This movie was in honor of his sister, who sadly was murdered by her ex husband by a gun. Thats why the whole question of the movie is “If a gun had a soul, would it want to kill?”
There's an amazing making of documentary of this movie called "The Giant's Dream" I think it's available here on RUclips but it came out on the Blu-ray of the movie and in there Brad Bird talks about how the passing of his sister influenced this movie and why he wanted to tell this story of a gun who doesn't want to be a gun
I think what makes Dean so much better in my eyes is that he didn't befriend Hogarth because he had the hots for his mom. He genuinely connected with the kid and took the position as a male role model. The fact that he then became attracted to his mom over time was just a bonus and felt more like he fell in love with "the family", rather than trying to connect to the kid of someone you want to be with.
I saw a similar dynamic with Phoebus and Esmerelda in The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Near the beginning, they could have had him notice Esmerelda first, have him be smitten with her, then donate a few coins. But that would have made the gesture shallow. Instead, they had him donate the coins FIRST. Making the gesture far more genuine. It's the little things in character interactions that matter.
Dean is so great, and he's also a great foil for the other older male role model in Hogarth's life: Kent Mansely. Dean is a beat nick artist who also runs the local scrapyard. By societal standards of the time, he doesn't have very high status within society because of who he is; he's a nobody. Compare him to Kent, a man who works for the US government. Kent has incredible status within society as working for the government was the highest level of status you could hold within 50's America. And it's not just their status that clashes, but their personality. While Kent is an arrogant G-man who's wound up so tightly he could explode, Dean is cool and laid back. Both look at the Iron Giant and while Kent instantly wants to destroy it at all costs, Dean puts together that the Giant is harmless. And when faced with danger, they react in opposite ways; Kent's first instinct is self preservation when faced with looming death while Dean's putting his life on the line to keep a stranger safe when faced with the immediate danger of the Giant when he first sees the robot. And of course they have different reactions to Hogarth's mother. Kent is attracted to her and instantly puts himself on a first name basis with her and cares nothing about Hogarth, not even enough to call him by his name and not some pet name (chief, buddy, cowboy, slugger, etc.) Dean meanwhile (in the directors cut) approaches Annie after the squirrel incident to sheepishly apologize and asks her not to be angry with Hogarth saying he's a good kid. And he does that with the pretense that he's not owed any kindness for his part in the squirrel incident as it likely caused a mess Annie had to clean up.
Given the degree of information and maturity Hogarth has about death, I'm inclined to believe the reason his father isn't in the picture is that he passed away. Also, Hogarth's "Bad Dream" very much actually happened. Kent only called it a 'bad dream' cause he was about to put him to sleep with chloroform
There's a lot of hints in Hogarth's room his dad was a pilot. His oversized pilot helmet and bomber jacket both likely belong to his dad. Theres a toy plane, and i think theres a picture of a pilot in his room.
This is one of those movies that makes you look back and say "Really? THIS flopped?" Such fun characters, such a good story, some action, just a really well done animated film.
A movie about the wrongness of killing killed by its own movie studio. This debacle shows how "good" executives really are at deciding anything - just like with that Zaslav moron who destroyed HBO for example.
Non-Disney animated movies flopped regularly. When Anastasia came out it was said in the news that, and I even saw this in person, that parents left the theater (with their kids) once they say a non-Disney logo appear on the screen.
@@motleykingdom9394even Disney flopped regularly once they decided on 3D only films. Mostly by their own choice, they purposely ruined the marketing for Treasure Planet for example to say people only wanted 3D and CGI. I still can’t believe Iron Giant “flopped,” I watched it every chance I got in theatres, on TV, and even now as a 28 yo, it’s still a comfort movie for me. Everyone I knew loved it back then as well.
The General was a prime example of someone who was just doing his job. He was also adjusting his perspective as he was obtaining new information. The only reason he fired against the Iron Giant first was because he was acting based on the information he was given beforehand, even though it was bad info from the detective.
While Kent represented the fears/paranoia of the general populace at the time, General Rogard was meant to be someone who had actually earned his position through combat experience, maybe in WW2. From his perspective, the Cold War wasn't as scary as the "hot" war he'd already seen, so even though circumstances put him on the 'wrong' side here his decisions were based in sound logic at least.
For the record, Kent Mansley's main issue wasn't that he was trigger-happy, per se (though there was that); it's that he was paranoid. He saw enemies everywhere, even when there weren't any, which he all-but-said earlier in the movie: "Who built [the robot]? The Russians? The Chinese? Aliens? Canadians? I DON'T CARE! All I know is *we* didn't build it, and that's enough reason to assume the worst and blow it to kingdom come!" - ala an attitude the Cold War had on both sides, if (hopefully) not as extreme.
Yeah, I've talked to my grandmother before, after watching this movie and was like, "Actually, yeah, Mansley was the thoughts and feelings of basically everyone at the time; he's barely an exaggeration."
The part with Mansley interrogating Hogarth wasn't a dream. Mansley just said that before putting him to sleep with chloroform to make him think he'd dreamt it.
This movie only flopped because Warner Brothers tried to make it fail. Barely any marketing and they were trying to kill their own animation studios. This was made by Brad Bird. the same guy who gave us the Incredibles and Ratatouille. I first heard of this as a kid. it was on the previews of my Pokemon the First movie VHS tape. Mom later bought the movie for me from Hollywood Video. (A competitor of Blockbuster) I've loved it ever since.
@@xarenanotmyrealname4134 Yes. sadly. There was a video I watched of Brad Bird talking about it. how he was so excited on the day of the movie's release and he rushed to his local theater only to find the card board cut out of the Iron Giant display stuffed into the trash bin, and there was hardly any advertisement for the movie prior to release. If I remember right, he said he left Warner soon after, and I think Pixar picked him up not long after that. I'm not exactly sure of the time frame though.
@@kirara2516 Damn that sucks. I recently watched a video about all the shit Disney pulled to make sure Treasure planet failed you should check it out if you haven't it's by BREADSWORD very informative.
The kid who voiced Hogarth was unbelievably talented. Massive range of tone and emotion and not a single line delivery was even remotely off. The fact that he was talking often throughout the entire film and was pristine the entire way is an achievement rarely seen by a child actor.
Road to El Dorado is another one that didn’t get the recognition it deserved at the time but has a dedicated following. Gorgeous animation, stellar soundtrack, really unique and interesting characters, definitely worth your time.
My buddy worked on this film as a clean up artist and inbetweener. He brought me into the Glendale studio and showed me the entire storyboard posted in a hallway. This movie had some darker more violent scenes.
@@linneaelise7455 when the giant turns all crazy deathbot the original storyboards had people being disintegrated and the giant had some different weapon types. They got changed in favor of more sci fi energy weapon types which fit the character design better. They weren’t a big deal but the idea of people getting killed by the giant would have made the giant less likable even if he was on a berserk rampage. My memory of all this is spotty at best considering it was roughly 28 years ago and these are all things I only saw drawn on a wall and told by my friend that worked on it. I know some of the people that worked on the film like to watch these reactions so maybe they might see this and correct any errors in my memories.
