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Titan A.E. (2000)
Eh....ok...
It was...interesting. The visual effects were decent, and the action was not bad. The voice acting was really bad though...worse than most anime dubbing. I suppose, to an American animation fan, dang cool. But to a Japanese anime fan like myself, it's very sub par. The characters have no depth at all, and to add to that, the story line has little as well. An Alien race destroys earth, and keeps the remainder of the human race on the run until they destroy the alien race, and make a new "Earth". Now this plot is not really bad in itself, the massive plot holes are bad though. 1. The destruction of a planet the size of the earth would have created a shock wave that would have taken out ALL of the ships what were leaving the now defunct earth, including the Drej ship. 2. The amazing impossibilities that occur several times are so stupid; I have never seen anything like it. Cale, the main protagonist of the movie, is captured, along with the love interest, Akima (best name in the movie). Akima has a tracking device on her, which is not out of the question, and after she is jettisoned and kept alive for some reason, and her captain locates her quickly. But what is random, is the fact that Cale just randomly shows up out of deep space in a stolen Drej ship...this is highly unlikely. This happens to many times to count...a character randomly shows up without warning or explanation on how they arrived to that point. This becomes rather annoying, and severely detracts from the enjoyment of the movie. 3. This is the best one. In the final action sequence of the film, the Drej ship is destroyed, the ONLY Drej ship in existence apparently, and the new Earth is created, which Cale decides to name "Bob" while standing on the planet surface...yes, that's right, on the planet surface. The process that took billions of years on our current Earth took oh around 5 min in Titan AE. Now this type of thing has been done before, most notably in Star Trek 2. But one must remember, in Star Trek 3, that planet promptly blew up. So chances are, this planet is going down within the next few weeks. Despite these major problems, Titan AE is not bad American animation, a certain step forward from the standard Disney movies. If you're a young adult, looking for good Si-Fi animation, I highly recommend Ghost in the Shell, or perhaps Battle Angel Alita. Both are rather violent, so keep the kids out. Happy viewing!
Rudy Blue (1999)
If you liked films such as Buffalo 66 or Waking the Dead watch this one.
This is a very nicely done drama that leans toward being a story of romance. Rudy is a man in his 30s who still lives with his mother and brother. His everyday activities are very set in stone and he rarely strays from tending to them. He must take care of his mother and brother in the morning then go to work and afterwards come home to help them out some more. His mother is quite domineering and insists on keeping him at home each night to spend time with his family. His brother, Karl, is a former child prodigy who chose the piano as his form of expression as a boy. However, because of an accident that caused him to be in a coma for 12 weeks, he has seizures on a regular basis; and therefore cannot take care of himself. This is the story of this family dealing with grief and learning to live afterwards. A very well done drama with just the right touch of romance. I give it an 8/10.
SLC Punk! (1998)
Very cool movie
I've been listening to punk rock and hardcore for years and this movie comes the closest to epitimizing what the "scene" is and how it works. Listen to Stevo's comments on life with an open ear and you will learn that he has a lot to say, about life, love, death and just about everything else. There's great music all throughout the film, which I also enjoyed.