Superman | Ending of The Iron Giant (1999) Realtime Movie Reactions

[@Purrrple]

No matter how old I get, "Suuuuuupermaaaan....." will ALWAYS make me sob like a little bitch.

[@nathancruz9172]

Me too

[@aswd90]

Fr, few are the movie that can make me cry, it's this one and bicenntenial man

[@DonVigaDeFierro]

Yep. On the other hand. "Where's the Giant, Manley!!??" will never not make me crack up.

[@RedRory19]

It’s not wrong to cry to this film… even Legends cry to this film…

[@ZonenPrime]

Only real people will sob my friend

[@mrdeadlybootz5414]

That look of childish innocence on his face as he closes his eyes breaks me every single time. "Superman" * 8 year old me sobbed

[@walterlowe7252]

I still sob

[@warbacca1017]

I do love how the general isnt immediately, "stay out of this civilian. the military knows best/has its orders." He actually listens to what Dean has to say, and you can tell hes weighing his options

[@logandarklighter]

That's one of the things about this movie I appreciate - the military are NOT idiots! The General is not some arrogant ass! He's a reasonable guy. The soldiers, the General, even the fighter pilots who knock the Giant out of the sky and the guys on the battleships and the submarine that launched the missile - they're all working from training and doctrine - and are just mis-informed by the REAL villain - the ONLY one actually holding the IDIOT BALL in this film - Mansley. Once the General gets the real picture, he's on Hogarth, Dean's and even the Giant's side! You can see that in the salute he gives the Giant as he lifts off to go intercept the missile, his sad resignation and doffing his helmet in respect of the giant's sacrifice and the fact he sent that jaw hinge screw to Hogarth.

[@DesertRider-zs2qb]

@@logandarklighter The General is a true patriot. He strives to do what's best for his country.

[@BuddyBoy-ne1nw]

Holy crap! I just realized that's Marty Crane!

[@mnomadvfx]

That's because he's a real soldier who has probably seen enough death himself to last a lifetime. While Mansley is basically a self important bureaucrat who dreams of pew pew bang bang glory, but lacks the actual courage to go through with it personally.

[@FrostbiteDigital]

@@mnomadvfx Mansley is CIA. There is nothing redeeming about him based on that fact alone hahaha

[@Konghammer1]

What even is this movie?! Out of nowhere friggin master piece. Please NEVER remake this Hollywood, it's absolutely perfect just the way it is.

[@lazyninja2364]

To think this masterpiece was done because the creator's sister was killed with a gun. And wondered what a gun would think if it had a conscience. "Superman" always just gets me. This is one of those moments that gets me even knowing Iron Giant lives. Not many moments can do that.

[@arknight5323]

Woaw ! I didn't know this fact.. thanks for this, this is really interesting and i love this masterpiece even more now !

[@joaninyourmom]

So he did it for family

[@amuroray9115]

The director of this film went on to create and direct both Incredibles movies. They really like that 1950’s-1960’s Sci-fi aesthetic

[@KramericaIndustries-jd9cy]

How about being mad at the monster husband that killed her and himself instead of the gun? He would have done it with a hammer, a knife or anything else if he didn’t have a gun.

[@AzayBae]

@@KramericaIndustries-jd9cyI think the creator may have felt sympathy based on how the Iron Giant is portrayed. A weapon doesn't have a choice. It can be used to harm or protect. In this What If scenario a weapon made to hurt humans sacrifices itself to save them.

[@triangle_of_jesus]

This never fails to bring a tear to my eye. Such a great film.

[@jwhaler82]

“I want to be…Superman.”

[@marlaseymore7433]

To bad it was canceled it would have had a great second film.

[@TheLordofthewolf]

7:40 If you look closely you can see the general giving a military salute to the iron giant.

[@Vastspartan]

Yeah. I saw that little easter egg on twitter.

[@mnomadvfx]

Not sure he's actually saluting so much as taking his hat off, but ye the sentiment is much the same.

[@SHMidlerPlays]

@@mnomadvfxdoes salute, in the big crowd scene of people. He is in the bottom left corner and is the only one doing the salute. He does also take off his helmet like you said shortly afterwards

[@lecroitg]

Good catch!

[@cristopherpardo]

The things a wise man fears: A night with no moon, a storm in the sea and the wrath of a gentle man.

