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Well Deserved Praise
Redwarmin
This movie is the proof that the world is becoming a sick and dumb place
Asad Almond
A clunky actioner with a handful of cool moments.
allisonbryan-30611
For some reason this film came and disappeared at the box office. Titan A.E is a science fiction animation flick consisting of fantastic visuals and a good story about a young man who has to find a hidden spaceship in order to find the overlord aliens. It's a middling affair to be honest and the pacing lags but the visuals are the reason to commend the makers of this film.
Michael O'Rourke
"I'd Buy That for a Dollar" Review - Titan A.E.Story - Basic sci-fi story about a kid who goes on a hero's journey. Nothing that hasn't been done a million times before, but not terrible either. The only major problem I had with the plot was with the ring that was encoded to work with only The Professor or his son Cale. If Cale had died at any time after Earth's destruction, then there would have been no way to find the Titan, and there would've been no story. Other than that, nothing story-wise that made me eye- roll, but nothing that was great either. Characters - The characters were about average. The voice acting from the cast ranges from decent to good. Unfortunately the script does not flesh out the characters enough for the audience to get too invested in them. The animation provides enough fluidity so that the characters have good expressions. The movie generally focuses more on plot and action than the characters.The Look - There are parts of the film that are absolutely gorgeous, like the ice field scene or the look of the bad guys, The Drej. 3d computer graphics and 2d animation are are not always blended together well, but most of the time it looks good. The animation almost always gives something interesting to look at.Emotion - The film rarely slows down and I was never bored watching it. The action scenes were exciting, but there is not much in the way of drama because of the shallow characters. There is some attempted humor but most of it falls flat with a couple of exceptions, especially at the end.Overall - Decent sci-fi action movie with average characters and an average story. Worth a rental to check out the visuals but not much re-watch value.
Nicolas F. Costoglou
Titan A.E. is my favourite (hand-drawn) animated movie of all time!The movie is visually stunning as hell, the mixing between 2D and 3D animation is perfect, very fluid and some of the most beautiful you will ever see.The action sequences are amazing, fast paced and surprisingly violent.The story is very streamlined, grim and investing, also because of the great characters. Which is also due to the voice-talents: Ron Perlman, Matt Damon, Drew Barrymore, John Leguizamo, Nathan Lane, Bill Pullman and Janeane Garofalo.The soundtrack is fantastic, the rock music is typical for the early 2000's but (also) works surprisingly well, and the orchestral music by Graeme Revell is one of his finest work.If there is one weakness, it would be that the second act is very fast paced, but that's less a real negative as something that sticks out, because the first and last act take their time.All in all, the most beautiful,cool, adult and engaging (hand-drawn) animated film ever...
arkmabat
This film was co-produced by the same guy who did "The Land Before Time" and you'll actually see familiar elements between the two. Picture, if you will, Disney's "Treasure Planet" mixed with the violence of a mild Naruto episode and you pretty much have the movie. It was worth a watch for sure. There is some really great animation in some parts and you sometimes feel like you're right in the cockpit of one of the spaceships. The soundtrack felt very forced at times, lyrics not really fitting what was going on in the scene and some fitting too well, like the song has only been written for the particular scene. There were many lame jokes, but also a couple funny ones. There seems to not have been a target audience, which was the biggest downfall of the film and which is why I think it did poorly at the box office. Rated PG, though with all the blood splatter and general dark feeling of the film, I'd rate it PG-13. This was a very interesting movie and certainly different in style from many of the animated films of its time. Overall, 7/10.
