Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

Looks like it's been pretty well received so far. In all honesty I found it slow, and the story a bit of a mess. To be fair though, I've only ever seen the original 1968 one (ended up at this one because friend's birthday) and thought this was purely a prequel, not a complete reboot, so I was trying to tie it in with the original in my head (and found the inevitability that comes with thinking it's a prequel somewhat depressing!). I should probably watch Rise and rewatch this one to give it a more fair analysis.

The history of it is quite complicated though isn't it. You have the original book, the original film, then several follow-ups that apparently sucked (barring Escape), a TV series, a remake film in 2001 that also apparently sucked, then the sort of reboot-prequel-thing. What a mess! Particularly with the remake being fairly recent and already made irrelevant via the reboot.

On the plus side it was certainly entertaining and with some memorable characters. There are iconic moments (and characters) that are - though probably unlikely to be as famous as that scene at the end of the 1968 movie, still unlikely to be forgotten any time soon.