[@H-4rt]

That's a good saying

[@YhengQo24745]

Except one thing, I didn't see the 'wrath' of a gentle man. I saw the selflessness and mercy of a very gentle robot.

[@xxJacket]

@@YhengQo24745 I enjoy your perspective of it, I concur

[@Beardo2517]

Best Superman movie ever

[@nathancruz9172]

10:43 yep

[@messamurai2658]

@@Beardo2517 🤦‍♂️

[@Beardo2517]

@@messamurai2658 Apparently I'm not the only one who thinks so

[@messamurai2658]

@@Beardo2517 NOC.

[@Beardo2517]

@@messamurai2658 Huh?

[@timeforgottenprince8271]

To anyone who was hoping Kent got his just deserts, there are a few videos depicting Kent's fate if he was charged for his crimes, and let's just say that in every single one, he doesn't get to live.

[@KitKatNisa]

I swear, Giant flat out smiles at the end, and nobody can tell me different.

[@jldog134]

Ever since I was a kid I can hear him in my head saying "I'm back" when he smiles.

[@r.a.fgattaiguy845]

he was made a gun but he became who he chose to be, such a good message

[@Joetheknight406]

Born a gun, chose to be a shield.

[@Otokichi786]

The Iron Giant: "Hogarth, you stay. I go. No Following."

[@TheLordofthewolf]

*Hogarth:* i love you 😢

[@morbidangel2424]

To soon

[@commando_1598]

"Suuupermaan"

[@NisarKhan-jm1uh]

​@@commando_1598You are who you choose to be.

[@brabbit736]

Makes me cry every time

[@ShadowDemon_4]

It's hinted at more in a deleted scene that the Iron Giant was originally an alien war machine which explains his weapons. Somehow though he crash landed on earth and had lost his memories. Whatever metal he's made of seems almost indestructible so to counteract impact shocks his parts are separated with homing beacons so he can reassemble himself.

[@logandarklighter]

Emphasis on "almost" indestructible. I think part of his systems include both a "conscious" and "unconscious" ability to either anticipate impact forces or react to them instantly. If the system determines that survival overall would be best served by taking the hit and remaining intact it'll do that. But beyond a certain threshold it will decide to allow the linking force and the physical connecting linkages to "relax" and allow parts to be dispersed to lesson the kinetic, heat and other forces so that each individual piece has a higher chance of surviving as their own units instead.

[@XacTR]

Ain't no one, big or small, old or young, that didn't shed a tear watching this.

[@slouchygames1923]

My childhood is and always will be pure with such amazing films like this one

[@lestatdelc]

As a grown man, about to turn 60, I still tear up when he sacrifices himself.

[@maingate7672]

Damn! Onions! Iron Giant Onions! Damn ''Superman'' Iron Giant Onions!''

[@D.Holliday112]

I watched this movie so much as a kid I wore out the VHS tape. The sacrifice scene still brings tears to my eyes even now as a 28 year old grown man. If I have kids, they will watch this movie. P.S. I can recite the lines by heart... I love this movie.

[@mertz313]

27 years old here. Same story. Came back to watch this and cried

[@Benri05]

I still have the original vhs, too bad vhs players are hard to find in my area lol

[@TheRecklessMetalhead]

33 years old here. I didn't cry when I was an autistic elementary kid and, now, 2 decades later, I came back to see the reaction and I cried.

[@apexpredator4937]

It will always be an honor seeing this in theaters with my best friend when we were kids. You go superman.

[@mathewhaight]

No one gets out of this movie without at least a single tear shed.

[@nicktroisi6347]

7:12 “You have given them an ideal to aspire to, embodied their highest aspirations… They will stumble, they will fall. But in time, they will join you in the sun. In time, you will help them, accomplish wonders” -Jor-El, All-Star Superman #12 (2008)

[@ChainsawManOnYt]

“You are who you chose to be… Super man..” always brings a tears to my eyes..

[@TheLordofthewolf]

"suuupeermaan" 😢

[@TheDissident77]

How many action movies can make grown men cry? Iron Giant for one. Great movie. Greatly underrated movie!

[@r.a.fgattaiguy845]

this isn´t an action movie though

[@TheDissident77]

@@r.a.fgattaiguy845 - don't be pedantic.

[@r.a.fgattaiguy845]

@@TheDissident77 tags are important

[@mnomadvfx]

I dunno about that. It's more like a coming of age adventure film with action scenes at the end.

