A planet of peaceful aliens is invaded by humankind.
This is a movie that shouldn’t be any good; it’s practically the rehearsal of Avatar’s story which, as we all know, is basically A “Dance with the wolves” remake, just set in deep space. But like “Battle beyond the stars”, the scifi remake of “the magnificent Seven” which is the western remake of “Samurai Seven”, is oddly enjoyable, albeit in a campy way, Battle for terra somehow transform is obviousness in a strength and having settled on a simple story they polished it till it starts to literally shine.
First the visual are, for what is practically an independent production with 30 time less than the big animated blockbusters, stunning. The aliens look like aliens for once! And the vistas of the planet and of the big human spaceship are breathtaking.
Secondly the story is actually much more mature than the trailers give credit for. Stuff happens, bad stuff, and it all makes sense in the movie, nothing is there just for shock value. The best bit is actually the very basic conflict. Even if the human general is clearly the bad guy he actually haves a point, there is a reason humans are there, and he is not bad for the sake of being bad. This made the movie actually gripping; we wanted to see how the story ended and how they resolved everything.
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