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Monday, August 8, 2011

RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES (2011) - WETA Visual Effects Featurette

This featurette is an in-depth look into the complex process of bringing the apes in "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" to life, using the technology developed by WETA Digital, the visual effects company that worked on "Lord of the Rings", "King Kong" and "Avatar". The results are indeed breathtaking and this could possibly earn WETA another Oscar for their amazing visual effects. And it might be time for Andy Serkis to receive some well deserved recognition during the awards season as well. "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" is now in theaters.

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Friday, August 5, 2011

In Theaters : RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES (2011)

Official Synopsis : A single act of both compassion and arrogance leads to a war unlike any other -- and to the Rise of the Planet of the Apes. The Oscar-winning visual effects team that brought to life the worlds of Avatar and Lord of the Rings is breaking new ground, creating a CGI ape that delivers a dramatic performance of unprecedented emotion and intelligence, and epic battles on which rest the upended destinies of man and primate.

Genre: Thriller, Sci-Fi, Action

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Thursday, April 14, 2011

RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES - TEASER TRAILER

The teaser trailer for the highly anticipated "Planet of the Apes" prequel is finally here and it looks OK. Just OK. Nothing amazing. It looks a bit like the Will Smith movie "I, Robot" with apes. We also get a bit of plot to go along with the CGI. We see James Franco and Freida Pinto, involved in the experiments that will ultimately create the intelectually enhanced ape known as Caesar (Andy Serkis doing the mocap and voice), who will rise against the cruel human captors and free his monkey friends. Uhm, is it politically correct to say "monkey" ? 'Cause I wouldn't want Caesar coming after me after he reads this. Anyway, it's nice to finally see some actual moving images from the movie, but I find it rather dubious that they would advertise a movie as being made by WETA Digital, the visual effects company for Avatar ? What ever happened to using actors and directors to attract audiences ? Or a decent story for that matter ?

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Tuesday, April 12, 2011

First Look at 'Rise of the Planet of the Apes' VFX

Oh. My. GOD ! It's...It's...It's...a MONKEY !!!! And a CGI one at that. This is the first official look at this year's highly anticipated prequel to "Planet of the Apes" starring James Franco, Freida Pinto, Brian Cox and Andy Serkis (voice & motion-capture), due for release on August 5. Indeed, one can safely argue that the tech involved in the making of this movie far outreaches the classical prosthetic make-up used as far as the 2001 Tim Burton reboot. These will probably be the most realistic talking apes we're ever going to see on the big screen. And Serkis himself is no stranger to the monkey business. He also provided motion capture for Peter Jackson's "King Kong". Now if only they could guarantee that the story and characters will be just as impressive. Still waiting for an actual teaser trailer to form an opinion. So far, they're teasing us with style, not substance. And since when do they think that audiences buy tickets to movies based on just how impressive the technology behind them is. I'll take the old ape costumes anyday, if the story is any good. Which is why, even to this day, the 1968 original still works. They have a lot to live up to.

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