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Titan A.E. (Special Edition)

Titan A.E. (Special Edition)

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Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Visually a masterpiece, the story lacks though
Review: First off the story elements in this movie are not really all that original, but they do tie together well. The story is plausible and seeing as the movie is set in the far future, things are not totally unbelievable.

The movie starts off on the earth just prior to its destruction and then just jumps to 20 years in the future. Not altogether unheard of, but a little bit about some of the experiences of the main character during that time frame would be helpful to flesh out Matt Damon's character and some of its attitudes in the future. Sure we know that he feels that his father has abandoned him, and thus he could care less about the rest of humanity, but why is he such a reckless person as indicated by the sequence where he risks his life merely to get to lunch a few minutes sooner. Additionally, showing some examples of the discrimination against humans by non-earthlings in other locations and possibly some more reasons as to the reasons behind it. Yes, the movie aims at both younger and older audiences, but to get some of the older audiences, one must go into a little more detail than one has to with the pre-adolescent crowd.

All in all, the movie was an extraordinary visual treat, but as far as the story goes, it could have been a lot better. As someone said in another review, we science fiction fans want both a great story and great effects. The great effects may draw us in initially, but the story has to be timeless to keep us coming back.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: This Movie Is AWESOME
Review: I loved this film, it showed a new style of animation that hasn't been seen before. The special effects, were wonderful. Beautiful colors and 3-d animation go through out the movie. Matt Damon and Drew Barrymore's voice add more depth to the characters and over all this was an terrific film that shouldn't be missed. Everything in it was perfect it had action, laughs and a little romance this movie showed how advanced animation has become.

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: Disappointing.
Review: This movie had a cool, hip, look to it in all of the promotions and, when you watch it, it does look nice. But Titan A.E. suffers from a dull script. I don't know when, or if, movie producers will ever learn that science fiction fans need a good story and good special effects.

If you have to skimp on one, cut costs on the special effects because, if the story is no good, nobody will come around to watch the effects later on. A better suggetion, in my view, would be to cut the well known actors from the film. Since it is a cartoon, the name of a famous actor or actress don't draw in a crowd the same way as in movie. In this movie (DVD), they had an oscar winner (Matt Damon), and very famous stars like Bill Pullman and Drew Barrymore. I didn't know that though, until I read the back of the box.

Anyway, if your are still interested, Titan A.E. is the story of the life of people after the apparent unprovoked destruction of Earth. The survivors, scattered throughout the galaxy are hunted down and killed by the same mysterious alien race which destroyed the Earth. Nobody knows why.

The hero, voiced by Matt Damon, is a miner in the asteroid belt. He is the son of the dead inventor of the "Titan" program raised by his alien aid. Rumors are that the Earth might have been destroyed because of Titan. Twenty years or so after the Earth's destuction, creatures show up to hunt him down.

From this point on the story has one cliche after another. No particular one was so disturbing in itself, but the combined culmative effect was overwhelming. If you are 20 or older, I think this movie may drive you mad, because you will feel that you have seen every part of it 1000 times before. I suppose if you are younger, especially if you are a little kid, Titan A.E. might be fun because it will all seems so new. For the age group of 7-11, boys, I could recommend it. If you are any older, or a female, I would skip it.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Visual Heaven
Review: The last half hour of this movie is like nothing else you have ever seen. Absolutely stunning. This movie deserves the highest awards for achievement in animation and special effects. The DVD makes up for having missed this in the theaters, if only it was full screen.

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: Great Animation Poor Story
Review: If the creators of titan A.E. had put in a little more time this picture would have been awesome.

For instance why did the Drej want to destroy the titan?

We don't learn about it till the end of the movie? Sorry, but, if the only way to make the titan function was to wipe out my race I would be trying to destroy it too! The Drej could have been an outstanding enemy but, we've had enough mindless enemies ( The Bugs~Starship troopers, The Birds~ Pitch Dark and the birds)

I think more of the relationship between Kale and his dad would have been better and the "friend that is really your enemy" thing has been done to death! face off, empire, etc., etc.

I would have liked to have seen a group of freedom fighters in desperate straights fighting it out with a race that was desperate to keep their civilization alive. Instead I got great animation and a story line about a kid that can't decide if he liked his dad or not.

This is visually stunning but, not up thier vs most of the Japanimation that this was supposed to emulate.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Titan A. E. After Earth
Review: Why is it movies like this never get an audience? This is a wonderful movie. It's beautifully drawn, takes itself and its art form seriously. Let me make this real simple, this is animation that adults and children can enjoy. If you like Star Trek or Star Wars, you will love this movie. The cast is great Matt Damon, Drew Barrymore. So if you like the movies mentioned of above; appreciate any of the actors that I mentioned, or love the artform of animation. Get this DVD, even if you just like your DVD's packed with extras it's worth it.

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: ...What a BAD story. What a Good animation
Review: This is NOT an underrated movie, the reviewers of the day perfectly resume and correctly rate this movie. This is a poor attempt from Fox to compete with Disney's summer smash hits (and I say poor because Fox has done some nice tries, EX: Anastasia). But the plot is boring, predictable, the storyline seemed to be made by a 10 year old boy who can't organize his ideas. And also they took a lot of stuff out of Star Wars...the mighty and legendary classic, but it didn't work out at all. What saves this movie is the animation and all the 3D stuff. It was amazing the way they combined different animation styles. Still, in some parts it looks like a old, cheap, japanese cartoon. And the other thing was Gun, that character with binoculars eyes (and they almost kill him, good thing they brought him back to life or I'd take off another star). The soundtrack is also very good, specially Lit's song. Don't buy this (if that was your dilema), it's not worthy, and if you want to see this you should probably rent it or wait for it on cable.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: ~Great Movie~
Review: This is a great movie! I watched it when it came out on video. Its not one of those Sci-fi movies that at the end your like WHAT? I explaines every thing that you need to know to understand the movie. If your a big Star Wars fan or Anime fan you will LOVE this video!I watched it over 10 times and i only had it for two days! If you like this movie you would probuly like Gundam Wing.

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: AS "COLD" AS THE NEBULA'S ICE RINGS!
Review: I cannot believe that the same director of the passionately produced "An American Tail" and the marvelously executed "Secret of N.I.M.H." could have made this "soulless" adventure. None of the characters is interesting enough to care about, and if the future of humanity rests on the shoulders of "Cale," then, let mankind end. This flick, for all its technological wizardry, is about as thrilling as a trip to the orthodontist.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Eye Candy and Tons of Extras make this DVD Great!
Review: When I first saw this movie, I wasn't enormously impressed, however, the more I watched it the more I liked it. This movie sports some absoulutely GORGEUS artwork. The music is great and the plot is alright, I just wish it was about a half hour longer! There is so much that could be expanded upon! The DVD edition is wonderful! The widescreen format allows us to see the entire beautiful picture just like in the theatre! The sound and picture quality is excellent! Even if you find that the story lags, the sheer amount of extra features more than compensates for it. The trailers on the disk are great, especially the one that plays the Creed song "Higher" and the other where you can hear Verticle Horizon's "We Are". The disk also includes deleted scenes, which help make some scenes make more sense. A featurette, development art, music video,multiple language tracks and a Director's Commentary which explains the Gau, a bird/batlike alien species shown but not explained in the film. Although the plot is not perfect, it is still an excellent film.


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