Rama’s SCREEN

If I could sum this up in one sentence, it’d be this… This movie is just for kids! We the adults would be watching this and have different opinions about it. Those of us who have kids would find it cute, those of us without any child would be… impressed by the 3-D technology but that’s about all there is to it. I don’t wanna completely diss this movie because I think it does a good job of inspiring young generation,… young generation who still go to daycare.

The year is 1969 and like everyone else in the world, Nat (Trevor Gagnon) and his pals IQ (Philip Daniel Bolden) and Scooter (David Gore) are abuzz over the upcoming launch of the first manned mission to the moon. Inspired by his Grandpa’s (Christopher Lloyd) oft-told tale of hiding aboard Amelia Earhart’s plane during her famed solo cross-Atlantic flight, Nat hatches a secret plan for the three young flies to stow away on the Apollo 11 rocket.

I really do enjoy the 3-D experience, you have to give this movie some props for being the first ever animated movie created for 3D. When I went to a theater last month to catch Brendan Fraser’s new 3D adventure movie I was upset to find that that theaters had it only in 2D. So I had to drive clear to another theater to catch it in 3D.
I take it you won’t have the same problem with this one.

I like how the movie takes us to see to view it through three perspectives: The human world, the outer space world and the world from the flies perspectives. Seriously, once you put on those glasses to watch this movie, it’d feel like one of those cool 3D simulation rides at popular amusement parks. Things would come off the screen and all up in your face.
The world seen through the eyes of the flies makes the human world significantly gigantic and there’s just something cool about that.
It’s kinda cute to see the filmmakers’ way of making the flies’ civilization looks like they adapt human behaviors.
The technical side and the making of this movie are definitely something to be admired.

What this movie lacks is good comedy, it has some punch lines here and there but once again, even that aspect are made for younger audiences to enjoy.
If you’re not under the age of 8, you’ll try to give a small hint of laughter once in a while but nothing more than that.
As far as the story goes, it’s one of those movies that encourage children to never stop dreaming, never stop believing and all that good stuff.
If you get annoyed by flies going into space, sneaking in astronauts’ helmets and then landing on the moon, then this is not the movie for you.
But let’s not be a party pooper and ruin the fun for our little ones, shall we!

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