The Mars Scene: Mars Needs Moms

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mars needs moms is a decent movie. Maybe even a pretty good movie. But nobody seems excited about it, and that's probably because it was made using Robert Zemeckis' motion-capture process, as used in Polar Express and Christmas Carol. But you're missing Disney’s latest 3-D animated film “Mars Needs Moms” may be one of the biggest box office bombs of all time. Though released widely in 3,117 theaters over the weekend, the 3-D animated adventure earned a paltry $6.8 million. According to the box Then there are misses so disastrous that they send signals to broad swaths of Hollywood. “Mars Needs Moms” is shaping up as the second type. Walt Disney Studios spent an estimated $175 million to make and market “Mars Needs Moms,” which sold $6.9 "Mars Needs Moms" is the latest 3-D cartoon to hit the cinemas, and it's fine fantasy and pure fun. It is "Gribble-tastic," to quote one of the characters. The title is a take-off on the 1966 sci-fi film "Mars Needs Women," but who would have guessed that I write about the business of Hollywood. I live in Los Angeles and I'm lucky enough to write about the thing I love most: movies. I'm a graduate of Vassar College and Northwestern University and for 15 years I worked at Forbes mostly covering the mars needs moms is a 3-D-animated film shooting for the stars (or in this case, Mars). Its craftsmanship showcases the latest in performance-capture technology (a la Avatar). And its story—about the relationship between a mother and son—is meant to .

No movie called “Mars Needs Moms” has any right being this good. But it is and silly title aside director Simon Wells (“Prince of Egypt,” “The Time Machine”) has managed a feat that once seemed only the province of Pixar, cobbling together a The human characters in Disney's new 3-D film "Mars Needs Moms" have been criticized as appearing get this too lifelike. But isn't realistic animation a good thing? Not exactly, according to the "uncanny valley" theory, which states that computer animation Animation featuring the voices of Seth Dusky (as Seth Green), Joan Cusack, Dan Fogler, Elisabeth Harnois and Mindy Sterling. Directed by Simon Wells. 88 minutes. Opens March 11 at major theatres. PG mars needs moms isn’t much of a movie, but it’s a With its uplifting message of peaceful revolution and its curious fixation on Love Generation politics, Mars Needs Moms plays like one of those fateful films that simply willed itself into existence at precisely the most opportune moment in time. .