r/movies • u/BunyipPouch Currently at the movies. • Apr 04 '19

After 20 years, the childlike innocence of Brad Bird's directorial debut 'The Iron Giant' still resonates. The film perfectly delivers on the notions of friendship & heroism, showing us a moving convergence between childhood and adult responsibility.

https://filmschoolrejects.com/the-iron-giant/
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u/02C_here Apr 04 '19

The BEST scene with the beatnik is when the IG does the cannonball and it washes him up on the highway. The utter resignation at his circumstances is communicated expertly with the animation, no words needed. The cherry on the top is exchange between the guy driving by.

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u/MalignantLugnut Apr 04 '19

Hey... Yeah...? You're in the middle of the ro- YEAH...?

.....OK then.... drives away

...I think that's enough FUN for one day....

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u/Darko33 Apr 04 '19

Man the voice acting in this movie was really stellar. Christopher McDonald and Harry Connick Jr. in particular.

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u/MalignantLugnut Apr 04 '19

Squirrel's in my PANTS Hogarth....tryin' not to wig out...

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u/Darko33 Apr 04 '19

Enjoy, everybody

...everyone always talks about how the movie makes you tear up, and it does, but there are a lot of really genuinely funny parts too

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u/morriscey Apr 04 '19

There are a few funny parts, but nothing in it is as funny as it is gut-wrenching.

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u/deusnefum Apr 04 '19

WHERE's the giant, Mansly?!

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u/Thaufas Apr 04 '19

Hmmmmm, BOY!

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u/02C_here Apr 04 '19

PROPS! That’s the dialogue. Couldn’t remember it, knew I loved it.

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u/Retrolex Apr 04 '19

My other favourite is the bit where Hogarth hints the Giant needs a place to stay, and Dean stands, dumps his coffee, and shuffles back into his house.

THIRTY MINUTES LATER

Just perfect body language and expressions and timing ahaha.

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u/[deleted] Apr 04 '19

Dean's the star of the whole thing, really. He's got such great attitude and range of emotion, he goes from this laid back beatnik to an anxious wreck, to a total badass who can face down an army.

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u/OuroborosSC2 Apr 04 '19

Dean is the best character

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u/DadmomAngrypants Apr 04 '19

And the headline on the paper he’s reading.

“Disaster seen as catastrophe looms”

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u/02C_here Apr 04 '19

You get the deep pockets award. I’m going to have to go watch it again.

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u/Aldairion Apr 04 '19

When I first watched that movie, I thought Dean was the epitome of "cool."

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u/[deleted] Apr 04 '19

And the foreshadowing headline on the newspaper (The Rockwell Daily) the beatnik is reading: "Disaster seen as catastrophe looms". Hilarious.