This movie is SUCH a classic... nothing beats it. It doesn't need a musical number or animal sidekicks like a Disney movie... It just simply is the GOAT of underrated masterpieces
I love how much of this story is just hinted at. We get hints that Hogarth's dad is dead, which is part of why he has trouble adjusting, and knows so much about death. We see his mom working extra shifts and trying to rent a room in a farmhouse which is way too big for the 2 of them, so we know *something* happened and her life is not going how she planned it. She seems upbeat and mostly cheerful even when an adult can see all the signs that she's struggling. A kid watching the movie probably won't even pick up all of it, but adults can see a lot of drama which is just going unspoken.
I adore this film. My brother and I would watch this all the time. The scene with Dean and Hogarth's mom at the diner and the scene with the Giant's dream weren't in the original release of the film! Those scenes were added in later releases to give more relationship between the two characters and to give the Giant some backstory.
26:27 The interrogation scene of Kent Mansley threatening to have Hogarth taken away from his mom wasn't a dream, Kent only said that because he was about to knock him out with chloroform You can tell that it couldn't have been a dream because Hogarth didn't even know that he'd photographed the Giant. The picture was from that little moment during his stakeout when he accidentally flashed himself in the eyes with the camera, the photo just reveals that the Giant had already been standing somewhere behind him by then, watching Hogarth during his stakeout
Brad Bird is an incredible director and writer when he is given the time he needs to get it done right. His best movies in my opinion are this one, The Incredibles, Ratatouille, and also one that goes EXTREMELY overlooked is Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol. A really incredible film by Brad Bird for not being animated.
I remember accidentally seeing this on TV when I was a kid, such an unexpected emotional gut punch. It has been among my favorite animated movies ever since.
My brother and I discovered it through tv as well when we were kids. And it quickly became one of those movies we'd get so excited about when they played it on tv.
I had forgotten about this movie! I was 10 yrs old when it was released and I remember crying when the giant sacrificed itself to stop the missile. The giant was my friend too.
It's also one of a few animated movies to constantly blend handdrawn 2d with 3d computer graphics, another cult classic to do so is Treasure Planet, the behind the scenes on both passion projects are impressive how they went about it in different ways to portray the difference narratively. What turns an annoying kiddie movie into a great family movie, is that they don't talk down to the kids and they don't shy away from philosophical themes no matter how complicated or dark, all the while being able to keep a wholesome message that's plain to see.
I can’t even watch reactions to this movie without crying. I grew up with this movie and “You Stay, I go, No Following” just opens the floodgates every time I see it
32:44 As a tank geek I love how they designed the tanks. Even having small details like the driver's periscopes. It looks like their design are based roughly on the M41 Walker Bulldog.
This is 1 of my top 5 favorite animated films of all time, which are: 1) The Incredibles 2) HTTYD 3) Kung Fu Panda 2 4) The Iron Giant 5) Toy Story 3 This is the first time that Vin Diesel has made me cry for an animated character, the second time being for Groot in Guardians of the Galaxy.
This movie is an adaptation of a spectacular children’s book, but the story in the book it takes place in England in a different time period, so they made quite a few substantial changes in this movie. I enjoy the movie, but I absolutely adore the books!
I do like how just when you think the movie is about to end. The scene with The Giant's laser eyes happens. And while it's terrible for Dean to say those things, it's understandable because he just almost saw his friend get badly injured or even killed even though The Giant genuinely had no control. He was protecting his friend. That doesn't make it right but understandable. But that's how I see that scene now as an adult. And I love that The General is actually reasonable when given the facts enough to wanna call off the attack on The Giant and when the nuke is fired carries himself with some dignity. And the Agent douchbag is the one who called the launch devolves into a spineless coward when he thinks he's gonna die.
Got so excited seeing you react to this one. It is such a heartwarming and beautiful piece that, true is underrated but became a classic. So enduring to watch you react to the goofy, dark and tender moments. It was nostalgic getting to watch it again with you. Although first time seeing it extended, so for me was a surprise seeing the additional scenes added. But so glad you got to see this treasure and hope you get to watch it again soon. P.s. Hope you're feeling better!
Hats-off to any single parents out there. I don't know how they do it. My husband and I tag-team everything with our kids and we're still exhausted. This was a lovely movie to re-visit. Thank you.
I think it’s because unless you’re looking for it or you know prior, she doesn’t have an animated or iconic kind of voice. She’s a great actor but she is just playing a mom. 95% of voice actors are meant to be generic voices that fit the character rather than something distracting. I don’t think I’ll be unable to unhear it now though in rewatches 😆
I don't know if you've seen Happy Gilmore, but if you watch it you might recognize Christopher McDonald (Kent Mansley's voice actor). Christopher McDonald shouting, "oh my GOD" like when the giant ate half his car is iconic.
This will always be my top favourite movie ever. Never fails to get me emotional no matter how many times i watch it. This movie will forever be in my memory.
My whole family wanted to see this in the cinema, but we were all busy with College or working, we never had the same day off to go see it together, so we never bothered, but we did preorder it on VHS and had a movie night. It was awesome. Our VHS tape also came with an Iron Giant figure =D We still don't understand why it flopped like it did. Maybe if Warner Bros advertised it more, maybe it would have done better.
I really like Mansley as a villain. His actions throughout movie are justified behind the panic that most people had during the Cold War. The bump on the giant’s head is implied to give it amnesia so the fact that it’s good is basically an accident that shouldn’t have happened. He only crosses the line of no return when he says that the robot killed a kid. He even launches the missile out of fear because the robot gave him a mean stare and before that he was rambling to shoot it out of fear without making sense. He made a plan that wouldn’t kill the town when he knew the robot wasn’t focused on him but said to kill it while they still had the chance even though they hadn’t lured it anywhere yet because it was close. With the gun theme of this movie it really shows you not to let fear make you trigger happy. The Iron Giant shows restraint while Hogarth tries to alleviate the situation but Mansley does not show restraint and incentives conflict.
I love how you just got shocked in one of those moments in the movie. Love your reaction in the video. Love how you laughed and how you were excited that the Giant is still alive.
The dream wasn't actually a dream, it was real. He was just saying that as a taunt, or to make Hogarth think it was a dream after Mansly knocked him out with the chloroform
This was one of my favorite movies as a kid, and even now. We lost smth in newer movies i think, cause topics like death and blood didnt scare me in old disney movies. They tackled them well, and make the world feel so real. As a kid it was a fantastical movie with an ending i literally made theories about, and as nearly an adult I look back and see all the little plot points children might've missed. Amazing wonderful movie
One of the greatest things about the way these characters were written; is that they aren’t one dimensional. Even the background characters have a sense of realism that isn’t seen hardly at all anymore in cinema. Hogarth and Dean are so well aware and make logical decisions. It’s such amazing writing
This was an unexpected cartoon for me in the past. Loved it then, still love it now. An animated feature film with a heart. An optimistic movie that always makes me cry.
I love this movie SO MUCH! I cried at the end the first time I watched it, and now I cry almost all the way through it because I know all the foreshadowing...such a beautiful commentary on being what you choose to be rather than what you're told to be by others, or what you're 'made' to be.
