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Titan A.E. (Special Edition)
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Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
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Directed By: Art Vitello, Don Bluth, Gary Goldman
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Theatrical Release: November 20, 2008
Average Rating: 4 out of 5 Stars
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Starring: Matt Damon, Drew Barrymore, Bill Pullman, John Leguizamo, Nathan Lane
A reluctant young hero holds the key to the future of mankind in the palm of his hand in this eye-popping, sci-fi adventure. In the year 3028 the Drej, a vicious alien race, has destroyed earth. Fifteen years later a young man named Cale learns he possesses a genetically encoded map to the Titan, a spaceship that holds the secret to the salvation of the human race. With the Drej in hot pursuit, Cale blasts off with the crew of the Valkyrie in an attempt to find the Titan before the Drej destroy it - and with it, mankind's last chance for a home of their own. Featuring an all-star voice cast that includes Matt Damon and Drew Barrymore and an edgy, out of this world soundtrack, Titan A.E. is an intergalactic thrill ride for a new generation.
User Submitted Titan A.E. (Special Edition) Reviews
November 18, 2008
Much Better than Anime
I assumed this was going to be anime, so I avoided it like the plague. (I've never seen an anime flick that I didn't think was extremely lame.) But this film is actually a home-grown American-style cartoon, and a fairly good one at that. Don't expect to be blown away or anything, but you can certainly look forward to being entertained for ninety minutes or so.
November 3, 2008
TITAN A.E.: A Review; Why did it fail?
I have long been a fan of the work Don Bluth and Gary Goldman. For those of you that have never heard of them, they are two film directors/producers, who have produced classic animated films, such as The Secret of NIMH, An American Tail, The Land Before Time, All Dogs Go To Heaven, and Anastasia. Bluth has been considered one of the premier animators of his time, dating back to his days with Disney, where he worked on The Fox and The Hound, Robin Hood, The Rescuers, and Pete's Dragon. His use of the traditional hand-drawn method of animation was almost unrivaled in my opinion, and even when he chose to adhere to more modern conventional methods, he excelled. One film where he used newer technology, combining his preferred hand drawing methods with CGI, was Titan A.E, released in the summer of 2000.
In review, I would say that the film was a complete success. It was kind of a cross between Water World and Star Wars. The film took place more than a thousand years into the future, a time when the human race was on the verge extinction. The protagonist of the film, Cale, voiced by Matt Damon, is the son of a scientist who built a craft that could potentially save mankind from the forces that are attempting to extinguish it. A group of both aliens and humans whose mission is to revitalize mankind approach Cale. This group is led by the manly, Han Solo type, Korso, who is voiced by Bill Pullman. Cale is unbelieving of this, and it takes the revelation that there is a map on his hand to convince him to join in on the adventure.
The film combines all of the elements that you could ask for in an action movie. The animation is superb; Bluth really outdid himself in this one. The scenes with the Ice Rings are pure evidence of why animation is superior to live action is some types of film. In addition, the action sequences are suspenseful and thrilling. The alien race, the Drej, are invincible and consist of pure energy, so they make for a good battle scene. The plot is executed very well, with plenty of foreshadowing, mystery, and tragedy. Of course, there is a romance within the story, as well. Matt Damon's character falls for Akima, who is voiced by none other than Drew Barrymore. Their affections for each other throughout the film, and it is done in a very cute and flirtatious way. All in all, the movie hit all of its spots, and the voice acting was great, headlined by Damon and Pullman.
Yet despite the high quality of the movie and its immense budget, it failed to garner much attention at the box office. Internationally, it took in under 40 million dollars even though it had a budget of 75 million. I have always been perplexed as to why this was the case, but it has come into the light after a few years of thought. It was a very well-received film, with Ebert giving it a positive review. But then I think back, and I realize that I did not even go and see it in theaters. I'd say that one reason its commercial success was so underwhelming was because it failed to target the demographic that wanted to see it. Looking back, the marketing team for the film strictly sold the film as a hardcore action movie. By doing this, they lost the core younger audience, who had always adored Bluth films. It lost the kids who grew up watching A Troll In Central Park or An American Tail. All of the kids who loved Fifel did not think that this was a movie for them, so they never begged mommy and daddy to bring them to the movies. The marketers instead targeted a group of teenage boys, firmly believing that they could sell an animated action movie to a group of kids who care more about their reputations than anyone else on this planet. In doing this, Titan A.E. failed to incorporate that this quality film, possibly Bluth's magnum opus, had aspects of mystery, romance, fantasy, and even nostalgia within its plot. Instead of marketing this as family film along the lines of an Anastasia or an Aladdin, they tried to turn this movie into something it wasn't. This does not in any way lessen the quality of the film, but it does explain why it failed to be the hit it should have been. In the years since its release, Titan A.E. has become a cult classic, and it is constantly on television, and you can even watch it online on sites like Hulu. In the end, this movie may have been the commercial failure that prevents Bluth from ever producing again, yet it remains a classic. Bluth is getting up there in age now; some production company needs to bring Bluth and his team aboard and let them work their magic. Otherwise, we may never get to have another experience like the first time we saw The Land Before Time ever again.
November 1, 2008
Wrong UPC listed.
Listed UPC: 245430092458
Correct UPC: 024543009245 according to the DVD
ASIN: B00003CXDS
Titan A.E. (Special Edition)
September 30, 2008
Embarassment to humankind
If Titan AE is our last hope then the human race is better off dying. This insipid story follows an unlikable brat and a crew of incompetents in their attempt to save humanity. The story is ham-fisted the characters unlikable. Children might like this movie but adults will need Novocaine to make it through the operation.
