The Iron Giant (1999) REACTION

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[@vipertiger6716]

This is not a movie. It's a masterpiece

[@juneskywalker5847]

Areed! 👍👍. I feel like they should eventually watch Ready Player One.

[@jonathancruz5932]

The finest sci fi animation ever at the end of the century near 2000s

[@cjjackson2423]

Only way to put it

[@DoctorPsilocybin]

It's unbelievable that it bombed at the box office. Probably due to marketing. Either way would have loved some sequels.

[@Nic-ye2yz]

@@DoctorPsilocybin Nah, this should stay as it is. Sequels and cinimatic universes are garbage fluff for the most part.

[@yakunohayashi9653]

Despite this movie was a box office bomb, Pixar loved this movie so much that they hired the director of the Iron Giant. He eventually directed The Incredibles 1 &2 and Ratatouille

[@PizzaTime-Studios54]

Director Brad Bird!

[@thelastshogun3913]

How is Brad Bird still so underrated after making all of these masterpieces? It boggles the mind.

[@yakunohayashi9653]

@@thelastshogun3913 He won 2 Oscar and these movies made millions of dollars. But I don’t understand why he didn’t make more projects with all the talent he has

[@FrancoisDressler]

@@yakunohayashi9653 He's a perfectionist. That isn't appreciated in Hollywood.

[@chrispswann6825]

He also directed Mission Impossible Ghost Protocol

[@user-yl3mw3vd8b]

The fact that this movie failed in box office is a crime. This is definitely in Top-10 best animated movies of all times.

[@scoutart1508]

Like mine on a obvious number 1

[@mrnaughtycat]

Coz it not,ike the book that’s why and they could ave made it like the book but no they had to make it American

[@no1guy825]

just goes to show the movie-going public are the real idiots

[@BionicDirector117]

@@mrnaughtycat It's because it was under-advertised, nobody in the US knew about the book until the movie was made.

[@Hdogshow]

Warner Bros weren’t confident in this film being successful

[@DisgruntledHippo]

"You stay. I go. No following..." Breaks my heart everytime.

[@Nic-ye2yz]

“I love you.”

[@logandarklighter]

“Soo-per-man...”

[@amyg4961]

This is the one that breaks me every time.

[@mrmusicaddict87]

"You stay...I go...no following." And "Superman" gets me everytime 😊

[@nathancruz9172]

Me too

[@Lupirio23]

Precisely what I was going to comment huehue.

[@erikanderson8150]

Cry everytime.

[@yakunohayashi9653]

Fun fact, Vin Diesel (Groot in Guardians of the Galaxy and Toreto in Fast & Furious) voiced the Iron Giant; and Jennifer Aniston (Rachel in Friends) voiced Hogarth's mom.

[@jldog134]

And Harry Connick Jr of Independence Day and Law & Order SVU played Dean

[@831miguel]

I knew of Vinny D but not JA! Wow thanks for the fun fact!

[@nullunit]

Uncontrolled crying is the best and childlike joy is the only valid response to the ending. Top tier film, always nice to go back to.

[@nicholassala5195]

Ellie and Michelle, it makes me so happy to see your reactions to this criminally underrated animated classic from my childhood. The movie's director, Brad Bird, made this in tribute to his sister who was killed by domestic gun violence from her estranged husband and his idea was 'what if a gun had a soul and didn't want to be a gun?'

[@FrostbiteDigital]

I really don't like the idea of demonizing hunters. Shooting an animal in the wild is 100% more ethical than buying meat from a supermarket which most likely was harvested from a meat factory

[@mathewnavarro1152]

One of the greats in the remaining era of cartoon animation. This film is an absolute masterpiece and I'm so glad you both had the opportunity to experience it for yourselves. What an incredible film.

[@DocMicrowave]

So sad they don't make them like this anymore. A charming, excellently written and executed western animated movie that anyone can enjoy, from 5 to 75.

[@walther007]

This is one of the best animated movies ever. Such a great movie.

[@LiveForFuntasy]

People didn't hear about this movie because Warner Bros barely did any advertising for it. WB's previous animated movie, Quest for Camelot, bombed pretty badly, and so WB basically gave up on animation, not realizing how good Iron Giant was. So it took years for this movie to get proper recognition.

[@shawnwacek6791]

100% true

[@Stogie2112]

Written and directed by Brad Bird, who also wrote and directed "The Incredibles" and "Ratatouille".

