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‘Battle for Terra’ delights in 3-D

Posted on May 1, 2009
Battle for Terra is an earnest animated tale of war and peace in outer space, augmented by captivating 3-D images.

The dialogue is full of clichés — “Lock and load, people. It’s crunch time” — but the environmentalist message is heartfelt. Some battle sequences look like a pastel-colored video game, but Battle is ambitious.

The opening images introduce the planet of Terra, where the peaceful inhabitants live gravity-defying lives filled with art and music. Mala (Evan Rachel Wood) flies around with best pal Senn (Justin Long).

When Terra is invaded by humans, and Mala’s father (Dennis Quaid) is abducted, she goes into fierce mode. She lures Jim (Luke Wilson), a pilot and soldier from the Earthforce Army, into a crash, then rescues him, and learns that the belligerent humans are the last of their species after Earth’s natural resources were depleted.

Mala goes on a trek to save her father, assisted by a canine robot (David Cross). Along the way she forges a friendship with Jim and learns that humans and Terrans have a lot in common.

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