Planet Unknown

The story is familiar, the characters are from Wall - E tradition. short, at the first sigh, no surprises. but a decent work, well crafted animation, nice story, hopefull end. enough for a good short film.

Planet Unknown is a visually stunning animated sci-fi short about two planetary exploration robots on a mission to find a habitable world for humanity. The story itself is decent-not groundbreaking, but certainly not bad-but wow, the visual presentation is absolutely phenomenal.

It's almost hard to believe this was a student project, created as a final thesis film, and that it's already been around for nearly a decade. The film has aged exceptionally well.

I read the creator's notes on the film's origins and was fascinated to learn about their inspirations-ranging from Interstellar's robots to Pixar's WALL-E and Toy Story, Chappie, NASA's Mars rover documentaries, and various short films by different directors. Those influences are clear, yet the film still has its own identity.

This is easily one of the most impressive animated shorts I've seen in a long time. And reading about the creator's struggles and feelings of inadequacy during production made it all the more heartwarming. If this was made under the weight of "limited skills," then I honestly don't even know what to say-because the result is outstanding.

While not ground breaking or earth shattering (pun intended), it is nicely animated. The robots that have been sent to see if plants can grow on the terrain of another planet seem to have personalities. When meteors start striking the surface, they are left to avoid destruction. Unfortunately, we've seen this all before and even the precious moment at the end doesn't make it particularly special.