[@PizzaTime-Studios54]

And "Mission: Impossible: Ghost Protocol"

[@DocMicrowave]

Two more excellent movies.

[@rzgp33]

From "The Iron Giant" by Ted Hughes

[@victorcastellanos484]

Fact, Brad Bird the director of the Iron Giant, his sister was murdered with gunshots, and that inspired him with the idea "what if a gun was self aware and didn't want to be a gun?"

[@jordandelorean]

I've seen this movie hundreds of times and I can't handle the part: "You are who you choose to be" and the giant says "Superman." Brad Bird made this film in honor of her sister, who was shot and killed by her husband. He came to Warner Studios with this question: "What if a gun had a soul and didn't want to be a gun?" This movie is a masterpiece.

[@moviescatsmargs]

You know how good this movie is? It's been almost 25 years, I've seen this movie at least 15 times, I know he doesn't die at the end and I still cry EVERY TIME when he says "Superman..." 😢

[@sackapoggi860]

immediately after the explosion everyone celebrates..... everyone except the general who takes off his hat and remains motionless looking towards the sky as a sign of respect to the iron giant

[@cjjackson2423]

Aww I never noticed that damn 😂🫡

[@MacTechG4]

The general was presented well, he called off the attack when he received fresh data that the Giant was only reacting defensively.

[@hoss9688]

He also salutes the Giant.

[@mobcharacter4061]

I like how the general was portrayed as a hardened commander but still a reasonable and honorable man and not as an unhinged warmonger .

[@aaronklansek8160]

The dark truth behind this film is that Brad Bird went through one of the worst times in his life that sparked the thought "what If a gun had a soul and didn't want to kill?" His sister had been murderd by her husband when he came home one night and shot her. Brad Bird made The Iron Giant using that Trauma and he made one of the best Animated films to date, he would go on to continue making other films that are honestly just as timeless but this film is definitely I believe his most notable film.

[@TheGundamsword]

It's such an underrated classic. The part at the end where he says Superman always has me in tears.

[@SangHoonRyu-dy4bh]

Hogarth saying grace killed me. 😂😂😂 "Um uh, oh my god, we uh thank you for the food that mom has put in front of us and STOP Uh the devil from doing bad things and uh GET OUTTA Here!!! Satan? Go go so we may live in peace Amen"

[@Shatterpath]

One of the things I really love about this film (in addition to being gorgeous and heartwarming and just damn good) is that it doesn't spell out any details. We know next to nothing about the giant, the military personnel, or even the town. And you know what? It doesn't matter! The telling of the story and the characters are so good, the rest of it fades away. I don't know about anyone else, but it doesn't take away from the experience one little bit.

[@Doc_Eldritch]

Just too cute Ellie and Michelle! I really enjoyed your reactions to this animated classic The Iron Giant. This is such a fun movie and your reactions were a joy.

[@JustWasted3HoursHere]

When he flies to intercept the nuclear missile and closes his eyes, saying "Superman!" it gets me every time. And then of course the ending... What an ending! One of the best animated movies of all time.

[@mr44mag]

There's a comic called Kingdom Come where Captain Marvel (not Marvel Comic's abomination) who looks up to Superman saves him and some others in a nuclear strike. The ending is definitely different, but I wonder if the the book this was based off of and the comic didn't influence each other.

[@JustWasted3HoursHere]

@@mr44magQuite possibly.

[@ClearwaterSubProductions]

Fun fact for the animation nerds out there. That voice at 9:27 is Ollie Johnston, and the Frank he’s speaking to is Frank Thomas. The two of them are LEGENDARY Disney animators who had been working with the studio for decades. They also made a cameo in the Incredibles - another film directed by Brad Bird who directed the Iron Giant.

[@stuartharris8754]

"No school like the old school!"

[@DrWylde]

I remember buying this movie on VHS and it came with a little iron giant toy that i always kept with me. Such a masterpiece of a movie.

[@SevenEllen]

This film is like a cross between Superman, E.T, and Short Circuit.

[@dornier17]

I always laugh at the part when Annie slams the door on Kent's face and I smirk when General Rogard yells at him. And all that implies

[@tonysoto8949]

This is the best animated movie I have ever seen. The lessons in this movie are deep and profound. Very underrated Animated Masterpiece.

