Robots Movie Oops I Did It Again
Gorgeous only empty
When the film offset began, I was bowled over past how visually stunning this motion picture was. Considering information technology was made by the same studio (Pull a fast one on) that had recently fabricated the Ice AGE films, I was not expecting such exquisite graphics. At present I am not putting down ICE AGE or its sequel, merely they just didn't look as beautifully rendered equally the Dreamworks and Pixar calculator generated films. Considering that Play a joke on came into the full-length C.Yard. game afterwards, I can understand this only in ROBOTS they have shown that at to the lowest degree visually they are on par or peradventure fifty-fifty ameliorate than rival studios--it was THAT nice.
Unfortunately, while Fox spared no expense on graphics, when information technology comes to the story, the pic came up very short. Well-nigh of this is because the story itself seemed and then ordinary and filled with clichés--making it a very formulaic film. Plus, unfortunately, none of the characters are especially compelling or interesting--including the plucky lead. They all seemed like characters recycled from many other contempo kids movies (such as the plucky and nether-appreciated girl). Plus, while many out there no doubt would disagree with me, I DON'T particularly dearest Robin Williams--his character comes on very strong and takes away from the charm of the story. In many ways, he was so loud and so "in your face" in many scenes that other characters seemed to become lost. To me, the performance was a lot like a very precious 6 year-old who is encouraged to perform for company--enough already!
So overall, the film is gorgeous to look at simply very empty and forgettable otherwise. Despite its amazing expect, it turns out to exist just some other kids pic and nada more. With and then many C.G. movies in recent years, this one gets lost in the crowd and doesn't rank among the ameliorate films of this type.
PS--While many out in that location accept never played any of the Ratchet and Clank games for the Playstation systems, this motion-picture show looked almost exactly like many of the robot worlds from this game. To people like me who accept played and loved the games, you volition no doubt exist excited by the look of Robot Metropolis.
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Inventive and technically impressive, but non as proficient in the script department
I watched Robots wondering whether I was going to love it or hate it. In the end, I liked information technology, simply I couldn't help feeling disappointed also. The calculator animation was definitely the all-time element to the motion picture, it was stunning with enough of colourful, advanced and inventive visuals. I also thought the soundtrack was more than decent, I liked the premise and in that location are some characters that are endearing. The picture does take a skillful message near following your heart. Not to mention a neat vocalism cast, with Ewan MacGregor his usual charming and earnest self as Rodney, Greg Kinnear a nice surprise every bit Ratchet and Robin Williams wonderfully electric(and funny). There are some heart warming moments with Rodney and his family.
Yet, as Bigweld Mel Brooks did disappoint; surprisingly there wasn't much to his character and Brooks sadly couldn't exercise anything with what he was given. While information technology was an enjoyable film technically, the story while constantly inventive and original takes a while to go going, and there is little character development. Also I got more the impression that Ratchet'southward mother Madame Gasket was more than the villain than him. Speaking of Madame Gasket, I couldn't believe Jim Broadbent voiced her, totally unrecognisable and quite possibly the biggest casting surprise of the motion-picture show. The biggest flaw though was the script. I will admit I did laugh a few times, just that wasn't enough. Robin Williams did a peachy job and some of what he said was funny. Nonetheless, the in-jokes weren't equally funny every bit they should have been. Information technology could have done with more wit and irreverence perhaps.
All in all, I liked the movie. It is overnice to look at and technically accomplished, and the voice cast in general do well, simply the script wasn't sophisticated enough. 6/10 Bethany Cox
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Kinda cute simply not that funny
Rodney Copperbottom (Ewan McGregor) is a son of a dish washing robot but he wants to be a big inventor for his hero Bigweld (Mel Brooks). Just BigWeld industries is taken over by the evil Ratchet (Greg Kinnear) who wants to stage out the older models and concentrate on selling upgrades. Rodney befriends Fender (Robin Williams), Piper (Amanda Bynes), and a gang of outmoded robots.
It'due south a visually exuberant movie, but it's not that funny. Equally hard as Robin Williams tries, his manic voice piece of work doesn't add any sense of humour. That's the biggest issue with this picture show. The shinny robots, the kinetic way, and the manic mannerisms make a potentially wacky movie, merely none of it makes it funny. They should have asked Mel Brooks to help write some jokes for this movie rather than make him do voice work. It definitely needed some.
