The Iron Giant (DVD)

...crashed on us and all the 'new suggested items' were put on hold for weeks on end!? Then suddenly one day all the hundreds of opinions poured onto the latest opinions page... Well that was when I posted this opinion, I love this film and I spent a while making my op just as good but I hardly got any reads out of it, so I've made a few changes and if any of you are interested, Read on... I watched this film on TV one weekend, I was looking forward ...
...that good, I was wrong! The film was great and almost instantly decided to write an opinion on it! Anyway onto The Iron Giant itself, the film was originated from a poem written by famous poet, Ted Hughes. The poem was supposedly written for his children but the idea of the Iron Giant was used to create the film by DISNEY and as expected it met all its expectations. The film tells the story about a young boy called Hogarth Hughes who one night comes ...

emu128 22.08.2001 (06.10.2001) · Read full review
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...seem to be taking over the animation market. Whereas Disney’s recent releases (Mulan, The Emperor’s New Groove and Dinosaur spring to mind) have not achieved the success of their earlier releases, such as Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin and The Little Mermaid, animation features that are coming from the folds of other production studios are doing roaring trade, Shrek being an excellent example. One other such animation feature is The Iron ...
...is an animation adaptation of the Ted Hughes book ‘The Iron Man’, which most of us probably read in school. The film tells the story of Hogarth Hughes, a young adventurous boy who makes a discovery that is feared by most but terrifically exciting to him. Whether the film actually stays true to the original story, I’m afraid I can’t say because it’s been so long since I have read it. Hogarth lives with his mother, Annie, ...

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The year is 1957 a lone satellite, Sputnik, drifts in orbit around Earth, its monotone pips the only sound to violate the silent void. Far off past the moon an object appears, at first a dot, then rapidly growing in size. It throw plumes of steam into the velvet black as it hurtles towards earth right into the eye of a storm, in more ways than one. Off the coast of Maine… A tiny boat is tossed around on a mountainous sea like a matchbox…. ...
...North 68 degrees…..” In the distance a flash of light stands out against the dark and sullen storm clouds as an object streaks into the boiling sea. “I don’t know somewhere off the coast of Rockwell, wait I can see the light house….” Marv Loach, looks up at one light through the black haze of rain and sees a light in the distance one light becomes two side by side. He drops his jaw and his radio set in one movement ...

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...clutching a ticket to see The Iron Giant. I had not been greatly impressed by most of the recent Disney offerings(A Bugs Life aside) and the thought of seeing a non-Disney movie with a voice-over cast list of B-movie standard actors didn’t do much to whet the appetitie. However, I have to say that I was pleasantly surprised to find that The Iron Giant was not another Disney-wannabe but rather a thought provoking morality tale packed with social ...
...both adults and children. The hokey comedy element is not the main feature of The Iron Giant as is the case with many other animated cartoons, but a complementary element of the movie as a whole and as such I feel that it works well on both adult and child levels. Set in 1950’s America, we are first introduced to a young boy named Hogarth. He is a lonely child, the son of an over worked waitress(voiced by Jennifer Aniston) and makes various ...

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...this film and walked by the cinema so many times during it's short run in my town. couldn't quite overcome the stigma of a 27 year old bloke going in to see a childrens movie. what a fool. this is no childrens movie. this is a movie that should be seen by everyone, based, eventually, quite loosely on a book that should be read by everyone. i picked it up on dvd during a sale and thought i'd get round to watching it some time. what a fool. it sat ...
...sat with my girlfriend, put the film in, seeing as West Ham in the 2nd round of the Worthington Cup had been frowned upon, and we both sat transfixed for a blissful 90 minutes. It was superb. No songs, no cute animals, no condescending morality tales, just downright good fun. briefly, the story of a young child who lives only with his hardworking mother, which leaves him plenty of time to sit in front of sci-fi films on tv. his imagination is fertile, ...

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...robot falls from space to the earth to be discovered by a young boy named Hogarth Hughes. It's the fifties and america is just coming out of the war. Hogarth finds this giant metal robot to be quite innocent but has a problem hiding the 50 foot tall monster and keeping him a secret. This robot likes to eat metal and soon some cars are left chomped in half that interests the government. Naturally Hogarth and the Iron Ginat have a lot of fun until ...
...some great litl touches about the period it's set in with references to america's fascination with all things nuclear. It also has a lot of humour and you'd never think you could care so much for a 50-foot tall piece of metal. Harry Knowles of Aint It Cool News.Com raved about the film and rightly so but sadly it didn't really set the box office alight. The dvd is in it's original 2.35:1 widescreen format and is anamorphic. The transfer I would imagine ...

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...I can't believe this is the first ever opinion on this film, whats wrong with you guys!? This film is one of the finest Disney films around and no-one has ever written on it......!? I watched this film on TV the other day and almost instantly decided to write an opinion on it, it's only on here now though since I got carried away with a Dr Dolittle opinion instead! Anyway onto The Iron Giant itself, the film was originated from a poem written by ...
...his children but the idea of the Iron Giant was used to create the film by DISNEY and as expected it met all its expectations. The film tells the story about a young boy called Hogarth Hughes who one night comes across a 50 ft tall iron giant. Hogarth Hughes being himself saves the giant and manages to make friends with the thing, he helps the giant to learn how to talk and become the next super hero. With all the destruction that a 50ft iron giant ...

