Due to the overwhelming amount of good reviews from critics and people alike I figured it was worth checking out. Sad to say, I was not impressed. I will give the film credit for being by far the best of any of the planet of the apes films. And secondly, yes the CGI is excellent. Outside of that the film takes a rather predictable direction. Some interesting turns on occasion but otherwise rather predictable. Overall, the acting is good, but the writing and story went exactly where I thought it would. Ultimately this doesn't take the direction the books did. But oh well. This a franchise that should just be left alone instead of someone trying to reboot it every 5-10 years.