The Iron Giant - Nostalgia Critic

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It's become a family sci-fi classic, with lots of laughs and lots of heart. Let's see if it still has the same power it did when it came out so many years ago. Nostalgia Critic takes a look at The Iron Giant.
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The Iron Giant is a 1999 American animated science fiction action film produced by Warner Bros. Feature Animation and directed by Brad Bird in his directorial debut. It is based on the 1968 novel The Iron Man by Ted Hughes (which was published in the United States as The Iron Giant) and was scripted by Tim McCanlies from a story treatment by Bird. The film stars the voices of Vin Diesel (voicing the titular character), Eli Marienthal, Jennifer Aniston, Harry Connick Jr., Christopher McDonald and John Mahoney.
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[@redred8478]

Could there be a Dark Toons episode on “That’s Life!” from The Fairly Oddparents?

[@bryanheilman4376]

I LOVE this movie!

[@hooty8177]

Review Annie (2014), Into the Woods or another musical!!

[@Kimmy0721]

What about the explosions in the intro card?

[@hooty8177]

Review South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut!!

[@riddlr6358]

Hello. I was one of the animators on the film "Iron Giant". Hard to believe that it's been over 20 years since it's release. We who worked on the film are always so glad to see that so many people have found this film and have embraced it so close in their hearts. Believe me when I say that it really was one of the most wonderful things to work on. A truly magical time with an incredible crew. Anyway! Thanks again for all the wonderful responses...and I hope this finds you all safe and healthy out there. All the very best to you all! :)

[@abewilson6830]

Are you american?

[@jacobrengen]

Thank you for my childhood

[@V4Now]

You made a Better Superman movie than Snyder ever could. :)

[@riddlr6358]

@@abewilson6830 Yes. :)

[@riddlr6358]

@@jacobrengen Aw dude. That's very sweet. Can't take credit for your childhood but I'm glad you liked the movie so much! All the best to you! :)

[@plucas1]

Kids cried at the "Don't follow" bit. Men cried at "Soooo-per-man..."

[@thebreadbringer9522]

Soup-ermahn

[@Craxin01]

I tear up at the giant grief-stricken by Hogarth's apparent death.

[@brianbarfield5482]

True words there.

[@neoanimefreak_7606]

Hogarths voice echoing "You are who you choose to be" "Superman" *closes eyes* ;_;

[@darthbradmedia8929]

I had to watch this film for my college course and I cried at that part!

[@PokeStar1900]

"WHERE'S THE GIANT MANSLEY!?" one of the best lines in the whole movie.

[@DrTimeSCPPsych]

Don't forget the first half. "That missile is targetted to the giants current position.... WHERES THE GIANT, MANSLEY!?"

[@c.j.dandyflipper4814]

IKR! istg, the way the General says it makes me laugh every time 🤣

[@Gojiro7]

the thing that sells that moment so perfectly is the Giants disapproving glare towards Mansley XD

[@luigipowdemo6458]

The Iron Giant waves completely forgetting Mansley is "evil" would have been hilarious too.

[@michaelnally2841]

@@DrTimeSCPPsych oh…. We could duck and cover. There’s a fallout shelter not far from here

[@davidstone281]

Favorite line in the movie "Hey!" "Yeah?" "You're right in the middle of the road!" "YEAH?!" ".....alright." (drives off) Lmao everytime

[@MM-xn6tn]

"… I think that's enough fun for one day."

[@Yusoo8]

*pigs snorting in the back of the truck

[@coryspang7548]

I love that line too, it cracks me up every friggen time

[@mr_indie_fan]

New york be like:

[@kirinbobarcana]

"...SCREW OUR COUNTRY! I WANNA LIVE!"

[@worldofthought8352]

I always liked the general wasnt one dimensional, he cared about his men, sceptical and knew atomic weapons weren’t some plaything.

[@nickcopeland6915]

@Wparker6804 Not to be nitpicky, but he said "Sweet", not "Dear".

[@RB01.10]

Especially since this was at the height of the Cold War.

[@ThePa1riot]

@Ryan Blanche Actually I think it’s _because_ this is the height of the Cold War. Someone like Rogard is the right age and rank to have fought in World War II. He knows the reality of that conflict and the possibility of nuclear war. For Mansley, it’s all theoretical. A projection of his own paranoia.

[@fireeaglefitnessmartialart935]

Sgt: "Wheres the giant mansly?!!!?!" Mansly: "oohhhh.😓"

[@ryanmatthews3609]

yes he knew it was unsafe to use indestructible weapons including atomic bombs

[@NicolaeHolley]

Nostalgia Critic: The Iron Giant Me: Choose your next words... carefully.

[@optillian4182]

@@DarkLorddReviews 🐓s 🔫

[@MandleRoss]

He chose... wisely.

[@jaysak8460]

Better than the Sam raimi spiderman movies.

[@Devils_Lair_Comics]

@@jaysak8460 you have chosen... POORLY

[@thewewguy8t88]

my thoughts were but he likes it!

[@demonbushido]

I'm 34 and I still cry at two lines: "You don't have to be a gun!" "SUUUPERMAN!"

[@neoanimefreak_7606]

I know right? Hogarths voice echoing "You are who you choose to be" "Superman" *closes eyes* ;_;

[@AuxFace056]

Damn straight.

[@lonebattledroid4474]

The whole message about guns hit especially hard when you learn what happened to Brad Bird's Sister

[@demonbushido]

There was an early episode of Disney's Gargoyles where Broadway is playing with Detective Maza's gun in her apartment and accidentally shoots her. It was jarring as a child to see that on a Disney cartoon, but the rest of the episode was Broadway rampaging through arms dealers. It always stuck with me.

[@chayden153]

@@lonebattledroid4474 what happened?

[@thebigbadwolf679]

Sad Fact: Brad Bird was inspired to make the movie as a memorial to his sister who died at the hands of her husband by gun violence. His pitch was: "What if a gun had a soul and didn't want to be a gun?"

[@duowest642]

I love how the war general in the movie is actually reasonable 😂, and it's the guy in the suit who's a total spaz. It's a nice role reversal.

[@piclemaniscool]

The original are tropes I'm thoroughly tired of. Realistically, someone would rise to that rank by being cool-headed and adaptable. The hot-headed general trope worked well in isolation to show how out of their depth conventional tactics were to a new type of threat, but especially after the evolution of modern warfare, those perceptions are pretty antiquated. It reminds me of Independence Day which I finally saw for the first time all the way through last month. The decorated military general was the most mindful and realistic of the bunch. Go figure.

[@pundertalefan4391]

True. XD

[@duowest642]

@@piclemaniscool I couldn't agree more with your assessment.

