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The Iron Giant (1999)

August. 06,1999
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8.1
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PG
| Adventure Animation Science Fiction Family
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In the small town of Rockwell, Maine in October 1957, a giant metal machine befriends a nine-year-old boy and ultimately finds its humanity by unselfishly saving people from their own fears and prejudices.

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SnoReptilePlenty
1999/08/06

Memorable, crazy movie

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CommentsXp
1999/08/07

Best movie ever!

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Maidexpl
1999/08/08

Entertaining from beginning to end, it maintains the spirit of the franchise while establishing it's own seal with a fun cast

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Humaira Grant
1999/08/09

It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

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Anish Misra
1999/08/10

The Iron Giant is a film co-written and directed by Brad Bird. This film was on my radar for quite some time since it is directed by Brad Bird. Finally, I decided to watch the film and I can say that it was definitely great.Plot: Hogarth befriends a giant robot but also has to defend the robot from a ruthless government official.Story and direction: This film was in the traditional animation form which incorporated little CGI. At a time when CGI films were on the rise, bringing out such a film is a risk. With Brad Bird as the captain of the ship, what is to go wrong?? Nothing. Director's like Brad Bird is why I love animated films. Not only do they have such a good story but a message that is relevant and should be applied too in real life. This film deals with themes that no one at the time dealt with and is still relevant even in this world where technology has dominated every aspect of our lives. The film also very beautifully shows that it is not necessary to be human to have feelings. Everyone has feelings. Brad Bird and his team were able to grasp my attention in this 87 minute film. But it is quite sad to know that this film didn't work wonders at the time of its release. Some things quite notable are the designs for the town and the robot. They are impeccable and beautiful. Even the characterization work in the film is just spot-on. The bond formed between Hogarth and the robot seems real. Kent's character has been beautifully portrayed in the film. Even the voice work of this film is excellent and I couldn't fault it for even a second. There are some jokes in this film that I laughed and also some scenes which made me very emotional. The music by Michael Kamen also does wonders and goes with the flow of the film. If I had to nit-pick this film for any flaw, I would say it was the story. Many movies have shown such stories and the subject I would say was nothing new.Favorite Scene: It would be the one where Hogarth decides to tell a bed-time story to the robot so that he could fall asleep. He has different books with him and tells them the gist of two of them. This scene just resonated with the main theme the film deals with and very correctly justifies the difference between good and evil.Verdict: As a first timer director, Brad Bird just hit a bulls eye. I was impressed with almost every aspect of the film. This film proves that medium is not necessary to bring across your point. If the message is correct and properly shown, then the medium doesn't matter that much. Even after the film ended, I was thinking about the film. And thank god, the film wasn't made into a musical (which was actually the original plan of the makers). For those who have loved Brad Bird animated films and think that he is one the great animators at present, I urge you to watch this film. It is a beautiful and thought provoking feature. I was highly impressed by it and sure that you will be too.I am going with a 9/10.

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Serg
1999/08/11

The Incredibles was my favorite movie, then Incredibles 2. So I decided to watch another Brad Bird's movie, The Iron Giant.It's brilliant, but from the first scene till the end it's a very sneaky communist propaganda. Why sneaky? Because it isn't too explicit, but If you know nothing about Soviet Union (for instance, if you are a kid!), you would think that it's a paradise on Earth. A paradise where people wish to live a different life, but being threatened with nukes by USA.Can someone be so talented in something that it comes on the account on other abilities? Like an ability to read? People didn't live in USSR a different life because they wanted to, definitely not all of them. How one can know that? It's simple: people were executed for just an attempt to leave it (like in any other commie regime in history - what a surprise). Isn't it enough to derive everything else from it?I really love all 3 movies. But after watching The Iron Giant I will not recommend them to anyone, not even Incredibles 2. Because like me, they may like it and may decide to watch The Sneaky Commie Iron Giant. But unlike me they may not be born in USSR or may not know what it is for some other reasons, like being kids.

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nishthefit
1999/08/12

This movie is an absolute classic and there is no doubt! It ended the 90's with a Big Bang. Although it's one of the greatest animated films of all time, I believe it's the best since it's my most favorite! I watched this excessive times as a kid and even to this day I'm always in the mood to watch it. All hail The Iron Giant!!! Forever an instant classic!!!!!!!!!

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tobaacevedo
1999/08/13

What i can say? it's still one of the best This is possibly the only movie if you see the poster you know it is not from disney or pixar and is the great beginning of brad bird The Story Is Wonderful All About how Hogart Hugles show the beauty of the life to the iron giant how it develops in fact, i liked more than the most disney moviesas always in the animation the main characters usually have more personality and the others leave them more flat and you could say that is true since the others do not matter the animation it's great also of the best before the fall of 2d the music is not so memorable that i remember In itself the movie is one of the best and highly Recommended 9/10

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