 This is one of those things. To make that great comedy, you gotta find a way to perform. I'm not really a big fan of romantic comedies in general. Welcome to the very first episode of Movie Feuds Presents Real Time Reviews. Much like the great Siskel and Ebert, Cory and I are going to give you our thoughts in movies, playing in theaters. You get two reviews for the price of none. Because our show is free. Yeah. I'm going to let Cory kick it off by telling you all why you should run out and see Rise of the Planet of the Apes. Actually, I didn't see the movie. What? I didn't see it. We were supposed to go out and see the movie this weekend. Yeah, I know. It was between that, the Smurfs and the change-up. That's fine. I'll take it. I'll tell everybody why they need to run out and see this movie immediately. This film has great pacing and the focus stays tight on the main monkey Caesar, played by Andy Serkis. Andy Serkis, the same guy who was King Kong and I think Gollum? Correct. That guy only plays CGI characters? Correct. And he plays them well. Stick with what you know. He's been around the jungle for a few years and he owns this picture. This thing's got great character development with bits of action sprinkled throughout. All I saw in the trailer was action. So if that's the way the movie went, the pacing's pretty far-reached. You were talking about the original full trailer and I agree with you. It was very action-heavy, but they did come out with the second one later on. You probably missed that it was a lot slower and it really told a better story. And that was the story that was on the screen. From what I know of Planet of the Apes, it's kind of like iRobot and the fact that maybe we train the animals versus training or building the robots and then eventually they go haywire. Let's just say unlike iRobot, this one builds a much stronger foundation and it's one that doesn't have a conclusion. So don't go into this thinking there's a beginning, middle and end. It's much like the first part of Deathly Hollows. They're building up for something much bigger in the future. Fox's new cash cow, in other words. Are there any other characters in this? I mean besides CGI monkeys, John Lithgow is in this, right? I mean he's pretty solid. Yeah, he plays the dad of the main scientist and he's got Alzheimer's and basically the entire plot revolves around them trying to find a cure for this so they're injecting it into monkeys. Wait, wait, wait. The deep blue sea plot instead of sharks to monkeys? It's exactly the deep blue sea plot. The monkeys are getting stronger, smarter. If Ella Cool J makes an appearance, I'm through the doors. Spoiler, he doesn't. So Lithgow did a suitable job and the computer generated monkeys looked like real monkeys. Unfortunately, Sir James Franco didn't bode so well. Not a sir, but I can see James Franco being a little startled because he's only got Spider-Man under his belt when it comes to CGI. Yeah, that's true. 127 hours he did a phenomenal job and I thought, but I think where he struggled was he's acting in front of imaginary pixie dust in a green screen. You know, he can't see anything so he can't really react. Kind of like us. Kind of like us. There's really no other human characters to speak of other than like Draco Malfoy who plays Draco Malfoy, very one-dimensional. He's a nice tip to the Potter fans, that's about it. He's got a decade of being Draco Malfoy under his belt so he can't really break them up that easily. No, he does a good Draco Malfoy impression. So I was pleasantly surprised by this film. In fact, it was my breakout blockbuster of the summer that wasn't in the Potter series, of course. Kind of a breath of fresh air because, you know, most of the movies this summer have been sequels, sagas, you know, all that. You know, so there's a couple of dumb plot points that are not gonna spoil like a major plot hole early on in the film but just go see the thing, you'll like it, you'll have a good time and I'm gonna leave you there. More than just reviews, this is Movie Feuds. Presents real-time reviews.