[@wjzav1971]

@@piclemaniscool Look at real life example General Jim Mattis, who suggested that the State Department should be properly funded to prevent wars. A general who favored diplomacy over combat.

[@alexanderrahl7034]

Anyone else remember the jubilee video of that narcissistic girl who basically flat out gold the nuclear/biological/radiation/chemical disaster guy, that she thinks he was the dumbest of the 6 of them because he's in the military and everyone agreed, only for her to be the dumbest of them all after she bragged about how she's got all her degrees and works a science job? I think of that every time I think of the "dumb soldier" trope.

[@Kaemonarch]

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

[@LostInTheInternet93]

Ugly cry protocols initiated. TT_TT

[@foxhound13]

Fuck yeah!

[@therandomknowledgeenthusia8590]

I chose to be superman, but after my first enemy in a neck brace, I decided Batman was easier... that guy can kill ANYONE without remorse! WEAPONIZED COMBAT CAR FOR THE WIN!

[@LinksYTLink]

@@therandomknowledgeenthusia8590 Batman doesn't kill anyone.

[@peytonmac1131]

@@LinksYTLink Well, in the 1950's...

[@MegaKaitouKID1412]

The sense I've always got from Dean's character was that he was doing the "cool adult so the kid doesn't go do the thing he's going to do anyways but without adult supervision". Like, he was worried the Giant was dangerous the whole time but knew he couldn't stop Hoggarth from hanging out with him, so he supervised the hanging out instead.

[@joelruggaber8371]

I was excited to show this to my wife, who had never seen it. Her reaction? With tears streaming down her face, "That was so beautiful! NEVER SHOW IT TO ME AGAIN!"

[@darthroden]

My best female friend had the same reaction to the anime movie "Your Name".

[@ShePudding]

“You stay. I go. No following.” Still can’t help but get a tad chocked up.

[@xeroxoid7967]

Was about to chock up there, then Skippy started cying, and then I laughed. ... am I an asshole?

[@lavenderflowersfall280]

@@xeroxoid7967 yup

[@andresmartin67]

That makes me cry...everytime

[@USSAnimeNCC-]

me as as kid: It all be fine Later: Oh my not fine :(

[@animeHEAT]

I'm gonna be 28 next month and that still makes me feel like I'm 6 again.

[@Swimstar168]

The battlecry of most politicians: "Screw our country. I want to live!" I'm dead!

[@abloogywoogywoo]

[Space-Angel-Bat-Dragon arrives on Earth] ...Screw our planet! I want to live! [throws astronaut out of space shuttle]

[@shadowsonicsilver6]

A.D. as someone who knows legitimate communists. Joe Biden is more akin to the Monopoly Guy than he is to Karl Marx. Still don’t understand? Biden is more like Donald J Trump than Karl fucking Marx the father of Communism

[@shadowsonicsilver6]

A.D. but I do not disagree with the bribery on the part of Biden. Takes massive bribes from the Banking, Big Pharma, Big Agriculture, Big Oil, and for a while even money from the NRA. He still takes money from the Pro-War MIC (Military Industrial Complex). Though the bribery and corruption isn’t as bad in the Dem party as it is in the Republican party.

[@weaponizedlizardmen360]

@A.D. my god you are pathetic XD I don't like Biden either but good god. Get a life...

[@shadowsonicsilver6]

A.D. Biden’s ideology is inherently Anti-Communist, Pro-Capitalism/Corporatism. He’s more of a Capitalist/Corporatist than any one who is a true Communist, or a Social Democrat which is still at it’s core Capitalism. But we get it, anything that isn’t the Fascist Element of Capitalism must be Communism to you people because God King said it is. Also no, I ain’t a communist. I fundamentally believe it is not achievable in my life time, nor within the life of my Grandchild and their Cousins. I believe by the time of my Grandchild the foundations for it to be placed, yes. But we’d be in the beginning of a Democratic Socialist economy and leaving behind the Proto-Fascist economy. Last post; the Stock Market is just a fancy casino where you gamble on companies and not an accurate representation of a nation’s economy. Oh vote Biden anyone, why? Because fuck Fascism people, we all know Trump and his supporters are Fascists. Fascism is so 1930-1945 guys, it’s not cool anymore. It is LARPing at cringe worthy level at best.

[@johnharris6655]

It is obvious that Hogarth's dad was a fighter pilot and probably died in the Korean war. I wish the would have paid a little more attention to that.

[@Luckyrabbit1927]

It's also probably why Hogarth is so wise beyond his years when it comes to comforting the giant about death. His mom probably told him the same exact thing when his dad passed.

[@happymcdull-4209]

A little disappointed that he didn’t pause to point out when mansley’s face was smashed into the door

[@killallhumons2183]

Hi

[@kirara2516]

I never get tired of that. 😆

[@speeglebop]

same

[@JudgementNutter]

To be fair to Vin Diesel's Groot, he did voice the character in EVERY LANGUAGE.

[@IosonoOtakuman]

Not italian. In italian he was voiced by Massimo Corvo.

[@tristankahl6843]

IosonoOtakuman but why?

[@IosonoOtakuman]

@@tristankahl6843 My only guess is that his italian wasn't good enough for our dub (?).

[@Bacxaber]

@@IosonoOtakuman "His Italian"? He only had to say one line with different inflections.

[@mityakiselev]

@@tristankahl6843 YEP but why?

[@clericofchaos1]

Anyone else ever feel like Vin Diesel's best roles are the ones where he says almost nothing? I mean, he can convey so much emotion through grunts and half sentences and "I am groot". I like this one better than pitch black anyway.

[@evanschulz9704]

That is a good point

[@morganyoung3557]

I am glad that I am not the only one who noticed that.

[@mrcritical6751]

You know his acting is bad when we get more emotion out of him saying just a few words in a film compared to him saying “family” for the 16,000th time in the movie

[@sterling7]

My understanding is that Diesel gets a Groot script that tells him what Groot is actually saying for every one of those "I am Groot"s. Within that context, he actually does an amazing job.

[@KetwunsGamingPad]

He looks good driving the car. Chicks dig the car!

[@SylentVoidkeeper]

I disagree with the deleted scene thing. While it would have explained Dean’s outburst more, it would have also kinda ruined both the mystery of the giant (as in what his true purpose is), and would make the ending where he goes ballistic feel less narratively satisfying because we’d be able to call it earlier.

[@ButrzV2]

I completely agree. When he focuses on the gun that killed the deer was the only hint at the giant being what it is until he shoots eye-lasers in the junkyard. Dean has a very believable reaction to it. And the arms transforming into weapons is fairly standard when dealing with giant robots, but the extra tendril-like blaster arms coming out the back and the huge chest cannon? Really wishing that wasnt revealed earlier.