This is such a great movie! I'm so glad you enjoyed it! My favorite part is when the Iron Giant does the cannon ball and Dean ends up in the middle of the road. His response to the older gentleman cracks me up every time. Thank you for sharing and have a great day!
This is one of my favorite films of all time, not just animated. I saw it in the theater with my two sons and it is one of their favorite films as well. I think I connected with it because my father was absent as well and I was the weird kid with the amazing imagination. But also, the idea that no matter why you were created or how you were treated or what you had done in the past; you can always decide who you want to be and be that. I have tried to live my life that way. Look how many other people were inspired by it as well. The studio was responsible for it flopping, it wasn't in the theaters for long and there was next to nothing in terms of advertising when it came out. It's really a shame because I would love to see the sequel....who knows maybe someday we will. Thank you so much for reacting to this movie and for being who you are. When I see that you've posted a new film up my whole day gets better and I know that you're going to touch my heart with your pure spirit. I hope that you truly know how special you and how much you mean to those of us that get to watch your reactions.
Hogarth’s mom is voiced by Jennifer Aniston. Dean is voiced by Harry Connick Jr. He was also in Hope Floats with Sandra Bullock in 1998 and Memphis Belle from 1990 with a whole slew of other great actors.
I remembered a substitute teacher from middle school who was JUST like Dean. Hip, stylish and cool! Kids loved him. Didn’t know anything about social studies but we never cared. You’d know if he was substituting for your class because of the strong smell of coffee and the endless cds of jazz. 😂
I only remember seeing bits and pieces of the film when it aired on Cartoon Network during 2003/2004 and for the longest of time, I didn’t even know that Brad Bird who would later direct _The Incredibles_ and _Ratatouille_ was the director of this film and I also didn’t even know that Vin Diesel was the voice of the titular Iron Giant. Lastly, it’s so surreal that years after the animators worked on this animated masterpiece they went on to work on Adam Sandler’s _Eight Crazy Nights_ and even the character designs on that film look reminiscent to the human designs seen in _The Iron Giant_
I think I've binge watched every one of your videos over the last three weeks, and here you come again with another banger. Great job! Also, I find it interesting that you took the, "This is just a dream," sequence literally. I've never seen that perspective before. Everyone else, myself included, seems to believe thay he genuinely chloroformed Hogarth and he was just giving him a villainous final line before knocking him out.
this was literally my favourite movie as a child, the ending always made me so sad. Can't believe how underrated it is, I am so glad you reacted to it!
The best animated movie of all time, the jacket hogarth wears when he first goes out & finds the Giant is actually his Father's :,) The Giant's dream sequence is an addition in the directors cut, in the original movie its never explained where he actually came from or what his purpose is until you see him transform at the end (which i personally like better, storytelling wise)
What you said about having to accept everything as a nuke drops is an actual experience (sort of) that I had once. I had a dream one night about an apocalypse scenario that ended with a thermonuclear warhead dropping a few miles away. I was standing in a massive crowd of people and we all just . . . sat down and watched the shockwave approach. We talked to each other and supported each other as we waited for the wave to hit. All I felt was this strange, horrible, melancholy peace. I wasn't afraid, just curious as to what would happen after death. It was a feeling that stuck with me after I woke up, and one that I carry with me to this day.
I have a similar dream that recurs every once in a while, but with a gigantic meteor. "Strange, horrible, melancholy peace" is a better way to describe it than I ever could.
in the the uk we have a kids tv program called jackanory this is usually a well known actor/actress that reed a story to kids on tv and this was one of the first one I remember them doing only it was called the iron man and it was written by British Poet Laureate Ted Hughes ,
I was watching this movie just yesterday! It's my favorite movie of all times and I'm so happy that you liked it. The sacrifice scene always gets to me and I love it ❤
7:19-25:01 I’m glad you chose the extended version of the iron giant. 13:21 fun fact: Brad Bird directed Tomorrowland movie and the first 2 incredibles movie from Disney and Pixar. 32:41-32:49 this is what happens when, he goes ballistic with the weapons. 34:34-34:37 he’s back to normal. 35:09 😂
The art style of this film is based on the work of American artist Norman Rockwell. (Which is why the town is called Rockwell) He created a very specific atmosphere, little worlds and peculiar characters in his paintings. I suggest looking him up, his work is great!
Omg the extra scene yes!! This was one of my favorite movies as a child, watched ot dozens of times and i knew i didnt remember that flashback to his past!!
It might be obvious to most, but this movie was a hybrid between traditional cel animation and hand-drawn background images, and computer animation (the Giant himself most significantly.) It therefore bridges the fully hand-drawn cel animated movies of past decades, and computer animated movies that would follow later on in the 2000s primarily. The two train engineers we meet early on in the movie are voiced by (and modeled after the appearances of) Ollie Johnston and Frank Thomas, two legendary animators from Disney Studios whom Iron Giant director Brad Bird consider mentors and great sources of inspiration of his. Both Johnston and Thomas also have a cameo in The Incredibles by the way (another Bird movie.) Part of this movie's magic comes from the fantastic score composed by the extremely talented Michael Kamen - whom sadly passed away relatively young in 2003 at the age of 55. Kamen composed a great many other well-known movie scores (although only two animated movie scores, Iron Giant being his first), and also worked with many world famous musicians and music groups, including Pink Floyd, Queen, Metallica, David Bowie, Eurythmics, Kate Bush and many others. On a side note, it's interesting to see the range of facial expressions the Giant can create with just his lower jaw and movable teeth and eyelids. Also, by tilting his head. :) Such a well-designed character!
This really was a good movie. I watched it later in life but would have loved to see it as a child. I loved your reaction when the Giant was rebuilding itself at the end... that excitement is so pure and the best when a movie/ show can invoke it! I know your patrons get to suggest movies to watch but i think a good movie to share would be called Two Brothers (2004). Not many people know of this movie but it really does pull at your heart strings.
Have you seen Bridge to Terebithia? It will WRECK you. Also, not sure if you’ve ever seen A Beautiful Mind, but you would LOVE it. It’s so heartbreaking and wonderful at the same time. Give it a go!
The Iron Giant is one of those movies that is so deep-seated into my heart that it feels like a part of my person. It's so funny, because I can see so much of myself in Dean now in my older age compared to how much I acted just like Hogarth in my youth. In a lot of ways, the lessons I took away from this film crafted my thoughts and ideals and made me who I am - and it's been years since I last watched it, but I still remember it like I'd seen it yesterday. It's one of those movies I'll always try to recommend to people, when I can. I think there's a lot of good things to take away from this one, which is probably why it's still so loved so many years after. Thanks so much for reacting to this movie. I think this has been one of my favourite ones you've done yet! You were so involved and I loved the way you got right into it, from the laughs to the jump scares 😂it was honestly so much fun. I also loved hearing your thoughts throughout the film and at the end, you have a great mind hon, thank you for letting us see how brilliant it is ❤
Based on the story by Ted Hughes, the poet who was married to another great poet, Sylvia Plath. It's a remarkable film... and so beautifully told and rendered. One of the truly brilliant animated films of all time.
@@riddlr6358 WOW!!! That's amazing! You must be so proud of you and your team's work. I'm a huge animation fan... (from Windsor McCay's work to modern Pixar...) and this would, for many reasons, be on my Top 10 list of all-time. Congrats!
