Fantastic Planet
Shop Now »»
Permalink: dealnay.com/150532
Last updated: November 13, 2009, 8:05 pm
Fantastic Planet Customer reviews:
Average Rating: 4.0 Total Reviews: 67
(Cathleen C. Crafts, 2009-03-09) This older movie is very good. The seller sent it in excellent time and in excellent condition. Couldn't be happier.
(Robert Morecook, 2008-08-16) This flick breaks the mold for creativity. It will still be fresh in 2050.
(Kelly L. Obrien, 2008-06-06) This movie shows you things from a different perspective and really makes you think. And it's a little creepy too. But if you're into that kinds thing it's great. :-D
(Robert P. Beveridge, 2007-08-01) Fantastic Planet (Rene Laloux, 1973) When it came out, Fantastic Planet was visionary, cutting-edge, all those superlatives (even if it did seem to derive a great deal from Terry Gilliam's animations on Monty Python's Flying Circus). Nowadays, well, it hasn't aged well. The nostalgia crowd will get a serious kick out of it. If you haven't seen it before, though, you're better off not listening to the raves. It's sometime in the far future. Humanity has been reduced to wild animals who co-inhabit their planet (which may or may not be Earth) with the Draag, a race of giants. The humans, now known as "om", are sometimes domesticated by the Draag and kept as pets; one of them, though the use of certain Draag tools, learns how to read their language. When he escapes and takes refuge with a tribe of wild om, he brings the disturbing news that the Draag are planning to step up their om extermination campaign, and he must therefore educate the wild om so they can either fight back or flee to another planet. It's all quite pretty, if exceptionally retro-looking in these days of CGI and Pixar. Roland Topor's story and art, like much of his work, is stuffed full of sexual repression masking itself as permissiveness, which these days is the most interesting thing about the movie; still, Topor's obsessions tend to come off better in prose form (The Tenant is still as riveting today as it was forty years ago). That said, if you saw it long ago as a youngster, you'll probably get a nostalgia kick out of it. **
(R. Legendre, 2007-07-12) I saw this movie on cable in the mid-90s and thought it was PHENOMINAL! Yes, the animation was far inferior to mid-90s techniques, but I really enjoyed the retro feel. The film had a dream-like, surreal quality that I have never experienced with a film before. The story was great and the music was fantastic. So, why am I not buying this DVD? I am holding out, with great faith, that it will be given a proper DVD treatment in the future. Anamorphic widescreen, if not 5.1, at least a decent stereo track, and the option to eliminate the subtitles. The current version can be found easily, but it is expensive. I refuse to pay that much money for a product that I will ultimately be unsatisifed with. If and when a proper DVD release comes to pass, I will happily pay good money for such a unique and enjoyable film.