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 appeared 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.

Displayed in this CG aesthetic, the graphic imagery, battle sequences and ending are pleasing alike, but unfortunately, these won't save the movie from falling short. Some of the film's voice performances are below par, with Evan Rachel Wood, David Cross, Justin Long and Luke Wilson among them. 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 it fell short. Due to these factors, TERRA is a below-average film. Those who haven't seen BATTLE OF TERRA would probably watch it only once.

Star rating: (4/10) Below Average

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