Planet 51 would be a good film, if it was an original idea, wasn’t so long, and had a cast that wasn’t just going through the motions with zero confidence. Yes, it other words, Planet 51 is not a very good movie. It’s your basic fish out of water tale, but from a sci-fi point of view, with the human landing on an alien world where everyone thinks he’s some kind of monster. Captain Charles T. Baker (Dwayne Johnson) lands on Planet 51, a planet that seems to be mirror Earth in the late 1950s early 1960s. It isn’t long before he’s mistaken for a brain sucking, organ eating alien and is chased off, and eventually bumps into Lem (Justin Long), a young alien who works at the local planetarium.
Lem is of course your average teenager, trying to win over the heart of...
Lem is of course your average teenager, trying to win over the heart of...
- 12/17/2009
- by Kent
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Planet 51
Directed by: Jorge Blanco, Javier Abad, Marcos Martinez
Cast: Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Justin Long, Jessica Biel, Seann William Scott
Running Time: 1 hr 30 min
Rating: PG
Release Date: November 20, 2009
Plot: An American astronaut lands on an inhabited planet where the aliens resemble 1950’s Americans. Once he lands, he needs the help of Lem (Long) to hide from the alien army that wants to dissect his brain.
Who’S It For? Kids. Though there are a lot of jokes aimed at adults that will go right over most children’s heads.
Expectations: Not high, the premise seemed kind of like it hinges on one joke, based on the trailer.
Scorecard (0-10)
Actors:
Dwayne Johnson as Captain Charles T. Baker: The Rock continues his assault on children’s movies with this role as the handsome, charismatic, and slightly dim astronaut, Charles Baker. Johnson’s voice is a great fit for this vain,...
Directed by: Jorge Blanco, Javier Abad, Marcos Martinez
Cast: Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Justin Long, Jessica Biel, Seann William Scott
Running Time: 1 hr 30 min
Rating: PG
Release Date: November 20, 2009
Plot: An American astronaut lands on an inhabited planet where the aliens resemble 1950’s Americans. Once he lands, he needs the help of Lem (Long) to hide from the alien army that wants to dissect his brain.
Who’S It For? Kids. Though there are a lot of jokes aimed at adults that will go right over most children’s heads.
Expectations: Not high, the premise seemed kind of like it hinges on one joke, based on the trailer.
Scorecard (0-10)
Actors:
Dwayne Johnson as Captain Charles T. Baker: The Rock continues his assault on children’s movies with this role as the handsome, charismatic, and slightly dim astronaut, Charles Baker. Johnson’s voice is a great fit for this vain,...
- 11/24/2009
- by Megan Lehar
- The Scorecard Review
Director(s): Jorge Blanco, Javier Abad (co-director) Writer: Joe Stillman Starring: Dwayne Johnson, Jessica Biel, Justin Long, Gary Oldman, John Cleese, Seann William Scott It's the 1950s on Planet 51, and young Lem (Justin Long) is a budding astronomer. Lem is convinced there's more to the universe than what he's been spoon-fed by his elders, but pacifying the elders proves beneficial in furthering his dreams. Just when things are looking up for Lem, along comes Captain Charles T. Baker (Dwayne Johnson), 21st Century astronaut from Earth, and alien enemy to Planet 51. Lem finds himself caught between saving “Chuck” Baker and siding with the town, a sort of hapless group of vigilantes bent on seeing the alien on the dissection table. While Baker is amazed to find the planet inhabited by little green creatures, he is even more shocked to find himself running for his life through a very Mayberryesque alien landscape.
- 11/19/2009
- by Dirk Sonniksen
- SmellsLikeScreenSpirit
Planet 51
Directed by: Jorge Blanco, Javier Abad, Marcos Martinez
Cast: Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Justin Long, Jessica Biel, Seann William Scott
Running Time:
Rating: PG
Release Date: November 20, 2009
Plot: An American astronaut lands on an inhabited planet where the aliens resemble 1950’s Americans. Once he lands, he needs the help of Lem (Long) to hide from the alien army that wants to dissect his brain.
Who’S It For? Kids. Though their are a lot of jokes aimed at adults that will go right over most childrens heads.
Expectations: Not high, the premise seemed kind of like it hinges on one joke based on the trailer.
Scorecard (0-10)
Actors:
Dwayne Johnson as Captain Charles T. Baker: The Rock continues his assault on children’s movies with this role as the handsome, charismatic, and slightly dim astronaut Charles Baker. Johnson’s voice is a great fit for this vain,...
Directed by: Jorge Blanco, Javier Abad, Marcos Martinez
Cast: Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Justin Long, Jessica Biel, Seann William Scott
Running Time:
Rating: PG
Release Date: November 20, 2009
Plot: An American astronaut lands on an inhabited planet where the aliens resemble 1950’s Americans. Once he lands, he needs the help of Lem (Long) to hide from the alien army that wants to dissect his brain.
Who’S It For? Kids. Though their are a lot of jokes aimed at adults that will go right over most childrens heads.
Expectations: Not high, the premise seemed kind of like it hinges on one joke based on the trailer.
Scorecard (0-10)
Actors:
Dwayne Johnson as Captain Charles T. Baker: The Rock continues his assault on children’s movies with this role as the handsome, charismatic, and slightly dim astronaut Charles Baker. Johnson’s voice is a great fit for this vain,...
- 11/16/2009
- by Megan Lehar
- The Scorecard Review
It makes sense that Planet 51 exists. No, not in real life, but in movie life. After all, there have been millions (not technically) of films where an alien lands on Earth and adjusts to our situation. Now we have an astronaut who crashes on an alien planet and much figure things out in this alien adventure from the guys who brought us Shrek.
An interview with Dwayne Johnson who is the voice for Captain Charles T. Baker in Planet 51.
They grabbed some pretty good voice talent as well, and if you’ve come here simply looking for Biel, scroll to the bottom.
An interview with Gary Oldman who is the voice for General Craw in Planet 51.
An interview with Seann William Scott who is the voice for Skiff in Planet 51.
An interview with Justin Long who is the voice for Lem in Planet 51.
An interview...
An interview with Dwayne Johnson who is the voice for Captain Charles T. Baker in Planet 51.
They grabbed some pretty good voice talent as well, and if you’ve come here simply looking for Biel, scroll to the bottom.
An interview with Gary Oldman who is the voice for General Craw in Planet 51.
An interview with Seann William Scott who is the voice for Skiff in Planet 51.
An interview with Justin Long who is the voice for Lem in Planet 51.
An interview...
- 11/13/2009
- by Jeff Bayer
- The Scorecard Review
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