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Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides. 5/10

Generally OK. Bit slow, but it's quite exciting when it speeds up. Not as funny as the first and second.

The good points are Penelope Cruz (as always) looks hot, as do all the actresses playing mermaids. Ian McShane, Geoffrey Rush and Johhny Depp are excellent as Captains Blackbeard, Barberossa and Sparrow respectively.

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Capote 5/10

Promised to be a good film but dragged on far too long for my liking. Also the actor who played Truman Capote was a bit OTT with his campness, and his portrayal of the perceived way a gay man speaks, and his mannerisms.

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I thought the same when I watched it too, but from what I read he really was/acted that way in real life. I thought it made it more difficult and distracting to watch personally. I will get round to watching 'In Cold Blood' though at some point.

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Damn. After the horrendous mess that was Pirates 3, I was hoping for a return to form from number 4.

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That's What I Am 7/10

A good film, I enjoyed it.

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hmm last movie I saw;

Harry Potter Deathly Hollows Part 1

Thought it weren't very good what so ever!
think I had bigger expectations for it! was more about them arguing..
1 thing that was good the effects!

I give it 4 out of 10 very mediocre

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The thing is that it is a very long book and therefore they have to set the scene for the second half, the same thing will happen with the final Twilight movie, the first half will seem poor unless viewed as one continuous story.

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Thor.Very enjoyable romp.Looking forward to the Avengers after seeing the end credits.

8/10

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Xmen First Class....thought it was very good acting in general and also good story :) :D there is some beauty to look at for the boys and the girls as well.

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X Men : First Class - 8/10

Very good and the best use of the f word in a film for a long time :D

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forgot about that little cameo Derek :) :D

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`Priest` Very Good film. 9/10 :)

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Lord of the rings and Return of the King and it was wonderfully directed by Peter Jackson and now roll on The Hobbit and the LOTR prequel.

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Monsters -8/10

Not that much action, but spooky with it. Beautifully shot as well.

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X-Men First Class 10/10 an excellent prequel to series and well worth going to see.


Pirates of the Caribbean : On Stranger Tides 5/10 Watchable but nowhere near as good as any of the previous 3 movies.

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Agreed - really enjoyed the film.

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Source Code 7/10

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Super 8 6/10

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This movie is now over ten years old but I watched "Frequency" yesterday and still really like this film.

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Ne le dis Ã* personne aka Tell No One.

Excellent thriller, which looks like it is going to be remade by Ben Affleck. (Hope not as it doesn't need to be remade).

9/10

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X Men : First Class - 8/10

Really enjoyed it :)

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Indiginous Basterds. I finally got to watch it, and I'm glad I did. Excellent film 8/10

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Paul - 8/10.

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True Grit-9/10 absolutely superb and as good as the original.

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Paul - 8.5/10
9 - 8.5/10 (a link to IMDB to save confusion lol)

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Green Lantern - 7/10

Despite the poor reviews I did actually enjoy the film.

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Thought I'd posted this, but hey ho..

X-Men: First class 7.5/10. Excellent film, but let down slightly (only slightly) by the actor playing Magneto who isn't as good as he thinks he is.

Bad Teacher: 6/10. Bit predictable, but funny and likable all the same. Cameron Diaz is particularly good (and she looks hot) at playing a bitch, which was a nice change to see as she is usually so nice in films. Lucy Punch (who played the tarty blonde in Hot Fuzz) is excellent as another teacher in the school, and, without giving away too much plot, does a good job of playing Cameron's nemesis.

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I held off watching this, after reading the reviews, but want to see it. I remember reading comics many years ago...green lantern was favourite, mind you..so was a lot of other comics...my version of the classics back then :)

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Ignore the reviews and go watch it!

I never listen to what reviewers say. I prefer to watch a film and form my own opinion of it :)

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X-Men: First Class. Hmm. They fiddled with the continuity somewhat (Emma Frost shouldn't be in her 20s in 1962, unless they're effectively going back to the comics...in which case it fits. Hmm.), but the SF explanation, i.e. slower aging, was good enough. In Mystique's case, particularly; it's feasible that someone with such a malleable cellular structure would be resistant to aging to some degree.

Casting, certainly, was spot on, except possibly for Magneto (I agree with an earlier post). January Jones, especially, very much looked the part of the White Queen.

