Planet 51 (2009)

Rated PG for rude humor and mild action

 

Runtime: 1 hour and 30 minutes

 

Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi and Comedy

 

Director: Jorge Blanco

 

Writer: Joe Stillman

 

Actors: Dwayne Johnson, Jessica Biel, Justin Long, Gary Oldman, Seann William Scott and John Cleese

 

Budget: $70,000,000

 

Box Office: $105,647,102

 

Positive:

• Decent animation

• Interesting concept

• Unique locations

• Understandable on the regulations of this world

• Entertaining direction

Negative:

• Weird and awkward plot points

• Some disjointed editing

• Why are the rocks falling down, instead of actual rain? But also, it takes about 1 to 3 minutes for it to stop.

• Why is the spaceman affraid of aliens in the beginning, but not lem?

• How can people tell that Rover is the alien if citizens are scared of it?

• Confusing conflict

• Weak resolution

• A few voice clips that are repeated

• Lip sync seems to be off

• Lack of visual depth and contrast

• Villains are very flat and bland, yet very confused

• Love interest and conversation wise is dull and distracting

• Scenes that have pop culture references makes the story hard

Overall Verdict:

Story/Genre 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 (4.5)

Voice Acting/Characters 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 (5)

Animation/Colors 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 (6)

Directing 0 1 2 3 4 5 (3.5)

Editing 0 1 2 3 4 5 (3)

Pacing/Timing 0 1 2 3 4 5 (2.5)

Background/Sets/Music/Songs 0 1 2 3 4 5 (3)

Camera 0 1 2 3 4 5 (3)

Dialogue 0 1 2 3 4 5 (2.5)

33/60 5.5/10