The Iron Giant is creatively written focusing its fascinating story on a young boy that makes friends with a hulking outer space robot. The robot displays hidden destructive abilities when being threatened by military paranoia. The story takes a turn when one night after a junk food and B – movie feast. Hogarth walks into the woods and finds a giant robot that has been sent from the heavens although its purpose is not known. The robot has no sense of its purpose or where it has come from and this is what makes it embrace and portray the infant morality of young Hogarth. Beatnik Dean who owns a scrapyard with many metal sculptures becomes the man that Hogarth can seek advice, whilst Agent Kent Mansley becomes the wicked enemy searching for the truth.
From the range of diverse voices are talents such as Jennifer Aniston, Harry Connick Jr and Vin Diesel as the giant. Animation is effective, powerful, graphically fascinating and has some extremely impressive visual scenes. Writer – director Bird has also worked on “The Simpsons”.
The Iron Giant takes a look into difficult problems in a way that no other children’s film usually does. The Iron Giant has a recurring feeling of melancholy that waves goodbye to the end of an age that never could have been.
The Iron Giant is much more enjoyable due to the light plot that is easy to follow. It is the smaller moments that make the film memorable like the friendship that builds between the robot and boy. Other moments that are particularly memorable are when the fisherman reports that a massive metal robot has landed and the young boy discovers the 50 foot robot in the forest. The morals behind The Iron Giant seem focused on the war between unseen, ethical answers on the one hand, but dramatic, forceful answers on the other. The Iron Giant is a lovable light-hearted film that takes you on a journey from beginning to end.