This film's premise is a really great idea- That a human lands in a lesser developed world of aliens, who have black and white television, see the universe as 500 miles wide, and really are at the same state America was in in the '50's in culture. The scene where the Astronaut, Chuck, takes a "One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind" moment to the sound of "2001 A Space Odyssey," places the American flag, and then sees the aliens and realizes he is in their backyard, is priceless. And the movie was great in its physical humor, with spoofs and funny little extras. The only thing, however, that held it back was the dialog. unfortunately, this great movie was hindered by an inorganic and static wordplay, with the obvious being stated, or jokes being cracked without comedic timing. So, 9/10 for plot/picture, but 3/10 for the weak dialog, which I'll average out as about a 7/10 total.
Review of Planet 51
