Okay, I loved this movie. It moved at just the right pace for an action movie, kept the suspense high, and things moving along perfectly. John Lithgow was excellent, and I don't know why this movie had some negativity thrown its way. It was very, very well done in every way. The effects were fantastic, the throwbacks to the original were fantastic and fun - I love the references to the original movie, and I love that they kept it so that the first word spoken by an ape was "No" (mentioned in "Escape From the Planet of the Apes").
I am a huge fan of the series, having seen all the movies (except the remake of the original, which I have seen once or twice) several times over, mostly during marathons, and I love it. This newest film in the franchise is just awesome, it had me tearing up at the treatment of the apes, it had me in awe, and I just loved it, start to finish.