Comparing Wild Robot to Iron Giant is a bit of a stretch. 2 completely different themes. I get the theme of ‘robot finding it’s reason for existence’ but it’s a theme of overall ‘who am I’ (Iron Giant) vs ‘how do I raise this child/animal’ (Wild Robot). I honestly believe a lot of themes in Wild Robot aren’t properly grasped unless you’ve had a kid or raised one. That movie cuts to the core quite a bit around being a parent and always questioning if you’re doing enough and what will be best to provide the best future for your child. Also around how to be supportive even when your child is facing difficulties like bullying. Iron Giant is more of a ‘fun’ movie about if a giant robot was found by a child and the innocence of youth vs hardened hearts of adults. Just not a good comparison.
I’ll have to give it a chance again I guess. I turned on Flow the other day, made it ~5-7 mins in and gave up on it. I’m sure the budgets were no where near the same but I think I ended up watching Elemental instead. Overall it was pretty decent. Not as good as some but still made me fucking cry like animated movies are so good at.
It’s decent, not amazing. It’s been a pretty weak year for animated films. Couple of years if I’m being honest.
Inside Out 2 just made me want to watch the original again. The Wild Robot was certainly no Iron Giant.
I think the last nominated movie at the Oscars that I genuinely loved was Klaus.
Comparing Wild Robot to Iron Giant is a bit of a stretch. 2 completely different themes. I get the theme of ‘robot finding it’s reason for existence’ but it’s a theme of overall ‘who am I’ (Iron Giant) vs ‘how do I raise this child/animal’ (Wild Robot). I honestly believe a lot of themes in Wild Robot aren’t properly grasped unless you’ve had a kid or raised one. That movie cuts to the core quite a bit around being a parent and always questioning if you’re doing enough and what will be best to provide the best future for your child. Also around how to be supportive even when your child is facing difficulties like bullying. Iron Giant is more of a ‘fun’ movie about if a giant robot was found by a child and the innocence of youth vs hardened hearts of adults. Just not a good comparison.
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I’ll have to give it a chance again I guess. I turned on Flow the other day, made it ~5-7 mins in and gave up on it. I’m sure the budgets were no where near the same but I think I ended up watching Elemental instead. Overall it was pretty decent. Not as good as some but still made me fucking cry like animated movies are so good at.
I won’t argue with you on the rest, but I certainly agree that Claus was lovely.
The Wild Robot was better than the Iron Giant because it criticises capitalism.