Watch James Franco Start an Ape-ocalypse in International Rise of the Planet of the Apes Trailer
You know what gets Movieline excited about Rise of the Planet of the Apes? Hearing James Franco talk all movie scientist-y while dramatic music underscores footage of a CGI ape defending John Lithgow's honor on a suburban street corner. With that in mind apparently, Twentieth Century Fox has customized the international trailer for Rupert Wyatt's Planet of the Apes reboot.
It has everything! The apparent cure for Alzheimer's! Animal cruelty! Apes who use utensils and wear straight-leg jeans! John Lithgow in those short-sleeved button-up shirts that no one wears except for church group volunteers! Dramatic lab confrontations! James Franco trying to convey authority by wearing suits and delivering lines like, "These tests need to be contained!" Guns! Explosions! Helicopters! A gorilla named Caesar with Andy Serkis eyes!
VERDICT: Count us in for opening night.
[via ComingSoon]
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I'm amazed at how a few hundred apes can bring down civilization.
THANK YOU! Wouldn't we just drop a bomb on them? Or, y'know, shoot them? Seems likely.
I've always thought, why not use real wolves when filming a movie about werewolves instead of elaborate special effects that look so fake? Aren't they supposed to morph into actual wolves?
The same thought is what bothers me so much about the trailers for this movie. Never once do I feel like I'm watching real apes/monkeys/gorillas. It's very possible they actually filmed some scenes with live animals, but this feels so ridiculously CGI I have no desire to see it. None of it feels real.
Actually they should have the army surround them, but before they can wipe them out the EPA declares them an endangered species, leaving the apes free to run riot.
True. It just looked like an ape video game with some human cut-scenes.
What's so hard to believe? It's happening in congress everyday!
BA-ZING!!!
(I'll be here all week, folks, stay away from the veal)