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The Toll of Automation!
I find it hard to be likewise hard on animated films. There is generally a creative idea that springs into action and the results are what then fits the mold. It's a "what if" thing. Obviously, many non-blithe films also start with this premise, simply hither we can create whatever visual world we want. The sky'southward the limit. Hither, we have a world of robots, who lead lives like humans, but who have different shapes and sizes and functions. They integrate into this world and practice their thing. Some have hopes and dreams. Rodney Copperbottom is a dreamer and an inventor. He wants his inventions to be noticed, so he packs his things and heads off to find his hero, Mr. Bigweld, who holds the time to come of enterprising robots in his hands (are they really hands?). He arrives, but the big boss is nowhere to be found. He engages the help of a collection of outcast robots, one voiced by the late Robin Williams, to keep a quest for data. This is a dainty motion picture with no great pretensions.
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nice
a charming moving-picture show. for the fine mix between dear/friendship story, war against evil, good blitheness and humor. for the heroism and jokes , delicate irony and the few touching scenes. an blitheness about values, using possibilities of a magnificent art for give the entrance to a lovely, surprising, well known earth, not original just dissimilar, seductive and total of beauteous craft measure. short, a good refuge for entertainment. few corking scenes, interesting characters and adorable adventures.almost an onetime fashion film.
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Chase Your Dreams to Make Them Come Truthful
In a earth of robots, the young Rodney decides to move to the city of Robot City, to meet the powerful inventor and his idol Bigweld, trying to become a position in his corporation. Nonetheless, the new president Ratchet manages the company for profit with new parts only, leaving the old robots blighted to become scrap in the manufactory of Ratchet's female parent. Rodney, with the back up of his old robots friends, convinces Bigweld to fight for his position back.
"Robots" is a funny and very artistic chance with many adept messages. The first i certainly is that everybody must chase the dreams to make them come true. There is a swell criticism to the ability and ambition of great corporations, oriented to huge profits without giving any importance to the majority of consumers. The revolutionary ability of ordinary people together, fighting for their rights, is besides explicitly showed in this blitheness. In that location are many funny situations in this great entertainment for the whole family. My vote is 9.
Championship (Brazil): "Robôs" ("Robots")
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Colourful, amusing fare simply not clever or funny plenty for adults
Young Rodney Copperbottom was always a curious sort so, when his father hits bad times, he decides to leave Rivet Town and head into Robot City. His aim is to have his inventions to his idol, Mr Bigweld, make a success of himself and return domicile able to help his family. Nevertheless when he gets to Robot City he finds things a lot bigger than he expected and is even more surprised to learn that Bigweld Enterprises has been taken over past a new CEO – Ratchet, who is very much for selling rather than helping or benefiting robot society in general. Taken in to the disenfranchised parts of lodge by friend Fender, Rodney finds an entire underclass running out of parts and unable to afford expensive upgrades.
With any large name animated kids film now, it is almost worth taking a await because the producers take learnt that what sells is something they can market to kids but likewise have plenty for adults to savor. Then with Robots I thought it would be worth a expect and early the plot looked interesting even if the gags were adequately average. Sadly this approach continued to be the case in terms of the humour considering, although I wasn't bored by it, at that place weren't that many funny bits and generally the humour was not that sharp. I was tickled plenty to go along watching simply there seemed likewise many fart jokes etc and non enough smarter stuff effectually. The one liners here and in that location are fun enough but movie references (such as 2001) merely seemed to be there for the sake of it rather than being inspired or hilarious.
This was the same in the plot which seemed to offering a moral bulletin about the ability of corporations and expensive health care. Information technology really does this reasonably well fifty-fifty if the message is watered down as much equally possible. Of grade some viewers, such as myself, may find this message a bit rich coming as it did from the Play a trick on Corporation but, either way, at to the lowest degree it was interesting. Once again it too lacked teeth and seemed unwilling to actually produce the goods in terms of impacting story simply it was interesting nonetheless.
