Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Titan A.E. Review










Titan A.E.


Release Date: 4th January 2001 – Australia


Production Companies
20th Century Fox (presents)
David Kirschner Productions (in association with)
Fox Animation Studios

Distribution
20th Century Fox Australia


Genre: Animation/Family/
Sci-Fi

Rating: PG

Runtime: 94 minutes


Budget: $90,000,000

Box Office Gross: $36,754,634 (Worldwide)


Plot Summary
Fifteen years after Earth gets destroyed by the Drej, a race of energy beings, Cale Tucker discovers that he has a genetically encoded map in his ring. It leads him to a lost spaceship known as the Titan. This ship's secret gives humanity a chance for a new home. The Drej seek to destroy the Titan, so Cale joins the crew of the Valkyrie. Together, they must find the Titan in time, as the survival of humanity depends on them.


Voice Cast
Matt Damon – Cale Tucker
Bill Pullman – Captain Joseph Korso
John Leguizamo – Gune
Nathan Lane – Preed
Janeane Garofalo – Stith
Drew Barrymore – Akima
Alex D. Linz – Young Cale
Tone Loc – Tek
Jim Breuer – The Cook
Christopher Scarabosio – Queen Drej
Jim Cummings – Chowquin
Charles Rocket – Firrikash/
Slave Trader Guard
Ken Hudson Campbell – Po
Tsai Chin – Old Woman
Crystal Scales – Drifter Girl
David L. Lander – The Mayor
Roger L. Jackson – First Alien

Crew
Producers/Directors – Don Bluth and Gary Goldman
Story/Associate Producer –
Hans Bauer
Story – Randall McCormick
Writer/Creative Consultant –
Ben Edlund
Writers – John August and Joss Whedon
Executive Producer – Paul Gertz
Producer – David Kirschner
Creative Consultant – Mireille Soria
Pre-Production Designer – John Lakey
Production Designer – Phillip A. Cruden
Art Director – Kenneth Valentine Slevin
Conceptual Artists – Oliver
Scholl, Suzanne Lemieux
Wilson, Bruce Zick, Simon
Valdimir Varela, Ron Cobb,
Steve Burg, Stephan Martinière,
Doug Henderson, James Clyne
(Uncredited) and Rob Meyers
(Uncredited)
Conceptual Artist/Digital Artist: Ice Crystals
and Wake Angels Sequences – Barry E. Jackson
Animation Color Styling Supervisor –
Carmen Oliver
Character Designers – Wayne D. Barlowe
and Louise Zingarelli
Costume Designer – Kym Barrett
Layout Supervisor – Anthony Christov
Character Layout – Chris Schouten
and Kris Pearn
Background Supervisor – Rob Nason
Action Consultant: Live-Action Reference –
Glenn Randall Jr.
Director of Animation – Len Simon
Directing Animators – Renato Dos Anjos,
Robert Fox, Edison Gonclaves, John Hill,
Paul Newberry and Troy Saliba
Animation Supervisor – Paul J. Kelly
Special Effects Animation Supervisor –
Peter Matheson
3D Animation Supervisor – Thomas M. Miller
3D Animation Director/Effects Supervisor:
Blue Sky Studios – Jan Carlee
3D Animation Producer: Rhonda Graphics –
Rhonda Sanders-Olson
3D Directing Animators – Chris Kazmier,
Charlie Breakiron, Mary Clarke-Miller and
David Satchwell
3D Lead Animator – David Munier
Visual Effects Supervisor: Ice Crystals and
Wake Angels Sequences – David Dozoretz
Visual Effects Sequence Supervisors: Ice
Crystals and Wake Angels Sequences –
Kevin Baillie and Ryan Tudhope
Picture Editors – Bob Bender and Fiona Trayler
Editor: Ice Crystals and Wake Angel
Sequences – Paul Martin Smith
Supervising Sound Editor – Matthew Wood
Supervising Sound Editor (Uncredited)/
Sound Designer/Re-Recording Mixer 
Christopher Boyes
Assistant Sound Designer 
Christopher Scarabosio
Post-Production Liaison: Skywalker Sound –
Gloria S. Borders
Sound Effects Editor – Andrea Gard
Foley Editors – Sandina Bailo-Lape and
Susan Sanford
Foley Artists – Dennie Thorpe and
Lana Vance
Foley Mixer – Tony Eckert
Re-Recording Mixer – Gary Summers
Music – Graeme Revell
Score Orchestrator and Conductor –
Tim Simonec
Music Supervisor – Glen Ballard
Score Recordist and Mixer – John Kurlander


Review
Despite being a major box office bomb, TITAN A.E. was a good sci-fi movie by Don Bluth that blends traditional 2D and computer-generated 3D animation. It contains references to the first two Star Wars films. The aspects of the movie I liked were the action, the voice acting of Matt Damon, Drew Barrymore and Nathan Lane, and the soundtrack. The scenes that impressed me include the opening sequence when Earth gets destroyed, the Wake Angels and the chase on the Ice Rings of Tigrin.

I always loved TITAN A.E., but Disney's similar movie, Treasure Planet, was way better than the former because it was set in an alternate universe and had a terrific storyline. However, the problem is that no one knew what kind of audience TITAN A.E. was targeting. Due to being an animated film, its obvious demographic would generally be kids. Then again, it has several adult themes and violence. Because of this combination of features, TITAN A.E. is more like a young adult film.

I recommend this film, particularly for science-fiction and animation lovers, especially those who've grown up with Don Bluth's work.

Star rating: (4/5) Good Movie

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