Con-Bot 2.0
4Mar12
Totally agree with everything that you just said. WB Animation should have kept making more films. A masterpiece.
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Con-Bot 2.0
29Apr12
The story may sound like your typical "E.T." plot, but it so much different than you could ever imagine. The giant is so innocent that you can't help but love him and the villain is such an amazingly smarmy bastard. The elements of Cold War-induced paranoia and the giant becoming what he chooses to be, rather than what he was built for are handled perfectly and make the film more original. Brad Bird's magnum opus.
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Joe Godburn
11Apr12
The reason I love animation. It's an impeccably paced film filled with frames which are each works of art. It also gets points for throwing some heavy philosophy on personal identity into a kids film. Beautiful.
Rock and Bull
7Apr12
The only films I've ever cried at: It's a Wonderful Life, Toy Story 3, and this film.
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JEDIDARRICK
4Mar12
While at first glance it may seem like "E.T. with a giant robot," it's a lot more than that. Great voice acting (Vin Diesel as the Iron Giant), beautiful score by Michael Kamen, and amazing animation by Warner Bros. Feature Animation, this is a great beginning to the career of Brad Bird which unfairly bombed at the box office. Check it out.
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Man6
10Jan12
Heart warming. It was very close at the end to becoming excellent but they ruined it. He's okay!
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Con-Bot 2.0
1Apr12
Well, to be fair, they DID set up earlier in the film that he could repair himself, so it's not like he could just do it out of nowhere.
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deftworker
2Apr12
I actually felt that the ending with the robot pieces (starting of with the screw tapping the window) was pretty good, transcendent even, on a par with that of Dreyer's Ordet... Certainly better then ending it with the typical trivial post-denouement dialogue.
Josh Hansen
13Aug11
The best animated film you've never seen. If you have seen it though, you know how absolutely brilliant it is!
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Calhoun Kersten
29Sep10
The Iron Giant is one of those movies that still makes me tear up even thinking about it. It's a touching movie about a boy and his unusual friendship with, you guessed it, an iron giant. Still, that description makes it sound corny, but it really does have a lot to offer, especially for animation fans. Brad Bird is at the top of his game with this one.
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Zachary Phillip Brailsford
26May10
This is a fantastic kids movie, one that I really need to watch again. :) And when I say it's good as a kids film, I don't mean it's only good for kids. It's really just good. :) Savvy
Phil Worfel
19Nov09
A complete delight of a film. Adventurous, touching, and groundbreaking. Exemplifies how 2D animation is still a powerful medium when in the hands of a great filmmaker and storyteller. Vin Diesel's greatest performance.
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