9

If you've been to your local movie theater recently, you've probably seen the trailers for Tim Burton's movie 9, coming out on 9-9-09. If not, here are some various links:

http://www.apple.com/trailers/focus_features/9/

http://www.filminfocus.com/focusfeatures/film/9

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDH0e73_j8M

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGqUB2iXbhM

Here's a synopsis (I'm lazy; I copied and pasted it. xD)

An action-packed adventure, director Shane Acker’s animated fantasy epic 9 is the feature-length expansion of his Academy Award-nominated 2004 short film of the same name. The screenplay for the feature is by Pamela Pettler (Monster House); directors Tim Burton (Beetlejuice) and Timur Bekmambetov (Wanted) are among the feature version’s producers.

The time is the too-near future. Powered and enabled by the invention known as the Great Machine, the world’s machines have turned on mankind and sparked social unrest, decimating the human population before being largely shut down.

But as our world fell to pieces, a mission began to salvage the legacy of civilization; a group of small creations was given the spark of life by a scientist in the final days of humanity, and they continue to exist post-apocalypse. Another of their own, #9 (voiced by Elijah Wood), emerges and displays leadership qualities that may help them survive and possibly even thrive. The conflicted but resilient tribe already includes #1 (Christopher Plummer), a domineering war veteran and the group’s longtime leader; #2 (Martin Landau), a kindly but now-frail inventor; #3 and #4, scholarly twins who communicate nonverbally and mostly with each other; #5 (John C. Reilly), a stalwart and nurturing engineer; #6 (Crispin Glover), an erratic artist beset by visions; #7 (Jennifer Connelly), a brave and self-sufficient warrior; and #8 (Fred Tatasciore), the none-too-bright muscle and enforcer for #1.

With their group so few, these “stitchpunk” creations must summon individual strengths well beyond their own proportions in order to outwit and fight against still-functioning machines, one of which is a marauding mechanized beast. In the darkness just before the dawn, #9 rallies everyone of his number to band together.

While showcasing a stunning “steampunk”-styled visual brilliance, 9 dynamically explores the will to live, the power of community, and how one soul can change the world.

After having watched the trailers and some clips many, many times, I have discovered a few things. In the links above, there is a point where it shows all 9 creatures for a few seconds each. On number 6, there is a point where it looks like the life is being sucked out of him; screenshot:

So it is quite possible we will lose number 6. However, it says in the synopsis that 6 is an 'erratic artist beset by visions,' so perhaps this is merely a vision. Number 7 seems very cool; she is voiced by Jennifer Connelly and though it doesn't show much in the trailers I posted, there are some clips I saw that shows that-- well, she's awesome. Definitely a tomboy and a survivor.

I really want to see this movie and I encourage others to see it also. 8D

"We...we've awakened something."
"Something terrible."