One of the people who worked on it visited my state for the animation expo, and it was nice time. :3 I felt sad for him though, :.D he wasn't prepared for his slides to be so smol we couldn't see it. Real Good Story telling. :o
The dream sequence the Giant has was indeed cut out of the original release. From my understanding, the director felt it would muddy the waters in terms of how the audience would feel about the Giant. However, I feel it gives greater meaning to the line "You are who you choose to be" as it shows the Giant going against his true programming to become something better. That being said, it's worth pointing out that while Agent Mansley isn't a good person, he was at least "technically" correct. The dream showed us the Giant's true purpose. To destroy and conquer. Whether he was knocked off his original course and came here accidentally, or he was sent here purposefully, it doesn't matter. The only reasons he didn't begin to destroy human civilization was because of his memory loss and Hogarth's life lessons. The fact that a nuke didn't even permanently put him down should frankly be considered horrifying when put in the context of what he was built to do. As such, when the potential is global annihilation, Mansley being an unsavory individual is quite frankly justified. Now, that being said, he did, of course, bumble things there at the end by having the missile launched. But I can't completely hate him knowing what the Giant's original purpose was. It's part of the reason this movie is so good honestly. The lines between right and wrong, good and evil, etc. blend and blur together when you look at the big picture.
It’s definitely true that he wasn’t completely wrong and he had every reason to be cautious, but it’s funny to me that since the Iron Giant couldn’t be destroyed by the most sophisticated technology humanity had at the time, shows just HOW crucial it was treating the Iron Giant with empathy and not being hostile right!? I know what you’re saying though, like it’s just understandable why he felt that way, but it’s interesting to me that one side of the coin says it’s so dangerous it should be destroyed when the right side of the coin was, it’s so dangerous it should be treated with compassion.
@@thecocoacouchIt's definitely a delicate situation to be certain. And it all boiled down to circumstance. Although there isn't a sequel, I imagine that upon the Giant's return after reassembling himself, the government and by extension, the military, would rethink their overall approach upon seeing that the nuke didn't accomplish anything. The General showed that there were indeed calmer heads with authority. In all likelihood they would change tactics from combat to research. To figure out who built him, and whether Earth was in further danger of a larger invasion. And if there was further danger from the Giant's creators, they would potentially seek to form an alliance with the Giant as they would need his help to fend off his creators and brethren Giants. Though sadly, given there is apparently an entire legion of Giants, Earth's best hope would be he ended up here accidentally.
oh please no. Those movies are so overrated and pretentious crap. I really can't understand why everyone watches overrated garbage like those, and pretentious Ghibli crap... and not REAL anime films like Project A-Ko. Project A-Ko is far more deserving of being called an anime classic and for introducing one into what the best of anime is than pretentious malarkey like Ghibli and Akira. To understand something fully, you have to examine it's grass roots, and Project A-Ko, Megazone 23, and a whole ton of other 90's anime OVA's made during the peak of that era is a far better primer for what anime is than any of that mainstream Disney-rip off garbage, or pretentious nonsense like Your Name or Wolf Children or whatever everyone else swears by.
@@teruienages962 wow. That's a lot of venom in your comment. You're allowed to have your opinion, but don't try to pass it off as fact. you 'THINK' those movies are overrated, but that's not a common opinion. They're well loved movies because they have great messages and beautiful animation with fun characters. Or characters that people can relate to. I myself find My Neighbor Totoro very boring, but that doesn't mean it's bad. I think Howl's Moving Castle or Kiki's Delivery Service are fantastic movies, but obviously not everyone would agree. So please, cool your jets and remember what is fact and what is opinion. :)
If you're big on robots after this one, I highly recommend the movie Batteries Not Included. It's live action but has some beautiful effects for the time, and is honestly a fantastic movie.
If you haven't seen the BALTO movies they are great underrated watches. Also, THE KING AND I (animated) is an incredibly underrated movie many people seem to forget about.
This movie was in honor of his sister, who sadly was murdered by her ex husband by a gun. Thats why the whole question of the movie is “If a gun had a soul, would it want to kill?”
Omg that's so sad...
Omg sometimes I question why people do these things thats awful
Lol
There's an amazing making of documentary of this movie called "The Giant's Dream" I think it's available here on RUclips but it came out on the Blu-ray of the movie and in there Brad Bird talks about how the passing of his sister influenced this movie and why he wanted to tell this story of a gun who doesn't want to be a gun
Didnt know that 😢
I think what makes Dean so much better in my eyes is that he didn't befriend Hogarth because he had the hots for his mom. He genuinely connected with the kid and took the position as a male role model. The fact that he then became attracted to his mom over time was just a bonus and felt more like he fell in love with "the family", rather than trying to connect to the kid of someone you want to be with.
Omg yes, so many modern western movies keep making the 'you're moms hot' jokes and Dean is still refreshing!
I saw a similar dynamic with Phoebus and Esmerelda in The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Near the beginning, they could have had him notice Esmerelda first, have him be smitten with her, then donate a few coins. But that would have made the gesture shallow. Instead, they had him donate the coins FIRST. Making the gesture far more genuine. It's the little things in character interactions that matter.
They made dean likeable which can be rare for characters of his type
I even liked how his first reaction to the giant was to grab hogarth and run. Barely knew the kid and yet immediately rushed to protect him!
Dean is so great, and he's also a great foil for the other older male role model in Hogarth's life: Kent Mansely.
Dean is a beat nick artist who also runs the local scrapyard. By societal standards of the time, he doesn't have very high status within society because of who he is; he's a nobody. Compare him to Kent, a man who works for the US government. Kent has incredible status within society as working for the government was the highest level of status you could hold within 50's America.
And it's not just their status that clashes, but their personality. While Kent is an arrogant G-man who's wound up so tightly he could explode, Dean is cool and laid back. Both look at the Iron Giant and while Kent instantly wants to destroy it at all costs, Dean puts together that the Giant is harmless. And when faced with danger, they react in opposite ways; Kent's first instinct is self preservation when faced with looming death while Dean's putting his life on the line to keep a stranger safe when faced with the immediate danger of the Giant when he first sees the robot.
And of course they have different reactions to Hogarth's mother. Kent is attracted to her and instantly puts himself on a first name basis with her and cares nothing about Hogarth, not even enough to call him by his name and not some pet name (chief, buddy, cowboy, slugger, etc.) Dean meanwhile (in the directors cut) approaches Annie after the squirrel incident to sheepishly apologize and asks her not to be angry with Hogarth saying he's a good kid. And he does that with the pretense that he's not owed any kindness for his part in the squirrel incident as it likely caused a mess Annie had to clean up.
Everyone: What's your favorite Superman movie?
Me: The Iron Giant
Given the degree of information and maturity Hogarth has about death, I'm inclined to believe the reason his father isn't in the picture is that he passed away. Also, Hogarth's "Bad Dream" very much actually happened. Kent only called it a 'bad dream' cause he was about to put him to sleep with chloroform
Iirc Hogarth has a picture of a pilot on his dresser so that implies his dad was a Korean War pilot that was shot down
I could totally see a darker, live action version of this.
