Titan A.E.

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Watched With: Ichina

One of those film that never hit in the way a studio would have liked. everything it has going against it is something I like about it. Animated sci-fi adventure, 2d and 3d animation, modern rock soundtrack, too violent and scary for very young children. Bless you Don Bluth.

I can really see Joss Whedon's hand in the script. A lot of this feels like a precursor to Firefly, it very much feels like the same universe, except being animated allows for some kooky alien characters and some very very cool action sequences. I don't know why but often when I watch animated films I imagine them as live action. This film would be absolutely spectacular as live action. Pity it pretty much single handedly destroyed Fox Animation Studios.

The villains aren't as developed as the rest of the story but they are pretty damn scary. There are some really spectacular visuals, being in widescreen helps the classic adventure feel too. A lot of the CG doesn't hold up too well but It was pretty revolutionary when it came out.

The most important thing that works for me is the story and the main characters. The whole finding your place in the universe coming of age story is really well done for such a short running time. They have a pretty neat cast doing voices too.

Yeah I really love this film. It seems almost tailor made for me. The public just didn't seem prepared for a slightly more teen targeted animated adventure, such a pity. Here's hoping it gets a bluray release sometime. It looks great.