[@TheDissident77]

@@mnomadvfx That's a good description

[@PotatoWithALaptop]

I think this movie shows perfectly the duality of a gun it can be used to create havoc but it can also mean the difference between life and death of dozens or even hundreds of people.

[@TheAlexC]

It was a really cool reference when, in "Man of Steel", as Superman was flying up to break the World Engine, he closed his eyes and whispered "Iron Giant"

[@timeforgottenprince8271]

I do not remember this part

[@SptmbrsVryOwn]

@@timeforgottenprince8271he’s lying.

[@rocknrollmilitant]

@@SptmbrsVryOwnHe's joking. There's a difference.

[@dylandaly2002]

This movie walked so that The Incredibles could run so that Ratatouille can cook. We need another Brad Bird animated masterpiece. Also you should post Christmas themed videos maybe some reaction mashup clips from films like Home Alone or Bad Santa or Christmas Vacation as examples. Love the content! 👍🏻

[@benjamincanales6668]

7:08 this moment, made me cry when I was a kid 0:27

[@XghostXfaceX2]

For a long time people have said Superman is boring or unrelatable but I feel like the scene where the Giant chooses to be like Superman it shows that is all BS. Superman despite modern poisoning of his character and other knock offs is Extreme power in the hands of Extreme good. Doing the right thing for the sake of it. Not out of ego or selfish desire. Save those that can’t save themselves. It’s a powerful message that needs to come back!

[@TayoEXE]

Well, it's ironic how his character swung around from being less relevant and considered the cliche "boyscout" super hero to now standing out because that's no longer considered the norm. If shows like Invincible or The Boys is any indicator, modern times' obsession with more "realistic" depictions of media has made the edgy, self-serving, proud, egotistical superhero the norm because "real people are like that." It feels disingenuous to believe there are no true heroes anymore, even in real life, because despite real life's complexities, there simply are people who choose to be self-less and help people because they believe it 's the right thing to do. Super Man is awesome because despite being practically a god among humans who could destroy them easily or use it for selfish purposes, he grew up in a humble setting and just learned simple moralistic values, and it's impressive that he stands as a real ideal and goal for people to strive toward. I don't think he's perfect, and it depends on the depiction, but I think people need characters like that too instead of just bleak, gritty, "realistic" characters. The giant just realizing what is happening and staring down at all the people who have resigned to their fate, knowing he can stop it and just choosing to do it, no questions asked, is powerful in that way. He's not just good because that's what he was made to be. He's good because like Super Man, he chooses to protect those with his immense power when he clearly demonstrated he could have destroyed the world's armies just a few moments earlier.

[@ericmaldonado7717]

I watched this when my nephew Nicholas was 3 yrs old. He is now a dad in his 30s and we still talk about it. We both still get choked up, not just because of the movie but because of it was a simpler time for both of us.

[@Hellspawn0725]

No matter how old I become I will always cry seeing iron giant die this Movie my childhood

[@UpYourArsenal]

Great editing. Was good to see each of the reactors again, to have them all at once at such a moment was powerful. Thanks for making this.

[@cafeabasedecinema]

This film is perfect.

[@gabej5423]

Tbh the general is the most rational character in the third arc of the movie. Which is rare in movies nowadays tbh

[@JustWasted3HoursHere]

Tears your heart out with the "Superman" and then re-installs it with the ending! I think this is the best 2D animated movie ever made. Sooooooo good!

[@therivster]

“What if a gun had a soul, and didn’t want to be a gun?” - Brad Bird, in memory of his beloved sister. “Superman…” - Iron Giant, voiced by Vin Diesel 😢😢😢

[@luisthekingjaime94]

And #groot

[@NeroIML]

Love the smirk on the general's face when he says "Like a good soldier"

[@projectportal7284]

You can just about hear the giant scream as his arm gun powers up and it is haunting in a GREAT way!!!

[@Nate-Great-Fate]

The Iron Giant dies Everyone: 😭 Found out that the Iron Giant is still alive Everyone: 🥲😆

[@Кыскивмиске]

Don't forget the "😍😃 violence!" Reactions after it snaps.

[@thfpt]

"Hey, do me a favor. Keep an eye on these guys, 'cause around the 74 minute mark, there's gonna be a room full of grown men crying." "I'll be one of them."