[@Stgangle]

This movie made me cry when i was 8! one of my core memories

[@serenhafwilliams-davies5915]

Where's the giant, Mansley?! 🤣

[@wolf9walker]

I'm glad I'm not the only one that hears squirrel in my pants and thinks of that song from Phineas and Ferb. I heard her about to sing it. 😊

[@jessetorres8738]

In case anyone is curious, The Iron Giant is 50 feet/15.24 meters tall.

[@ernestoivandiazgutierrez6977]

"What if a gun didn't want to be a gun" That's the idea that made this movie possible, the director's sister was killed and he had a long meditation on his mourning that let this masterpiece to be created :')

[@cjjackson2423]

Beautiful

[@LoneWolf-vi7jh]

This is my favorite childhood movie of all time and I love you guys reaction especially Ellie and if I was there watching it with you guys all 3 of us would be crying heavy in each others arms with a lot of tissues.🤧😢😭

[@lightgod2255]

Fun fact. At 31:42 the screw that was tapping on the window is a Morse code. It said “Iron Giant”

[@jessetorres8738]

While its never said on-screen, its implied that Hogarth's father died in the Korean War (which occured a few years earlier) & all they could recover was his pilot's helmet.

[@cjjackson2423]

Y’all are making me sadder, but I like the depth. 😂

[@sergiol.aponte13]

Before I even watch, one of my favorite movies of all time. So simple and so beautiful.

[@Otokichi786]

There were two Sputnik Age movies of note in 1999. This was the great animated feature, the other one was "October Sky," a semi-biographical tale of NASA scientist Homer Hickam Jr.'s high school model rocket days. "The Iron Giant" just soars across the screen, and deserved success and a possible sequel. But it's a great "one-and-done" story that Hollyweird doesn't know how to make any more.

[@fiveoctaves]

I'd never seen that dream sequence before. I didn't know there was an extended version. Guess I have to get it now!

[@B-a-t-m-a-n]

So glad you finally saw this! Now get the rest of the Homies to check it out too! Great reaction as always. :)

[@cjjackson2423]

Aw man they got too

[@steerablechimp9194]

I'm a grown ass man but this movie gets me every single time. Thanks for the reaction, guys x

[@Toaster_Weevil]

The Giant’s “Superman :)” while staring down the missile will never fail to give me goosebumps...

[@mr.vesper5659]

An all time classic. Who would've thought that Vin Diesel would make you cry

[@Caseytify]

Dunno; "WE are Groot" kinda gets me too.

[@masastronomia5247]

La vi cuando salió. yo era un niño pequeño. Pero me encantó y es mi filme de animación favorito hasta la fecha.

[@SpartanSniper3]

This movie is still amazing. I still tear up at that "Superman" ending. Also, I just love how he's the "luckiest kid in America." Like there's some Japanese kid with TWO giant robots

[@InflatableMan88]

This movie is so good and i love this film. I almost cried at the end when the giant says, "you...stay. I...go. No...following." I get emotional sometimes at scenes like this.

[@joe-johncastles141]

Best movie in my eyes! Too much fun, awesome, beautiful, sad, & quite humorous

[@hotshot104]

Penguin and the pebble and princess and the goblin are also older movies i remember being a huge part of my childhood.

[@FrancoisDressler]

My favourite animated film of all time. You should check out the making-of documentary "The Giant's Dream" to gain an even greater appreciation of it.

[@thevixter3503]

13:39 "what does he poop if he eats metal?...little cans"😂

[@berkeslaw000]

I don't remember seeing it in the reactions, but the VERY funniest line in the movie is when Mansley takes Hogarth to the soda shop, and Hogarth secretly spikes Mansley's chocolate milk shake with Exlax. Mansley slurps it up happily, and says, "this is great, what do they call it?" Hogarth gives him a wicked side-eye smile and says, "Landslide!" Mansley spends the next few scenes clutching his cheeks. Oh yeah, I love you ladies!

