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The Iron Giant
Quote: “A dog is a man’s best friend.”
This is a well-known saying, and with dogs being domesticated animals and loved by society, a saying that men would be proud to say. But what about a boy - what is a boy’s best friend? In this movie, a boy’s best friend would be a giant robot, the Iron Giant.
The Iron Giant is about a giant robot that fell from the sky and landed near a place called Rockwell. One night, a boy by the name of Hogarth, heard a sound in the forest so he decided to investigate. He found a giant 50 ft. tall robot entangled in electrical wires and saved him by shutting down the power switch. The next day, they became best friends. An inspector by the name of Kent Mansley was sent to investigate a giant “beast” in Rockwell, which led to the discovery of Hogarth and his relationship with the Iron Giant. After this investigation, Mansley called in the military to take down the robot. Having no success with using guns and small missiles against the iron giant, Mansley resorted to the Atomic missile. The giant sacrificed himself to save Hogarth and everyone in Rockwell. In the end, it turned out that the giant was not dead, but his parts were just scattered around the Earth.
There are a lot of movies that feature robots; in fact, most blockbuster movies today have robots in them. However, The Iron Giant is different, it’s unique. It didn’t just have violent fighting scenes to make money but provided a moral real message to the story as well; which is what other robot movies lack. This movie doesn’t focus on making money, but instead, focuses on the quality showing that nothing lasts forever. People can usually be classified as either good or bad, and human characteristics can be found in movies.
A man by the name of Jonathan Franzen stated that “Tragic realism preserves the recognition that improvement always comes at a cost; that nothing lasts forever”. What makes the Iron Giant different from other animated
Quote: “A dog is a man’s best friend.”
This is a well-known saying, and with dogs being domesticated animals and loved by society, a saying that men would be proud to say. But what about a boy - what is a boy’s best friend? In this movie, a boy’s best friend would be a giant robot, the Iron Giant.
The Iron Giant is about a giant robot that fell from the sky and landed near a place called Rockwell. One night, a boy by the name of Hogarth, heard a sound in the forest so he decided to investigate. He found a giant 50 ft. tall robot entangled in electrical wires and saved him by shutting down the power switch. The next day, they became best friends. An inspector by the name of Kent Mansley was sent to investigate a giant “beast” in Rockwell, which led to the discovery of Hogarth and his relationship with the Iron Giant. After this investigation, Mansley called in the military to take down the robot. Having no success with using guns and small missiles against the iron giant, Mansley resorted to the Atomic missile. The giant sacrificed himself to save Hogarth and everyone in Rockwell. In the end, it turned out that the giant was not dead, but his parts were just scattered around the Earth.
There are a lot of movies that feature robots; in fact, most blockbuster movies today have robots in them. However, The Iron Giant is different, it’s unique. It didn’t just have violent fighting scenes to make money but provided a moral real message to the story as well; which is what other robot movies lack. This movie doesn’t focus on making money, but instead, focuses on the quality showing that nothing lasts forever. People can usually be classified as either good or bad, and human characteristics can be found in movies.
A man by the name of Jonathan Franzen stated that “Tragic realism preserves the recognition that improvement always comes at a cost; that nothing lasts forever”. What makes the Iron Giant different from other animated