There's a lot of hints in Hogarth's room his dad was a pilot. His oversized pilot helmet and bomber jacket both likely belong to his dad. Theres a toy plane, and i think theres a picture of a pilot in his room.
@@kurtacus3581 Yeah, I tend to miss things like that. I'm a bit on the oblivious side. That tracks
oh my god I didn't even put together that he chloroformed him, that guy is sooo creepy wtf
This is one of those movies that makes you look back and say
"Really? THIS flopped?"
Such fun characters, such a good story, some action, just a really well done animated film.
A movie about the wrongness of killing killed by its own movie studio.
This debacle shows how "good" executives really are at deciding anything - just like with that Zaslav moron who destroyed HBO for example.
No marketing
Non-Disney animated movies flopped regularly. When Anastasia came out it was said in the news that, and I even saw this in person, that parents left the theater (with their kids) once they say a non-Disney logo appear on the screen.
@@motleykingdom9394even Disney flopped regularly once they decided on 3D only films. Mostly by their own choice, they purposely ruined the marketing for Treasure Planet for example to say people only wanted 3D and CGI. I still can’t believe Iron Giant “flopped,” I watched it every chance I got in theatres, on TV, and even now as a 28 yo, it’s still a comfort movie for me. Everyone I knew loved it back then as well.
I remember watching this movie a lot when I was young. I even played with the Iron Giant action figure at my uncle's house
The General was a prime example of someone who was just doing his job. He was also adjusting his perspective as he was obtaining new information. The only reason he fired against the Iron Giant first was because he was acting based on the information he was given beforehand, even though it was bad info from the detective.
While Kent represented the fears/paranoia of the general populace at the time, General Rogard was meant to be someone who had actually earned his position through combat experience, maybe in WW2. From his perspective, the Cold War wasn't as scary as the "hot" war he'd already seen, so even though circumstances put him on the 'wrong' side here his decisions were based in sound logic at least.
Before Vin Deisel was Groot, he. was. SUPERMAN! 😁
He should do more voice work.
For the record, Kent Mansley's main issue wasn't that he was trigger-happy, per se (though there was that); it's that he was paranoid.
He saw enemies everywhere, even when there weren't any, which he all-but-said earlier in the movie: "Who built [the robot]? The Russians? The Chinese? Aliens? Canadians? I DON'T CARE! All I know is *we* didn't build it, and that's enough reason to assume the worst and blow it to kingdom come!" - ala an attitude the Cold War had on both sides, if (hopefully) not as extreme.
Yeah, I've talked to my grandmother before, after watching this movie and was like, "Actually, yeah, Mansley was the thoughts and feelings of basically everyone at the time; he's barely an exaggeration."
This movie was a huge part of my childhood. Ive rewatched it countless times and it never gets old. "Superman....", I cry everytime 😭
The part with Mansley interrogating Hogarth wasn't a dream. Mansley just said that before putting him to sleep with chloroform to make him think he'd dreamt it.
An excellent choice. Criminally underrated when it was originally released, glad to see people keep discovering this gem
It wasn't underrated, it was undermarketed. No one knew about it. The word-of-mouth and reviews were almost universally very positive!
was it? always seemed like a classic to me and well known. think I had it taped to a blank vhs
This movie only flopped because Warner Brothers tried to make it fail. Barely any marketing and they were trying to kill their own animation studios.
This was made by Brad Bird. the same guy who gave us the Incredibles and Ratatouille.
I first heard of this as a kid. it was on the previews of my Pokemon the First movie VHS tape. Mom later bought the movie for me from Hollywood Video. (A competitor of Blockbuster) I've loved it ever since.
So they pulled the same thing that Disney pulled with Treasure planet?
@@xarenanotmyrealname4134 Yes. sadly. There was a video I watched of Brad Bird talking about it. how he was so excited on the day of the movie's release and he rushed to his local theater only to find the card board cut out of the Iron Giant display stuffed into the trash bin, and there was hardly any advertisement for the movie prior to release.
If I remember right, he said he left Warner soon after, and I think Pixar picked him up not long after that. I'm not exactly sure of the time frame though.
@@kirara2516 Damn that sucks. I recently watched a video about all the shit Disney pulled to make sure Treasure planet failed you should check it out if you haven't it's by BREADSWORD very informative.
My dad just happened to grab this once at the movie store & we were shocked at how great this was.
Oh no... Is he young enough that you have to specify what Hollywood Video is? Im not that old...
If you look at Hogarth nightstand, his dad was fighter pilot. So, I think it implies he died during the war.
yeah I think we can assume His dad was killed in the Korean war. Perhaps in MiG alley
@@CanadianFabeA deleted scene outright confirms that
The kid who voiced Hogarth was unbelievably talented. Massive range of tone and emotion and not a single line delivery was even remotely off. The fact that he was talking often throughout the entire film and was pristine the entire way is an achievement rarely seen by a child actor.
36:44 The general did make salute to the giant in this scene. So much attention to the details in this movie.
Before “We are Groot”, we had “Superman…”
Vin Diesel is just good at pulling your heart strings with a few deep voiced words.
I love that the train conductors in this movie are the same guys at the end of The Incredibles who talk about "old school"
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I never noticed!!!
Yup. You probably already know this, but those two are caricatures of the late legendary animators Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston.
They were both directed by Brad Bird, so that definitely isn't a coincidence.
Also the callsign of Helen’s plane in The Incredibles is India Golf Niner Niner (IG99)
Iron Giant released in 1999.
@@brianboardwell1986 Dude, I never even noticed that. Wow.
Road to El Dorado is another one that didn’t get the recognition it deserved at the time but has a dedicated following. Gorgeous animation, stellar soundtrack, really unique and interesting characters, definitely worth your time.
Yes he should do that one next!
One of my childhood favourites
Loved that movie.
Both? Both. Both movies are very good.
@@CrimsonMey ………. no one said this one isn’t good. I know you’re making an el dorado reference.
My buddy worked on this film as a clean up artist and inbetweener. He brought me into the Glendale studio and showed me the entire storyboard posted in a hallway. This movie had some darker more violent scenes.
That's crazy, what kind of scenes?
That's awesome.
@@linneaelise7455 when the giant turns all crazy deathbot the original storyboards had people being disintegrated and the giant had some different weapon types. They got changed in favor of more sci fi energy weapon types which fit the character design better. They weren’t a big deal but the idea of people getting killed by the giant would have made the giant less likable even if he was on a berserk rampage. My memory of all this is spotty at best considering it was roughly 28 years ago and these are all things I only saw drawn on a wall and told by my friend that worked on it. I know some of the people that worked on the film like to watch these reactions so maybe they might see this and correct any errors in my memories.
Woah! I'd love to see those boards! (Im studying 2d animation)
@@DaisyAzuras damn thats insane.
This movie is SUCH a classic... nothing beats it. It doesn't need a musical number or animal sidekicks like a Disney movie... It just simply is the GOAT of underrated masterpieces
I love how much of this story is just hinted at. We get hints that Hogarth's dad is dead, which is part of why he has trouble adjusting, and knows so much about death. We see his mom working extra shifts and trying to rent a room in a farmhouse which is way too big for the 2 of them, so we know *something* happened and her life is not going how she planned it. She seems upbeat and mostly cheerful even when an adult can see all the signs that she's struggling. A kid watching the movie probably won't even pick up all of it, but adults can see a lot of drama which is just going unspoken.
