EPMC #7: The Iron Giant

[Heradel]

I have a final tomorrow, so this is going up early.
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The Iron Giant

The Iron Giant is a 1999 animated science fiction film produced by Warner Bros. Animation, based on the 1968 novel The Iron Man by Ted Hughes. Brad Bird directed the film, which stars a voice cast of Eli Marienthal as Hogarth Hughes, as well as Jennifer Aniston, Harry Connick Jr., Vin Diesel, Christopher McDonald and John Mahoney. The film tells the story of a lonely boy raised by his single mother, discovering an amnesiac "iron man" that fell from space. Hogarth, with the help of a beatnik named Dean, has to stop a military force and an egotistical federal agent from finding and destroying the Giant out of paranoia. The Iron Giant takes place during the height of the Cold War and deals with many pop culture festivities (most notably the McCarthy era, Duck and Cover and various science fiction films and comic books).

Links:
Amazon: 9.99 (Special Edition)
Netflix
IMDB

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Skewing dangerously into some sort of continuity with two cartoons in a row, next week's movie is:
Laputa —or— Castle in the Sky

"Laputa: Castle in the Sky (天空の城ラピュタ Tenkū no Shiro Rapyuta?) (re-titled Castle in the Sky for release in the United States) (in English, literally translated as The Sky's Castle: Laputa) is a film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki, released in 1986. It is the first film created and released by Studio Ghibli, although is considered the second by some since Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind was created by the founding members two years before. Laputa: Castle in the Sky won the Animage Anime Grand Prix in 1986."—Wikipedia

Links:
Amazon: $21.99 (sorry folks, cheapest I could find)
Netflix
IMDB

[Troo]

What a damn fine excuse to dig my copy out and re-watch it!

[Russell Nash]

Watched this one about two weeks ago.  Damn near pissed myself when the hand was walking through the house.

[birdless]

I don't remember any rave reviews when this movie came out at the theaters. I didn't see it until quite a few years after its theatrical release, and was amazed at how good it was! Great movie, and one that doesn't lose anything with repeated viewings. We moved last year, and had our stuff in storage for a while. Somewhere in the move or storage, 95% of our DVD collection was stolen (at least 200 DVDs)... I'm going to have to make sure this movie is added in the rebuild.

[wintermute]

Brad Bird is one of the finest directors to work in animation in a long time. He's also responsible for Ratatouille and The Incredibles.

Anyway, I love this movie. One of my favourite love stories between a boy and a robot ever.

[oddpod]

i like too , tiz vagely based on a book ,that it bares no resembalance to . for once i prefer the fillm vershon

[Tango Alpha Delta]

I may be the one in our house that loves this movie most, but my wife gooshes over anything Harry Connick Jr. is involved with, so it's a net hit with us. 

I know I shouldn't confess to this sort of thing, but watching the Giant *choose* his fate moves me to tears every time.  The way he juts out his chin and says "Suuuuu-per-man..."    it just strikes chords that resonate with my very core.


Not a bad accomplishment for a kids' animated feature.

[CammoBlammo]

I know I shouldn't confess to this sort of thing, but watching the Giant *choose* his fate moves me to tears every time.  The way he juts out his chin and says "Suuuuu-per-man..."    it just strikes chords that resonate with my very core.

I'm glad to hear this. I bawled the first time I saw the movie, and that makes my kids laugh, which sort of spoils the movie for me. There are two other animated pieces that have the same effect --- Spirit, Stallion of the Cimarron and the Futurama episode Jurassic Bark. I won't even let the kids put that episode on if I'm in the house.

[Darwinist]

Loved this movie.  I saw this movie with my son and at the time we were in the midst of seeing Pokemon movies 1-5 and other assorted crap in theaters aimed at kids.  It was a pleasant surprise seeing a kid's movie (not really a kid's movie) that I could enjoy also.

[birdless]

…the Futurama episode Jurassic Bark. I won't even let the kids put that episode on if I'm in the house.

I am so with you on that one! I hate that episode. I switch it as soon I see Bender in a magician's cape. It's so depressing!!!!... not Bender in a magician's cape, the episode.