Despite a very impressive cast list, the voice work was mostly simply alright, mainly because the material wasn't totally there for them to piece of work with in terms of emotional impact and character development. McGregor turns in a solid performance, as well Berry merely neither of them always threatens to dominate the film. That prize is left to the support cast, in particular Robin Williams, who has been here earlier. When he is on screen he has enough energy to create laughs out of null but the downside of this is that information technology all feels lacking when he isn't around – which is too often. Kinnear is good fun as Ratchet, Brooks is fun while there are lots of nice turns from Tobolowsky, Broadbent, Carey, Giamatti, Roker, Tucci and Wiest. An impressive cast on paper and they all practice well in piffling pieces but not every bit good every bit a whole as y'all would await.
Overall and so this is still a good kids motion-picture show but with the Pixar benchmark set so high, it is hard non to feel a footling disappointed past a moving-picture show that isn't really that funny and, despite having a daring (in this corporate world) plot, doesn't really do that much with it. Colourful amusing stuff only I wanted more that never came.
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Only good
And it's a shame because information technology could've been amend. If you listen to the sound commentary/interviews from the creators, where they tell that at that place were many Robin Williams takes, they couldn't utilise, because they were not suitable for immature children, you likewise wish, they would've put them on the DVD and then ...
But other than my Special Features wishes, this movie doesn't take whatever chances and stays on a very known path. It does a good job with the story, the dialogues are skilful (kudos to the voice cast) and the animation is nicely done. The mix of characters is good too, merely it still seems to be missing something. Something most Pixar movies have and other animation studios endeavour to achieve. Most of them can't come close. At least this is one of the ameliorate attempts!
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"Why be you lot when yous tin be new."
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I guess ane of the advantages of having a two yr old grandson is getting to watch movies I wouldn't ordinarily consider viewing. That happened today with "Robots", and information technology wasn't altogether a bad experience, particularly in lite of some of the reviews on this site bashing the film. Those challenge it's the worst they've ever seen, I'm convinced, haven't seen more than than a couple years worth of new releases. Attempt watching a couple thousand for some perspective and you'll detect that this is virtually average for story telling, and much amend for animated visual effects. Now I'm not speaking from the perspective of having seen all of the dandy animated features of the concluding ten years or so, because I haven't. But there'southward a lesson here, a theme done dozens of times earlier in picture show, whether it'south called old vs. new, young vs. erstwhile, or spare parts vs. upgrades. If you can't tell, I fall on the side of good erstwhile fashioned conventional values, because ultimately, character counts. And to show y'all I can put my coin where my mouth is, I once worked for a company with a Ratchet for it's President - I left.
Best sequence of the story - the Rube Goldberg ride into Robot City.
The best visual gag - the 'got screwed' panhandler.
The best play on words - the fusion of jazz and funk = junk!
Watch and have fun with a two twelvemonth sometime!
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Robots
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From manager Chris Wedge (Ice Historic period), I had seen plenty of clips of this all-star CGI animated gamble, and there was no doubtfulness I would try information technology. Set in the time to come of 2706, in a world populated entirely by mechanical machines and beings, Rodney Copperbottom (Ewan McGregor) grows up with the ambition to be an inventor, and showcase his ideas to the master inventor Bigweld (Mel Brooks), especially with his father Herb (The Concluding's Stanley Tucci) struggling to make a living. So Rodney sets to Robot City to showcase his ideas to Bigweld, but it seems his company has been taken over by new head, the greedy Ratchet (Greg Kinnear). When Bigweld eventually decides to help out, and forth with his new friends, the old robots known as the Rusties, led by the eccentric Fender (Robin Williams), and company executive Cappy (Halle Drupe), Rodney is determined to stop both Ratchet and his mother Madame Gasket (Jim Broadbent). Also starring Amanda Bynes equally Piper, Jennifer Coolidge as Aunt Fanny, Edward Scissorhands' Dianne Wiest as Mrs. Copperbottom, Paul Giamatti every bit Tim the Gate Guard, Natasha Lyonne every bit Loretta Geargrinder, Paula Abdul as Watch, James Earl Jones as Phonation Box at Hardware Store, Jay Leno equally Burn Hydrant, Heroes' Stephen Tobolowsky equally Peacher Executive/Forge and Chris Wedge as Wonderbot/Phone Berth. The animation is very good, and the voices all add to the fun, definitely 1 for the family. Good!
