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Summary: Not overly impressed
Review: This film was not what Iexpected from a major contender like Fox, and if I hadn't already seen good things come out of that studio I probably would never venture to watch one of theirs again.This movie shows that Disney isn't the only ones with computer animation talent, but it shows that at least in this case they lacked the story writing abilities. I do have to give them credit for an original plot. The ending is a massive stretch of the imagination, but any science fiction fan could appreciate that. The music is all rock and helps keep the movie moving.
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Summary: Plot, story, animation all a great display of artistic skill
Review: One of the greatist qualitys of this movie is the soundtrack.
A mix of great alternitave and punk music with a little modern in the blend. The story line and plot work great in a active enviroment, including you in the action.
The voice casting was well done using Matt Damon ... Cale, Bill Pullman ... Korso, Drew Barrymore ... Akima,
and John Leguizamo ... Gune. The movie has a great tale of save the world or what will be the world. I am always a sucker for a unknown hero, and beginning to know who you are now. If you like animated films and sci-fi space adevture/oddesy.
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Summary: An old fashioned space opera dressed up in new animation
Review: Sometimes how much you enjoy a movie is a question of timing. "Titan A.E." is a visual treat, using animation to find new ways of bringing the universe to life (inspired by what was then new pictures of deep space courtesy of the Hubble Space Telescope). However, I have recently started working my way through the very best of anime and have discovered that as much as I enjoy ambitious animation there is no substitute for a good story. This is not to say that "Titan A.E." offers up a bad story, but rather it somewhat paradoxically combines an old story with new animation techniques. This story is very much in the classic space opera tradition of Robert Heinlein, E. E. "Doc" Smith, and Isaac Asimov. A thousand years in the future the Earth is destroyed by the Drej, and humanity flees in space ships throughout the universe. One of these ships is the Titan, which carried the hope for humanity's future, but it has been lost. The hero of out tale is Cale (voiced by Matt Damon), who is the son of Titan's creator and he literally holds the secret of Titan's location in the palm of his hand. Working in a space junkyard he joins a quest to find the legendary ship with a jaunty space captain, Korso (Bill Pulman), the feisty Akima (Drew Barrymore), and a crew of assorted aliens. Ultimately "Titan A.E." is very much a triumph of animation, using drawings and computers to show us things that could never be pulled off in a live action film. Certainly the action sequences more than make up for assorted aliens that have more to do with the Disney tradition of cute sidekicks than creative science fiction. The film does have some fun tweaking the "Star Wars" tradition (e.g., the "intelligent guard"), you know from the start of this one the hero is going to get the girl and spaceship; it is just a question of which is going to happen first. Still, this is a wonderful example of state of the art American animation (which for the most part has been shifting more to computer animated Pixar films like "Monsters, Inc." than traditional drawn animated Disney movies in recent years), and if I had seen this film before watching "Princess Mononoke," "Perfect Blue," and "Grave of the Fireflies" I may well have rated in five stars. But even when it comes to the pretty picture world of animation, I still want not just visuals but a story that offers me something new.
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Summary: A thrilling intergalatic ride!
Review: "Titan A.E." (the term "A.E." stands for "After Earth"), is a fun science fiction adventure ride through future Outer Space. PLOT SUMMARY: In 30th century Earth, the planet is in danger from the vicious, terrifying alien species known as the Drej, who plan on destroying Earth and the entire human race. In the year 3038, a young boy named Cale (young Cale, voiced by Alex D. Linz), watches his father go to fight off the evil aliens, promising that he'll return. When Cale's father doesn't return, Cale is forced to grow up alone--without a parent about. Now, flash-forward to fifteen years later. Cale has grown up (grown up Cale is voiced by Matt Damon) who is one of the few surviving humans living on a strange planet over-run by aliens. When a captain named Korso (voiced by Bill Pullman), tells Cale that the gold ring on his finger provides a map to the ship known as the Titan, which could form another planet like Earth and provide life to save the human race, he forces Cale into a long search for the ship. The search turns into an adventure for Cale when he comes across the tough, beautiful pilot, Akima (voiced by Drew Barrymore), whom he falls in love with, and three alien partners to help guide them. But when Cale discovers that Korso is evil and the Drej are after them, it's up to Cale and Akima to reach the Titan ship before Korso or the Drej can get there first. ANIMATION: The 3-D animation is absolutely spectacular...some of the scenes look extremely real, such as the Outer Space scenes. Animation these days in films just keeps getting better and better. VOICE TALENTS: When you put great actors together like Matt Damon, Bill Pullman, Drew Barrymore, Nathan Lane, and John Leguizamo together in one film, you know the acting will be superb. No denying it! OVERALL THOUGHTS: I think "Titan A.E." was extremely entertaining and well-done. The script and storyline was well-written and the directing was excellent. There was a lot of action and it was well-paced...not too slow and not too fast. Original, and yet it still follows that rebellious-young-man-goes-on-an-adventure-and-becomes-a-hero-by-saving-the-world type of formula. The DVD is great with a documentary featurette on the making of the film, four deleted scenes, a music video, still gallery, DVD-ROM extras, an alternative ending, and theatrical trailer. The DVD is available in wide screen format. I highly recommend "Titan A.E." Score:
97/100
A+
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Summary: Grabs you and won't let go...
