While not wanting to admit to being a connoisseur of the Planet of The Apes series, I have seen all of them, and enjoyed most of them.
Naturally, the very first one was a landmark movie. Even if the humans in the chimp and gorilla suits look impossibly clunky now, the notion of a world ruled by apes is still sci-fi story-worthy, and the scene where Charlton Heston and his fellow survivor(s) round the beach on their horses and see the Statue of Liberty buried in the sand is still huge for me. I can remember when I first saw that final scene it confirmed that "the planet" was in fact Earth at some time in the future. I just wish the Tim Burton-directed Planet of the Apes, with Mark Wahlberg and Helena Bonham (sigh) Carter had included a similarly enlightening scene, so that I knew what the hell had happened, and how the chimp in the space-pod who left Earth before Wahlberg managed to automagically land at Wahlberg's location AFTER him.
Anyhow, back to 2011: this latest Rise of features wonderful CGI (computer generated graphics), with what I think were only two apes played by humans in motion capture outfits, a great story, and great location shots in and around San Francisco and the Golden Gate Bridge.
Of course, it doesn't work so well if you try to spot logic holes in the plot. Just accept that it's all ridiculous fun, and enjoy it.
And if you just cannot accept it without some facts, make like a nerd with this cheat sheet.
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