[@roxasrider509]

While I don’t necessarily disagree with that assessment, I also think that that’s just one interpretation of a narrative. If they had kept the scene of dean watching his memories it could have created a different narrative fear, where the audience is suddenly aware that it’s a possibility and would be waiting like a Jack in the box for when it would rear its ugly head. Plus, the decision to exclude the scene was a pointed one. If we had seen it, we’d been given a definitive answer as to why he arrived on the planet. We inferred all throughout the movie but the main assumption was always going to be that he was a weapon, with references to “Atomo the metal menace”, the near constant reminder of nuclear war and the fact that he “consumed” raw silicate material to “survive”. Still, this is still just one possible narrative and for the time maybe wasn’t what they were going for. I don’t know what other scenes they had in mind that might have pushed it further than they would have intended.

[@Thespaceforurmom]

A good compromise would have been to somehow edit the scene so that only Dean's reaction to the footage is shown, not the screen itself, and with sound effects audible to the audience. This would give an extra hint on the Giant's capabilities without spoiling his combat form, and we still get a better explanation for how Dean reacted in the toy gun scene.

[@whirl3690]

If the audience is watching a couple dine, and then a bomb goes off after 5 minutes, it is shocking but carries no emotional impact. If the audience is watching a couple dine and told that a bomb will go off after 5 minutes, it makes the audience feel tension for that whole 5 minutes.

[@MILOPETIT]

You know I think I prefer sacrificing a cool twist in favor of a nice rule of 3

[@MrSadisticLlama]

As someone who grew up watching this movie, I am honestly happy to know that this won't be be remade or tarnished by Hollywood. As the old saying goes, "Don't fix what ain't broke."

[@evergreenlady784]

Agreed. Some things are better left alone and this is one of them. ❤️

[@MightyCousintube-fg4jf]

Prince of Egypt, Spirit, and Iron-Giant the trio of non-hate.

[@kadenmedley1367]

Sinbad?

[@madeusedward0049]

Is spirit actually good? I’ve seen the other two and agree they’re masterpieces but I barely even know what spirit is about

[@kadenmedley1367]

Pinnacle Pan weird and ironic, but spirit is a spiritual experience for me, super mystic and majestic.

[@V4Now]

Eldorado has a special place for me.

[@starwatcherusa]

@@madeusedward0049 If you like horses and think they're majestic creatures you'll like it. It's about a stallion who gets separated from his herd and sold into servitude for the US Army in the late 19th century. It's also weirdly narrated by Matt Damon and the main antagonist is voiced by James Cromwell. Great soundtrack too if you ask me.

[@justsomeokami8867]

Fun fact: there were other deleted scenes of Dean and Annie talking and growing closer, even one where he tries to apologize for the squirrel incident, but they were cut for time.

[@pundertalefan4391]

That's too bad. But I think it still works out.

[@TDLBallistic]

And who knows how many months between the Giant sacrificing himself and that statue being put up were; that's enough time for two people to get closer.

[@brentparker7359]

On the DVD, I remember there was a strange deleted scene/storyboard in which Dean took Annie on a date to a barbecue joint in Canada. I saw it a long, long time ago and don't remember the specifics, but even the writer said the scene was so weird he knew they weren't going to do it. I think they fired him after he pitched it.

[@justsomeokami8867]

BRENT PARKER I remember that! I think he said he got kicked from the storyboard team 😆

[@kayhaven4710]

But they still did such a good job with the scenes they left in!!

[@XxDiZfUnKtIoNxX]

"You stay. I go. No following." Aaand I still choke up over 20 years later. No shame.

[@crystalgemgirl731]

It gets me every time.

[@Sara_C__]

Same. I adore this movie.

[@NullVoidNA]

The authentic voice acting really made this movie memorable. Still one of my favorites.

[@MeansofIntrigue]

I always took Dean's decision not to report the Giant immediately, and his relaxed attitude overall, as symptomatic of his anticonformist personality and the beatnik subculture he was clearly subscribed to. "Don't worry kid. Look, it's not my style to report a guy to the authorities"

[@farraca731]

youre analysing that character way much than a nc video dude

[@MeansofIntrigue]

@@farraca731 It's not analysis for the sake of it. It was refuting NC's point about the character.

[@calebbarnhouse496]

beyond that, reporting the giant would be more dangerous as if they do belive, what are they going to do to get it, and keep it hidden

[@wesphillips7806]

This is an important point, as Dean quite specifically is a Beat. He is named after Dean Moriarty, the hero of the 1950's novel On The Road, an iconic Beat. I would also point out that his sudden clarity about the Giant could be drug-related: during the picnic scene, he has his shades on, and, in line with beatnik culture, was probably high at the time, not entirely aware of the situation until he came down later in the movie.

[@KeifersIsAwesome]

@@wesphillips7806 There is also the scene added back in later where dean sees the dream the giant has, more clearly explaining his initial hostile reaction to the giant.

[@dangurney1042]

Fun fact: When Brad Bird went to work for Pixar, he took a lot of his crew on this movie with him and they worked on The Incredibles.

[@joelnachos7988]

🙄

[@thomasspongeconductor2222]

@@joelnachos7988 I would play a lot to see the Incredibles redone in Iron Giant style.

[@joelnachos7988]

@@thomasspongeconductor2222 Yes that would be cool. I’m rolling my eyes at the lack of news claiming that brad bird took his team to make the incredibles.

[@hannahs7474]

The style of the characters in this movie kinda reminds me of The Incredibles. I can't explain why exactly, but it just does!

[@user-sw8qi3cb2l]

​@@hannahs7474Hogarth's mom, Annie she's very similar to Elastigirl.

[@andrewhendrix2297]

That look Iron Giant gives Mansley when the general asks where he is, like an angry cat, is priceless. I've been chuckling at that for 20 years!

[@battleking500]

“I’m Superman....” that line still sends shivers down my spine years later.

[@theodoro3188]

I feel bad for Hogarth in this movie... This 9 year old kid lost his father in the Cold War, he was forced to move up a grade at school, so his peers dislike him and despise him for it, and while encountering and hiding his only friend Giant, he got hurt, chloroformed, and threatened by Kent. But I have such high respect for him and his courage

[@RB01.10]

Actually, in a couple of deleted scenes, it implies he was Killed In Action during WWII. There wasn't really any fighting during the Cold War.

[@theodoro3188]

@@RB01.10 True

[@learn2draw716]

Don't feel bad. He got his own giant robot.

