<p>In this image released by Twentieth Century Fox, Freida Pinto. left, and James Franco are shown in a scene from "Rise of the Planet of the Apes ." (AP Photo/Twentieth Century Fox, Joe Lederer)</p>
August 12, 2011
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August 12, 2011 9 p.m.
'Apes' a pleasant summer surprise
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Considering the "Planet of the Apes" franchise fizzled immediately following the 1968 original (then hit rock bottom 10 years ago with that atrocious Marky Mark remake), I was expecting "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" to be this summer's most colossal bomb.