Titan A.E. | | Cast : | Drew Barrymore, Matt Damon | | Director : | Art Vitello, Don Bluth, Gary Goldman | | Studio : | Twentieth Century Fox Home Video | | Format : | Color, Closed-captioned, DTS Surround Sound, Widescreen, Dolby | | Released Date : | June 16, 2000 | | DVD Released Date : | December 16, 2003 | | Language : | English (Dubbed), French (Dubbed), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), English (Original Language), French (Original Language) | | Audience Rating : | PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | August 10, 2005 | | Summary | cool | Content
 | it a good movie if i where u i would git it but im not. the space ships are cool looking. the story is about a kid that lives in a dump after his planet gets destroyed by an alien race his dad worked for the millatary and biult a ship called the titan his dad whent to hide the ship from the alien race whale the planet was getting destroyed his dad gave him a ring that macks a map on his hand so he can find the ship his dad hide but the alien race knows about him and when after him |
| Rating | | | Date | August 01, 2005 | | Summary | Really good feature... | Content
| I bought this movie on a whim because it was very affordable and I was always curious to see it. I saw it and I liked it a lot. I didn't go into the movie with a lot of expectations, I usually don't watch animated movies but this caught my attention, special effects and story alike. |
| Rating | | | Date | June 18, 2005 | | Summary | Not a break-out animated feature...but a good effort | Content
| This movie was a pretty daring idea. A sci-fi adventure the likes of which American animation had never really tried (not since the R-rated Heavy Metal back in the 80's).
I like animated films and always wanted to see it tackle something like this and do it well. I'll have to wait a bit longer.
The thing that drew me to animated movies as a kid was the fantasy and action, not the musical numbers. So it was pretty depressing to watch animated features go down the musical-comedy path without looking back(until box-office numbers began dwindling and even Disney fans got tired of it). Computer animation successfully jettisoned musical numbers and people loved it. Traditional animation resorted to voice-over musicals (where Phil Collins or Elton John sing in the background), then went to broader comedy without so much music, and now crank out lots of made for video sequels.
It's no wonder this movie has collected supporters and fans on video. There aren't ANY adventures like this being done in American animation for the big screen. Dreamworks' Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas is an underrated action cartoon (or you can go to Anime...if you don't find it too offensive or weird.) That's about it.
So I give it credit for at least not being a market-tested bland rehashing of another movie and giving me a taste of what I've really wanted from animation all along: fantasy-adventure.
The story follows Cale, a disillusioned young man who saw Earth destroyed as a child. His father built a sort of Noah's Ark called Titan, a ship that can create a new homeworld for humans. Cale is recruited to go find the Titan before the evil Drej (aliens) wipe out humanity once and for all.
The directors, Don Bluth and Gary Goldman, are better known for their schmaltzy kiddie cartoons (The Land Before Time and An American Tail). I also recall Secret of NIMH, Anastasia, and other movies.
I don't know why Bluth does this, but he gives his movies a darker, dirtier look than the typical Disney or Dreamworks feature (except for Anastasia perhaps). And this movie isn't an exception. The environments in this movie are mostly dark and dingy looking. The ships and space stations look like floating space garbage outlined in neon. Maybe it is that stupid unspoken mandate in sci-fi that insists "darker is better," when it really isn't.
If this style of animation ever tries a sci-fi story again, I hope they model it more on what was done in The Fifth Element. That live-action Bruce Willis film discarded the ugly, dark sci-fi look effectively and I think animation would particularly benefit from that.
The other thing is, the alien characters look about as alien as Tucan Sam from the Froot Loops box. A lot of them have beaks and big eyes. The Drej are suitably different, but all the other aliens are pretty lame.
And finally, there is a character that turns traitor against the heroes and I thought that particular plot twist was poorly done. (The character conveniently changes sides again later. It just seems like bad plotting and I didn't believe it.)
But there are good things here too. There are great sequences like the spaceships chasing each other through ice-crystal asteroids and the chase through the explosive hydrogen trees on an alien planet. The lead characters of Cale and Akima have appeal (as voiced by Matt Damon and Drew Barrymore, though they don't have the chemestry of other animated couples I could name).
I can't help picking this movie apart. Maybe because it's the KIND of movie I want, but not done well.
Yet even with these flaws, I find myself watching it from time to time and thinking, "If only someone would try something like this again." Or "What if Dreamworks had done this?" Imagine the creators of Sinbad doing a sci-fi adventure. I bet they'd do a better job than this.
