Titan A.E. (2000)

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• Drake T

  
  It's exciting to see Bluth/Goldman tackle an animated Scifi feature. Known for their tendency to break the child-like constraints of their Disney competition and deliver sophistication above the average "cartoon" movie, this was something to look forward to. And It… More
  It's exciting to see Bluth/Goldman tackle an animated Scifi feature. Known for their tendency to break the child-like constraints of their Disney competition and deliver sophistication above the average "cartoon" movie, this was something to look forward to. And It doesn't disappoint. It's beyond me why critics are so hard on Titan AE. The movie plays on many SciFi themes/templates from existing material, but there's enough original concepts in the designs and ideas to make it more than a mere derivative. It's a perfect entry into the Scifi genre for newcomers and a respectable ride for veterans. It never actually falls short of anything except for the 90's rock mashed into a few scenes that probably would have benefit more from a traditional approach. (but hey, I'm no music critic!) That and maybe because the technology was new at the time but the 3D work never really meshes that well with the 2D on several occasions. For the record, Stith is awesome and Gune is deliciously quirky. Intelligent Guard? The best.

• KJ P

  
  It was definitely far from amazing, however, the style and story is very impressive. The characters are enjoyable, but sometimes the film just seems a little flat. It is awesome sci-fi fun to watch once, because I find myself not interested in another glance, even though I thoroughly… More
  It was definitely far from amazing, however, the style and story is very impressive. The characters are enjoyable, but sometimes the film just seems a little flat. It is awesome sci-fi fun to watch once, because I find myself not interested in another glance, even though I thoroughly enjoyed it.

• Justin Y

  
  <i>Don Bluth</i> is no stranger when it comes to animation films. He already has titles like <i>The Secret of NIMH</i>, <i>An American Tale</i>, and <i>Anastasia</i> under his belt and he shows he still has it in him with <i>Titan… More
  <i>Don Bluth</i> is no stranger when it comes to animation films. He already has titles like <i>The Secret of NIMH</i>, <i>An American Tale</i>, and <i>Anastasia</i> under his belt and he shows he still has it in him with <i>Titan A.E.</i>.<p>There are quotes and comments out there that compare this to <i>Star Wars</i>. This is not <i>Star Wars</i>, but it really is one of the closer films to it. You will recognize some of the concepts in here.</p><p>Mr. Bluth is able to create a great sci-fi film with a pretty good story. Planet Earth is no more and you have a crew made up of various species looking for a missing ship that will save humanity. The plot alone is enough for me to give this a watch. The run time is only 90 minutes and it will fly by rather quickly. The quick pace, action scenes, and a couple plot twists in the second half will keep you in the film.</p><p>Visually, this isn't close to a Pixar animation, but it sure as h*** isn't bad. The characters are nothing spectacular, but the spacecraft and settings are nicely done. What would a sci-fi movie be without an enemy alien race? In here, they are known as the Drej and their leader looks fantastic.</p><p>The sound effects are another great element of this film. The laser shots and the ship's engines all make the surround sound worth hearing. The soundtrack isn't too shabby either. The original score is nice and so are most of the songs done by the recognizable artists.</p><p>The voice work isn't the greatest, but it is still OK. John Leguizamo is the only one that really shines.</p><p><i>Titan A.E.</i> may seem like a typical science fiction cartoon, but there is more to it than meets the eye. This is a great film for sci-fi fans.

• moon r

  
  out amongst the stars, a hundred years from now, don bluth has crafted an adventure for that sleepy adventurer in us all. it has all the old school, timeless elements: boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy gets girl again. surprise! and the bad guys lose, too. it's animation, an… More
  out amongst the stars, a hundred years from now, don bluth has crafted an adventure for that sleepy adventurer in us all. it has all the old school, timeless elements: boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy gets girl again. surprise! and the bad guys lose, too. it's animation, an interesting blend of CGI and hand drawn so there's no end of imaginative eye candy, and the story's a blend of star wars and robin hood with loads of derring-do. true, there's no surprises here, but, it's all still fun, still a thrill, still happening, as it does, out amongst the stars, a hundred years from now...

