Synopsis
It came from outer space!
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.
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.
Jennifer Aniston Harry Connick Jr. Vin Diesel James Gammon Cloris Leachman Christopher McDonald John Mahoney Eli Marienthal M. Emmet Walsh Jack Angel Bob Bergen Mary Kay Bergman Michael Bird Devon Cole Borisoff Rodger Bumpass Robert Clotworthy Jennifer Darling Zack Eginton Paul Eiding Bill Farmer Charles Howerton Ollie Johnston Sherry Lynn Mickie McGowan Ryan O'Donohue Phil Proctor Frank Thomas Patti Tippo Brian Tochi Show All…
铁巨人, 大铁人, Сталевий гігант, Raudhiiglane, Ο ατσάλινος γίγαντας, Anak ha'barzel, The Iron Giant: Signature Edition, Железният гигант, Gutten og jernkjempen, Le Géant Fer
Watched it with my 6-year old. Movie ends. Total silence. He whispers, "That was awesome."
Although Brad Bird is most famous for his work with Pixar it is his feature debut that is still his crowning achievement as a director. The Iron Giant, very loosely based on the Ted Hughes novel of the same name, is perhaps the last great traditionally animated film by an American studio. Unsurprisingly it bombed on release due to poor marketing and an audience only interested in the new fangled Pixar-style brand of computer animated movies. Yet it was their loss as the fickle public missed out on one of the finest animated features of all time and a story with rare heart.
Hogarth, a young boy obsessed with comic books and science fiction films, lives with his single mother…
[i hand her my phone to type out her review]
“tyggdfFghidvbhhjghhggurwwwrtdhhbby 😍”
"Oh my god...um, uh...oh, my god! we...thank you for the...er, food that mom has put in front of us and STOP! ...uh, the devil! ...from doing bad things? and er, GET OUT OF HERE! ...uh, satan? GO! go so...that we may live in peace. Amen."
"Amen. That was...hmm, really unusual, Hogarth."
"Forgottowashmyhands"
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85/100
Emotion with a capital E. Brad Bird takes the concept of ET and transforms the consumerist setting of the 80s into a paranoiac painting of the 1950s. Every aspect revolves around the fuzzy, strange, and complex feelings radiating from the heart, and Fall shifts into Winter within 30 seconds because it's a flourishing aspect of the film's operatic humanism. The end feels like a sly way to contradict its inner themes without drawing criticism, and it's a shame because until then, The Iron Giant is extraordinary in its grandiose cold-war analysis and bittersweet connection.
Also, stop doing Superman movies. We have this one and it's all we need.
The older I get, the more I appreciate the warmth, love and care this film emanates.
Thank you, Brad Bird, thank you.
the man of tomorrow. a gorgeous, deeply felt children's fable on american xenophobia and militarism, also i am crying now.
It’s your typical black sheep, fish-out-of-water children’s movie, but it is undeniably one of the best of its kind. The animation is perfect for its time period, and everything about this strangely feels like a warm cup of tea and a knitted sweater.
Perfection, one of the greatest animated movies ever. A great message mixed with stunning animation, a great story and mind blowing set pieces. Brad Bird is one of the best in the business and this is his magnum opus.
es una mezcla de las películas de ciencia ficción de antaño con la ya clásica ambientación de la guerra fría, con un guión simple pero bien estructurado y personajes carismáticos. El gigante de hierro es una introspectiva sobre aquello que nos hace únicos, y nos da una gran lección de buenos valores sin ser muy pegajosa.
I haven´t watched this film in my childhood and so I don´t have a strong connection to this like many other people have.
Still, I really loved the charme and playfulnes the film brings across. It´s a typical Child meets magical new freind story with some great blocking and an end, that was a little bit too exaggerated in my opinion and definetely stood out from the rest of the film.
Buenísima. Me pregunto que pensará un cinéfilo pretencioso intelectualoide cuando ve que una de las mejores películas animadas y una de las mejores rankeadas en letterboxd tiene tantos chistes de caca
Holds up to the rest of time. Quite an emotional juggernaut. Really Spielbergian in its sense of childlike wonder and suburban Americana vibes. It’s too bad it is such an underrated film, this one holds up. Just weird that the kids name is Hogarth.
Wenn der Iron Giant die Welt rettet, bedeutet das runtergebrochen auch nur, dass er die USA rettet.
Eindeutig overhyped.
"Oh my god...um, uh...oh, my god! we...thank you for the...er, food that mom has put in front of us and STOP! ...uh, the devil! ...from doing bad things? and er, GET OUT OF HERE! ...uh, satan? GO! go so...that we may live in peace. Amen."
"Amen. That was...hmm, really unusual, Hogarth."
"Forgottowashmyhands"
🦸♂️🤖
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