I was hoping the flavor of the original series had been brought back - but I'm afraid if we can't resurrect Rod Serling or enlist a writer of his caliber, we'll never see it again. There's not much else to say about them since we're not presented with their context. In Avatar, military guy = bad, corporate exec = bad in ROTPOTA, drug company exec = bad, neighbor = bad, chimp worker = bad. Visually stunning, yes - but with shallow characterizations. A by-the-numbers retelling of Pocahontas or Dances with Wolves - where all the characters are one-dimensional. And this - along with the trite story - reminds me a bit of Avatar. I know Caesar is the protagonist - but to have the other actors be so uninteresting is a real drawback. All the humans are cardboard clichés in this film. Franco, Pinto, Felton, Cox and the rest are all one-note characters with little depth. I don't blame the actors b/c it didn't seem that they had much to work with. If this passes for smart then our standards have dropped. So, I don't know where all this "smart" talk came from. Entertaining from that aspect - along with Caesar himself, but not much else. Those movies were much heavier in every way while this plays much more like a straight action film. The original series was not afraid to hit you in the gut and make you think. It relies on a trite storyline that's been beaten to death (Don't play God Don't mess with Nature - yada, yada, yada) with nothing more interesting or thought-provoking. It isn't "smart" compared to the original films. The bad news: There's no Rod Serling-style, Twilight Zone-ish, philosophical themes or moral messages here. Action sequences and set pieces are all good. Serkis does his usual great job (although I thought his King Kong was better). Will feels certain he is close to a breakthrough and tests his latest. Scientist Will Rodman is determined to find a cure for Alzheimers, the disease which has slowly consumed his father Charles. AKA: Planet of the Apes: Genesis, Genesis: Apes,, Caesar, Rise of the Apes. The good news: The CGI apes stuff works pretty well. Rise of the Planet of the Apes subtitles English. I finally ponied up last night to check it out. Home / All / Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011) with Sinhala Subtitles Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011) with Sinhala Subtitles. With the surprisingly high box office numbers and positive feedback from most who saw it, I got more excited. Like most I was initially skeptical at the idea of attempting to reboot the franchise - but as positive reviews kept flowing in regarding this "smart" script and Avatar-like CGI, I began to get excited again. I'm a huge fan of the series (excluding the Tim Burton disaster, of course) but this didn't have nearly the depth nor the intelligence I was expecting.