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A Battle Worth Fighting For
GeminiSixty6 - wrote on 05/03/2009
I didn’t know much about Battle for Terra walking into the theater. I knew the gist of plot: Earthlings fleeing ecological disaster and civil war descend on a peaceful but politically stifled plant called Terra. That alone made me want to see it, but then I learned it was not a Disney, Pixar, or DreamWorks release but rather a Lionsgate release! Yay for the underdogs!!
From the opening credit to the last frame I was hooked. The film opens with stunning visuals and a moving soundtrack, and immediately gets the audience caring about these peaceful CG characters. The film is geared towards children with a message that boils down to sustainability. With Earth growing more and more unsustainable humans colonize Venus and Mars. Well, the colonies want their independence from Earth, …