[@marvingruber3349]

this „Superman“ at the end gave me childhood Trauma back then 😭

[@yourbestpallshawn4139]

“You are who you choose to be” “Suuuuuperman 😌”

[@coldflamebluedragon196]

The Iron Giant is one of my favorite childhood films. Honestly I could rewatch this movie a dozen times over and still appreciate it

[@keithartworker]

Brad Bird also directed The Incredibles, Ratatouille among other greats. This 2D animation was fighting the wave of 3D animation and the studio was shutting down as production was still finishing up. Thank goodness it actually crossed the finish line and went on to become a cult classic in DVD

[@KIRA-EL]

I remember seeing this as a kid I cry like a baby when I thought the giant was gone

[@gags24601]

Your screaming at the end when you see the parts travelling in the snow broke me. Wanted to give you both a huge hug 😂

[@ImOnlyChasingSafety959]

I saw this movie as a kid and it left a huge impression on me. I feel like If I ever have kids I will show them this movie too. I think its almost perfect as a movie and it deserves to receive recognnition.

[@nicktroisi6347]

21:31 “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)

[@masonpallanes7258]

The premise of this movie is "if a gun had a soul, would it choose to be a gun?"

[@donaldchorney5619]

A wonderful movie for all ages, and memorable

[@firestorm1088]

This movie was even more meaningful to me as a kind since I grew up with a family who made sure I saw many of the classics of old school sci-fi.

[@luisarmandoperezrojas1032]

One of my favorite non-Disney movies

[@bransolo9469]

Best animated movie made and I love the writer for refusing to let this masterpiece be remade or adapted to live action. Loved watching it as a child and the sacrifice definitely makes me tear up to this day.

[@moreno15266]

One of my fav childhood movies

[@MacTechG4]

In my mind, I created an after credits “Stinger”… Fade back to the Giant’s POV, running through pictures of the characters in the story, the image of Mansley is target locked, a map of his location appears… Cut to exterior view, the Giant lifts off, then dissolves to his landing, a small town in the middle of nowhere, where Mansley is “chief inspector of toilets”, the giant walks coldly over to Mansley, towering over him… and steps on him, squashing him into a fine red paste. Giant’s POV again, the image search shows Hogarth, pan out through the iris to a closeup of the Giant’s face as he smiles, and lifts off into the sky… Fade to black…

[@mrnaughtycat]

In the book it was a intergalactic bizarre creature that the iron man had to challenge

[@Certifiable]

Brad Bird got the tragic inspiration from the book and his sister being shot dead. He added the theme of "what if a gun knew what it was?".

[@MrDaRiAn21]

I’m so glad you reacted to one of my favorite movies as a kid. It gave me great comfort, knowing he survived at the end, but I was also thinking there would be a Iron Giant 2.

[@spunkybug3507]

The guy that directed this also directed The Incredibles and Ratatouille, and this movie was his debut movie.

[@bouhhgz1969]

Michelle, you were say you've never seen this story before - but have seen the Iron Giant - He showed up in the movie 'Ready Player One' in couple of pivotal scenes.

[@AleksPizana]

And they turned him into a weapon on that one. What a s... movie.

[@XperimentorEES]

It's one of the few animated films to combine 3dimensional cgi with 2d hand drawn, and like Treasure Planet it was unfortunately ignored by the company despite being an impressive passion project. But at least it's become a beloved cult classic.

[@puzzled_pelican3626]

I always thought that the giants dream was so fascinating. I always liked to think they were made by an advanced civilization to monitor and police the galaxy. If a planet showed intent for violence they would be wiped out and like a hornets nest if you destroy one more and more will come

[@Stogie2112]

Or maybe an aggressive civilization created the robots to destroy planets that rebelled against the Empire.

[@theoneandonlyoni]

I always tear up when he says “Superman”

[@symbolic140]

Im so glad you guys finally watched it! Ive been commenting forever about it on here and i knew you guys would love it!

[@peacekeeperharmony4906]

world peace!!:) for many years we’ve been in conflict and mistrust because of our own internal conflicts and interests colliding with each other and that all the external conflicts are caused by that!! so to help everyone, we must understand and really look at our own internal conflict to help the external conflicts subside!! so throughout history, we’ve been focused on saving ourselves and our own needs is that we haven’t been focusing on others and how we each can help each other!! this is because we’re wired to trust ourselves and only ourselves and with our own unique individual comfort zones that cause us to not want to change or be different!! to accomplish this together, we have to allow and celebrate our differences and be ourselves at the same time!! so we each can still have our own way of life and be happy with others who are different and every day have new and exciting ideas on how to have the world be more peaceful!! and we can slowly and at our own pace step out of our comfort zones and make a change in ourselves and encourage others, including our next generation!! because we all have the right to be ourselves and the happiest we can be and we can still have our beliefs and values individually and be with others, if we take the time to try and understand each other and then we can live in the world we’ve always dreamt of!! and we can or/and can’t do this

[@nathancruz9172]

18:20 I’m glad you reacted to the extended version of the iron Giant.