Review: This movie came out about the same time that "Star wars: Phantom Menace" did. I took the kids to see Star Wars (like about 90% of everybody at the time) and was yawning throughout my eight dollar sticky-floor-and-crinkly-candy-wrapper-2-hour experience. When "Titan" came out on video I got it for the kids. Once I saw it, I kicked myself big time for not having seen this in the theatres instead of Star wars. The animation was fantastic, the audio that came out of my surround sound TV had me looking over my shoulder numerous times, the story and characters were imaginative and fresh. I don't want to blow it, but the first 5 minutes of this video hold more excitement than all of "Phantom Menace". The kids love it, and so did I, so I highly recommend it.
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Summary: A fun flick!
Review: TITAN A.E. is fun. It's imaginative visually, the music is pretty good, the animation is awesome, and the story is alright. There seem to be a good number of people complaining about the story. I thought it was ok; I wasn't expecting something awesome, just entertaining. I was entertained, thus I don't really have any complaints about the film. Which is better; a movie that has a so-so plot (this one) or one that has an indecipherable plot (AKIRA) ? Who's to say? I loved AKIRA and I really enjoyed this. One of the better animation films I've ever seen. The characters were intriguing, sometimes wierd. The picture and sound quality are excellent. The extras were pretty cool too. So stop being so serious folks! Remember, this is supposed to be f-u-n! Recommended.
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Summary: Pretty Good But Not Great.
Review: This movie has some of the best animation that I have ever seen on screen. Only problem is there are a few parts where the animation and the CG effects don't quite mesh. It's so obvious because the quality of the graphics for the most part are so outstanding that any dropoff in picture quality is going to stand out like a sore thumb. For the most part the movie moves along very quickly with some humorous if not somewhat forced dialog. Drew Barrymore is the poorest of the voice actors followed closely by Bill Pullman. Matt Damon is only adequate as the hero. The Characters that really shine are the supporting cast. John Leguizamo, as Gune, Janeane Garofalo, as Stith, and Nathan Lane as Preed, all deliver believable performances. Overall this is a really solid movie that I enjoyed enough to watch a number of times with my children. Especialy my son. However I can't help but think that these guys missed a genuine opportunity to make a really good movie into something great.
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Summary: An entertaining film to watch with fantastic graphics!
Review: The story starts off with the evil Drej invading and destroy the planet of Earth. Only a handful of survivors escape the terrible destruction, including young Cale (voiced by Matt Damon). Years pass and now Cale is a young man, embittered at the whole human race, but most of all angry at his scientist father for leaving him. The human race is becoming extinct but there is still a dim hope in the mysterious project Cale's father was working on called the 'Titan project'. Cale is sought out by Korso (Bill Pullman) to help find the Titan spacecraft. So from there begins an adventure full of danger and excitement as Cale and Korso's crew try to discover the whereabouts of the Titan. The crew consists of the beautiful pilot Akima (Drew Barrymore), the annoyingly sarcastic Preed (Nathan Lane), the genius Gune (John Leguizamo), and weapons expert Stith (Janeane Garofalo). An extremely entertaining movie, "Titan A.E." is certainly an interesting movie to watch. The story has its elements of being sort of a Star Wars movie with the theme about there being a hope for the future for the whole galaxy. All of the creatures and aliens (my favorites being the alien race the Gaul and the 'cockroach' chef), all have interesting characteristics and quirky sides. The best thing about the movie is most definitely the extremely great computer graphics combined with 2D animation. The beginning where the Drej destroy Earth and the end sequence was probably the best computer graphics done in the whole movie. But of course all the starships, explosions, planets, and more were well-done also. The characters are likable for an animation movie. Unlike some movies, all of the characters have three dimensions of characteristics. Take for example Cale, a young man who is embittered in the beginning. Throughout the movie you can see the development of his character as he soon realizes that there is still hope for the whole human race. And there's also Akima, who though at first ignores Cale, bonds with him, friendship becoming love at the end. Here's my summary of the film: An entertaining film which I recommend for families. But the film is rated PG for some violence and some innuendo references. Let's just say that if "Titan A.E." was not animation, it would probably be rated PG-13. But on a good note, there is no bad language used at all. The reason for my 4 stars is that though some would find "Titan A.E." one of their favorite movies, I myself can't say the same thing. There are other films which I find are more fun to watch. Just my opinion but please, check out this movie if you get a chance! Here's an interesting Star Wars reference: When our heroes try to leave Bangkok, Akima says, "Would it help if I got out and pushed?" In "Star Wars V - The Empire Strikes Back", Leia says a similar line to Han Solo before they leave the Asteroid field.
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Summary: Do the Drew!
Review: First of all I love Drew's outstanding performance of Akima. I truly do not under stand why this movie always gets knocked around by "critics". The only thing missing from this movie is Drew in the flesh but in this show, her voice will do the job.
This movie is great for All ages and really got me running around making space and exploding noises in my sleep.
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Summary: Tite-an 4 stars
Review: This movie is great, only one problem, this movie was rated PG for action violence, mild sensuality, and language; I saw everything for action violence, the mild sensuality I saw was Cale and Akima in the nude, and Cale and Akima almost kissing. You should add that "almost kissing" part, and make them really kiss, and I didn't hear any language, but if you mean different bad words for language, I see what you mean. Next time, you should rate this movie PG-13 for action violence, mild sensuality and language. I give this **** (4 out of 5).
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