The Iron Giant (Special Edition)
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Movie Reviews of The Iron Giant (Special Edition)
Movie Review: Family or not, you should own this movie.
Summary: 5 Stars
I never saw this movie in theatres, but borrowed it from a family member for my son recently. After watching it, I imediatly went on Amazon and purchased it. This movie is excellent and has a really good message. My wife and I love to watch it with our son. The animation and story are excellent!Movie Review: Very entertaining
Summary: 4 Stars
A good story with likeable characters, and the "adult" jokes within are not crude like so many of today's CDI movies from the big studios. Very entertaining for me AND the kids! Gotta love Harry Connick, Jr. as a beatnik!Movie Review: a parable for our times
Summary: 5 Stars
Released in 1999, there was no way for the creators to be able to know the parallels of their 1950s fantasy world and our reversion to the 1950s that would soon follow. Nevertheless, the Iron Giant himself stands as moral crusader in the face of blood-thristy government representatives who think one can just shoot at a problem and it will either go away or won't shoot back.
This movie does for American animation what Hayao Miyazaki did for Japanese - transcended age, genre, and form to establish animation as a viable medium through which to convey deep philosophical truths. It will only be a matter of time before Americans break their prejudice.
Beautifully animated, beautifully scripted. I just love the jazz loving metal artist junkyard operator. What a great stereotype-bending character. AND NO STUPID SQUIRREL SIDEKICKS!!!
Movie Review: Outstanding animated feature!
Summary: 5 Stars
In a small town in the late 50's, a boy named Hogarth (voiced by Eli Marienthal from "American Pie 1 & 2") discovers an alien robot (voiced by Van Diesel) and befriends him. A U.S. Government agent named Kent Mansley (voiced by Christopher Mcdonald) arrives in town where is he determined to find out abou this mysterious alien being and wants the military to destroy it. But can Hogarth prove that the giant is a gentle creature that means no harm or will it be destroyed?
Co-starring the voices of Jennifer Aniston, Harry Connick Jr., James Gammon, Cloris Leachman, M. Emmet Walsh and John Mahoney this is a lavishly animated and well thought animated Sci-fi epic from Brad Bird (the man who brought us "The Incredibles" and "Ratatoulie"). The animation in this movie is truly outstanding especially with the art direction and the giant himself and contains excellent voice acting by the cast. What also makes the movie great is that it contains great deal of emotion and heart, it originally bombed in theaters but now has turned into a cult animated classic that has been called one of the greatest animated movies ever and it has to be seen to believed.
This special edition DVD contains excellent picture and sound with extras like commentary, 8 additional scenes not shown in theaters especially an alternate opening and a Giant's dream sequence, 13 featurettes, theatrical trailers, motion gallery, stills gallery, hidden easter eggs and a talk of the "Duck and Cover" sequence.
Movie Review: EVEN IF YOU DON'T LIKE ANIMATION, WATCH THIS ONE!!
Summary: 5 Stars
It's 1957 in Maine. The Cold War is heating up and people are getting paranoid about Russia especially with Sputnik orbiting the earth. Hogarth lives in a wooded area outside a small Maine community with his single mother who works long hours in a restaurant. This gives Hogarth plenty of time to explore and develop his imagination. There is a crash nearby in the woods and rumors start about some giant creature. When Hogarth is watching TV alone at night the picture suddenly turns to snow. Hogarth climbs up on the roof to adjust the antenna only to find part of it missing. He sees a trail of destruction and follows it to the nearest power station where Hogarth finds the unconscious Iron Giant, a 50 foot tall robot like character who must find metal and lots of it to eat to survive. Trying to eat a chunk of the high voltage tower was bad for indigestion. Hogarth saves his life and the adventure begins of trying to protect this friendly giant from the community and a very paranoid government agent determined to destroy first and ask questions later. Unfortunately, many people will skip this wonderful film because it is animated. Don't make that mistake. It's as entertaining for adults as it is for children, particularly if you remember the days of Sputnik, the Cold War, etc. WWW.LUSREVIEWS.BLOGSPOT.COM