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Tons Of Gags & A Good Message
Animated movies are ordinarily pretty good but nothing that great to me. All the same, this 1 is a "keeper." It gets high marks for all the jokes in here, lots of which are adult-mode but not sleazy or filled with sexual innuendos, although there are a few of those, enough to brand this PG, non G. Nevertheless, the vast corporeality of clever lines is the chief allure here.
Actually, the jokes come and then difficult and fast, it's hard to keep up with all of them. The visuals aren't gorgeous, equally many mod-day animated films have become, but they are interesting. Not only is at that place a ton of gags to hear, just there are to run across, too. Yous almost have to stop it frame-by-frame to see all the funny stuff penciled in the artwork.
The story couldn't exist simpler but it manages yous keep your attention and doesn't overstay it'due south welcome, although I retrieve blithe films are more than effective it they don't go over 80 minutes. This one is closer to 90.
There is a practiced message in here, too. Maybe I'm mistaken but what I heard was the idea that simply because people might be old, decaying and not every bit productive for club, it doesn't hateful you have to discard them. Life has value and is precious from conception to dying of old age. Amen to that!
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Looks good but the story is quite bland
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When I started to watch this motion-picture show I immediately liked to expect of information technology; while information technology is evidently animated it did not look cartoony, this was probably because nothing was overly shiny just had a matt texture. The animation was skillful although some scenes felt like they were there but to testify off what could be done with the technology. An instance of this it the city transport organization which while looking impressive and being imaginative doesn't have any logic to it; it seemed that once the creators had thought to have a transport organization like the game "Mouse Trap" they just thought of more and more than ingenious ways to motility the characters without thinking why the system was so convoluted leaving the scene feeling over long.
The story itself is good enough, a young robot sets off to Robot City where he hopes to be an inventor working Bigweld, head of the robot parts company; however when he gets at that place information technology turns out that Bigweld has been usurped past the evil Ratchet who plans to finish providing spare parts and concentrate on selling expensive upgrades. Robots that are needing repair merely can't afford the upgrades will be recycled. Our hero, Rodney Copperbottom, sets near trying to discover Bigweld to assist go rid of Ratchet, he also annoys Ratchet by repairing robots that would otherwise be recycled.
It wasn't a bad film and I'm sure youngsters will be impressed with the visuals although parents might not be so impressed with the fact that some of the jokes in the film are somewhat crude. The voice acting was expert enough although the simply phonation I recognised was Robin Williams, although that isn't necessarily a bad thing. I'd not bother ownership this moving picture or watching it a 2d time on television; with its pop culture references I experience information technology volition age faster than the battered robots in the picture.
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Lackluster. Generally animation for animation's sake.
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I am mostly a fan of practiced animated movies. Some of my favorites include "Disney's Tarzan", "Monster'southward Inc", "Finding Nemo", and "Shrek." Only those have good stories in improver to superb blitheness.
"Robots" does not have a very interesting story. It has been told often over the years in various movies. Youngster from a modest town goes to the big city to make his or her marker, gets overwhelmed by the big city, manages to pull out of information technology, and ends upwardly being a success. The hero here is Rodney, voiced past Ewan McGregor without a trace of Scottish emphasis. In fact all the phonation actors are superb.
This is a good movie for those who savour superb, non-terminate animated action. It borrows its action cues from movies like Magician of Oz, Indiana Jones, Mission Impossible Two, Star Wars, and similar action movies. Not that it copied them directly, but those are the movies I was reminded of while watching this i. Later a while, I only became tired of the complicated action.
The DVD has some interesting extras. My favorite is one that allows you to see the vocalization actor behind each main graphic symbol, and their word of how they created the graphic symbol.
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An average animated film
The bar for animated films is very high what with the Shrek franchise from Dreamworks and all the wonderful films that Pixar proceed to produce so Robots has to work difficult to endeavour and match them. And while it makes a skillful attempt it will never topple these films every bit being the all-time example of an blithe film.
All the hallmarks of adept blithe family films are there - it'due south visually interesting, information technology has a good eye and humour while likewise boasting the now obligatory all star cast that all blithe films seem to demand simply the overall story seems to be defective so nosotros don't invest as much love into the characters as we do with say Buzz or Woody. Children of a young age will no doubt savor it but the adults who are watching it with them may discover themselves sneaking a look at the running time on the dorsum of the DVD and seeing how much longer there is to go.