But until someone comes along and does it better, when I want animated sci-fi I guess I'll settle for this. |
| Rating | | | Date | June 14, 2005 | | Summary | space invadiors | Content
| Props to Matt Damon he did his thang voicing "Cale" same goes for Drew Barrymore. This was not some disney sing along movie they played cool music one was the band "Creed". Fox may never do a cartoon with this kind of animation or minor nudity and a little blood like this movie that makes me mad. America could be doing cartoon's just like anime. This movie was about some aliens distroyed the Earth then years have passed Cale has grown up he has the map on his hand that leads to the titan that can create planet earth again. |
| Rating | | | Date | June 11, 2005 | | Summary | I don't care what anyone says, this is 1 of my all-time fave | Content
| I don't care what anyone says, this is one of my all-time favorite films. The front-cover of the DVD I've owned since Christmas 2000, shortly after it was first released, boasts the Hollywood Bytes review of "This is the movie 'Star Wars' fans have been waiting for." The fact is, even though my tastes, especially due to 'Star Wars,' have greatly expanded and matured since first viewing this film, I have to agree with the critic. The fact is, I think the only reason this film didn't do well was due to the fact that most people assumed it was another kiddie-film since it was animated, and too many were looking far more forward to X-Men: The Movie being released just a month later (I being one of them, although I saw both of these opening-day in theatres), along with other Summer 2000 blockbusters. I have never stopped loving this film and am proud to have one of the first copies from when it was released. Yes, I've seen that people complain of rather 'blatantly obvious' songs on the soundtrack that tied in far too well with the scene taking place during their usage, yada-yada-yada. The fact remains, this is an ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS film. The music, despite certain 'corny-ness'fits the film well - any of the especially cheesy songs are saved for the credits, so you don't even have to listen to some of them if you don't want, so stop complaining.
As a sci-fi fan, this movie has it all - a little slip of romance between Matt Damon's 'Cale' and Drew Barrymore's 'Akima,' almost non-stop action with perfectly, well-timed breaks here and there that is accented beautifully by the amazing special effects teams on this film. It's absolutely heart-breaking that there aren't more perfectly mated 2D/3D animated films like this made anymore...Princess Mononoke from Studio Ghibli is one of a precious few I can think of that where two-dimensional characters and three-dimensional backgrounds have been blended so seemlessly that one forgets what they're watching until a a scene that is clearly one or the other. It's such a shame that Fox Animation studios is no longer around (to my knowledge), which I recall hearing was due to the failure that was the Columbia Pictures co-production of 'Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within,' a strikingly beautiful film despite his weak plot and disbelievable characters. But I digress, I'm supposed to prattle on about 'Titan A.E.' not Fox's unfortunate loss.
I guess the point I'm trying to make is that this is the end of an amazing yet incredibly short run of a lost artform. Everything's gone completely computer-generated now that one has to seek out Anime to find any beautifully-crafted hand-drawn animation anymore. Again, yes, 'Titan' has lots of the special effects and 3D animation 'Star Wars' and Sci-Fi fans such as myself have grown accustomed to in our favorite cinema, but I can't tell you how sick it makes me to be watching what's majorily a live-action piece with such poorly-done 3D CG effects. The key with 'Titan' is that because you were working with 2D hand-drawn figures, the almost cartoon-y-ness of the CG FIT, and it fit ASTONISHINGLY WELL. I've seen enough films such as 'Star Wars' (I apologize to my fellow Jedi/Sith friends, but it's true and you know it), where it (the prequels especially, save Revenge, which only has crap lines for the normally amazing Natalie Portman, sadly) almost seem to be nothing but effects and low on story, especially poorly-acted (*cough*Jake Lloyd*cough*) roles. But 'Titan' delivers a very well-written script that does its job of grabbing your attention and still not letting go even after the finale (I was really bummed we didn't even get to see 'Cale' & 'Akima' kiss, even after we see the brief nudity of his rear, you'd think they'd show a measly kiss). I was just watching it again tonight, and only now was I understanding a bit more of the scientific theories and mythologies that the screenwriters (including the amazing Joss Whedon from 'Buffy' fame) have plugged in (see? Even seeing it for the like the thousandth time still reveals fresh ideas!). I have NEVER been bored with this film in the five years it's been out, and I doubt I will be in the fifteen years after eart- I mean, after the film's release *wink*. |
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