Moira McTaggart, though, has been messed with to an unacceptable extent - she was originally a) a geneticist, b) a colleague of Xavier, c) briefly his lover, and d) a redhead!

The Hellfire Club was unjustly glossed over; they caused the X-Men a whole heap o' trouble, not the least of which was the resurgence of Dark Phoenix thanks to Jason Wyngarde's shameless manipulation of Jean Grey. Well, he got what he deserved...

Loved Wolverine's cameo, though!

One thing that bothered me greatly in a review was the notion of Xavier using his telepathy for personal gain, i.e. gettin' some. This is completely anathema to one of the most moral (if imperfect, as shown later) characters ever created in a comic; my first thought was 'Charles Xavier would not do that.' And he didn't. His use of his powers was much more subtle and in keeping with the Charles Xavier who fought Dark Phoenix to a standstill and died (?) doing it.

Green Lantern is next on my list. I deliberately haven't read the reviews. We shall see.

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You've got to remember that xmen was a reboot of series and like Startrek is following an alternate timeline..

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Source Code 8/10

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Stargate: The Ark of Truth

(I've been having a Gate-a-thon, and have just re-watched this after having finished SG-1 season 10).

8/10.

Just two seasons of Atlantis left now, plus Continuum.

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Transformers Dark Of The Moon 3D - 8/10 - Really enjoyed it, Better than the previous two in many ways though can't really beat the first due to the pure nostalgia overdose for someone like myself who grew up watching Transformers.
The action is better than the previous two, the scale is immense, the 3D is pretty good too (Though not as good as Avatars). Some niggly faults and small plot holes here and there but they are so slight you can ignore those and enjoy the film.
Enjoyed it so much I'm going again on Sunday and taking my niece.

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The A Team Sky Movies Premiere Average film , with some ok Action 6/10

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Hangover 2, dreadful, 2/10. Its just the same film but in another location.

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What did you expect though? I loved it and found it funnier than the first one. The formula works so no need to mess with it.

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Green Lantern, 6/10

Transformers, 8/10 for the 3D and monumental scale of blowing stuff up, 4/10 for the story, 10/10 for the best cross film quote by an actor in both films.....:D

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The Hangover Part 2 - 8/10

The Green Lantern 5/10

Transformers: Dark of the Moon 9/10

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Transformers: Dark of the Moon 3D 9/10
Best of the three by far! Everything that was wrong with the first two has been sorted in this. 3D looks amazing as well.

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Drive Angry

Awful...

The *only* good thing about it was William "Agent Mahone" Fichtner's performance as "The Devil's Accountant". He was awesome, as always.

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Space Battleship Yamato

For those that like live action anime this is fantastic :D

10/10 for this style of film but might not be everyones cup of tea

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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part 2.

Amazing, much faster paced than part one and the last 45 minutes or so are all action.

9.5 / 10

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The Happening - 1/10 what a load of codswallop!

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Neville Longbottom and the Deathly Hallows, part 2

8/10.


Fitting end to the series. Quite condensed compared to the book, but well paced. Didn't like the epilogue, though. I know it was in the book, but it really felt unnecessary in the film.

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The Lovely Bones (2009) - 8/10

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Transformers 3

Awful story (although not as bad as that of Transformers 2), and some truly cringeworthy scenes & unnecessary characters, but... Spectacular. Totally OTT giant robot violence and devastation. I loved it...

Oh, and some great lines from Nimoy ;-)

8/10

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Thats a Great film Tinky!:)

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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2 - 7/10
glossed over too much, the slow bits dragged, and too much was cut from from what should have been some excellent action scenes. Bits I had been looking forward to seeing from reading the book were a huge let down :( Bit of it shoul dhave been like LotR but just weren't, almost liek teasers fo what they could have done :( Maybe it should have been longer.

Also, don't bother seeing it in 3d, as there's not much good 3d in it, and so generally you're just seeing a too dark picture:(

Goblet of Fire is still best Harry Potter film by far IMHO.

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The last movie l saw was King Arthur last night on TV.

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This one is a old one but I think that it deserves 10/10. Due to how they managed to finish the movie?

The Crow - Brandon Lee

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The Last Starfighter - a bit pants but the kids loved it. :D

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Loved that as a kid! :D

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Captain America. 7/10

OK, nothing special and the after credits teaser is pants.

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H.P Deathly Hallows P2.

6/10 Not the massively excellent film I expected from a 2-parter and thought it was just a money spinning rouse. They could have happily amalgamated both parts into one film and it would have been better seeing as both were filmed as one then split later.