The team at BlueSky (who also did the Ice Historic period films) practice an awful lot right with this film but it hasn't been remembered as fondly equally some of the others that take been released in the same fourth dimension catamenia.
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Just for the basics and bolts of it...dreams mean progress.
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From the aforementioned people who gave u.s. Water ice Age(2002)...ROBOTS is a footing-breaking animated film that is hilarious, charming and fun for all ages. Dazzilng, heartwarming and eye riveting. A young small boondocks robot must journeying to the big city in social club to prove his inventive wizardry. With the assist of some misfit mechanical friends, he gets closer to his life long dreams. He actually falls in beloved, teams with an aging innovator and battles an egotistically arrogant CEO. An all-star voice cast and visual style makes ROBOTS the terrific take chances information technology is. But a few of the voices yous'll may or may not recognize: Robin Williams, Ewan McGregor, Halle Berry, Mel Brooks, Amanda Bynes, Greg Kinnear, Jay Leno, Terry Bradshaw and James Earl Jones. Set up to be amazed.
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Dimension
tedg eleven March 2005
By now you probably know all the ordinary things about this movie: the story is trite, the characters are ordinary and except for Robin ordinarily acted, and the jokes are extraordinarily clever.
This annotate is about an important trend in animation that nearly commentors miss, the function of dimensionality and how well it is exploited in this movie.
Pixar discovered this. After they made their character's bodies render visually with dimension, and after they gave the identity of the characters "dimension" (still unique to Pixar, it seems), they realized the power of moving them and us around in three-dimensional space. "Nemo" was set up in an ocean purely because they wanted to be able to movement in all three dimensions without having to brand heavy explanations.
The thought gained extra credibility when the "door warehouse" scenes in "Monsters, Inc" tested much better than expected.
Its non similar this is a corking secret in the industry. Everyone is talking virtually it at present, and the notion goes as far back equally "Citizen Kane"'s camera. Others accept tried: "Treasure Island" was conceived to maximize the motion of the camera in three—space. So were parts of "Van Helsing" and the latest Potter.
Oddly, some big investments that should have known better didn't, like the Spiderman splats.
This movie does exceedingly well in moving u.s.a. in 3-space. As soon every bit we enter the urban center, we have that elaborate transit system. You lot detect the depth and are intended to. But after that, you take it for granted that you lot are disembodied and moving freely in threespace. It is a very clever construction, and unusual plenty that it makes us accept the world we see. We would merely think of it simply every bit the Flintstones (or Jetsons) if we saw it with a "normal" center.
That movement of the eye allows united states to shift realities quickly, then when Robin Williams does a Brittany Spears routine as combat, we accept it.
Ted's Evaluation -- three of iii: Worth watching.
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Middle candy but no plot - A movie that's less than the sum of its parts
Basically this is the story of a young robot who goes to the large city to make his fortune, just I tin't say much more than than that since this film is severely lacking a anything resembling a solid narrative.
Its not a bad movie, simply information technology should accept been and so much amend since the pieces wildly outshine the whole. Everything about this flick, if taken as pieces is first rate, simply when you put them together you're left with a mess. The best way I tin think of describing it accept the best stuff from twenty or thirty great films and then mix them together so as to tell a new story. The bits will be great just I doubt the new story will exist.
When the movie comes out on home video and so see it, but rushing to see it in a theater will be a waste product...peculiarly since most sequences are then jam packed with visual delights yous'll want to hit rewind and freeze frame to make sure you're catching it all. (frankly if visuals were enough to win Oscars this film would be the all-time picture shoe in.) 5 out of ten. A disappointment as a whole.
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The plot rings as hollow every bit the robots themselves
Robots is a pretty good film that volition probably keep your kids occupied and entertained, at least the first time they spotter it. Information technology'south a fairly entertaining lite family unit film with some good moments and merely enough comedy to agree your attention, fifty-fifty if much of that comedy involves Robin Williams doing jokes that seem like hold-over material from the Television receiver show "Mork & Mindy". Only then your kids aren't onetime plenty to know what that bear witness is, so they won't exist aware of the recycling.