[@m_udwhitman2649]

I didn't know he move up a grade I thought he just a hard-working kid

[@destinymcintire2188]

m_udwhitman He did his mother moved him up a grade because he was doing well in school but she said he wasn’t being challenged and needed a challenge. So he was challenged all right. He was challenged to hold onto his lunch money because of all the big mooses who wanted to pound him because he was a shrimpy dork who thinks he’s smarter than them. But he didn’t think he was smarter than them he just did the stupid homework.

[@Achillez098]

"Canadians are always America's punchline because America is the rest of the world's punchline..." Me, a Canadian: "Hmm, makes sense..."

[@tsartomato]

ok here goes one based on real events why do yanks want put kids in schools during pandemic? they didn't have a school shooting for weeks!

[@fetusman2248]

@@tsartomato aight

[@tsartomato]

@Kai Evans who besides yanks don't know about the rest of the world

[@virtualcynical8515]

I live in the UK and I can confirm, we all laugh at the USA. Ever since 2004 we've been laughing

[@joeswanson7634]

@@virtualcynical8515 I was born in 2006 so I haven't lived in a world where America isn't the punchline

[@HORRIOR1]

One Bender joke and now I want to see the entire movie where the Iron Giant is dubbed using Bender quotes.

[@Eon210]

Sounds like fun on a bun!

[@josephrowe849]

Me too! And Fry can be Hogarth. Zapp Branigan can be Kent. If you need someone to be Dean, why not Zoidberg?

[@samuraiturtle.2637]

Shut up baby I now it

[@Rantandum]

He's 50 feet tall and STILL gets rejected by the Harlem Globetrotters.

[@curtisberard7831]

@@josephrowe849 I suppose Lela woukd be the mother?

[@AckleyLiving]

I love how the "Duck and Cover" film is used to illustrate that the government was teaching kids that nukes aren't that dangerous. Then Rogard acknowledges at the end that "there's no way to survive this." A wonderful example of the government, any government for that matter, blatantly lying in order to keep the peace and prevent panic

[@King-mg7vy]

No joke, I was at a Walmart today and a kid looks at an Iron Giant toy and goes...."That's from Ready Player One"! I was like....well, he's not wrong, lol.

[@moghraliamneeson]

I sure hope that kid has watched this movie beforehand, he probably hasn't though because he said that the Iron Giant was from Ready Player One.

[@soshiangel90]

They made an Iron Giant Pop!....that's tied to Ready Player One and when I saw that iy hurt my soul so deeply....

[@davidaaronartist]

Hahaha

[@moghraliamneeson]

@@soshiangel90 Shame on you, FUNKO!! Smh

[@mityakiselev]

Yeah, that's like the kid on FBE who saw Snoop Dogg doing the dance and went, "FORTNITE"

[@averymerrick]

From IMDB trivia: The Iron Giant roughly takes place over a five-day period (Wednesday through Sunday). On Wednesday night, the Giant crash lands on Earth. After school on Thursday, Hogarth visits his mom at the diner and that night he encounters the Giant. It is now Friday and Hogarth goes to school and afterwards goes and finds the Giant. That night, he meets Kent and then Hogarth and the Giant find themselves at Dean's junk yard where the Giant has food and a place to rest. Saturday is when Kent questions Hogarth all morning. Hogarth visits Dean and the Giant that afternoon, they go to the lake and witness the death of the deer. At night, Kent interrogates Hogarth and informs the army of the Giant's existence. The army arrives on Sunday morning, fights the Giant and the Giant saves everyone.

[@ricardoaguirre6126]

In the month of October since Sputnik was seen.

[@ThatDudeWithBoobs]

That's a hell of a lot for all these characters to go through in that short of amount of time. I always thought it was at least a month. Damn.

[@shadowsonicsilver6]

Within One Month of Sputnik beung launched, Rosewell New Mexico has to deal with the Iron Giant over the course of Five Days. I heard next week they’re dealing with Trolls and other underground creatures.

[@zacktobin8026]

Kind of strange though for Hogarth to get so emotionally attached to the Giant in just 5 days

[@greatgoblin3065]

Robomon Grundy, rebuilt on a Monday...

[@Tayvin4042]

"Don't worry, [the raccoon] got his in another Burt movie." Me: That... Makes a surprising amount of sense, actually.

[@ricvaladez2563]

Apparently that scene in Incredibles 2 was inspired by a time Brad Bird’s dog got into a fight with a raccoon.

[@astrowolvez]

The saddest cut is when hogarth and his mom talk about his dad. Brad bird said that if this was a perfect movie all the cut scenes would be in it.

[@typoking]

"he interupts talking to the little boy to take his squirrel out of his pants.." *SWAT team busts in*

[@jareththegoblinking3191]

Reeeeally wish they made a Phineas and Ferb joke

[@Lrbearclaw]

@@jareththegoblinking3191 To be fair, today "S.I.M.P." is known for something else.

[@megamage911]

@@Lrbearclaw That only makes it better, he could have made a double pun :P

[@-.__-.__]

FBI OPEN UP

[@samanderson4024]

SQUIRRELS!!! SQUIRRELS!!!

[@WikiSorcerer]

The Giant Bender voiceover was _gold._

[@G33KN3rd]

even better, platinum

[@DaimondEyes-qw7sg]

No joke, I had to stop the video, take off my headphones and spend the next few minutes in a laughing fetal position.

[@nathanexplosion7131]

I greatly disagree with your take on Dean turning on the Giant and the deleted scene. While the deleted scene was certainly a very welcomed addition to the Signature release as it delves into the Giant's backstory, I don't think it's fair to say it was needed to justify Dean's turn on him. The way I always saw it was that Dean really was warming up to the Giant and becoming his friend like Hogarth. But then when he saw him fire the lasers, he most likely thought to himself, 'Oh god what was I thinking!' before protecting Hogarth, who by the way would've been vaporized if Dean hadn't intervened. This sort of thing tends to happen a lot when real people warm up to someone they don't trust at first, and then see them suddenly do something they were afraid they'd do. It's the nature of the human mind, really.

[@oliverdelica2289]

He has a point tho

[@astromycologist2755]

Dear Nostalgia Critic, I have watched your youtube channel for many many many years now without ever subscribing. It was one of those channels that would pop up and I would click it when I was bored. Not anymore. I watch them everytime and that is because I have come to love the atmosphere and aura that surrounds you and your team. You have helped me deal with a lot. Thankyou so much for all the work you do to entertain us. Have a great day. I'm going to watch this now.

[@hanakosan4404]

I could have wrote this comment

[@katsarelas1947]

I remember when Cartoon Network had a “marathon” of it and I thought “oh it must have a spin off show or a movie” Nope. Same movie. 24 hours.

