Does it really deserve the praise that it gets?
>>150162081Absolutely. It's amazing. The Dean memes alone make it a staple.
>>150162081Yes. Now get a life.
>>150162081Yes, it's not just a great animated movie but a great movie in general. You could show it to an actual film buff and he'd consider it impressive. It's one of the only animated movies my parents have genuinely been wowed by.
>>150162081Yeah, the story is good and it's wholesome. A movie that both adults and kids can watch.
>>150162081Realistically it probably deserves more.
The characters are kinda basic
>>150162081The 50s fall atmosphere of it is underrated.
>>150162215Nah. It already gets enough
>>150162081>Good animation>Decently funny jokes>Surprisingly quotable>Nice little story that starts out as a more typical "Boy and his monster" type story, but grows to have some pretty fucking big stakes as the story progresses>Avoids falling into the trope of "Military/General bad and evil">The bad guy actually has a point, and it's a part of the story's main dilemmaIt's not like it's groundbreaking or anything, but yeah, it's pretty good.Only gripe I personally have with it is maybe the "Look the Giant is okay!" ending is a bit generic, but it is a kids film so it's not like it's unexpected.
>>150162081Technically, nothing has ever received the exact amount of favorability that was warranted per it's accomplishments. The consensus around the film, created by the multitude of viewers who all had different opinions regarding it, is the tool which we use to judge it's objective quality.To ask if it's deserving of the praise it receives conflicts with those who may argue it deserves an even more positive reputation.
It's quite didactic with its messages
>>150162238This. The roster just seems so... flat.You got army dudes, a mom, a government spook. There's no interesting backstories about any of them. I still love the movie though in spite of those issues.
Bird improved a lot with The Incredibles
>>150162429Also, Hogarth comes across as weird for hanging around a bunch of adults. Where's his kid friends? Or was he just a loser?
>>150162321
I find the cel shaded CG really appealing.
>>150162081GUNS BAD LMAO
Iron Giant came out after Antz and Prince of Egypt, so you can't blame its lack of success for not having the Disney logo
>>150162429>There's no interesting backstories about any of them.And that's why it was good. It was a perfect representation of Nowhere, USA which was more or less what it was like for hundreds of years until browns started being imported for "muh GDP". It's from an era that barely hung on through the early 2000s and is long gone now. >YOU HAD TO BE THERE, MAAAAN!
>>150162561Fag
>>150162561Ye
>>150162429Yeah, just like a movie from the 50s. It's a period piece anon, those old movies rarely gave you any more depth into the characters other than their own immediate roles.
>>150162561Guns.... choose to be good?
>>150162754Sometimes
>>150162777>no you don't understand, we need an entire backstory about how hogarth is "le depressed" about his parents divorce and how it really affected his ability to find friends growing up>we also need an entire scene where the giant tells him some generic psychology shit that somehow is less believable in a movie about a giant robot and that only has merit in a complete vacuum of cartoons
>>150162820>oh and don't forgt, we need to make it painfully obvious this was brad bird's way of dealing with his own childhood which equates to a yuppie kid crying about yuppie shit
>>150162820Didn’t his dad die in Korea?
>>150162857Woah, did you just suggest something simple that is easily understood?
>>150162820>>150162842Holy shit I'm so fucking glad this movie was made when it was, Christ.
>>150162878Yes, I did.
>>150162081It’s pretty underrated so it deserves more.
>>150162820>no you don't understand, we need an entire backstory about how hogarth is "le depressed" about his parents divorce and how it really affected his ability to find friends growing upThat sounds way cooler than what we got. Character development is not a bad thing anon.
>>150162081As soon as I saw the lame human boy preach:"Dying is okay but killing is wrong!"I knew I hated the little shit. And I the ugly art style. Lame movie that deserved its failure. FUCK YOU with this lame Killing is Wrong. No wonder this shitty board worships trash like Nickelodeon's Avatar whose moral is You Can Have A War Without Killing Your Enemies FUCK YOU!!!Seriously if you like morals about being against killing you are shit. And people who want to live in La La Land like that should be tied up and fed to bears. Fed to leopards. Fed to anaconda snakes. I want you to see how nature KILLS you. You don't need to do anything wrong for reality to actively kill you so fuck off with this gay morality shit for weak pussies! No wonder America lost to anime in the edge category. Anime isn't so shy of actively killing characters off. Western Animation has a problem it's proud of being lame shit.
>>150163016Literally adds nothing to the actual message or themes of the film, it's just noise. Learn about how to actually write a film, it's an art that seems to have been forgotten sometime roughly around 2005.
>>150162483The Incredibles is shit. Super heroes are asshole spoiled brat celebrities and act "shocked" when people they disappoint declare vendettas on them and yet continue acting like douchebags. And Mister Incredible and Elastigirl have got to be the most irresponsible mother and father ever, no serious family would be okay with their underage sons and daughters fighting criminals even if they got powers.
>>150162429They're army dudes during the cold war, like, what else do you need to know?
>>150163044Stdu mongrel
>>150163090Grow a pair you fag
>>150162081Yes. It completely destroyed John K's reputation and banished him from animation
>>150162081It deserves more if anything.
YesNuff said
Hogarth really doesn't have that many character flaws
>Quest for Camelot: 22 million>The Iron Giant: 23 million>Osmosis Jones: 13 millionWB just couldn't score another theatrical animation hit after Space Jam (90 million)
>>150163407He's kinda pushy and doesn't listen.That's the most I can say about him.
>>150162081Yeah, it's no lie one of the best animated movies ever. If you think that's too high of praise, then it's definitely one of the best of the 90s at least.>>150162522They show Hogarth's kinda nerdy and gets bullied a few times when he's at school and when he and Dean are drinking coffee in the junkyard.
>>150162081FFS, of course.
>>150163263>Why did you sign up to die for Israel?
>>150162238>>150162429How does it feel to be dead inside?>>150163044How does it feel when everyone wants you to die?
>>150162081it's one of the few 10/10 films
>>150163001It's not the 2000s anymore, anon. Iron Giant is NOT underrated whatsoever
>>150162081yes
>>150162522you must fit in with your age group or something. some of us didn't. take me for instance. when i was 20 i was banging a big tittied blond milf in her late 40s.
>>150163044Wow, thanks duderino for sending me back to those sweet 00's and forums with hordes of edgy asshats. No, I mean it, it's like i've read a forum post by an angry college student who is into Marduk or Dimmu Borgir. Now it's just 'kys tranny' shit.
The reveal that Giant survived the nuke is a bit cheap
WHERE'S THE MAN GIANTSLEY?!
>>150162081Yeah I'd say so.
