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Very well executed

Sorry, this movie sucks

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I wanted to like it more than I actually did... But much of the humor totally escaped me and I walked out only mildly impressed.

The animation in this wasn't too bad, and the story wasn't the most original concept (surprisingly sentient characters, in this case flies, piggybacking on an existing human story or adventure), but still entertaining enough for a kiddie/family cartoon movie.What made this awful was the voice acting by the kids that voiced the three main characters. All of the others were passable, but dialogue between those three made me feel like I was sitting through a table-reading in a second grade classroom.I don't know if it was bad coaching or directing, or the kids themselves (who sounded just fine in the live-action features I've seen featuring them). Regardless, this was one prime example of a studio being so obsessed with finding a voice that was even mildly recognizable that they passed on quality.That awkward line-reading made it almost seem as though they made the rest of the movie and then found kids to read the words that had already been animated, or as if they just plugged in dialogue from a read-through when they auditioned. All entertainment would cease as soon as the main characters started talking, and we just sat and waited impatiently for them to finish awkwardly pushing out their lines.Ugh. Good job pushing this piece of crap instead of funding 3 or 4 other productions that may have been worth watching.

It's a movie for kids. I understand that. I watched it with my 6 year old and she liked it, so I'll cut it a bit of slack - and in any event you can't apply the same standards to a kids movie that you would apply to a movie intended for mature audiences. Having said that ...I've seen G-rated movies that were a lot better than this. The attempt here is to mix a story about 3 young flies who hitch a ride to the moon with Apollo 11 in 1969 in with a bit of the actual story of Apollo 11. So if a child watches this they'll learn about Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin and even a bit about the Cold War. Nothing wrong with that. Some of the animation (especially some of the space flight scenes, the animated portrayal of the capsule and the scenery backdrops) was very well done. But set against all that are the weaknesses of the movie.First, I didn't care for either the animated people or the animated flies. The flies came across as too anthropomorphic. I know nobody wants to see realistic-looking flies and maggots in a cartoon, but these ones came across as just too cutesy. These are flies! And strangely, with the flies being too anthropomorphic, the animated humans came across as too cartoonish. They didn't look realistic at all. The Cold War - as I noted - serves as a backdrop to this (appropriately, since the Cold War was the backdrop to the actual times) but having flies involved in the Cold War? Yes, there were the evil Russian flies and the good American flies. That was a little too much. And then there was Buzz Aldrin's real-life walk on at the end of the movie. I can't really figure out what purpose his walk-on served. It seemed a gigantic piece of nothing, and lasted all of about 30 seconds. I have nothing against cute kids movies. I've rated more than a few quite highly. This one, though, is not one of the better I've seen.

I saw this about two weeks ago in the theater and dismissed it as pedestrian in all but one area. The 3-D, I thought was done in a new way (to this inexperienced viewer). A way that convinced me, in fact that after many decades in existence already, the technology was hitting a breakthrough moment and had a huge future yet ahead of it. My theory was then, and is now that this film started as an excuse to showcase an innovation in 3D animation. Probably made by computer specialists with little to no experience with narrative creativity.No, these guys instead specialize in spatial creativity. And I gotta say that the experience in the world of this film stuck with me. It has changed me in a minor way. The way I think spatially has been permanently altered just so much.Here's the deal. I've seen 3D just a few times, but to my experience, it had always been gimmicky. Fun, but gimmicky because the only trick anyone seemed to know was the push-objects-into-our-faces thing, which is merely a carnival ride, a novelty.But this! Somebody here is using a much more profound approach. Instead of being merely prodded at, the viewers here have an entire world built around them architecturally. A strong feeling of occupying the same space as the characters is created. Movies are all about engagement, the deeper the engagement, the more we like them. This film demonstrates how 3D alone can engage.There's a big future for the product highlighted in this advertisement.

I read today a horrible review for this film by yet another jaded reviewer. It was by far one of the nastiest reviews I've read by one of these monkeys in a long time. Look, this is not a perfect film, but it is neither a bad film. So often reviewers seem to want all films to be Dr. Zivago or Gone With the Wind, or whatever is politically correct at the time. Point is, see movies for what they are intended to be. What a concept.So what is this film all about? It is a movie for kids that is in all honesty not up to Pixar standards, but not a bad film at all. The main purpose is to inspire a new generation of kids to explore and is very pro space exploration. It is so important to give young people something special to which they can aspire. As such, I think this film succeeds quite well. The 3D effects were very good, and definitely eye popping! So go and take they young ones, this is an event they will remember, and who knows, one day a man or woman may set foot on the moon or even Mars, and credit this film with inspiring them! That is what it is all about! The best review of this film came form a young girl, who as she exited the theater proclaimed to all, "this is the greatest film ever!". That review from the target audience pretty much says it all!