Review of The Iron Giant (1999) by Sebastian O — 03 Oct 2015

Back in 1999, this movie was a big hit with critics anyone who saw it but flopped pretty hard at the box office after Warner Bros' "Quest for Camelot" came out the preceding year to little fanfare. Now, Brad Bird's Annie-Winning Magnum Opus "The Iron Giant" was given a two-day Fathom Events release on Wednesday, Sept. 30 and Sunday, Oct. 4 and even with the Signature Edition is still as powerful and wonderful today as it was 16 years ago.

"The Iron Giant", directed of course by Bird (Academy Award-winner for The Iron Giant and Ratatouille), is a powerful gem in the medium of animated features, not only featuring some incredibly beautiful 2D animation that even today is still more amazing and passionate than most CG-animated features coming out nowadays, but it's also got a good story that's easy to both follow and get into, a cast of memorable characters, a LOVABLE kid-like robot voiced by Vin Diesel being one of them, a lot of funny moments, a lot of touching moments, and one incredible climax and ending unique to something like this. This is an incredible, endearing masterpiece of feature animation I am glad is getting more attention today and is still one of my favorite animated movies of all time.