Bro really thought the “this is just a dream” bit was ACTUALLY just a dream I’m dead 😂
For my entire childhood, I thought it was too 😂
The ice cream/milkshake in that scene always looked so GOOD
would you still eat it knowing it was laced with laxative chocolate? XD
@@typo1345 I’ll take that risk
Just a fun fact since you're watching through Friends as well, Hogarth's Mother is played by Jennifer Aniston or Rachel.
Damn I had no idea
I adore this film. My brother and I would watch this all the time. The scene with Dean and Hogarth's mom at the diner and the scene with the Giant's dream weren't in the original release of the film! Those scenes were added in later releases to give more relationship between the two characters and to give the Giant some backstory.
26:27 The interrogation scene of Kent Mansley threatening to have Hogarth taken away from his mom wasn't a dream, Kent only said that because he was about to knock him out with chloroform
You can tell that it couldn't have been a dream because Hogarth didn't even know that he'd photographed the Giant. The picture was from that little moment during his stakeout when he accidentally flashed himself in the eyes with the camera, the photo just reveals that the Giant had already been standing somewhere behind him by then, watching Hogarth during his stakeout
Brad Bird is an incredible director and writer when he is given the time he needs to get it done right. His best movies in my opinion are this one, The Incredibles, Ratatouille, and also one that goes EXTREMELY overlooked is Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol. A really incredible film by Brad Bird for not being animated.
Ah I love this film.. I grew up with this! Me and my family randomly say “hog hug” and “DEAN 😁” all the time 😂🤭 hahaha!
I remember accidentally seeing this on TV when I was a kid, such an unexpected emotional gut punch. It has been among my favorite animated movies ever since.
My brother and I discovered it through tv as well when we were kids. And it quickly became one of those movies we'd get so excited about when they played it on tv.
I had forgotten about this movie! I was 10 yrs old when it was released and I remember crying when the giant sacrificed itself to stop the missile. The giant was my friend too.
"Superman..." 🥺♥️
I tear up just thinking about that seen. One word breaks me everytime.
It's also one of a few animated movies to constantly blend handdrawn 2d with 3d computer graphics, another cult classic to do so is Treasure Planet, the behind the scenes on both passion projects are impressive how they went about it in different ways to portray the difference narratively.
What turns an annoying kiddie movie into a great family movie, is that they don't talk down to the kids and they don't shy away from philosophical themes no matter how complicated or dark, all the while being able to keep a wholesome message that's plain to see.
I can’t even watch reactions to this movie without crying. I grew up with this movie and “You Stay, I go, No Following” just opens the floodgates every time I see it
32:44 As a tank geek I love how they designed the tanks. Even having small details like the driver's periscopes. It looks like their design are based roughly on the M41 Walker Bulldog.
As a plane geek I love the Sabres in this movie too! They went above and beyond in the animation.
I never clicked on one of your reactions as fast as this! My favorite film!
i remember watching this with my dad all the time, so glad it's getting the attention that it deserves
“YOURE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD”
“YEAH. ?.”
“Alright 🤷♀️”
Oh my god this is one of my all time favourite movies.
Yes, the dream sequence was cut from the theatrical release, but it was in the storyboards
I saw Iron Giant and postponed my drive. This movie is in the top 3 animated that defined my childhood
This is 1 of my top 5 favorite animated films of all time, which are:
1) The Incredibles
2) HTTYD
3) Kung Fu Panda 2
4) The Iron Giant
5) Toy Story 3
This is the first time that Vin Diesel has made me cry for an animated character, the second time being for Groot in Guardians of the Galaxy.
Good choices 😊
this movie's final act never fails to make me cry
His last line of "Superman..." really has a lot of the same energy as "WE are Groot" these days. It is, truly, a beautiful movie.
The Iron Giant’s sacrifice always hit me hard when I was a kid 🥲
This is just one of those feel good, kid adventure movies. Watched the shit out of it on VHS as a kid
This movie is an adaptation of a spectacular children’s book, but the story in the book it takes place in England in a different time period, so they made quite a few substantial changes in this movie. I enjoy the movie, but I absolutely adore the books!
There's very little if anything taken from the books for the movie. :)
Vin Diesel voicing the Iron Giant before his time being Fast and Furious!
I do like how just when you think the movie is about to end. The scene with The Giant's laser eyes happens.
And while it's terrible for Dean to say those things, it's understandable because he just almost saw his friend get badly injured or even killed even though The Giant genuinely had no control. He was protecting his friend. That doesn't make it right but understandable. But that's how I see that scene now as an adult.
And I love that The General is actually reasonable when given the facts enough to wanna call off the attack on The Giant and when the nuke is fired carries himself with some dignity. And the Agent douchbag is the one who called the launch devolves into a spineless coward when he thinks he's gonna die.
Yes!!!! I suggested this last week!!! Yes yes yes. Thank youuuu. If you haven't, try Klaus, Titan AE, and the Road to Eldorado. You won't regret it.
Got so excited seeing you react to this one. It is such a heartwarming and beautiful piece that, true is underrated but became a classic. So enduring to watch you react to the goofy, dark and tender moments. It was nostalgic getting to watch it again with you. Although first time seeing it extended, so for me was a surprise seeing the additional scenes added. But so glad you got to see this treasure and hope you get to watch it again soon. P.s. Hope you're feeling better!
Hell yeah finally! This movie is so nostalgic and special to me.
I hope Oscar does brother bear soon. That movie is amazing
I have watched that movie countless times and I still cry every single time.
Same
Hats-off to any single parents out there. I don't know how they do it. My husband and I tag-team everything with our kids and we're still exhausted. This was a lovely movie to re-visit. Thank you.
I'm surprised you didn't notice Hogarth's mom is voiced by Jennifer Aniston right away. I hear her and all I can see is Rachel.
I think it’s because unless you’re looking for it or you know prior, she doesn’t have an animated or iconic kind of voice. She’s a great actor but she is just playing a mom. 95% of voice actors are meant to be generic voices that fit the character rather than something distracting. I don’t think I’ll be unable to unhear it now though in rewatches 😆
I don't know if you've seen Happy Gilmore, but if you watch it you might recognize Christopher McDonald (Kent Mansley's voice actor). Christopher McDonald shouting, "oh my GOD" like when the giant ate half his car is iconic.
This will always be my top favourite movie ever. Never fails to get me emotional no matter how many times i watch it. This movie will forever be in my memory.
OH!!! You're watching the special release!!! It has a bunch of extra previously deleted scenes that only recently got finished!! Very cool :D
Giant's sacrifice gets me teary every time I see it. I love your reactions my friend.
My whole family wanted to see this in the cinema, but we were all busy with College or working, we never had the same day off to go see it together, so we never bothered, but we did preorder it on VHS and had a movie night. It was awesome. Our VHS tape also came with an Iron Giant figure =D
We still don't understand why it flopped like it did. Maybe if Warner Bros advertised it more, maybe it would have done better.
