After I read the Epinions reviews of Titan AE, I steeled myself to be underwhelmed this afternoon.

Frankly, I have no idea what those Epinions people really wanted out of this movie. It’s a cartoon, people! It’s made for kids! Of course, being a kid, I thoroughly enjoyed it. Sure, the science was dreamed up by a high-school dropout, and the plot is run-of-the-mill sci-fi “exiles from Earth — must find home” fodder, but it is truly worth five bucks for an hour-and-a-half. I’d pay that much just to see really neato graphics; the rest was extra.

All in all, this is a kid-pleasing sci-fi flick, with very little of the recent Disney tree-hugging sappiness . And since the baddies are pure energy, we can shoot the crap out of ’em all day long.