[@drewd2522]

yeah ive never seen those scenes and i freakin love this movie

[@Shawn_Dark_Heart]

The Iron Giant Honestly one of the best films out there. I remember watching it as a child and honestly it has good writing. My childhood is based off this movie. It had sweet and interesting characters. It is an enternainting movie. 100% recommend, it is not a movie i regret watching

[@ryan_hawks12]

Used to watch this when I was super young, so glad I could relive these memories with you two, amazing reactions, love your channel!!

[@haraldisdead]

It's cute how they only call children "kiddos"

[@BrianLightyear]

Mom a little privacy 😂 11:21 This movie so classic even so the rest made this better emotions they put in for the giant in the end.

[@Buk718]

I always want to see Michelle get emotional, but it’s always from the movies i least expect lol.

[@WhskyBcn]

The backstory behind this movie is sad. The director was inspired to make this movie when his sister was killed by her husband from gun violence. He then came up with the concept “What if a gun had a soul, and didn’t want to be a gun?”

[@shanelogan630]

You guys gotta watch Atlantis next! That movie was also a hidden gem.

[@gregjarnigan3515]

I love this movie so much! Iron Giant is my hero.

[@sefirottelmak8416]

💐 It's adorable to see you go back to childhood for a moment, and by the way, you have the 2 most beautiful smiles in the world (normal, for 2 of the most beautiful women in this part of the world 🥰). Thank you for this beautiful moment shared for one of my favorite cartoons. Thanks 💐🌬️💛💛

[@supremedream1764]

James Earl Jones, Peter Cullen, and Frank Welker who are all known for voicing robot and cyborg characters were considered to voice The Iron Giant.

[@mercurioslevin1877]

although the film's plot has been done a fair few times before this one is still a beautiful work of art.

[@eluv9660]

Michelle at 5:20 "Come get it while it's warm!" You wouldn't need to tell me that a 2nd time, Miss Moonsugar. 😎🤪

[@TheTsar1918]

Criminally underrated classic

[@mynameisbonbon]

The man who wrote this movie, his sister was killed by gun violence, so he got the idea of "what if a gun didn't want to be a gun" and that's how the Iron Giant came to be

[@smavtmb2196]

I Love this movie so much. Agent Mansley is a lunatic. The ending is very touching. However I've always been disturbed that writer chose to have the Iron giant eat metal. It makes no sense as he is made of metal. Didn't the writers realize they were making the Iron giant a cannibal. Thats disturbing Say it isn't true. I hope he doesn't eat any real nice cars 😅

[@Esskroe]

You are what you eat. We humans eat meat and we are made of meat that doesn't make us cannibals

[@smavtmb2196]

@@Esskroe I was joking for the most part, but good point. So I guess it would depend on what type of metal he eats.

[@SellavinAtoms]

I love vin diesel's performance in this movie he was good as the iron giant, I fixed my only problem with the film was the it never won an Oscar at the academy awards And the writer of the book the movie was based on Never got to see the movie before he died.

[@RedMoon814]

This is such a good movie. Hits right in the feels. Haven't seen that dream sequence before, I think it's part of the remaster, for a second there I though my childhood version had the scene censured 😅 Thank you for the reaction

[@Lechuga1815]

It was on the directors cut and wasn't part of the theatrical release and I kind of understand why. While being a really cool scene and providing some context for the Giants arrival, I can understand they cut it because it would of either complicated the plot or detracted from the theme.

[@yorchwww543]

"You are who you choose to be...Superman"

[@journeyto100channel2]

One of the Best Movies in my childhood!!! Loved it

[@alexdundas-taylor3420]

I love how hard this hit you both. It does that.

[@javelldunn3379]

This is the funniest and saddest movie that was the masterpiece

[@BobbyMoore2-mp8wb]

Love ❤️ this movie

[@G10rgi]

Great and beautifull movie❤️❤️❤️ omg last scene i still can't even now can't hold my tears ❤️❤️

[@cyberingcatgirls7069]

When he says, "Superman" I always lose it. 😟😢😭