Terryfan The story of Planet 51 is about a astronaut named Captain Charles T. Baker voiced by Dwayne Johnson who lands on a planet where it inhabitants are aliens but living in the 1950s along the way he meets and makes an ally with Lem voiced by Justin Long.Lem also help from his best friend Skiff voiced by Seann William Scott Lem is also trying to win the love of Neera voiced by Jessica Biel. However things don't go as plan when the army lead by General Grawl voiced by Gary Oldman with the help of Professor Kipple voiced by John Cleese.Now for a kids movie it really keeps the attention of the family who want a enjoyable family movie.It does have a cast of actors like Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson Justin Long and Jessica Biel.The Animation is pretty impression for CGI and nicely thought out with the town and it characters.Music wise it has a collection of oldies from the 1950s pretty famous songs from that time.However the movie does have some moments that don't make it approve for the younger viewers.Nevertheless that's nothing to shy away from in this movie if your kids love it.I enjoy it with my nieces and they love it which makes it worth seeing.The story is entertainment enjoy for the family with some good voice acting in this one.All in all Planet 51 is a good movie just have to watch out for it and keep in mind the moments that might be too much.I give Planet 51 an 8 out of 10.

bazmitch23 The idea was the real reason I wanted to watch this film. Sadly it's the only good thing about this tripe.It's really unfunny. Most of the jokes involve peeing, farting, anal probing and slapstick. And the whole joke of the aliens thinking that the human can turn them into zombies is not funny.It's just an ugly film to look at. I hate the colours and the design. Jessica Biel's character is given nothing to do except be the girlfriend and that's it. There isn't much to her character. Justin Long plays the same sarcastic guy you've seen in every comedy movie he was in. Hey, Gary Oldman is the villain......... again. Poor Gaz. Why did he do this film? He was probably kidnapped like the rest of the actors.John Cleese is just in it for the money and The Rock...... sorry, Dwayne Johnson still can't act.The sci-fi references got on my nerves. How many times do we have to see Star Wars get referenced over and over?Do yourself a favour and rent the kids a Pixar or a Dreamworks film instead.

Jackson Booth-Millard Alien invasion films have been around for years, seeing humans terrified by the Martian or elsewhere unknown beings and we don't know whether they are good or bad, and it was interesting to see a cartoon film taking the premise and reversing it, so humans are the invaders on an alien planet. Basically on Planet 51, a world populated by green aliens, in the town Glipforg set an era similar to the 1950's culture, average teenager Lem (Justin Long) has a job as the planetarium and has had a crush on Neera (Jessica Biel) for a long time, but he keeps getting interrupted by her hippie friend Glar (Alan Marriott) before he can speak his feelings, and he assumes Glar is her boyfriend. The world is about to change dramatically by the arrival of human astronaut Captain Charles 'Chuck' T. Baker (Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson) who has travelled a very long way from Earth to claim the planet he has found in the name of the United States, obviously spotted by the inhabitants he is the alien, not them. Thankfully Lem, eventually, is willing to let the human stay in his house and away from the media spotlight that will brand him a monster and a danger to the planet, all Chuck wants is to place his flag in the planet's soil, gather some evidence of his visit, and return to Earth as a hero with many screaming fans. Keeping out of sight from the rest of the alien race is not easy though, and when he is found out he is indeed made out to be a threat, especially General Grawl (Gary Oldman) who is happy to put him in the hands of mad Professor Kipple (John Cleese) and see him be exterminated. In the end, the human proves himself a good visitor to Planet 51 after saving the life of the General, he is allowed to go back to Earth and achieve his ambition, his faithful wheeled artificially intelligent probe Rover is allowed to stay on the planet as the best friend of Skiff (Seann William Scott), and Lem and Neera finally express their feelings for each other. Also starring Freddie Benedict as Eckle, Mathew Horne as Soldier Vesklin and James Corden as Soldier Vernkot. The voice casting is good as you can expect from a film like this, Johnson making a suitably daft astronaut and Long as the hopeless in love teen, the characters are all good fun, many of the laughs coming from the robot Rover, the story is simple to understand, and you can spit and giggle at the small spoofs of famous sci-fi films, like Alien, War of the Worlds, 2001: A Space Odyssey and The Terminator, it may be a little predictable, but the kids will love, and there is just about enough enjoyment for the grownups, a fun family animated fantasy comedy. Worth watching!

Blueghost So, I remember the previews for this thing a few years back, but never had a chance to catch it. I saw it on the shelf at a place that sells used DVDs, and took a chance. I was mildly amused. It was good. Not outstanding, but pretty decent. Fun, funny, adventurous, what more could you want?I liked the animation, the premise, even the story and the voice acting. It was all very good. I liked it. But, and there's always a "but" in my reviews (well ... mostly, anyway), I felt the setup wasn't given enough time. We all understand about the USAF's Area 51, and the fun being poked here, and the aliens being stuck in the developmental period equivalent of the 1950s was pretty clever, but the NASA Astronaut, his predicament and the humor derived therefrom is predicated on the notion that everyone's seen classic 1950's sci-fi B-movies. It's a tenuous theme on which to build a film.I saw those films growing up. I saw the original "The Thing", "The Blob", "Them", "Invasion of the Body Snathers", "The Three Stooges versus the Martians" and a whole slew of monster and sci-fi flicks that played on the fears of Red-Scared/anti-Communist 1950's America. Unlike most of the audience, I got all the references to various films of years gone by. I was there when Helen told Klaatu's robot "Gort! Klaatu barada nikto!" I was there when Richard Graves fought giant locusts/Grasshoppers threatening Chicago (or was it Milkwaukee?). I was there when Robby the Robot bustled across an alien landscape in a sci-fi reincarnation of Jules Verne's classic about a man wanting to be left alone. I saw all those films, and tons more. But I have a hard time believing that parents, younger than me, and their children, also younger than me, will remember or even have knowledge of all of the sci- fi B-movie schlock that came out during the 50s and 60s. I just seems likely to me that the film's humor, for all of its good intentions, probably flew over the heads of a most of the people who enjoyed the film regardless.So, where's the harm? I suppose there really isn't any, but it would be nice to thing that the audience watching the thing would have an inclination of the references. But hey, that's just me.As for everything else? It's a finely crafted piece of CGI cinema. No shots are wasted. Everything looks as it should, and the characters, even the little robo-rover, shine with incredibly talented voice acting. No one misses a beat. Even John Cleese's paranoid super-genius professor gone wrong and gone haywire is right on the money, showing the audience how presumptuous scientists of yore could be when presenting their theories about how the world might work.The parents of the main character could have used a little bit more exposure in the meat of the film, and I think the girlfriend might have been a smidgen more proactive, but otherwise, like I say, it's a pretty decent watch.Lots of extras, a good story, good acting, good CGI, give it a whirl on the DVD player.Enjoy.