The Iron Giant
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Movie Reviews of The Iron Giant
Movie Review: Friendship. Love. Respect.
Summary: 4 Stars
***CONTAINS SPOILERS***
Friendship. Love. Respect. Growing up. These are the themes that run throughout THE IRON GIANT, an Oscar Award winning animated film from 1999. Kids films without substance are very familiar to most parents, but The Iron Giant harkens back to a time when family and friendship meant everything.
Although unusual in the sense that a boy named Hogarth (voiced by Eli Marienthal) befriends an alien robot simply called The Iron Giant (voiced by Vin Diesel, Find Me Guilty), this animated feature still teaches kids the responsibilities of friendship and how devastating it can be to lose one.
The set-up is common in that we see the military and government agents as bumbling morons who misunderstand the intentions of something as large and as powerful as a nearly indestructible robot. But understanding eventually reaches them, too, through the actions of Hogarth and his new alien buddy.
More interesting than previous animation films for kids, this one shows not just the upside of this friendship, but the dangers ...as well as a fatal ending (sort of). Parents should be prepared to comfort their kids when The Iron Robot launches himself into space in preparation to save his best friend (Hogarth). The words "Superman" are uttered as The Iron Giant makes contact with the powerful and deadly rocket, and I'd be willing to bet that there's not an adult out there with any heart that won't swallow hard at those words.
But there are plenty of fun and funny scenes to counter the more stark ones. Watching fellow humans complain to the local constabulary about suddenly absent mouthfuls of trucks, towers, and other metal munchables is pretty comical, as is a great scene where The Iron Giant does a cannonball jump into a favorite swimming hole of Hogarth's.
A fun and serious film with themes that most parents will find a positive influence on the pliable minds of their young ones.
Movie Review: iron giant = win
Summary: 5 Stars
I remember seeing this movie when it came out in the theatres almost ten years ago, and was amazed that it didnt receive more acclaim and recognition. It is a heartfelt story about a boy and his robot, and it touched my heart as well as my kids'.
The animation is amazing......the CG parts were well blended with the 2D (you can check the extra disc for extras...it even has a segment on Vin Diesel, who was the voice of the iron giant). They used the same coloring for both CG and 2D which helped them look uniform.
Nowadays I see Iron Giant Marathons on tv around thanksgiving time, and each time i sit down to watch it, im still completely amazed. Great movie for the young and old.
Movie Review: My 2-Year-Old Boy Loves It!
Summary: 5 Stars
My 2-year old son absolutely loves this movie. I think he relates to the young boy who is the protagonist, but mostly I think he is fascinated by the gentle yet powerful iron giant.
He watches this movie over and over and it has displaced Sesame Street, Pixar films and Disney films as his favorite.
Movie Review: very entertaining
Summary: 5 Stars
The Iron Giant is a magnificent animated movie about a boy who gets in trouble a lot, and one night while alone because his mother had to work late, he hears strange noises outside and decides to investigate where the sounds are coming from. He eventually finds himself in the middle of a forest, and discovers a giant robot/alien that the boy at first believes wants to kill him, but later discovers the robot/alien wants to be friends instead.
The movie had some really funny lines, and the story was really good for both children and adults. Some of the animation was a little strange (the voice acting didn't always match up to the moving mouths on the characters) but the storytelling is what matters the most, and the honest emotions and overall enjoyment from the characters made this movie one I highly recommend watching with your children.
What cracked me up the most was the train scene. The robot/alien decided he wanted to eat the train tracks, but a train was coming at that very moment, so he quickly had to hurry up and put the tracks back down the way they were!
By the way, the robot/alien looked a lot like Sigma from the Mega Man X series, haha.
Movie Review: Political Anti: Gun, Hunting, Military, War Informercial
Summary: 1 Stars
Anti Gun, Anti Hunting, Anti Military, Anti War Informercial. That aside I still do not think the story or the animation was that great. It is a PG as it should be because it is not suitable for young children.