[@screamingphoenix8113]

The absolutely insanity of that. Do you know of any other movie that ever got that treatment? An entire channel dedicated everyminute of a whole day to the same movie, once a year, for several years. Its the equivalent of some TV exec sitting you down and screaming "YOU ARE GOING TO WATCH THIS MOVIE YOU ARE GOING TO LIKE IT!"

[@caosisaac]

@@screamingphoenix8113 A christmas story. Every year for decades it gets a 24 hour marathon.

[@BeeDub57]

@@screamingphoenix8113 Yeah, every year A Christmas Story gets the same thing. And more recently Home Alone.

[@applescruff88]

Same with Groundhog Day.

[@derman1907]

That's how I first saw this. They couldn't have picked a better movie to show.

[@drstevens16]

Bruh I never knew how talented the voice actors were for this movie.

[@gokuxsephiroth4505]

Not going to lie, I always had my own theory with the Iron Giant of him being a scout for an alien race to see if there were any other species on other planets worth connecting with, rather than being a war machine sent to destroy us, but his full offensive capability was taken by the bump on the head. I don't know, it never made sense to me to build a war machine *that* efficient and then disguise his guns in such a way that it takes him a second to transform and use them- wasting time. (Plus he's so cute- why is a war machine so cute????) And why should a tank be able to learn English and concepts of philosophy anyway? Makes sense if he was a scout trying to gather knowledge on this place but never made sense if he was simply a gun. I don't know- the bump on the head might have "reprogrammed" him, but the Iron Giant was giving me EVE vibes before Walle was a thing, where she's out looking for life, but is also pretty dangerous. You can disagree if you want- I can see why people see the Iron Giant purely as a war machine, but I like to imagine it different when I watch the movie. But according to my brother, I- and I quote- "watch the movie wrong" so what do I know lol

[@Elitesolider1023]

Connecting? given from what I've seen of the nightmare flashback I don't think so I think units like him are sent to planets to evaluate life and study them to see if the race will eventually be powerful enough to fight against whatever created the Giant and the rest of his race so in order to prevent competition they simply invade to wipe enemies out similar to the reapers in Mass effect different purposes but still quite the big similarities which makes me want to see a sequel even more they are still so much to learn especially whoever and what the hell the aliens are these guys sound just like the quinnessons from transformers build sentient robots for dirty purposes to expand their rule across the Galaxy.

[@bluepanic5542]

There's a deleted scene of others of him destroying countless planets, but because it showed what his true origin is, the production deleted it to give him more mystery.

[@krustylesponge647]

He’s a war machine, there was actually a scene showing it, the dude blew up an entire planet

[@superquasigalaxygamer6297]

He did turn OP after he thought Hogarth had died 🤔 the bump on his head was gone, and he immediately brought out the big guns lol

[@Nic-ye2yz]

Perhaps whatever race built him did indeed design him as a scout model: Maybe to them his arsenal is light in firepower? Maybe the real war machines that this race built are far more powerful and deadly.

[@Morganatic272]

“Screw our country, I wanna live” - people refusing to cancel travel plans in 2020 Edit: cmon guys can’t we all just agree it was funny.

[@becky0017]

Bruh... this is so true😅

[@mikshin9825]

Some of the US states have already cancelled Halloween. Thanksgiving and Christmas will probably be cancelled next. I'll see how you feel about it then, when you are expected to sit alone like a monkey in a cage for the indefinite future, not being able to see your family with most of the joy sucked out of your life, bereft of all the bonds that make us human. It's okay to chastize people who went on holiday this year ASSUMING the pandemic will be over next year. I mean, it's selfish to do that, can't you just give it up this one time? But what if it isn't over? How much of your life are you willing to sacrifice to the COVID god? Or are you just another loner that hates society and is perfectly okay with all of this because you never had friends and your family is terrible anyway.

[@sweetsucculentcontentnectar]

@@mikshin9825 We take precautions because we don't want our fellow humans to contract a deadly disease and perish, which would really suck the joy out of life.

[@Incognito_Blazer]

​@@sweetsucculentcontentnectar What? You're telling me I'm *NOT* supposed to see myself as a god and see everyone else's life as worthless? That I SHOULDN'T put my own personal wants above the lives of thousands? You're telling me holidays AREN'T more important that the health and safety of my fellow members of Humanity? Say it ain't so! Honestly, while I hold plenty of hope in Humanity, this pandemic and the way some people act about it are making it reeeeally hard to keep said hope. I'm just hoping it ends sooner rather than later specifically so I won't have to worry about my already weak health when I decide to go out and start a new faction specifically aimed at slapping stupid people with zero repercussions

[@sweetsucculentcontentnectar]

@@Incognito_Blazer Build a suit of power armor with a rebreather system. ;-)

[@mauricioramirez5948]

Underrated is an understatement for this movie.

[@JazzyUnderscoreTrumpeter]

-The Weeknd

[@tsartomato]

open internet it's actually overrated maybe not everyone saw it on release, but everyone who saw were imprinted with it and think it's the best thing ever created despite being generic and by the numbers "kid and his weapon" film cough Bulgasari cough

[@theitfactorjameswheezer2852]

@@tsartomato actually you’re an egotistical douchebag

[@jbearclowater]

I don't know about underrated necessarily, everyone I know who's seen it loves it, but definitely under-viewed.

[@jeffn4836]

Best Superman movie ever made . I have never not cried watching this movie: “You can be whoever you want to be” “Superman” Cue the water works.

[@El-Burrito]

Why is it so damn powerful? It never fails to make me well up

[@turdfurgesin9563]

I surprised that was cut off from here to be honest...

[@generalalduin9548]

To be fair towards Deanne’s 180 turn against the giant, how would anyone react to seeing a peaceful giant robot suddenly try to vaporize a young child with no context. Immediately declaring him a weapon seems like a proper reaction when he probably didn’t even think the Giant had any kind of weapons. The animators might just have forgotten to animate a look of shock on Deanne’s face or weren’t directed to.

[@adhdbags3121]

"That's when it hit them; Hogarth had been dead for 10 years." Cracked me up.

[@greywolf7577]

Which was doubly impressive since it had only been 9 years since Hogarth was born.

[@KetwunsGamingPad]

Another nice nod to the 50s is that even the child sounds like a 50s kid.

[@RB01.10]

Sounds like a 50s kid? Like the answering the phone bit? I'm lost, how different did kids talk back then?

[@KetwunsGamingPad]

@@RB01.10 The way kids used to sound like was very respectful and well mannered in a way.

[@mixelpixel9025]

How could you not show “HEY” “yeah?” “You’re right in the middle of the road-“ “Yeah?!” “... alright.”

[@marakarthegreat]

@? population, us.