[@MrUndersolo]

Saw this when I was babysitting my nephew...and shed a tear with him.

[@VileSoulz]

Love how everyone absolutely despised Mansley’s decision to launch the missiles.

[@morbidangel2424]

Love watching people get emotionally wrecked at the end, such a great movie and mash up

[@WonderMommaOG]

OMG this movie has a special place in my heart! My now adult daughter LOVED watching this as a child. One of our favorites from her childhood. 💜

[@luiscuadra]

this is not a movie is a masterpiece and a beautifull story about a kid and a robot be friends man.

[@TheLordofthewolf]

0:29 lost the dent 3:54 has the dent again

[@ASKMEABOUTMYGARDEN]

I looked...don't see it.

[@TheLordofthewolf]

​@@ASKMEABOUTMYGARDENReduce the playback speed so you can see it

[@ASKMEABOUTMYGARDEN]

@TheLordofthewolf I did..but I'm old.

[@RainAlexanderFrost]

I was one of the few of my generation to see this hidden gem on VHS. I may not have understood it 12 years ago as a 4-year-old, but the wave of nostalgia hit harder than anything else after finding it again. I love this movie as a whole and wish others got the chance that I did.

[@SellavinAtoms]

The iron giant is a classic Vin diesel. Does a perfect job doing his voice and it was magnificent, I think the only issue with the iron giant is that The man who wrote the book about the iron man Ted Hughes Die before he got a chance to See his book become a movie.

[@Pandaman94]

That music when you see the leg and with that GLORIOUS LOUD Intro was SO gorgeous.

[@ShadowDemon_4]

This movie will always have a special place in my heart but I wish they made a second one.

[@coolmuzt]

"You stay, I go. No following" is what gets me every single time.

[@ronaldhendricks3876]

This movie is perfection. If you pause the movie when it shows the town celebrating the Giants sacrifice, the General is actually saluting the Giant out of respect.

[@cracklasco]

I get choked up to this movie more as an adult. Movies never brought me to tears as a kid🥲 But I’m happy I grew up with this masterpiece.

[@saladino8882]

never fails to bring a tear to my eye., even in reactions

[@masterbeast-sz1yq]

I like how inspiring the suprman idea to the giant

[@splunkmastah4609]

It's impressive how seeing the giant become a war machine is so upsetting that it masks the fact he never actually kills anyone in the scenes. Yes he blows up tanks and such, but we don't see anybody die

[@1888swordsman]

Can't watch that ending without getting tearful. Love it. "Suuuppperrrman"

[@MaelstromTheDemon]

Such an emotional moment that never fails to make anyone tear up. Absolute masterpiece. As a sidenote, I find it funny how so many are like "What is WRONG with him?!" regarding Mansley's actions. It was the 50s, the Cold War was in full swing and as this movie showed, kids were being taught in school to prepare to "duck and cover" if bombs started being dropped. The U.S. Government at that time was extremely paranoid about foreign influence (given what was revealed decades later, it wasn't entirely unjustified either), and Mansley was the definition of an ambitious Government agent who genuinely believed if something or someone wasn't American they were a threat, period, no exceptions. Hence his single-minded determination to destroy the giant.

[@gunguy5409]

When the giant hit his head he was reprogrammed. His mission was to be this creature. But a boys love changed that. His innocence made the Giant a better being

[@logandarklighter]

This movie makes me tear up every time, even knowing the Giant lives and puts himself back together. There's only ONE other movie in cinema history that can do that to me, with another character who I know ultimately lives on - and that's Star Trek II - The Wrath of Khan with Spock's sacrifice to save the ship and crew from the Genesis explosion by resetting the Warp Engines near the end of the film. That scene with Kirk when he dies and the funeral after. And THIS movie with "Soo-per-man..."

[@ShadowCatGambit]

This movie gave so much more than we deserved. The fact that it failed at the box office is a travesty

[@josequispe8241]

I swear if they make an animated movie like The lion king or The Jungle Book with this movie I will cry in the cinema so proudly..

[@markwalker4823]

Yeah the superman bit always gets me

[@dustinbragg1921]

Realistically those battleship guns (if they actually are battleships and not destroyers or something) would've shattered windows and destroyed unprotected ears in the town _relatively_ nearby the giant. Battleships had _big guns_ that shot _big shells_ that packed a _big boom._

[@trey2810]

7:35 Dads be like..

