Fantastic Planet
1973
Directed by Rene Laloux
Well, that was a big swing. I am sure many people will give it credit just for being so different. After all, you don't see a cut out stop motion trippy sci fi movie everyday. Thank god for that.
Giant blue humanoids called Draags keep human beings as pets in their home planet Ygam. A Draag leader gives his daughter an orphan human, who figures out a way to receive Draag knowledge.
So this was frankly not my scene. I'm not a big animation fan, I hate psychedelic art, and stop motion gets on my nerves. However, if you are not as cranky as I am (which, let's face it, you probably aren't) you could easily fall in love with this film.
I am trying to get caught up on these so I will keep it short. Pass.
RATING: **---
Interesting Facts:
Based on the Soviet occupation of the Czech Republic.