[@ADHDWOOHOO]

@? This is espresso. It's, like, coffee-zilla.

[@gokuxsephiroth4505]

Too many good lines!

[@reppinTV]

Vin Diesel: Suuuuppperrrrrrmannnnn Me: 😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@darthbradmedia8929]

That’s when I teared up too!

[@mareeeedensos6348]

Vin Diesel Robot

[@moseslovesk]

This is my very favorite animated film. I love how the entire film centers around the loss of Hogarth's Father without actually mentioning it. From Hogarth's oversized pilot's jacket, to the overworked mother renting the spare room, to Hogarth's immediate connection to the robot as needing that deep connection in his life. It's beautiful.

[@paulschauer6273]

30 years old and I still cry when the giant sacrifices himself

[@catebrooks6779]

Over 40, me, too.

[@markusfalk9459]

Well, empathy, engagement, and a good sense of morals would unfortunately give you that result...

[@sketchygetchey8299]

NC: *Reviews Hunchback* Me: My life is complete! NC: *Reviews animated LotR* Me: Okay, now it’s complete. NC: *Reviews Iron Giant* Me: Ya know what, screw it!

[@pwnorbepwned]

More life left to live!

[@jimdude7782]

@@pwnorbepwned indeed

[@snaketooth0943]

Don't forget both the animated and live action lion King!

[@erika_fuzzbottom]

I myself am still waiting for Nostalgia Critic to do a "Raiders of the Story Ark" with Chip and Dale Rescue Rangers.

[@KumaoftheForest]

Still waiting on him to review Some like it Hot

[@andreburrasch]

Every sponsor segment seem like Doug is losing more and more of his mind...

[@toxicdemon1315]

You mean he didn't already? I mean those Canadian Commercials take a toll on people

[@heavycritic9554]

Jennifer Aniston is one of those fascinating actors/actresses who you get the feeling that they will never be Academy Award winners, but they have something that is probably even better: They never disappoint you with a performance.

[@theitfactorjameswheezer2852]

So female Mickey rourke

[@greyworld6242]

Nostalgic! Holy shit I did not know there was a deleted scene.

[@cesarjimenezanimator]

It was used in the theatrical re-release from 2015, I believe. That's when I first saw the movie in its entirety... and LOVED IT! Hex, my dad wasn't planning on joining me, but he decided to watch it with me at the last minute... and he ended up fanboying about it more than me when it was over!

[@JayJayM57]

that was a cut piece of the deleted scene. you can find it on youtube.

[@ianr.navahuber2195]

@@JayJayM57 i am surprised it was completed

[@retloclive9118]

There was actually 2 deleted scenes that were added to the re-release. The Iron Giant's dream sequence, and an Annie/Dean scene at the coffee house.

[@tomysshadow]

I remember watching the director's commentary saying it was cut for budget reasons. I thought it was unfortunate because it made so much more sense that way

[@Purrrple]

"actual footage of children watching this film". And every single adult who ever watched it. But you screwed up by failing to show the Giant calling himself Superman as he hit the missile. It was an iconic moment in this movie.

[@MandleRoss]

If he'd shown that I wouldn't be here commenting this fast after watching. I'd be reducing three boxes of tissues to wet wads... (by crying a lot, jeez internet!)

[@bemusedbandersnatch2069]

OMG you're right. I thought something seemed weird when I finished this and that was it...and now I need to go off to find a box of tissues to cry through. Thanks a lot.

[@shanedaley6236]

This is a classic movie for me it deserves 10/10

[@guilhemoccitan6148]

@@shanedaley6236 I guess they didn't want to take away the joy of discovering this scene for those who haven't seen it !

[@Purrrple]

@@guilhemoccitan6148 when has that ever stopped them?

[@generalobiwankenobi8265]

I saw that Stephen King joke coming as soon as it said “Maine”!

[@torstenscholz6243]

That joke has been done so many times that it now is Mainestream.

[@vincentmarcellino7183]

A lot of the Mansley scenes remind me that the old Simpsons writers were involved in this. The humor feels like them trying to make a kid's film. And I mean that in a good way. The Simpsons style back then was meant to appeal to both kids and adults and Mansley feels like a Simpsons villain.

[@BlazingSteel]

Especially the head of the EPA in The Simpson's Movie. Had Mansley gotten into a higher government position, he'd be the kind of person to justify going mad with power because going mad without power sucks.

[@JDWalker495]

Iron giant: activate instant kill Hogar: Hey big guy, sun is getting real low.

[@fashionablechangeling1988]

Hogarth

[@sentient5]

Zeppo or something

[@kylekelley353]

Probably named by some homecoming queeohmYGOD!

[@KyleKringle]

Holy shit you're right

[@endarasman]

what makes this movie great? just one word... "Superman..."

[@coffinboy556]

What made you gay just now? just one word "Superman..."

[@coffinboy556]

S'okay tho it's the same for me too

[@endarasman]

Daamn bro

[@Ryder.Draconis]

Still waiting for you to do "The Princess Bride". The ultimate nostalgic movie.

[@eloradannan6902]

The 50's was my mother's childhood, and she is still very into the 50's aesthetic of space and technology and giant robots. (Basically Disney's Tomorrowland). This has always been one of her favorite movies.

[@ThornWolf1]

This is embarrassing to say, but when I was younger, I couldn't watch this movie. The scary parts were too intense, the sad parts hit me too hard. I love this movie now, but the spookier stuff still sends my heart into my throat, and I still cry so hard at the end. I don't know why it has such an incredible effect on me. The best I can come up with is that the characters are so well portrayed and relatable that my ability to recognize that this movie is fictional goes flying out the window.

[@princessthyemis]

that's the power of art and a well-told story! :D

[@Phoenix2312]

@Thorn Wolfy No shame about it - I am knocking 50 and believe me, This film always make me well up with tears!!! I am not ashamed... You know what I am ashamed of? The fact I read the books this movie is based on in Primary School and NEVER KNEW that this movie was an adaptation of those books!!! (And honestly, A fantastic one! The Books are a little silly! The Giant challenging a Giant Bat Creature to sleep on the Sun while he is Half Melted on earth... Yeah!!!! I guess you had to be a kid to love them and once upon a time I did!)

[@ThornWolf1]

@@Phoenix2312 I had no idea this was based on a book series, and I'm usually pretty good at finding good reads. I'll have to go a-hunting.

[@Phoenix2312]

@@ThornWolf1 Going to be very honest - I had no idea either for a long time then I discovered one of my old Primary school reads on Amazon... And it was like a bolt from the blue! Its a VERY LOOSE Adaptation of course... VERY LOOSE! In the Books the Giant was not from Space for Starters... But I think its the second book that has the Military take an interest in him... Nothing like the movie as its time period is VERY different too, and it was for kids... Way more Fantasy!!!

