systemactor
this is what you would get if you allowed a 10 year old (manic American) to write a story of a moon trip. Absolute garbage with no redeeming qualities Maybe it held some fascination in the 3D dept. but as a narrative and entertaining animation it held nothing to make wasting an hour and a half worth while. Save your time and money and watch BOLT insteadDamn. Not enough lines, yet I feel that sums it up... well, I agree with an above review - this is like a cold-war propaganda story. Maybe it would have been more interesting if they had made it about the flies uncovering the hoax of the moon landing, or if the flies had died in the first minute. BTW - why were all the main character flies deformed? - not one had the full compliment of limbs!
Lefteris Lalos
Today, I visited an Athenean Cinema with my two kids (6 & 8 years old), payed 3 x 12 euros (about 45 US $ total) not to mention gas, popcorn & soda, was asked to return my 3d special glasses after leaving the theater and was "forced" to watch what could have been a great 3d movie masterpiece but only proved to be a sick "cold war like" propaganda movie, like none I have seen during the last 20 years... AND THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE A MOVIE FOR CHILDREN... IN HEAVEN'S NAME! PS 1: The average working Greek makes no more than 850 Euros a month (approxiamtely 1050 US $) PS 2 My kids liked it... but then again they are no more than babies >in Greek: mora, morons > like the one who wrote the script & the others who made this "3d disgrace" happen.PS 3 3D animation is fantastic but who gives a ....!
ilikepuppies
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.
elorac
This is not a good movie. Too preachy in parts and the story line was sub par. The 3D was OK, but not superb. I almost fell asleep in this movie.The story is about 3 young flies that want to have adventure and follow up on it. The characters are lacking, I truly do not care about these characters and feel that there was nothing to keep an adult interested. Pixar this is not.I would have liked to see more special 3D effects. Also I wold like to see more fly jokes than the mom constantly saying "Lord of the flies" Pretty sexist in showing the women as house wives and fainting.
