Been on a movie binge recently and going from let down to let down is hard going, so this was a nice change of pace! I knew nothing about it before hand, never saw the originals. I wasn't sure I would like it at first because as open minded as I can be, a talking monkey, writing English, etc. was too much. I laughed and then thought about turning it off. But I hung in there and pretty soon I decided that it wasn't even about apes at all, the whole thing is supposed to be symbolic of real life. So seeing an ape driving a tank and whizzing around like Rambo with 2 assault rifles stopped being laughable and started to be interesting and exciting. It is really well made, a few dodgy effects but mostly it looked good and convincing, good story and actors. But the message is the best bit. I tried googling it and surprisingly didn't find the results I assumed would be everywhere.... The humans represent "The West". The apes represent another culture, ie, Muslims. Ceasar is the educated moderate leader. But Koba represents extremists. Dreyfus represents human ignorance. I dig it.

p.s. I would have liked to see that big Silverback get busy.