The Oscars Are Going To Come Calling Once They See Andy Serkis In 'War For The Planet Of The Apes'
by Mark Graham
Going through the short list of films which were able to seamlessly leverage advances in computer generated imagery (CGI) to tell an effective story to audiences, three films stand out: Jurassic Park, Avatar, and Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes. Jurassic, of course, was a pioneer, and Avatar is the highest grossing film in the history of cinema, but of the three, it was 2011’s Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes that gave us our most lifelike CGI creation to date, Andy Serkis’ Caesar.