Monday, January 5, 2015

Battle for Terra Review








Battle for Terra


Release Date: 1st May 2009 - USA


Production Companies
Menithings Productions
Snoot Entertainment


Genre: Animation/Family/
Sci-Fi

Rating: PG

Runtime: 90 minutes


Budget: $4,000,000

Box Office Gross: $6,195,553 (Worldwide)


Plot Summary
Terra is a beautiful planet inhabited by a peaceful race. That is until the humans arrived and changed everything. The last
survivors from Planet Earth
have travelled across the
galaxy to search for a new
home and have begun an
invasion on Terra to ensure it
would be theirs. Fortunately,
a friendship between a young
female Terran and an injured
human pilot would stop the
war and save the planet.


Voice Cast
Evan Rachel Wood - Mala
Justin Long - Senn
Luke Wilson - Lieutenant Jim Stanton
Brian Cox - General Hemmer
David Cross - Giddy
Amanda Peet - Maria Montez
Dennis Quaid - Roven
Chris Evans - Stewart Stanton
James Garner - Doron
Danny Glover - President Chen
Mark Hamill - Elder Orin
Ron Perlman - Elder Vorin
Danny Trejo - Elder Barum

Crew
Story/Director/Production
Designer/Cinematography -
Aristomenis Tsirbas
Screenplay - Evan Spiliotopoulos
Consulting Producer - Guido Baechler
Producers - Keith Calder, Ryan Colucci, Dane Allan Smith and Jessica Wu
Character Animators - Tom K. Gurney, Heather Shrewsbury, Jeremy Collins and Harry Porudominsky
Senior CG Sequence Supervisor - Will Wira
Lighter/Visual Effects Supervisor - Dimitri Loginowski
Film Editor - J. Kathleen Gibson
Additional Editor - Jim May
Supervising Sound Designer - Mark Allen
ADR Recordist/Sound Designer/Supervising
Sound Editor - Nathan Smith
Sound Supervisor - Trevor Jolly
ADR/Re-Recording Mixer - Donald Lyles
Foley Artists - Dawn Fintor and Alicia Stevenson
Music - Abel Korzeniowski


Review
Happy New Year, possums! I hope you'll forgive me for not publishing the first review late last year. So, here is the description, and I hope you enjoy it! BATTLE FOR TERRA came out the same year when James Cameron unveiled an unforgettable moment to his audience known as Avatar. Two years before, it even got shown in specific film festivals. BATTLE FOR TERRA is one of the rarest pieces of animation that has faded into obscurity and got mixed reviews from critics. It is one of those films that cannot compete against its similar rival (which came out months later) and was unsuccessful at beating X-Men Origins: Wolverine at the box office. I applaud its unique art style despite being on a lower budget. But TERRA is a letdown shaken by the cluttered storytelling, slow pace and heavy-handed morality. The characterisation in this film is bland, and the character designs lack realism and detail.

Shown in this CG aesthetic, the graphic imagery, battle sequences and ending are pleasing alike, but unfortunately, these won't save the movie from its missteps. Some of the film's voice performances are below par, including Evan Rachel Wood, David Cross, Justin Long and Luke Wilson. These actors are entirely miscast and don't add much to their animated characters.

If Pixar's and DreamWorks' executives had gotten a hold of this project, this film could have been an expensive and more impacting smash hit. This movie had potential, but in my opinion, it felt short. Due to these factors of TERRA, it's qualified as below average. Those who haven't seen BATTLE OF TERRA would probably watch it only once.

Star rating: (4/10) Below Average

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