Hi Loves!

So this evening my Boyfriend and I rented  Rise of the Planet of the Apes from Redbox and watched it. I LOVE James Franco as an actor and was excited to know that he was in this film. I love all things bringing together humans, animals, and someone taking over the world. For those of you who have not seen the film and intend to I don't want to spoil it for you, but let's just say that you find yourself rooting for Cesar (leader of the apes) and his army to out smart the human race. However as we were watching the film I kept asking myself, where are the female apes in this story? I'm positive that the Ape Kingdom consists of female species that are contributing to their society just as the males are. I'm almost positive that this story just as easily could have been about Cleopatra instead of Cesar. But that's just my opinion.
Every leader in history has had a woman by there side who has helped them takeover the world and in my opinion Cesar is no different. In fact, I would argue that if he did have a female influence many of the films storylines would have gone a different route. All in all I thought that the film was great and really humanized the use of apes as scientific experiments and what happens when things go wrong. I'm giving Planet of the Apes: Rise of the Apes a B+! It would have been an A if there was a female chimp by Cesars side to help him rule the land!

Peace. Love. And Blessings
~Allyson