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Review: Titan, A.E.Read the article this discussion is about
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» Mataxes - Interesting points First off, I would like to say that I enjoyed Titan A.E. tremendously. It was very refreshing to see an animated film that wasn't "Disneyfied" -- the PG-13 rating on its own should indicate that this isn't a movie you take your six year old to. Just because it's animated, that doesn't necessarily mean it's for everybody.I didn't go in expecting a fabulous science fiction epic. Indeed, I wasn't expecting much at all except eye candy. I got more than that, so I suppose that knocks it up a notch or two in my own personal rating system. But to address the comments you make at the end, Science Fiction isn't too cerebral for film -- one only needs to look at great films like Gattaca or Contact to see that it is possible to convey some of the more literary aspects of the genre on screen. Trouble is, both films did poorly at the box office. True Science Fiction may be possible on screen (especially given today's effects technology), but it doesn't sell to Joe Filmgoer. This guy doesn't want real SF, he wants action and space opera. Titan A.E. fills this role admirably. It isn't the highly intellectual stuff the elitists pawn off as "good" SF, but it's certainly in the same genre as Star Wars, which certainly plays fast and loose with the laws of physics. Why does Lucas's epic earn higher regard in the minds of SF fans? I think Titan A.E. did what it set out to do, and that is never a bad thing in my book. I think it is an indicator of where we can go with animation, and I hope that films like this will bring animation out of the "kiddie pool" ghetto it has been sequestered in since Walt Disney released Snow White those many years ago. -- posted by Mataxes » Blue_Iris - I was disappointed as my review made clear. Yes, everything you've said is true. But Gattaca and Contact "failed", IMO, because they tried to be TOO intellectual. Had Titan A.E. "got the science right," it would have been a much better film by a several light years. Indeed, it failed for me precisely BECAUSE it was obviously targeted at Joe Filmgoer--only they underestimated the sophistication of their audience.Star Wars works because you can take the kids to it. You can't do that with Titan, and the SF fans who might otherwise have gone didn't because they felt insulted. As a result, the movie had a mediocre opening weekend and proceeded to plummet from there as word-of-mouth got out. I loved the animation. I loved the designs. I was enthralled by the detail in the "cast." But watching somebody slowly bleeding from a hole in his suit in total vacuum? Please. -- posted by Blue_Iris » Wolvie27 - Re: I was disappointed In response to message posted by Queen_Alice:I'm going to have to agree on this one with "The Writer" here. Obviously targeting an audience kills a movie, no matter what genre it may be. I think it should be pretty obvious by now that "amazing" special effects does not a good movie make. Who is to say that those "amazing" fx won't be totally 'yesterday' in a few years? Once someone actually makes a truely marketable virtual reality setup which respects users and producers, we may be laughing at what we now call "amazing" fx. Also, didn't anyone notice in the adds leading up to this movie that at first it was going to be with real people but that was too expensive and then they switched to the 3D/2D hybrid cartoon, all the while promoting it as the next best thing since A Space Odessy: 2001 for SciFi? I'm the kinda guy who will actually listen to politicians carefully and then remember it years down the road when they stray from their original goals with out ample reason for their actions, just so I can throw it back in their face. By that same token I tackle most other things in life. If some big Hollywood Co. wants to promote their stuff with all the hype, I say let them do it, but if they don't live up to their original hype I'm gonna want to trample their product in the mud. So, you both end up being right in a sense. Yes, the movie isn't _that_ great. And yes, the fx does manage to kick Snow White's tail (after all, that movie did provoke tears or something from me as a kid, and now she's just a foxy lady cartoon. I distinctly remember watching a Popeye cartoon at the theatre as an add on to that movie as well...). So, I end up putting that movie on the 'watched it once, that's good enough' shelf to collect dust... -- posted by Wolvie27 » krtwrites - Re: I was disappointed In response to message posted by Queen_Alice:I just saw it on DVD and while I agree with everything you said, I still liked it. Maybe it was because I expected going in that the science would be wrong and therefore could overlook that problem. It certainly wasn't epic by any stretch but it wasn't horrible either. -- posted by krtwrites
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