Rise of the Planet of the Apes

I was..pleasantly surprised by this one. The plot/story holds up fairly well. James Franco is his normal solid self in a non-stoned role. And Andy Serkis and the other motion capture actors playing the various apes do an astounding job. I do wonder though if they ended up making the chimps too tall. At the end adult Ceasar is the same height as James Franco's character. And I have a small quibble with how lax the containment protocols are at what is supposed to be a cutting edge lab engaged in viral-delivery genecrafting work...

New Comics Day 8/10/11

Well, comic anyway. With the Unwritten being the sole title from my pulls to arrive this week. Tom and his friends continue to investigate the proto-super-hero, the Tinker. And the Conspiracy goes around murdering everyone associated with Tom's life. Or possibly his father's life. Or at least the books...

Since it was such a light week I also grabbed the first two collections from the relaunched Marvel Adventures Spider-Man. I love this line and Tobin's writing on this version of Peter Parker...