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...this wonderful film tanked at the box-office. The lure of the repugnant Pokemon is obviously more powerful than I first suspected. There are so many reasons why The Iron Giant should have done better financially than it actually did, and why it will be regarded as a classic from here on in. Firstly, it appeals to all ages from 8 to 80 years old. The story, based on the excellent children's book "The Iron Man" by the late Ted Hughes, concerns a giant ...
...Since the action is set during 1950's America, the authorities perceive it as a (possibly Russian) threat and attempt to destroy it. However, the robot soons proves himself a hero and more human than...well, a human! If the climax of the film fails to leave you with a tear in your eye then you might be a robot yourself. The film is simple enough for small children without being patronising, yet is full of humour and references that adults will appreciate. ...

MonkeyboyUK 22.02.2001 · Read full review
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The "Iron Giant" is a wonderfully told story about a boy who finds agiant metal robot who eats metal.The tale takes place in a New England town during the "Red Scare" of the late 1950's. The boy befriends the giant ironman after saving it from being electrocuted (it tried eating the town's powerstation). The giant's intentions are peaceful but the boy keeps the giant away from the townspeople because he fears they will think that it's a secret weapon ...
...that captures the paranoia that was sweeping our country at that time.The giant is a loveable misfit who cannot understand human nature. The boy, Hogarth, develops a touching relationship with the giant as it tries to discover why it came to earth.The movie is a joy to watch and is a future classic. It makes for excellent family viewing. A must for the video library! ...

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...Adults will recognise it from the story ‘The Iron Man’ written by Ted Hughes which can still be found in school libraries today. While the setting remains in the late fifties, the simple modern-day dialogue makes it eminently accessible to children of all ages. There is some violence, but a lot of it is implied rather than graphic. It is a film that stands up to comparison to the best Disney has to offer. The soundtrack is less impressive perhaps ...
...very strong and the character voices are provided by Jennifer Aniston and Harry Connick Jnr. The DVD transfer is particularly good and both Region 1 and Region 2 versions have Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound and a Widescreen presentation. Both discs have a few extras including the music video and a ‘Making of’ feature. The only difference between the two is the addition of a standard 4:3 TV presentation on the flip side of the Region 1 disc. If ...

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Over the past two years I've got into films in a big way. Some I watch just for entertainment, others are because I think they might have some deeper effect on me. I bought The Iron Giant after seeing great reviews and thought it might fall into the former category. Actually, it excels in both. The only other film to have moved me this much, whilst being enjoyable at the same time, was The Green Mile - check that one out NOW! The story is obviously ...
...viewing for anyone under the age of 15 - and anyone over. The story is fantastic, the message is clear, the animation is superb, the voice actors are talented, Michael Kamen's score contributes greatly to the mood of each scene and, most importantly (maybe), the humour is funny. I laughed, I cried, and I went away feeling extremely warm inside and satisfied with an amzing movie. By the way, I'm twenty years old. The DVD is identical to the US version, ...

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UPDATED 10/01/01 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I bought the Iron Giant on DVD since at that time it was really well promoted and pretty cheap. I was pretty suprised with what I actually got when I watched it. It was one of the best animation movie I've ever remembered watching! I was really suprised that the movie itself didn't make it big on the box-office! But, I guess Warner Bros realised that they made a huge mistake for not making enough promotion about ...
...with a brilliant DVD. The Iron Giant basically tells a story of a friendship between a boy, Hogarth Hughes (voiced brilliantly by the young Eli Marienthal) and a giant robot from outer space(Vin Diesel excells himself as the Iron Giant!) in the cold war era of 1957. If you want a great review about the movie, then I think you should head down here and read all about it: http://www.thebigpicturedvd.com/cgi-bin/master/viewer.cgi/The_Iron_Giant Since ...

pakalang 20.12.2000 (11.01.2001) · Read full review
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...catapulted director Brad Bird into the premier league for animated features, those in the know remember "The Iron Giant" as the first indication that an exceptional talent had arrived. Bird's take on the story "The Iron Man" by Ted Hughes began with the brilliantly evocative question: What if a gun had a soul? The answer to this is a movie of unusual emotional and thematic depth. "The Iron Giant" tells the story of Hogarth, a young boy who befriends ...
...beyond his home town. In the era of Cold War, such an event can hardly go unnoticed by the authorities, and Hogarth soon finds himself the protector of a gentle spirit misunderstood by an entire planet. But is his new friend really as peace-loving as he seems? Fans of "The Incredibles" will be delighted with the very similar tone found here, including some very funny moments for adults. Though the animation is of the increasingly old-fashioned 2D ...

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...very predictable. The story is about a little boy "Hogarth Hughes" who has a habbit of bringing home wild animals trying to turn them into pets. The beginning of the movie starts off in the diner where Hogarths mother(voice of Jennifer Anniston) works and he brings a squirrel in a box with him. The squirrel gets loose in the diner and runs around the place. Very funny scene. Hogarths mother works late that night and he stays up late watching scary ...
...out only to realize that the antenna looks as if it has been bitten off. He goes investigating into the woods behind his home only to find a giant man made out of metal by the power plant. Needless to say he takes the giant in without the knowledge of his mother and the military comes looking for this giant. An agent stays at the Hughes home while searching for the giant. The giant has defensive mechanisms that make him a deadly weapon and the military ...

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The crash of meteor through sky, the landing of something not of this earth, this is the beginning of a truly wonderful DVD movie. Meet Hogarth, a young boy who discovers a new friend in a two hundred-foot metal eating robot from another world. Join the fun and the tears in this excellent retelling of Ted Hughes`famous book The Iron Man. Starring such names as Jennifer Anniston of `Friends` fame, and Harry Connick Jr as a `hip` talking sculptor-junkyard ...
...And animation wise... supreme! Mixing traditional cell and computer effects to produce something magical. The DVD doesn`t have many extras - a short featurette, music video and trailer - but you`ll not mind, you`ll watch it again, and again. and.... well you know. For kids aged 8-80. A must see. ...

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