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The premise of
Planet 51 is pretty
simple. What if we
sent an astronaut to
uninhabited planet
only when he lands
that planet is
occupied with aliens
and they're in the
same spot culturally
that America was in
the 1950's. Pretty
much a perfect time
where a lot of
ignorance and fear
ran rampant. That's
what Planet 51 is
about in a nutshell.
Chuck
Baker is an
astronaut sent to
the planet to take a
few pictures and
grab
a new samples. Only
when he gets there
he has to run for
his life from the
army and seek refuge
with a local alien
named Lem and his
friends. The two
form a friendship
not based on how
they're different,
but on how they're
similar. Chuck has
to get to his
spaceship which has
been captured by the
local army before
time runs out and
he's stuck on the
planet forever.
Planet 51's humor
steals bits and
pieces from other
animated movies that
have came out over
the past decade.
There are several
jokes throughout
that the kids are
going to find funny,
but there are also
several jokes that
are aimed towards
adults that kids
aren't going to get.
Shrek originated
this tactic and
about half the
cartoons that have
came out since have
used it. These jokes
all work in various
points in the movie.
The jokes that don't
always work are the
moments of panic
jokes.
They
all feel redundant
and the first half
hour of the movie is
centered around them
so things start out
fairly slow with
Planet 51.
Planet 51 isn't
filled with bonus
features. The
packaging is nice
with a Blu-Ray, DVD,
and Digital Copy. As
far as special
features on Planet
51 its limited
because it's a
cartoon. There's a
feature on the
actors voicing their
characters and
really that's the
only thing of note.
Planet 51 is a lot
like another
animated family
films to come out
recently. There's
some boring moments
and some good
qualities but enough
of the good
outweighs the bad to
make it a quality
release.
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