I love how you get excited about classic (2D) animated movies. especially!
I really like Mansley as a villain. His actions throughout movie are justified behind the panic that most people had during the Cold War. The bump on the giant’s head is implied to give it amnesia so the fact that it’s good is basically an accident that shouldn’t have happened. He only crosses the line of no return when he says that the robot killed a kid. He even launches the missile out of fear because the robot gave him a mean stare and before that he was rambling to shoot it out of fear without making sense. He made a plan that wouldn’t kill the town when he knew the robot wasn’t focused on him but said to kill it while they still had the chance even though they hadn’t lured it anywhere yet because it was close. With the gun theme of this movie it really shows you not to let fear make you trigger happy. The Iron Giant shows restraint while Hogarth tries to alleviate the situation but Mansley does not show restraint and incentives conflict.
I love how you just got shocked in one of those moments in the movie. Love your reaction in the video. Love how you laughed and how you were excited that the Giant is still alive.
The dream wasn't actually a dream, it was real. He was just saying that as a taunt, or to make Hogarth think it was a dream after Mansly knocked him out with the chloroform
I think you'd enjoy watching The Secret of NIMH! It's an animated masterpiece.
This was one of my favorite movies as a kid, and even now. We lost smth in newer movies i think, cause topics like death and blood didnt scare me in old disney movies. They tackled them well, and make the world feel so real. As a kid it was a fantastical movie with an ending i literally made theories about, and as nearly an adult I look back and see all the little plot points children might've missed. Amazing wonderful movie
One of the best animated films ever.
A true classic. I had this movie on VHS back in the day.
One of the greatest things about the way these characters were written; is that they aren’t one dimensional. Even the background characters have a sense of realism that isn’t seen hardly at all anymore in cinema. Hogarth and Dean are so well aware and make logical decisions. It’s such amazing writing
This was an unexpected cartoon for me in the past. Loved it then, still love it now. An animated feature film with a heart. An optimistic movie that always makes me cry.
I love this movie SO MUCH! I cried at the end the first time I watched it, and now I cry almost all the way through it because I know all the foreshadowing...such a beautiful commentary on being what you choose to be rather than what you're told to be by others, or what you're 'made' to be.
You are hitting all my childhood classics, this movie is FANTASTIC.
This is such a great movie! I'm so glad you enjoyed it! My favorite part is when the Iron Giant does the cannon ball and Dean ends up in the middle of the road. His response to the older gentleman cracks me up every time. Thank you for sharing and have a great day!
This is one of my favorite films of all time, not just animated. I saw it in the theater with my two sons and it is one of their favorite films as well. I think I connected with it because my father was absent as well and I was the weird kid with the amazing imagination. But also, the idea that no matter why you were created or how you were treated or what you had done in the past; you can always decide who you want to be and be that. I have tried to live my life that way. Look how many other people were inspired by it as well.
The studio was responsible for it flopping, it wasn't in the theaters for long and there was next to nothing in terms of advertising when it came out. It's really a shame because I would love to see the sequel....who knows maybe someday we will.
Thank you so much for reacting to this movie and for being who you are. When I see that you've posted a new film up my whole day gets better and I know that you're going to touch my heart with your pure spirit. I hope that you truly know how special you and how much you mean to those of us that get to watch your reactions.
Hogarth’s mom is voiced by Jennifer Aniston. Dean is voiced by Harry Connick Jr. He was also in Hope Floats with Sandra Bullock in 1998 and Memphis Belle from 1990 with a whole slew of other great actors.
I remembered a substitute teacher from middle school who was JUST like Dean. Hip, stylish and cool! Kids loved him. Didn’t know anything about social studies but we never cared. You’d know if he was substituting for your class because of the strong smell of coffee and the endless cds of jazz. 😂
I only remember seeing bits and pieces of the film when it aired on Cartoon Network during 2003/2004 and for the longest of time, I didn’t even know that Brad Bird who would later direct _The Incredibles_ and _Ratatouille_ was the director of this film and I also didn’t even know that Vin Diesel was the voice of the titular Iron Giant.
Lastly, it’s so surreal that years after the animators worked on this animated masterpiece they went on to work on Adam Sandler’s _Eight Crazy Nights_ and even the character designs on that film look reminiscent to the human designs seen in _The Iron Giant_
I think I've binge watched every one of your videos over the last three weeks, and here you come again with another banger. Great job!
Also, I find it interesting that you took the, "This is just a dream," sequence literally. I've never seen that perspective before. Everyone else, myself included, seems to believe thay he genuinely chloroformed Hogarth and he was just giving him a villainous final line before knocking him out.
As a railroader, that scene with the tracks makes me shiver. I would hate having to be the one to fix all that
this was literally my favourite movie as a child, the ending always made me so sad. Can't believe how underrated it is, I am so glad you reacted to it!
I never clicked on a video so fast. I love you and I love this movie!!!
The best animated movie of all time, the jacket hogarth wears when he first goes out & finds the Giant is actually his Father's :,) The Giant's dream sequence is an addition in the directors cut, in the original movie its never explained where he actually came from or what his purpose is until you see him transform at the end (which i personally like better, storytelling wise)
What you said about having to accept everything as a nuke drops is an actual experience (sort of) that I had once.
I had a dream one night about an apocalypse scenario that ended with a thermonuclear warhead dropping a few miles away.
I was standing in a massive crowd of people and we all just . . . sat down and watched the shockwave approach.
We talked to each other and supported each other as we waited for the wave to hit.
All I felt was this strange, horrible, melancholy peace.
I wasn't afraid, just curious as to what would happen after death.
It was a feeling that stuck with me after I woke up, and one that I carry with me to this day.
I have a similar dream that recurs every once in a while, but with a gigantic meteor. "Strange, horrible, melancholy peace" is a better way to describe it than I ever could.
in the the uk we have a kids tv program called jackanory this is usually a well known actor/actress that reed a story to kids on tv and this was one of the first one I remember them doing only it was called the iron man and it was written by British Poet Laureate Ted Hughes ,
33:14 "That guy" looks like a reference to a famous painting, the 1000-yard stare.
I was watching this movie just yesterday! It's my favorite movie of all times and I'm so happy that you liked it. The sacrifice scene always gets to me and I love it ❤
7:19-25:01 I’m glad you chose the extended version of the iron giant. 13:21 fun fact: Brad Bird directed Tomorrowland movie and the first 2 incredibles movie from Disney and Pixar. 32:41-32:49 this is what happens when, he goes ballistic with the weapons. 34:34-34:37 he’s back to normal. 35:09 😂
The art style of this film is based on the work of American artist Norman Rockwell. (Which is why the town is called Rockwell) He created a very specific atmosphere, little worlds and peculiar characters in his paintings. I suggest looking him up, his work is great!
my dad used to read the book to me when I was really little, this movie holds a special place in my heart because of that
Omg the extra scene yes!! This was one of my favorite movies as a child, watched ot dozens of times and i knew i didnt remember that flashback to his past!!
I love this movie, did you know it was vin diesel who voiced the iron giant.