• danny d

  
  great, i loved the story and the animation

• Lafe F

  
  Don Bluth's animation magic; a new beautiful style with artfully drawn characters on top of dazzling computer enhanced backgrounds. The story isn't too bad, with Earth being destroyed by evil aliens "The Drej", and the surviving humans trying to find a new… More
  Don Bluth's animation magic; a new beautiful style with artfully drawn characters on top of dazzling computer enhanced backgrounds. The story isn't too bad, with Earth being destroyed by evil aliens "The Drej", and the surviving humans trying to find a new place to call home. Matt Damon plays the "Cale", who unknowingly holds the clue to his father's "Titan A.E." project, which will ensure survival of the Human Race. But Cale's not the brightest dude, so he needs several people to help him reach his potential. "Akima" (Drew Barrymore) plays a sweet possible love interest. "Korso" (Bill Pullman) is pilot of "The Valkyrie" ship, which can help them find the Titan project. Janeane Garofalo and Nathan Lane are "Stith" and "Preed", two kangaroo-like gun-toting aliens who co-pilot the ship. John Leguizamo plays "Gune", a little nerdy frog-like alien with all the solutions. Not all the characters can be trusted. The locations and action sequences are stunning, with a shuttle chase across the explosive surface of glowing red gas planet with bat-like creatures. There's a great game of hide-and-seek within an asteroid field made out of sharp moving ice. There's a nice anti-grav shootout escape through a spaceport. It reminds me a lot of Don Bluth's "Space Ace" videogame, with enhanced story and effects. What brought this movie down slightly was its length, which could've been tightened up a bit to make it more exciting. Some of the dialogue scenes were slow and plodding. Number one complaint I have is the grunge rock tunes throughout, obviously inserted to attract the youth of 2000, but didn't really fit the characters or settings; I would've preferred an epic orchestral score. I betcha the studio insisted that angry screaming music be used.

• Jason S

  
  I liked this little sci fi cartoon.

• Drew S

  
  I've seen this, I know, but I just don't remember a thing about it...except it's pretty.

• Aaron N

  
  Has everything a good sci-film needs. A good story, despite basically taking most space opera's and coming up with a mold of them. A good enough cast. Impressive visuals. All of this make this a decent enough animated adventure.

• Nate Z

  
  [font=Arial][color=darkred]In the year 3000-something an alien race of blue figurines known simply as the Drej pretty much obliterate Earth. There's your starting point for a movie - a few billion deaths. The last survivors drift through the ends of the universe at the bottom of… More
  [font=Arial][color=darkred]In the year 3000-something an alien race of blue figurines known simply as the Drej pretty much obliterate Earth. There's your starting point for a movie - a few billion deaths. The last survivors drift through the ends of the universe at the bottom of the interstellar ladder. One survivor (Matt Damon) is later visited upon by a rag-tag ship led by Korso (Bill Pullman) and the shapely purple-locked Akima (Drew Barrymore), survivors of Earth as well. They rescue Damon and inform him that in his hand he holds the key to reaching a ship his father hid long ago that could create a new homeworld for all the drifter humans. And the Drej don't like this idea and will stop at nothing chasing him until they find the location of this ship, the Titan, for themselves.[/color][/font] [font=Arial][color=darkred]Sure, the effects and painted backgrounds are nice but the animation is choppy at times and the constant rotating of sets incorporated with traditional 2-D animation rates high on the annoyance scale and only shows how the 2-D stands out even more. To learn how to mix and match these styles effectively watch 'The Prince of Egypt'. There are some sequences that are truly visionary, most notably a cat-and-mouse chase through a cluster of gigantic reflective ice crystals. But a movie is not made or saved by one scene.[/color][/font] [font=Arial][color=darkred]The most disspointing aspect of 'Titan AE' is the flat and tired script from three incredibly talented writers I admire very much (the creator of 'The Tick', Joss Whedon - creator of 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer', and John August - writer of 'Go'). The story owes many debts to 'Star Wars' but even more to 'The Wizard of Oz'. The Drej are merely faceless pop-up bad guys with zero personality or developement. They wish to destroy humanity but no explanation as to "why" is ever given. They're clouded in lifeless vaguities. As a result you can never really care for the heroes when you could care less about the villains.[/color][/font] [font=Arial][color=darkred]Why is 'Titan AE' rated PG? Well despite its lack of fear to show some blood, and gun shots for that matter, it features the animated posterior of Damon with some light sexual banter that will thankfully fly over most kids' heads. A quibble of mine is for equal opportunity for animated nudity. If I can see a cartoon male ass in a PG-flick, or on Prime Time television even, why must female nudity be slapped with an R? Let's erase this gender double standard and let all sexes be equal under one animated nudity.[/color][/font] [font=Arial][color=darkred]'Titan AE' may have the look but it never can maintain the feel of good sci-fi. Often times it's either heavy-handed or overly dull. Everything is "been there, done that" but set to a non-stop playing of a soundtrack that just keeps screaming "BUY ME! BUY ME! BUY ME!" For those hoping for Disney to take its stranglehold off animation and entertainment, this picture isn't your fabled Messiah. You'll have to wait... again.[/color][/font] [font=Arial][color=darkred]Nate's Grade: C [/color][/font]

• Steven V

  
  The story is cliched. The animation by far is a turning point in the world of animated features. From the start, the animation is exceptional. The characters are just portrayed so well. The actors doing the voice-overs put so much emotion into what the characters actually felt. This… More
  The story is cliched. The animation by far is a turning point in the world of animated features. From the start, the animation is exceptional. The characters are just portrayed so well. The actors doing the voice-overs put so much emotion into what the characters actually felt. This movie is great for family viewing.