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HP7 hallows part 2 (Again)

Not sure how to score it, it was ok, but thought part 1 was better. Part one was a bit grown up compared to the others, but part 2 felt like it went back to kiddyland again.

Having fights with spells, and flicking wrists do not work well on screen, the end fight was all rather pathetic. And as for the 'shield', why couldn't they just kept casting another inside another etc.

Anyway, I'm glad that it's all over and I don't have to sit through another, but the series did have its moments and yeah they are worth seeing, but only the once (for me).

So I'll give this one a good 5/10, and 6 for the whole lot combined.

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Gladiator with Russell Crowe and it is a wonderful film diected by a master.

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The Ninth Gate - 8/10 weird film, even weirder ending!

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Watched `Super 8` last night and enjoyed it 7.5/10
Tonight i watched `Rise of the Apes` and really enjoyed it. 8/10,
A Good evenings viewing. ;):)

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goodburger 8/10 well funny

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High Noon last night and a wonderful western classic it is starring Gary Cooper.

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The First Wives Club (1996) - 4/10 It's meant to be funny :erm:

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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo 9/10 and looking forward to watching the other 2 in the trilogy.

Captain America 7/10 good but characters are a bit wooden and lacking.

Cowboys and Aliens 7/10 good but characters are a bit wooden and lacking.

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Super 8 - 8/10

I enjoyed it, but it could've done with a better ending though. It brought back memories of films from my childhood ;)

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Super - 8/10

If you like "Kick Ass", you should like "Super". Dark, violent, and a bit messed up, yet strangely uplifting at times (but mostly just dark, violent, and messed up).


Dead Snow - 8/10

Excellent Norwegian horror, about a group of students who go for an Easter holiday at a small remote cabin, little knowing that the area is cursed with Nazi zombies from WWII... Gory, great death scenes, some good humour and nods to other films.

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I hate it when that happens

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Once Upon a Time in The West a Western masterpiece.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bW-jSa9_k3M

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Captain America 8/10 fun and largely enjoyable.

However the best part was the after credits teaser for 'The Avengers' now that looks amazing!

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Hopefully The New Avengers film should be better then the 98 version.

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I think you have your movies mixed up.:D:D:D

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...2011/08/23.jpg

http://www.reelviews.net/movies/a/avengers.html


http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...50px-Avs38.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avengers_%28comics%29

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l do apoligise for this error

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:D:D:D

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:naughty::naughty::p::p:

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Knight and Day - 2/10 - There are no words to describe how bad this was

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Rise of the Planet of the Apes 8/10 a pretty good movie, do not get up when the credits roll otherwise you will miss an important part of the story.

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Yes l am looking forward to this film

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This is the prequel to the Mark Wahlberg movie of 2001 and all the original 1960's movies.

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l was not that impressed with thw 2001 version but l quite liked the earlier films and remember there was a 14 part series as well.

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Seen them all.;)

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It's a complete reboot of the franchise, rather than a straight-up prequel.

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Rise of the planet of the apes - 9/10
Very good, some nice touches to link it to the originals

Inbetweeners movie - 8.5/10
Superb! Just like a long episode which isn't a bad thing.

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Super and Hesher (Had a Rainn Wilson evening!)

I highly recommend both. 9/10!

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It has nothing to do with that travesty from 2001. :mad:

Its a prequel of sorts to the original movies but at the same time its a sort of reboot.

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Mesrine parts 1 & 2 (Vincent Cassel) 8/10
22 Bullets (Jean Reno) 7/10

3 French gangster films that hit all the right spots.

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It is a prequel to them all regardless of your love or hate of a certain movie.

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The Smurfs 9/10 - Very interesting movie it remanded me of the time when I was little :)

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Not to start a debate but while Rise is technically a reboot it still follows the plot of the oroginal films so can still be classed as a prequal, where as the Tim Burton movie was a total reimagining of the story and had no real links to the original films. :)

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The Man From Nowhere - Korean 2010 Movie
8/10! Pretty good, reminded me of Leon :D
Imdb Linky ~ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1527788/

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A bit like what they did with the new Star Trek movie were they kept the basic premise even though the story changed somewhat.

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It isn't actually a prequel to "Planet" or any of the other original films.