[@dyland4496]

You aren't human if you didnt cry to this.

[@patrickpanniello5490]

So a little back story here kiddos. When I was a kid. I was so obsessed with this movie I burnt out 2 VHS tapes of it cuz I rewatched it so much. a VHS is something I used to use to watch movies for those of you who don’t know

[@mmacias327]

As I looked to Osmanthus from his eye dropped one tear. When asked what broke him he looked to the sky and said I have finally seen heaven. It was a sunrise in the dark, it whispered to me even in the silence. I was finally heard. - I Only Conquered Myself 1858

[@jamesplunkett8912]

A true hero. A brother. A protector. A friend 🧡.

[@jmfs6041]

omg i watch this movie as a kid on open tv and i never knew until now that he came back

[@wxyoung691]

I feel the need to remind myself that the Iron Giant is voiced by Vin Diesel and to me it’s still his best work 😊

[@jbark678]

Ah yes, my favorite Superman movie.

[@darkphoenix4568]

"When the kindest soul is rageful, Satan will hide in fear."

[@ShuberFuber]

"Demons run when good men go to war."

[@gingaruiz3158]

2:59 that blast is 100 times deadly than an atomic bomb

[@executrixprotossgamer]

Although I'm 6 months late, Imagine he remained locked in and didn't miss after he looks on Hogarth

[@cubanosamuraia4031]

There are no more movies like this , that thaech kid's the importance of life

[@superzilla784]

What's even scarier is that there are thousands, if not millions or more other Iron Giants out there in the universe. our Giant did a Goku where he was originally sent here to conquer Earth, but hit his head and forgot his purpose here. Just one did all of this. imagine if they sent the full invasion force?

[@Nightshift10000]

The Giant didn’t have to do that though, he just needed to use his arm cannon & blow that missile out of the sky.

[@SeenAGreatLight]

I always thought that too, but his weapons seem to only deploy as a reflex when he's lost control. He might not have even known how to use them.

[@Sproatacus]

The soundtrack/score to this movie is outstanding

[@christopherking4932]

Awesome video.

[@DeeDeeFrmThaB]

I forgot which actor or if it was a famous athlete but I remember the said this about the movie. “Around the end is where you will see a grown man shed a tear.”

[@KoolKeithProductions]

You know a scene really touches a Reactor when they finally STFU and just take in the moment. A very rare occurrence on YT these days.

[@JuandeFucaU]

this is why my mom wouldn't get a microwave.

[@Jarrett-e6j]

Goddammit the super man kills me every time he says it

[@isaiahhatter2062]

5:01, how to catch a treason charge in 10 seconds or less

[@Corvus_Reaper74]

Iron Giant is actually just one of millions of robots that were tasked to conquer a planet in the whole galaxy, they would only send one for each planet.

[@mongomongo7664]

Welcome back YoureMrLebowski 👊

[@jwhaler82]

This is the only movie I know of that makes me cry. 😭

[@whitenoise8397]

... I just came to a chilling realization. Since the Iron Giant survived taking one of these at point-blank range- TO THE FACE!!! that implies that if a regiment of Iron Giant robots was sent to Earth as an invasion force, then not a single force on the planet could stop them.

[@xJohnnyBloodx]

i love compellations of people crying

[@ferenczbabinszki7699]

one of my most favorite movies / cartoon.

[@dnf-dead]

I vaguely remember reading the book Iron Giant 😊

[@theartoftimelapsemore424]

Iron Giant's location: Langjökull Glacier, Iceland (it's the second largest icecap after Vatnajökull)

[@Jaymeson-bq6fy]

He is Superman is only

[@GuukanKitsune]

He chose not to be a gun. He chose to be the man that saves people. He was Superman.

[@nicklancial7103]

this is one of the few movies that WILL make you cry no matter how many times you see it especially at the end when he went out like Superman ......I don't even consider it a kick to the fans nads that at the end it's shown that he survived and has started reassembling himself .....thank god they never made a sequel this movie ended the way it needed to

[@sunnyskys2428]

Every FREAKN' Time!!

[@Lunadimensio]

7:08 The scene that makes me cry the most

[@ryderkreutzer8859]

I'm not crying I'm chopping onions

[@infanteloco]

One of the best Superman movies, without Superman on it

[@nathancruz9172]

my all time favorite WB movie.