Everything I wanted it to be and more. Perfectly cast and excellent soundtrack by Hans Zimmer. Epic Sci-Fi at its best.
What a wonderful movie about friendship and fear.
Wow... I did not expect this. They finally did it. A perfect-as-can-be adaptation of the bible of Sci-Fi into film. There are no mistakes made, the characters, the technology, the feeling, all main events portrayed accurately.
No nonsense, no studio politics, just the book.
Well done Denis Villeneuve Sir, I salute and thank you.
probably the best hallmark Christmas movie I've watched. pretty good and the twists and reveal was great. we loved how it wasn't two people meeting and Falling in love in two days.
This movie was released when I was nineteen. I didn't see it then, I saw it today, at forty three.
What I'm trying to say here is The Iron Giant is a kid's movie. Does it deal with heavy subject matter? Oh, yes. Does it play down to the audience? No, not at all. Is it a little rushed? I think so.
This was a Warner Brothers' release, however it very much has the look of a Disney movie. Parts of the story felt like King Kong, others like Frankenstein, Hell, maybe even a little bit of Terminator 2: Judgement Day.
I could have dealt with an extra fifteen minutes or so devoted to our characters; with this being such an emotional journey, we really need to have time to build a complete bond, and understand motivations.
As it is, a good story about kindness, judgment, and wanting to be better than nature or nurture has lead us.