Wednesday, June 16, 2010

9

Plot: A rag doll named 9, awakens in a post-apocalyptic world to find machines have destroyed all humans.

Official trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnoJecu9e7c

Voices by: Oscar nominee Christopher Plummer(The Last Station), Oscar Winner Martin Landau (Ed Wood), Oscar Nominee John C. Reilly (Chicago), Saturn Award nominee Crispin Glover (Willard), Saturn Award winner Elijah Wood (Lord of the Rings:Return of the King), Oscar Winner Jennifer Connelly (A Beautiful Mind).

Review: Visually stunning adult animated film. It was like Terminator in an alternate universe. The film was amazing to look at with a few, dare I say, scary moments, but it never really pulled me in. It was like a long jump cut to a really awesome video game. It makes me think the video game to this film must be amazing. The story-line wasn't very original and the characters weren't very developed. A few of the actors were ill-cast in their roles. Elijah Wood and especially Jennifer Connelly (who I think is a fantastic actress usually) were kind of vanilla. I could hardly even recognize that it was Connelly. Christopher Plummer was amazing, however. Lastly, the ending was very anti climactic with a lot of unanswered questions. I would still recommend this movie for the fact that visually and in terms of genre, I had never seen anything like this before. Just don't expect too much in terms of writing.

Rating:

Writing-D

Voice Over: C

Directing-A

Music-A

Cinematography-A

Editing-A

Animation: A

Visual Effects-A

**1/2 Stars

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