Fantastic Planet
Movie: Fantastic Planet (1973)
Watched with: Angelo
This was a really neat movie which completely exceded my expectations.
As a French cartoon, I figured it was going to be kind of artsy and pretentious and not go anywhere. That's kind of true, but it also has a decent story that holds together really well.
It's about an alien race of giants. They've imported humans to the planet and basically treat them like rats--some are pets, some are experimented on (it's implied, at least), and most are just considered vermin.
The main character is a human who is raised by an alien teenager (one of their weeks is a decade for a human, he explains) who also semi-accidently helps him learn all the stuff she does through her schooling. He escapes, and becomes the leader of a tribe of free humans.
The concept is pretty Planet of the Apes but the execution is slow-paced and pretty and strange. The art prevents the story from becoming trite and the story prevents the art from becoming senseless (mostly).
The course of events is hardly shocking, and the ending is pretty halfassed, but it never fails to be entertaining.
You can actually watch the entire thing on Google Video but it has an obnoxious new soundtrack, which kind of ruins it, not unlike the crappy tinted disco version of Metropolis.
Even if you like that kind of music (which I don't), removing the dialogue makes the movie more alienating, which does not work to its benefit.
Maybe watch the video a little bit to get a sense of what the movie is like, and then do yourself a favor and rent it.
Watched with: Angelo
This was a really neat movie which completely exceded my expectations.
As a French cartoon, I figured it was going to be kind of artsy and pretentious and not go anywhere. That's kind of true, but it also has a decent story that holds together really well.
It's about an alien race of giants. They've imported humans to the planet and basically treat them like rats--some are pets, some are experimented on (it's implied, at least), and most are just considered vermin.
The main character is a human who is raised by an alien teenager (one of their weeks is a decade for a human, he explains) who also semi-accidently helps him learn all the stuff she does through her schooling. He escapes, and becomes the leader of a tribe of free humans.
The concept is pretty Planet of the Apes but the execution is slow-paced and pretty and strange. The art prevents the story from becoming trite and the story prevents the art from becoming senseless (mostly).
The course of events is hardly shocking, and the ending is pretty halfassed, but it never fails to be entertaining.
You can actually watch the entire thing on Google Video but it has an obnoxious new soundtrack, which kind of ruins it, not unlike the crappy tinted disco version of Metropolis.
Even if you like that kind of music (which I don't), removing the dialogue makes the movie more alienating, which does not work to its benefit.
Maybe watch the video a little bit to get a sense of what the movie is like, and then do yourself a favor and rent it.
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