There are many things I liked in the film. The designs of the alien world were really well-done; from the cars they use to the furniture and architecture, guns, cars, food (loved the steaks on the barbecue, shaped like ovnis!) to even the fonts which seem to have been given a thought. I liked the plot - which obviously parodies 1982's E.T - here, the main character is a human landing on another planet and being hidden and helped out by extra-terrestrial kids! Nice idea. Even the music seems to be a nod to John Williams' score to ET - which is a good thing because the music is quite nice to listen to - yet at times, the similarities were too obvious. It was overall a very inventive film in terms of design and plot. I want to stress on the efforts which were made to design the film, and all the different aliens who appear in the film (the big monter from the intro sequence, the H.R. Giger-like dog, the main characters of the film, and the "eyeball for a head" which reminded me of Medama-Oyaji from GeGeGe no Kitaro or the band The Residents) And it's nice to see that a company which isn't Dreamworks or Pixar can do something clever and visually achieved!
Review of Planet 51