In the original film series, the rise of the apes was covered by the fourth film, "Conquest of the Planet of the Apes"... but "Rise" does it differently to how it happened in "Conquest": It is a complete reboot of the franchise, starting from the beginning rather than e.g. the middle by doing "Planet" again. For it to be a "prequel" it would have to actually fit in with the original films and actually be set before in the same continuity. It isn't.

e.g.

The Star Wars prequel trilogy films are prequels - they are set in the same continuity as the Original Trilogy, and directly precede those films.

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom was a prequel to Raiders of the Lost Ark, as it is set before it in the same continuity.

X-Men Wolverine and First Class were both prequels to the first X-Men movie.

JJ Abrams' Star Trek was a reboot of the Trek franchise (yet also kind of a sequel & parallel timeline, thanks to time travel, to avoid disrespecting the fans by erasing everything in the "Prime" timeline)

RDM's BSG was a reboot of the original BSG.

Casino Royale (2006) was a reboot of the James Bond franchise.




Anyway, staying on topic, I saw it tonight. Loved it.

Rise of the Planet of the Apes

9/10

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Mixed views on Inbetweeners. As much as I liked it... it did lack something but may be I'm being critical after watching the series nonetheless, a good laugh.

The only film I've enjoyed watching so far this year was Limitless.

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My last movie was Cowboys and Aliens. Interesting premise, not a ver good realization but watchable.
6/10

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Watchable just about as you want to see how silly it gets and something not to be seen again.:D

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Cowboys & Aliens was a film that I was so looking forward to, when I first saw the trailer, but it was just so boring. As said, good premise, badly executed. 2/10.

I was sure that the aliens killed all the "army" in the first 30 seconds of the final battle, but more came, got killed and then more came...

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This is a good reason. ;) It's really silly and not well done but at least it is not extremely boring. :)

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I noticed that too. Also in the middle of the final battle the aliens were very easy to fight but at the beginning and at the end they were almost invincible. There were really a lot of "clever" things like this.

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I would call it really implausible ;) Don't get me wrong, I'm not one of those types who get all worked up over the tiniest of mistakes, but that took the biscuit. ;)

It's the sort of film that you may watch on tv if you've got nothing else to do and there's nothing else on tv.

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Rise of the Planet of the Apes - a lot better than I was expecting. There were a number of nods to the original - though I'd rather they hadn't put in the most obvious one, precisely because it was so obvious. A couple of criticisms, one of character and one of science:

Tom Felton's character, ignorant lout that he was, would surely not pass any sort of inspection, his relationship with the facility's owner notwithstanding. Apes are neither monkeys nor baboons, and such cruelty as he showed would be obvious to inspectors who knew their stuff. Apes, especially chimps, are so very like us, in that they suffer trauma as we do, and they react to cruelty as we do. It would show. Mind you, Caesar's payback was not a little satisfying.

As for the science - sorry, but giving apes increased IQ and cognitive ability is simply not enough to give them the power of speech beyond the very simplest sounds. Possibly even untreated chimps could speak, if they had the correct anatomy, i.e. a different shape to their skulls and jaws. As it is, they are literally incapable of it no matter how intelligent they are, and I was rather hoping this would be addressed. It could be argued that the genetic changes wrought in Caesar's DNA might have brought him part of the way there, but our mouths and jaws have, it is believed, changed gradually over several tens of thousands of years, after we invented tools and reduced our dependence on our own teeth to eat, resulting in the aforementioned changes to our jaws. This couldn't be done in one generation, by a few tweaks in DNA, even if the apes are, as Sir Terry Pratchett put it, only a few chromosomes away from wearing a vest.

But one thing they did get right was that Caesar retained the compassion he was taught as a baby by Will, from whom he'd never known anything but kindness. On numerous occasions during the battle, the apes had plenty of opportunities to kill people - they certainly had cause - but didn't take them. Well, except one or twice.

"We, who are not human, can afford to be humane." - the original Caesar, in Conquest of the Planet of the Apes.

The sequel - for they've clearly set one up - should be interesting.

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I suppose I am not so negative about this movie because I haven't expected anything from it. But I don't deny that it's quite stupid really. :)

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Last film I saw was "super" and it really was just that, a different type of film with some real dark humour, but yeh definitely worth a watch!!

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I saw The Loved Ones yesterday, as part of Film 4s frightfest season. I thought it was a really good film, enjoyed it as much as I enjoyed Wolf Creek.

At least an 8 of 10 from me.