9: Animated rag dolls save humanity?
Movie Reviews September 23rd. 2009, 9:26pmHere is state of the art animation and wonderful voice acting in an apocalyptic story that is very dark and dismal. I was fooled by the titles and when I saw Tim Burton in big letters, I assumed he directed this. He was one of the executive producers. I can’t complain about the animation, it is great, but I wonder what it would have looked like if Burton had done it with models and stop motion photography. That would be ungodly expensive today, but there’s something about that style that brings things to life in a way even the best animation doesn’t. The little characters are interesting and well portrayed by a number of well known actors. The story is really like the Terminator franchise. Skynet is created and the machines take over. Don’t look too deep though. Just enjoy the animation and voices. If you try to make sense of the story or question what happens in the aftermath, you’ll be left scratching your head. It’s merely a cartoon afterall.