646f9e108c A danish crew of misfits travel to Saturn in search for natural resources. However, the planet is colonized by a ruthless army of Aliens that turn their eye on Earth and invade Denmark. Thus, the crew change their mission to liberate Denmark. I must say I was disappointed with this movie. My expectations were quite high. Trailers were hilarious, but all the trailers I&#39;ve seen feature scenes that are&#39;nt even part of the movie. Seems like an attempt to &quot;lure&quot; people to think the movie is better than it really is. (then they&#39;ll all buy movie-tickets)<br/><br/>The movie has it&#39;s moments, although if you&#39;re not a Dane (or at least a Scandinavian) many of the jokes and many of the characters attitude will seem strange and not funny at all.<br/><br/>I give this movie 5 stars. It&#39;s not good movie, but it&#39;s not terrible either. Rejsen til Saturn is at heart a comedy, filled with jokes, slapstick humor, and a story that itself is mostly a joke. This makes the film feel like a 90 minute stand-up show, where there is far between the jokes that make the entire theater roar with laughter, and only a quarter of the jokes will make you giggle. All the characters except Susanne (Iben Hjejle) are caricatures and coupled with a story that never lets you suspend your disbelief, we are left with a mediocre stand-up show built on a mediocre story.<br/><br/>With a star-specked cast you would definitely have expected more, and you get the feeling that it is not for lack of trying, but more likely a result of trying too much. Trying to get so many jokes and fantastic events and places packed in, that too many unfunny jokes and badly paced elements slipped through.<br/><br/>The animation and sound effects don&#39;t break any new ground, but are very competent and never gets in the way of the story. Considering the story and humor are both sub-par that may actually have be a bad thing, because with some greater artistic depth in the scenery the film might have been worth watching for that alone.<br/><br/>It&#39;s hard to recommend Rejsen til Saturn, but at the same time it&#39;s a movie you don&#39;t really want to see fail. There is great potential all around, the execution here just doesn&#39;t do it justice, but you are left with the clear feeling that the next film can be much better - if there will be one.<br/><br/>If you want to support more Danish animation films I suggest you go see it. It won&#39;t be a complete waste of your time, and there will be some good laughs - but unfortunately not nearly enough.
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