"Rise of the Planet of the Apes" is a mixed bag. The last half hour or so is well done. It's totally ridiculous but its kind of exciting. The rest of the movie isn't nearly as good. The script is pretty good but the cast is a letdown. James Franco is in over his head. The usually always reliable John Lithgow completely fails at his role. His performance is more annoying than anything else. Lithgow ruins every scene he's in. There's more, Caesar the Chimp is almost as bad. Everything that went right when Andy Serkis played Gollum in the Lord of the Rings movies goes wrong for him here. After a while I couldn't stand looking at his eyes anymore. Other than a very dreamy Freida Pinto, "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" doesn't have much going for it.