[@theshadygentleman7575]

Still gets the waterworks going every single time I watch it. Hell, if I think about the crash scene for too long I start tearing up.

[@biggman4526]

I love how Hannibal Lecter is shown with the "unconventional chefs".

[@donaldsterling1631]

I also love that Doug throws in a picture of himself at the "Junk artist directors" part

[@sc2_Nightmare]

@@donaldsterling1631 Always good when a comedian can laugh at themselves.

[@MandleRoss]

@@donaldsterling1631 That felt a bit calculated to me. Hate-comment dodge.

[@donaldsterling1631]

@@MandleRoss I doubt it. He's a pretty humble guy, and whenever he gets bad insutls or criticism he tends to filter it into a joke or a positive discussion.

[@donaldsterling1631]

@✊🏿 Mrsotiredofthenewyoutubes✊🏿 "Wait, it's all hate-dodging?" "Always has been." 👨🏼‍🚀🔫👨🏻‍🚀

[@marvinthemaniac7698]

Fun Fact: The film's director Brad Bird was also the voice of Edna Mode from The Incredibles.

[@tristanhartup4936]

I know

[@kimifw58]

He was also the _director_ of The Incredibles. That might have something to do with it.

[@orly2me]

“Luckiest kid in America!” My favorite joke is there’s a Canadian kid with 2 giant robots!

[@alexnacud25]

Canada is in America

[@spelunkingmonkey7630]

@@alexnacud25 You know what he meant, quit being pedantic

[@masteralaric]

"Am I a junkman that sells art, or an artist that sells junk?" Me: sees Nostalgia Critic's photo among group of junk artists like Uwe Boll! Lmao

[@sebastiancintron29]

Honestly putting himself, George Lucas and Michael Bay in the same place as Uwe Bollshit, even as a joke, is too much of an insult.

[@masteralaric]

@@sebastiancintron29 to who? Himself? Lol

[@thekiller7994]

Sebastian Cintron so what, Uwe Boll makes awful movies

[@sebastiancintron29]

@@thekiller7994 I know. That's what I'm referring to.

[@typoking]

Nobody ever: Let's give the Iron Giant Bender's voice. Nostalgia Critic: "Bite my collossal Metal Ass!"

[@GarryDKing]

Futurama did parody this movie once. so

[@pat3ntedthe2nd73]

Everyone after hearing another "no one" joke: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hKOVf6iBpdmqY6c

[@typoking]

@@pat3ntedthe2nd73

[@lainiwakura1776]

@@typoking If you don't care, why did you answer?

[@typoking]

@@lainiwakura1776 Because you touch yourself at night.

[@Cyber_Horse_Studios87]

2:47 ...Doug... I applaud you for making this joke... this is Wayne’s funny than it should be. XD

[@logan4634]

Way funnier*

[@TMS9918A]

When I saw this in the theatre in 1999, the scene where the giant first flies had the John Williams Superman theme in it. It was the perfect touch for the scene, but all home video releases have it removed. No one ever talks about that for some reason...

[@campbbrodie4335]

Man Nostalgia Critic rolling out all the reviews I want to see this year. Keep up the hot streak!!

[@shadowsonicsilver6]

I want him to tackle the Tales of Arcadia series. Tollhunters, 3Below, and Wizards should really give Critic a splitting headache as he goes between “Do I love it for its cleverness, or do I hate it because it was made for everyone and not adults like it was originally intended to be.”

[@campbbrodie4335]

@@shadowsonicsilver6 Don't think I've heard of those ones. One I want him to look at is either the Steven Universe Movie (though he may have to see the rest of the show) or watch him tackle Shark Tale. We'd get some good laughs from that one

[@stephonmanny7555]

I been waiting for this one. Now I just want a treasure planet review.

[@shadowsonicsilver6]

Titan Campbbr Didn’t he already do Shark Tales and that video got taken down by YT bot? He’d have to watch the entire series before SU movie. Tales of Arcadia is on Netflix and we’re supposed to get a movie conclusion next year. I can def see Critic tear Wizards apart once he learns about the shenanigans going on off screen.

[@pacoramon9468]

He even did the Elmo movie, that's pure nostalgia to me.

[@notyournormalg1]

“The verdict is still out on this one” - shows himself- Well played, Doug, well played.

[@krimsonklaww611]

18:00 WHAT?? A movie where there's a GOOD reason to have an extended cut?!?!

[@krimsonklaww611]

@@BWMagus my only argument to that is DC Cinematic Universe.

[@AuxFace056]

"You know I never saw Brad Bird as a man who directed masterpieces..." "hOw dArE yOu!" lol. Internet in a nutshell.

[@torstenscholz6243]

The Iron Giant, The Incredibles, Ratatouille, some great Simpsons episodes. Yup, it's true, he only made bad things in his career.

[@amadeus_ex7505]

"Enormous beast, yeah. Biggest thing in this town is probably the homecoming queen...OH MY GOD!"

[@MandleRoss]

I've seen this movie like 50 times, watching it with my students in class mostly, and I never noticed what he said there.

[@pundertalefan4391]

Wow. XD

[@AndreNitroX]

Such a hilarious line

[@lcc2348]

""it's like those transformer movies minus the horniness and racism" So it's Bumblebee but without the cybertron scenes

[@Sara_C__]

Bumblebee actually was inspired by Iron Giant. 😅

[@Ttlore]

Fun fact, my husband refuses to answer his phone in any other way then the ‘yeah?!” From when dean is in the middle of the road after the iron giants cannon ball

[@yeetthebeatout6906]

"Superman" Me: Nobody talk, I can't hear you over my tears

[@AndreNitroX]

Facts

[@C24U_]

Blame Disney for the lackluster Box Office performance. Disney: "Some other studio is releasing an animated film?" Disney: .... Disney: "Hey Kids! We're re-releasing the Lion King in theaters!"

[@casper6405]

Disney cant handle when other studio's have talent

[@supermariof0521]

Then again "Iron Giant" came out in 1999. Two months prior to it coming out, Disney had "Tarzan" which was their newest animated movie at the time. That and both films had to compete with "Star Wars: Episode 1", so unfortunately one film was more fucked then the other. Didn't help matters that when Warner Bros. was a major animation studio at the time, they couldn't market their animated movies for shit! Until "The Lego Movie", the ONLY WB animated movie that made them an actual profit, was "Space Jam". That is embarrassing. People weren't interested in "Iron Giant" but were more then pleased to see Micheal Jordon be bored to death when pretending to talk to cartoons?

