Hello,
My girlfriend was at a concert on friday night so I decided to fight the crowds and check it out. I am big fan of the first movie and was/am dissapointed in all of the subsequent sequels. I thought with Tim Burton at the helm the story and script would be interesting, I was wrong. In my opinion the script is horrible, peppered with one liners and no real interaction between the protagonist and antagonist, just a lot of running around. Mark Walhbergs performance was mild at best, but his scripted lines weren't much to work with.
What the movie has going for it is awesome effects, Tim Roth as a (very frightening) chimpanzee general, and a not-so happy hollywood ending.
Worth seeing in the theatres for overall effects (should win an Oscar for effects pretty easily), overall grade though "C".
see ya VINCE