It might be obvious to most, but this movie was a hybrid between traditional cel animation and hand-drawn background images, and computer animation (the Giant himself most significantly.) It therefore bridges the fully hand-drawn cel animated movies of past decades, and computer animated movies that would follow later on in the 2000s primarily. The two train engineers we meet early on in the movie are voiced by (and modeled after the appearances of) Ollie Johnston and Frank Thomas, two legendary animators from Disney Studios whom Iron Giant director Brad Bird consider mentors and great sources of inspiration of his. Both Johnston and Thomas also have a cameo in The Incredibles by the way (another Bird movie.)
Part of this movie's magic comes from the fantastic score composed by the extremely talented Michael Kamen - whom sadly passed away relatively young in 2003 at the age of 55. Kamen composed a great many other well-known movie scores (although only two animated movie scores, Iron Giant being his first), and also worked with many world famous musicians and music groups, including Pink Floyd, Queen, Metallica, David Bowie, Eurythmics, Kate Bush and many others.
On a side note, it's interesting to see the range of facial expressions the Giant can create with just his lower jaw and movable teeth and eyelids. Also, by tilting his head. :) Such a well-designed character!
This really was a good movie. I watched it later in life but would have loved to see it as a child. I loved your reaction when the Giant was rebuilding itself at the end... that excitement is so pure and the best when a movie/ show can invoke it!
I know your patrons get to suggest movies to watch but i think a good movie to share would be called Two Brothers (2004). Not many people know of this movie but it really does pull at your heart strings.
Have you seen Bridge to Terebithia? It will WRECK you.
Also, not sure if you’ve ever seen A Beautiful Mind, but you would LOVE it. It’s so heartbreaking and wonderful at the same time. Give it a go!
The Iron Giant is one of those movies that is so deep-seated into my heart that it feels like a part of my person. It's so funny, because I can see so much of myself in Dean now in my older age compared to how much I acted just like Hogarth in my youth. In a lot of ways, the lessons I took away from this film crafted my thoughts and ideals and made me who I am - and it's been years since I last watched it, but I still remember it like I'd seen it yesterday. It's one of those movies I'll always try to recommend to people, when I can. I think there's a lot of good things to take away from this one, which is probably why it's still so loved so many years after.
Thanks so much for reacting to this movie. I think this has been one of my favourite ones you've done yet! You were so involved and I loved the way you got right into it, from the laughs to the jump scares 😂it was honestly so much fun. I also loved hearing your thoughts throughout the film and at the end, you have a great mind hon, thank you for letting us see how brilliant it is ❤
Based on the story by Ted Hughes, the poet who was married to another great poet, Sylvia Plath. It's a remarkable film... and so beautifully told and rendered. One of the truly brilliant animated films of all time.
Thank you! I was one of the animators on the film. Glad you enjoyed it. :)
@@riddlr6358 WOW!!! That's amazing! You must be so proud of you and your team's work. I'm a huge animation fan... (from Windsor McCay's work to modern Pixar...) and this would, for many reasons, be on my Top 10 list of all-time. Congrats!
One of the people who worked on it visited my state for the animation expo, and it was nice time. :3
I felt sad for him though, :.D he wasn't prepared for his slides to be so smol we couldn't see it.
Real Good Story telling. :o
Omg I love this movie!!! So glad you reacted to it
Oh I forgot about this one! Happy to see a reaction to this one! It was one of my childhood favourites!
This actually reminds me a bit of Big Hero 6.
The dream sequence the Giant has was indeed cut out of the original release. From my understanding, the director felt it would muddy the waters in terms of how the audience would feel about the Giant. However, I feel it gives greater meaning to the line "You are who you choose to be" as it shows the Giant going against his true programming to become something better.
That being said, it's worth pointing out that while Agent Mansley isn't a good person, he was at least "technically" correct. The dream showed us the Giant's true purpose. To destroy and conquer. Whether he was knocked off his original course and came here accidentally, or he was sent here purposefully, it doesn't matter. The only reasons he didn't begin to destroy human civilization was because of his memory loss and Hogarth's life lessons. The fact that a nuke didn't even permanently put him down should frankly be considered horrifying when put in the context of what he was built to do.
As such, when the potential is global annihilation, Mansley being an unsavory individual is quite frankly justified. Now, that being said, he did, of course, bumble things there at the end by having the missile launched. But I can't completely hate him knowing what the Giant's original purpose was. It's part of the reason this movie is so good honestly. The lines between right and wrong, good and evil, etc. blend and blur together when you look at the big picture.
It’s definitely true that he wasn’t completely wrong and he had every reason to be cautious, but it’s funny to me that since the Iron Giant couldn’t be destroyed by the most sophisticated technology humanity had at the time, shows just HOW crucial it was treating the Iron Giant with empathy and not being hostile right!? I know what you’re saying though, like it’s just understandable why he felt that way, but it’s interesting to me that one side of the coin says it’s so dangerous it should be destroyed when the right side of the coin was, it’s so dangerous it should be treated with compassion.
@@thecocoacouchIt's definitely a delicate situation to be certain. And it all boiled down to circumstance. Although there isn't a sequel, I imagine that upon the Giant's return after reassembling himself, the government and by extension, the military, would rethink their overall approach upon seeing that the nuke didn't accomplish anything. The General showed that there were indeed calmer heads with authority. In all likelihood they would change tactics from combat to research. To figure out who built him, and whether Earth was in further danger of a larger invasion. And if there was further danger from the Giant's creators, they would potentially seek to form an alliance with the Giant as they would need his help to fend off his creators and brethren Giants. Though sadly, given there is apparently an entire legion of Giants, Earth's best hope would be he ended up here accidentally.
I watch your reactions religiously lol. You should watch the main anime movies like your name, silent voice, etc!!!
oh please no. Those movies are so overrated and pretentious crap.
I really can't understand why everyone watches overrated garbage like those, and pretentious Ghibli crap... and not REAL anime films like Project A-Ko.
Project A-Ko is far more deserving of being called an anime classic and for introducing one into what the best of anime is than pretentious malarkey like Ghibli and Akira. To understand something fully, you have to examine it's grass roots, and Project A-Ko, Megazone 23, and a whole ton of other 90's anime OVA's made during the peak of that era is a far better primer for what anime is than any of that mainstream Disney-rip off garbage, or pretentious nonsense like Your Name or Wolf Children or whatever everyone else swears by.
@@teruienages962 wow. That's a lot of venom in your comment. You're allowed to have your opinion, but don't try to pass it off as fact. you 'THINK' those movies are overrated, but that's not a common opinion. They're well loved movies because they have great messages and beautiful animation with fun characters. Or characters that people can relate to.
I myself find My Neighbor Totoro very boring, but that doesn't mean it's bad. I think Howl's Moving Castle or Kiki's Delivery Service are fantastic movies, but obviously not everyone would agree.
So please, cool your jets and remember what is fact and what is opinion. :)
If you're big on robots after this one, I highly recommend the movie Batteries Not Included. It's live action but has some beautiful effects for the time, and is honestly a fantastic movie.
If you haven't seen the BALTO movies they are great underrated watches. Also, THE KING AND I (animated) is an incredibly underrated movie many people seem to forget about.
I was just about to request this! You read my mind! ❤