[@Poever]

Fire Dust speak for itself. The South Park movie had to compete with Wild Wild West

[@supermariof0521]

@@Poever And yet that film still did well.

[@Igorcastrochucre]

Actually no, Brad Bird wanted to release the movie as soon as it was ready, but summer of that year was halfway over and the studio wanted to make tie-in toys and more promotion, but he moved forward with it, and when the first weekend earnings dropped, the giant marketing campaign was pulled.

[@elliotstannard5621]

I don't see how "putting a new spin on an existing idea", as you put it, can't be a masterpiece. And, by your own description, that is how you justify your opening comment. Citizen Kane is the classic story of "the rise and fall" (of a good man to a great one to a bad one to a failed one) and Lord of the Rings is just a war drama with an allegorical fantasy background. Perhaps rethink that first line.

[@MrMarinus18]

LOTR is more than putting a new spin on it. It created a massive new world filled with brand new ideas that were never seen before.

[@elliotstannard5621]

@@MrMarinus18 but it's a war story, similar to that of WW1 and 2. The whole world is something you've never seen before, but even that is an amalgamation of Norse mythology and medieval history.

[@MrMarinus18]

@@elliotstannard5621 I can see that but it's still very new. Originality is a relative thing and LOTR has more than enough.

[@orangeslash1667]

@@elliotstannard5621 Thats actually a good way to describe Indie games. Their not doing anything new, their just taking classic games and putting in their own unique touches.

[@elliotstannard5621]

@@orangeslash1667 this doesn't mean they are not n"masterpieces" though, and to say that was basically an attempt at edge lord that just fell flat.

[@LePLusCoolDesCools]

Canadians : You're always America's punchline because America is the rest of the world's punchline.

[@yellowstarproductions6743]

11:31

[@toshirodragon]

The Skippy Squirrel clip is me every damn time Vin Diesel says "Superman" and I'm 55...

[@rushmaverick1923]

Honestly, I'm surprised he didn't put that clip in earlier after that deer was killed. "Bumpy's mom is AHHHHHHHHH...!!!"

[@geardog24]

In the book the Iron Giant fought a space dragon. Why they couldn't fit that into the movie is beyond me.

[@SifGreyfang]

Fucking...what?

[@annescholey6546]

Space Bat Angel Dragon narrated by Bernard Cribbins in the 80s.

[@munstrumridcully]

Maybe they thought it would be better not to make it a robots vs kaiju film. A space dragon makes me think of King Ghidorah.

[@MisterX867]

That honestly reminded me a tiny bit of the Mega Man 8 opening scene.

[@elzar5987]

He fought a space dragon that crushed Australia and challenged it to lay on the sun. I'm not even joking

[@mitchellneu]

This movie is the definition of pure underrated classic. I am honestly shocked at myself that I didn’t cry at the ending when I was a kid, yet as an adult, I actually FEEL something. I mean, seriously, the Giant’s final utterance of “Suuuu-per-maaaan...” and then closing his eyes before the nuke hits....OUCH. Take that, Pixar.

[@Logovanni]

One of my favorite scenes ever is when the giant is hunched over in horror at Hogarth’s unconscious body and he gets lit up from behind by the military and the whole dent-popping, immediate explosion of violence that ensues and the military is dumbstruck by it. The whole sequence is amazing. It’s like the most explosive and visceral depiction of the anger stage of grief.

[@hawkapollo5830]

12:30 An interesting fact about this movie is that Brad Bird pitched the film to Warner Bros. with the idea: "What if a gun had a soul?" This was because his sister Susan had been shot and killed by her estranged husband, hence why the film is dedicated to her.

[@kingsodashark2194]

damn...that is harsh. R.I.P and good luck to Brad

[@DarkFoxKirin]

GOD, I love this movie... Also, can you do Road To El Dorado and Howl's Moving Castle? Maybe the other Studio Ghibli movies as well! Those are so good!

[@anjealousanaconda9692]

Yes!!!! But if I’m being honest the best Ghibli movie is Spirited away

[@bean181]

Ya spirited away and the iron giants are examples of great non traditional kids movies that will always be timeless and god tier movies my personal favorite is akira 1988 but I understand that movies plot is alright and the characters are kinda bland but kanada and tetsuo the two main characters and the best animation I have ever seen make akira so great for me

[@84everfan90]

Doug's dig on himself as a director, is great and what separates him from linkara

[@patthetech]

"what was this rated" I almost had a contender for 'best spit take' after that

[@DarthBear356]

For those who don't know, this is loosely based on the book 'The Iron Man/Iron Giant' by Ted Hughes.

[@MandleRoss]

Wow, Is "Hogarth" really his son's name I wonder...

[@matthewstoneback9]

This was a perfect example of how some animators have just as if not a better grasp of human behavior than some flesh and blood actors! Every time I see this film I find something new to enjoy in it. A true masterpiece.❤

[@OuterSpace90]

Legit on of my favorite animated films EVER!! Top 5 easily.

[@Sara_C__]

It’s one of my favorite movies period. 😅

[@dinogoldie9716]

The reason "The Iron Giant" seems reminiscent/derivative of ET/Short Circuit or other famous "alien/robot-befriends-human-but-is-pursued-by-government" movies is that those movies owe a huge debt to Ted Hughes's 1968 "The Iron Man" story.

[@OzymandiasWasRight]

Vin Diesel got snubbed for his Oscar worthy performance!! He BECAME The Iron Giant. Also, Christopher McDonald will apparently answer to Shooter in public and respond to fans with the classic "hand guns". Which makes me happy.

[@amanofnoreputation2164]

"You can fix yourself?" My mind: "I tell myself I can."

[@MforMovesets]

"This is the worst ASMR ever" Eh... looks like regular ASMR to me.

[@millennialmatt7]

I never knew about that deleted scene. They totally should have kept it in.

[@briandurio6479]

It was probably a pacing issue. Honestly I wish there was a way for DVD releases to have the option to play a movie with deleted scene spliced in approximately where they should be just to get the full effect of what they were going for

[@cptnsquires]

Yeah only thing Critic got wrong was it wasn't Earth getting blown up it appeared to be an alien city on a planet somewhere in outer space, we see a bunch of other giants marching along in unison as well. the implication is that the giant IS a gun. He was a weapon created by some advanced alien empire to conquer and lay waste to other developed civilizations.. I think the scary part is we never see these aliens that created him, for all we know they could be long dead and the giants are just functioning on some kind of automatic pilot command going about the cosmos and destroying inhabited worlds as part of a war that has long since ended. Supposedly the film was originally to have the backdrop of a Cold War gone hot so I can buy that this was the context they were going for in the typical 1950s sci fi trope of the evil force in the film being an analog to nuclear weapons and just warfare in general.