Yeah I copied over the filmspot best film FYC list. The only one on there we ended up getting around to was Apes, so I feel a little bad because people gave such good suggestions. But it's not for nothing, I learned a lot about what to expect from those films and it kindled my interest in many I was on the fence about.
As for Apes, it kept us all glued. It was my mum who first figured out what Caesar was drawing on the wall. My dad at the end said he thought he still preferred "the Heston one" but admitted that the look of the Apes here was obviously much better. It made me wonder though, if they end up making a film where the Apes are all evolved and are walking upright and speaking and such, will that still be the case? Will the cg still be as convincing? We know how normal apes look and move, and so in this film there isn't a lot to question... but if in the next film they are all walking around in clothes and speaking normally... how will we react? It should be quite interesting.