Just got back from "Rise", yeah, it fits in so well that I am using just the first word of the title. That is how I refer to the other sequels... "Beneath", "Escape", "Conquest" and "Battle". It is a true Ape film, unlike Burton's misstep. My two sons and I just loved it!
It truly paid homage to the original film. All those references with the character names: Maurice, Buck, Cornelia, Jacobs, Franklin, Rodman, Dodge Landon, Bright Eyes, and probably some I missed. I'm not going to give away other things that refer to the original series of of films but there are a lot of things that reflect things that were in the original.
The only thing I will refer to is when one of the characters delivers the line: "Take your stinking paws off me you damn dirty ape!" It just sounded out of place, no one can deliver that line like Heston and it just didn't have the gravity it did in the original. It was almost like the film maker felt obligated to put it in and it just didn't work. It was the one bad note in an almost perfect reboot of the franchise.
Loved it! I know that most of you in Central City will also.
