Battle for Terra

Yesterday I had to baby-sit my two little cousins and to keep them from fighting like they always do, I decided to rent a movie from the library. Since my knowledge of children’s movie isn’t as great as some, I asked which movie would be good for smaller children? With a little assistance, I picked out the movie Battle for Terra. As we started to watch the movie, I was surprisingly drawn into the movie. For a kids movie there was a good amount of action to keep the older viewers involved with what’s going on. I was really impressed with that because most of the time children’s movies just seem to dwell on the younger viewer’s needs and desires. If a movie appeals to older people, whether it be through subtle jokes that go over younger people’s heads or other tactics, the movie appeals to a much broader audience. A movie that does a great job of this is Wall-E. Battle for Terra uses action for older people to focus on while it involves a heartwarming plot for those who do not prefer the action scenes. Most movies I watch seem to bore me rather quickly, but surprisingly this movie meant for 10 year olds was able to keep my attention for the entirety of the film. While I won’t say this is a blockbuster by any stretch of the imagination, nor would I expect you to even watch it if you were bored and alone one day. But if you ever have some younger kids and need to kill time, I would definitely recommend you go rent this movie.