• Fascade F

  
  Being the sci-fi cartoon/anime addict that i am this was a-okay! A must see for anime/sci-fi buffs everywhere! Beautiful cinematography! See this!

• Gavin C

  
  Before Ice Age and other CGI feature lengths like Robots, Horton Hears A Who and Rio, there was Don Bluth's post-apocalyptic action thriller science fiction film Titan AE, the second animated feature film from 20th Century Fox next Anastasia and was his last film of his directing… More
  Before Ice Age and other CGI feature lengths like Robots, Horton Hears A Who and Rio, there was Don Bluth's post-apocalyptic action thriller science fiction film Titan AE, the second animated feature film from 20th Century Fox next Anastasia and was his last film of his directing career. Let's just say I grew up with this movie as a 9 year old and have liked it ever since. At first, it sort of looks like a Star Wars knockoff, but apparently, it isn't. It flopped at the box office and it caused Fox Animation Studios to shut down, but was then reopened in 2009. It revolves around the year 3028 A.D. where the Earth is being attacked by the Drej, which are aliens made of pure energy! The Drej mother-ship destroys Earth with an energy beam just as hundreds of space vehicles manage to escape with the last of mankind aboard! A few years later, Cale (Matt Damon), a young man who discovers that the ring his father gave to him contains a genetically encoded map to the Titan, and thus begins his race across the universe with Korso (Bill Pullman) and his ship and crew, including Akima, a female pilot (Drew Barrymore), Preed, a wisecracking rat-like humanoid (Nathan Lane(another Lion King actor bites the dust)), Gune, an eccentric, green-skinned scientist, and Stith (Janeane Garofalo), a tough, hard-as-nails weapons expert who resembles something of a kangaroo. Before long, Cale and Akima finds out that Korso is searching for the Titan in order to hand it over to the Drej. The only problem that I had with this movie was the pacing. It was kind of rushed when it comes to non-disney animated features. Everything else turned out great. It has a great voice cast with pure talent, a satisfying blend of CGI and hand drawn animation, solid sci-fi action sequences, and a very good soundtrack. Titan AE is not only one of the greatest animated films ever made, but one of Bluth's greatest ones yet. 8/10

• Alec B

  
  I'm more interested in it on a visual level than in the actual story. For example the film's villains, the Drej, are your typical malevolent alien species bent on destroying mankind, but how the are visual depicted, as beings of pure energy that can defy the normal laws of… More
  I'm more interested in it on a visual level than in the actual story. For example the film's villains, the Drej, are your typical malevolent alien species bent on destroying mankind, but how the are visual depicted, as beings of pure energy that can defy the normal laws of physics is actually rather facinating.

• Andrew F

  
  The movie was just an all-around okay animated film. I give them credit for being ambitious.

• Curt C

  
  The plot was extremely rushed, which is a huge shame because another 10-20 minutes would have given this another two stars.

• Sam C

  
  Lots of potential which is mostly wasted as the film focuses too much on being showy and cool. It is pretty impressive watching CG shots combined with hand-drawn animation though, adds some refinement and awe to the film. Mostly, it just turns out to be an incomplete film. If more… More
  Lots of potential which is mostly wasted as the film focuses too much on being showy and cool. It is pretty impressive watching CG shots combined with hand-drawn animation though, adds some refinement and awe to the film. Mostly, it just turns out to be an incomplete film. If more time were spent on story development this could have been something great.

• Marion R

  
  This film was a nice attempt to try and do something new and cool. The story was rushed. The worst part of the film is the "CROCK (A.K.A. CRappy 90's rOCK). I couldn't stand it I was like "Jesus another song!".

• Sarah B

  
  Amazing animated sci-fi.

• Ira Z

  
  I applaud the director's effort for trying to unify CGI animation with traditional 2D animation. Still, this movie didn't end up quite as cohesive as it should be. Aside from that, the storyline lacked structure and clarity.

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