressed wit the cgi & the magnificent techniques they use in making the film. the chimp 'caesar', tho inconsistent in size, is really convincing especially the facial expressions. i could totally feel his emotions - wen he's sad, wen he's happy, wen he's curious, wen he's disappointed, wen he's scared, wen he's confused, wen he's being rebellious etc etc etc. in short, they manage to not only portray but also differentiate the emotions felt by the chimp. & i think it might be true since we share about 90% gene wit our ape relatives. who knows...

credit to andy serkis, the man behind caesar the ape. if u watch caesar closely, u wud see gollum (LOTR) in him. yes, he played gollum too.

i almost forget 'bt will's girlfren, the only female character in the film. it's the girl fr 'slum dog millionaire'. she's pretty & she looks like a very smart girl being alongside the main character, will. but her role isnt that big, almost insignificant, to be honest. but i think she might land a role of bond girl one day (i just think she's got a bond girl persona wit her).

so peep, rise & go watch it!