The Masters of Time
The Masters of Time
| 24 March 1982 (USA)
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On planet Perdide, an attack of giant hornets leaves Piel – a young boy – alone in a wrecked car with his dying father. A mayday message reaches their friend Jaffar, an adventurer travelling through space. On board Jaffar’s shuttle are the renegade Prince Matton, his fiancée, and Silbad who knows the planet Perdide well. Thus begins an incredible race across space to save Piel.

Reviews
BlazeLime Strong and Moving!
Contentar Best movie of this year hands down!
Gurlyndrobb While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.
Calum Hutton It's a good bad... and worth a popcorn matinée. While it's easy to lament what could have been...
phovusle I have seen this movie 2 or 3 years ago. I don't really remember the characters or the story. But I vividly remember the mood, the landscapes and the overall feel. And even if the character design was not as artistic as somebody would wished for a movie like this ... the whole thing was just fascinating. A hypnotic mix of sadness, new layers of existence and a mind-blowing conclusion at the end. It reminded me a lot of the french comic "La Survivante" from Paul Gillon, which I also don't recall in detail, but know that some aspects of it, will never leave my memory. Ever. If you like the works of Jodorowsky and the movie Phantastic Planet,make sure to check this one out!
Rectangular_businessman Even when "Time Masters" doesn't have the same level of complexity of René Laloux's masterpiece "Fantastic Planet" it is certainly a entertaining film with a high level of quality, mostly because of the great imagination displayed on it, an element shared by all the works form Laloux, and that In this movie are bring to life thanks to the excellent art done by Jean 'Moebius' Giraud."Time Masters" is an exciting adventure film, filled with many strange situations and unpredictable twists, that never failed to entertain me. The characters are likable and interesting, and the fascinating settings where the story takes place makes the whole film a highly enjoyable experience.This is one of the most underrated films that I've watched, deserving more appreciation and recognition than the one that it receives.
TheLittleSongbird As much as I did love Fantastic Planet, I think Time Masters is the better film. It is a spectacular sci-fi film and as an animated film too. While the incidental music is great and fits with each scene very well, the songs for me are nothing special and one or two don't do much to enhance the story.That said, the story is wonderfully creative, imaginative and clever with a promising intense atmosphere and a convincing twist, and the characters are all likable with great personalities. The dialogue is simple without being too simplistic and mature without being too convoluted. The best asset about Time Masters asides from the story is the animation. The character designs are good enough, but considering when it was made the backgrounds and colours are quite stunning.Overall, a spectacular film. 9/10 Bethany Cox
Trick-5 "Les maîtres du temps" is as good as french animation movies are rare. Designed by Moebius (Fifth Element...), inspired from a novel of Stephan Wul (french science fiction writer) "L'orphelin de Perdide", it remains one of the most powerful animation movie I have ever seen.Evidently, It is pretty old and the animation cannot be compared to today's movies, but the rest is very impressive. Characters are mature and have interesting personnalities, the design of ETs and plants is original and the scenario is full of surprises. This movie is different from all others and it is a real victory to be better than the book it has been taken of.