September 12, 2008
Good kids movie.
Titan A.E. has an interesting premise of a post-apocalyptic scenario for humankind in space. With a grunge/punk soundtrack, this appeals to a more modern generation than some other animated space films. I would say this fits in the same genre as Disney's animated Treasure Island (the one set in space). It's clean enough for small kids, and still entertaining for teens or adults, if predictable. I was really impressed by the seamless integration of both 3d generated graphics and traditional 2d animation. The plot is easy to follow, the characters realistic and engaging. I also liked that the aliens are more interesting than humans with extra features. I didn't like the hive mind villain idea, but that doesn't make the villain any less scary for younger viewers. All in all, it's a good find for light sci-fi that everyone in the family can enjoy.
September 7, 2008
Finally saw this movie 8 years later and...
Coulda waited another 8. No wonder this movie sank Fox Animation studios.
This movie was so predictable. No matter how much special f/x you throw at a movie, if the story isn't there people over 11 y.o will not pay attention to the screen for very long. The character development was non-existent, you just KNEW someone was tipping the Drej; and since the movie cam never leaves the main characters, you knew it was one of the crew. This is ironic since all the time spent listening to the ham-flled script could have provided an opportunity for the audience to connect to the characters.
Biggest example of predictable: bad guy man (redeems himself at the end to work the Titan, THERE'S a surprise) remarks how the Drej are unstoppable because they are pure energy, just 2 minutes after the hologram message left for Cale states the Titan's energy cells are depleted. Well guess what the Titan uses to power the Genesis project (er, I mean the Titan)? The traitor/protagonist at the end redeeming himself is SO Joss Whedon, as this is how Spike dies at the end of Buffy and Angelis at the end of Angel.
Plot holes? If the human race is so dangerous, why didn't the Drej pick them off after blowing up the planet? Where did the rest of humanity wind up? Humanity was smart enough to create a Genesis project, but all that tech blows up with the creation of a new planet. How hard could it have been to create a separate piece of storage media to hold humanity's science, art, literature, et al? Couldn't be on the Titan, it blew up.
Then there's the rock soundtrack that is put in place of a typical orchestra to build suspense and carry the emotion of the movie. Sorry, but there is only one HEAVY METAL movie, and this is a sorry attempt at recreating that cult-ish movie follwing that still gets the it watched nearly 30 years later.
Movies like Pulp Fiction, Blair Witch project, and Swingers all prove you don't need A list celebs, big budgets, and hammy, WAY over the top scriptwriting to sell a movie. You just need to hire decent screenwriters and directors who aren't former Disney B-material.
August 23, 2008
Titan A.E.
The graphics were excellent, the storyline was very good and overall the dvd was very interesting to watch.
July 20, 2008
Not perfect but still a most enjoyable ride
Animated sci-fi adventure set in the 31st century in which evil alien forces known as the Drej destroy the earth, wiping out most of mankind (hence the 'A.E.' in the film's title, which stands for 'After Earth'). Fifteen years after the earth's destruction a handful of the dwindling human survivors from that awful day seek out the fabled Titan, a spaceship that represents mankind's last hope. But they must find the ship before the Drej do. This was a very enjoyable animated adventure, with Matt Damon providing the voice of the hero of the film Cale who leads the search for the spaceship Titan and Drew Barrymore the voice of his main female companion Akima. The beginning and end of the film are magnificent, both in terms of storytelling and animation. In this film we get to go on a journey of personal growth with the main character Cale, who starts off as a selfish and quite frankly not very pleasant person but matures as the film goes on as the quest to find the Titan becomes the making of him as a hero. The Drej are indeed frightening villains who destroy the earth near the beginning of the film but I felt that these characters were not fully fleshed out during the course of the film as their reasons for trying to wipe out the human race are never explained by them but merely speculated on by the film's human characters. Because of this the film is not perfect but it is still a most enjoyable ride which is even more impressive considering that most of the film's characters are rendered in traditional 2-D animation, as opposed to the computer generated animation which has taken over from 2-D animation in recent years. A good effort.
June 11, 2008
90 Minutes heavy on action does not do this vision justice.
Titan A.E is a world so imaginative and vast that it would have been better suited for a 3 hour epic, a mini-series, or a TV show.
This film is not bad, in fact, it is quite good, but a lot of the 90 minute running time is gun fighting action, and the plot, while still interesting, feels vastly underdeveloped. Certain segments of the movie that could have been fleshed out for hours with interesting ideas were cut to just minutes. One such scene is when the central cast arrives at a human drifter colony. This scene in the movie lasts all of 5 minutes, and shows us almost nothing about the world of the last human society. There was so much potential here, but in 90 minutes, it could never be explored. A second scene is a rescue in a trade platform where slaves and all kinds of other merchanidise are bartered. This scene lasts 5 minutes at best but could have gone on easily for an hour. Nothing is fleshed out about the slave trade, or for that matter, any of the dozens of wonderfully drawn species of alien that roam this platform.
Titan A.E is a wonderfully concieved universe that has a vast potential for storytelling. 90 Minutes of running time, especially when much of it is action, does not begin to do this world justice. The film is good however, and I really enjoyed watching it. Especially given the rock bottom price here, you should pick it up. It's not a waste of money.
May 2, 2008
Titan A.E. ...
Fast shipping and delivery. It's not what i was expecting, but was pleasantly suprised anyway. Thanx.
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