Planet 51 (2009)

Planet 51: Directed by Jorge Blanco, Javier Abad, Marcos Martínez. With Dwayne Johnson, Jessica Biel, Justin Long, Gary Oldman. An alien civilization is invaded by Astronaut Chuck Baker, who believes that the planet was uninhabited. Wanted by the military, Baker must get back to his ship before it goes into orbit without him.

“In this successful Spanish picture there are humor , rip-roaring adventures , action , thrills and many other things . It deals with an American astronaut Captain Charles u0026quot;Chucku0026quot; Baker (Voice by Dwayne Johnson) lands on Planet 51 thinking heu0026#39;s the first person to step foot on it. To his surprise, he finds that this planet is inhabited by little green people who are happily living in a white picket fence world, and whose only fear is that it will be overrun by alien invaders like Chuck. But on this alien planet the media has tagged spacemen as brain-eating, zombie-creating monsters, causing Baker to run . The planet is set in the 50s and even though much on the alien planet is round in design, nothing has wheels . There Chuck meets Lem (the name voiced by Justin Long, is also the abbreviation for Lunar Excursion Module. NASAu0026#39;s LEM was used as part of the Apollo program to land astronauts on the moon) , an average teenager working on getting the girl named Neera (Jessica Bielu0026#39;s voice) and furthering his career at the local planetarium . While , Chucku0026#39;s command module called Odyssey (this is the same name of the command module used in the Apollo 13 mission) is orbiting the planet .u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eFabulous and amusing C.G. animated film , lavishly produced and achieving a big success . Gorgeous and astounding animated picture with outstanding and fantastic starring , an astronaut called Chuck and his good friend , Lem . Fun story of outland space plenty of adventures , bemusing situations , fights , chuckles , emotion , and action . Entertaining and solid retelling from Atresmedia Cine , the film division of DeAPlanetau0026#39;s broadcasting group Atresmedia or Antena 3 , co-produced Planet . The whole piece of adventure teems with excitement , thrills , humor , astral atmosphere and being pretty amusing . The movie was originally going to be called u0026quot;Planet Oneu0026quot; but the owners of Planet One, who make childrenu0026#39;s and teen TV programs in the USA, threatened to sue . The filmu0026#39;s producers chose to call the movie Planet 51 (2009), acknowledging Area 51, the supposed center of UFO investigation in America. Spainu0026#39;s animation output is now knocking on global market doors, boosted by the growing commitment of private broadcasters such as Antena 3 TV . Ilion Animation Studiosu0026#39; $60 million Planet 51, a Sony U.S. pickup, paved the way by scoring $105.7 million worldwide in 2010 . Formerly , the great producer , Julio Fernandez from Fantastic factory had produced successful animated pictures such as ¨El Raton Perez I and II¨ or u0026quot;The Hairy Tooth Fairyu0026quot;, ¨Donkey Xote¨ , ¨Gisaku¨ , ¨El Cid : the legend¨ by Jose Pozo and ¨Goomer¨. Two of Spainu0026#39;s more anticipated releases — the $28.6 million-budgeted u0026quot;Justin and the Knights of Valour,u0026quot; produced by Antonio Banderas, and Argentinian Juan Jose Campanellau0026#39;s $20 million Foosball are animated features.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe motion picture was compellingly realized by a trio of perfect filmmakers as Jorge Blanco , Javier Abad and Marcos Martinez ,with a high budget of $70 million, this is the most expensive movie produced in Spain . Production lasted 16 months, roughly half the amount of time it takes to make a Pixar movie. Rating : Above average , worthwhile watching .”