This animated feature, helmed by Disney renegade turned indie Don Bluth, has quite a lot going for it. In particular it is excellent eye candy and features an excellent blend of traditional hand drawn animation and CGI backgrounds and artefacts, together with decent vocal performances.
The plot, however, is less satisfactory. While it is adequate, it still gives rise to a number of questions which are never satisfactorily resolved, not least of which is why the Drej (who appear to be massively technologically superior to mankind) fear humanity, and not other races, to the extent they have to wipe them out. There are assorted other questions of that type (what did xxx hope to gain by his betrayal? Is the secret of the incredibly important Titan really only that it terraforms?) and the lack of resolution leaves a vaguely unsatisfactory feeling.
The other concern is who exactly was the movie aimed at? Kids? Adults? Sci-fi fans? Animation fans? The area where these groups overlap is, I suspect, not very big, which may be why this movie didn't do very well.
The plot, however, is less satisfactory. While it is adequate, it still gives rise to a number of questions which are never satisfactorily resolved, not least of which is why the Drej (who appear to be massively technologically superior to mankind) fear humanity, and not other races, to the extent they have to wipe them out. There are assorted other questions of that type (what did xxx hope to gain by his betrayal? Is the secret of the incredibly important Titan really only that it terraforms?) and the lack of resolution leaves a vaguely unsatisfactory feeling.
The other concern is who exactly was the movie aimed at? Kids? Adults? Sci-fi fans? Animation fans? The area where these groups overlap is, I suspect, not very big, which may be why this movie didn't do very well.