Battle For Terra Movie
Battle for Terra is a 3-D animated film about a peaceful alien planet which faces destruction from the last surviving members of the human race. It will be premiering in theaters Friday, May 1, 2009. The following is the trailer and gives a great overview of what the film is about ( for better quality, be sure to see the movie’s main site ):
History of the Movie
Terra, it’s original name, first aired as a short film in 2003 named All She Wants is the Truth. The film receive positive review and several accolades, it was made into into a full feature film that aired at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 8, 2007. After winning a wide array of film festival awards, Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions attained the rights to the move early in 2009 and set to release to release the film in America. The film’s director and writer Aristomenis Tsirbas’s has been part of many short films in the past, but this is his first full length film.
Battle for Terra
The typical sci-fi movie involving aliens taking over a planet usually involve other races trying to take over Earth. What happened if humans destroyed Earth and needed a new planet to inhabit? Battle of Terra is based off of the premise that Earth has been destroyed and the only way that humans can survive is to take over another planet. It really makes you think that we could be the aliens that we are so scared of.
One of the major themes of the movie involves the negative impacts humans have had on Earth and how we essentially destroyed earth because of our wasteful and war driven ways. This theme does not seem to far from reality seeing how we are dwindling away our natural resources and constant disputes among our nations. Terra on the other hand lives peacefully and in-sync with nature. Instead of attempting to communicate with the inhabitants of Terra to live peacefully with them, humans instead want to wage war and take over their planet.
There are many major stars in this moving including Evan Rachel Wood and Justin Long playing two teenage Terrians ( not sure if that’s correct ). Evan’s character Mala becomes friends with a human pilot voiced by Luke Wilson who was injured in a plain crash. Other major characters in the movie are voiced by celebrities including Brian Cox, Dennis Duaid and Amanda Peet.
Even with the underlying messages of environmental and social change, this movie is for all ages. Everybody from kids to adults can enjoy this beautifully constructed CG animated action film. State of the art 3D animation techniques were used give the movie a true 3D effect.
National MY TERRA Contest
The National Wildlife Federation is teaming up with the Battle of Terra to have a contest for children in grade 3-8 to write about a special place in nature to them. The goal of this contest is to remind families of how beautiful our world is, even right outside our homes. I urge parents with children in these grades to participate in this contest. It’s a great opportunity to express how they feel about our natural setting and hopefully encourage them to go outside more. Winners will receive:
Grades 3-5
- 1 child will win a digital camera and get the opportunity to participate in a Outdoor Photography Workshop.
- 4 runner-ups will win a year subscription to National Wildlife Magazine and a Set of DVDs.
Grades 6-8
- 1 child will win a 2 week California Community Service Adventure.
- 4 runner-ups will win a year subscription to National Wildlife Magazine and a Set of DVDs.
To find out more details and to sign up visit Battle of Terra’s Content Page. The contest ends May 30th, 2009.
The movie looks fun, but I wonder if it will do well in theaters with the kids. Let’s see how it does I suppose, but my first guess is… that it won’t do so hot in theaters. But I could be wrong….
Till then,
Jean
i will look o this only in dvd
I’m sure this movie will still gross $200MM. They always seem too.