What this film actually did for me was make me appreciate Pixar more. Unlike the maker of Robots and other high-tech CGI films, Pixar starts out with a solid story idea and and so develops the CGI and the gags to support that idea. Technology has gotten to the point where dazzling effects are easier to do and cheaper than e'er and filmmakers are forgetting that audiences ultimately want to see an interesting story, not a dog-and-pony bear witness of the latest in graphics effects with a storyline that has the complexity of a 1930's serial thrown in to hold it all together. And so, if you have minor children, it might be worthwhile. If you are an developed, all the same, I retrieve you'll be somewhat bored.
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Yes, Robots!
ROBOTS (2005) **i/two (VOICES: Ewan McGregor, Halle Drupe, Robin Williams, Greg Kinnear, Mel Brooks, Drew Carey, Amanda Bynes, Harland Williams, Jennifer Coolidge, Jim Broadbent, Paul Giamatti, Stanley Tucci, James Earl Jones, Jay Leno, Al Roker, Dianne Wiest, Dan Hedaya, Natasha Lyonne, Alan Rosenberg, Stephen Tobolowsky) Hit-and-miss blithe comedy set in a world of robots with an enterprising young male (a surprisingly bland McGregor) who embarks on a journey to brand a name for himself in the e'er changing mechanics of life for an automaton and meeting several new friends in the procedure. Eye-processed wonderful for its amazingly colorful production design past William Joyce the picture show is disappointingly non-connective with the audience due to its lackluster script past the normally on-target comedy team of Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel and story credits to Jim McClain and Ron Mita. While directors Chris Wedge and Carlos Saldanha attempt to keep things decorated with its many diverting moments – peculiarly the Rube Goldberg inspired transit moment that is quite affective – on the whole it is not an instant classic despite a plethora of creative talent including Williams' antics every bit a borderline annoying sidekick.
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Trash Heap.
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Robots (2005): Dir: Chris Wedge / Voices: Ewan McGregor, Halle Berry, Robin Williams, Greg Kinnear, Amanda Bynes: Figurer generated family fare well-nigh creation and power. Rodney Copperbottom leaves home in pursuit of presenting his ideas to Robot Metropolis only to discover it is taken over by the evil Ratchet who upgrades robots leaving those robots that are unable to afford fixing to be destroyed. Dreary plot travels formula with a mindless climax centred around violence. Directed past Chris Wedge who previously fabricated Ice Age. Voice talents are totally flat and add together little or no personality to otherwise weak characterizations. Ewan McGregor voices Rodney who is the typical hero. There is nothing interesting about him. Halle Drupe whose female robot serves but as a potential romance. How robots reach this is something all-time left unexplored. Robin Williams voices the dismantling Fender in what amounts to his typical nightclub human activity, which is far more entertaining and certainly funnier than this. Greg Kinnear voices the standard villain Ratchet who seems modelled after hundreds of other villains. Amanda Bynes plays fender'due south younger sister, which makes one wonder how that is even possible. In that location might have been potential here but it seems lost within its flimsy writing. Visual images are exquisite with their electronic city and factories but the screenplay needs major repairs. Score: 3 / 10
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Stupendous visuals but barely make upwardly for a forgettable story and characters
The first 2005 film I've seen, and, really, information technology's the just one released then far this yr that I accept had even the littlest desire to see at the theater. It was worth seeing, only it'south forgettable. The visuals are admittedly eye-popping. The film's best sequence is a Rube Goldberg-esque public transportation system across town. I call back if that had gone on for 90 minutes, we would have had some kind of masterpiece on our hands. Instead, nosotros become a dull story of a group of most outmoded robots rebelling against an evil visitor that is no longer edifice spare parts. The head of that company used to be all for the common folk, but he'south disappeared and left a autocrat in his place. The undercover area, where they melt scrap, is really cool, and reminded me of The Nightmare Before Christmas. Madame Gasket, who rules this part of the city, was the about interestingly designed character. Robin Williams is very abrasive, but, to his credit, he is playing a grapheme here, not only himself. I wasn't thinking "Man, is Robin Williams annoying," just rather, "Man, that graphic symbol Robin Williams is playing is annoying." I doubt that could exist taken every bit much of a compliment, though. All of the other principal characters are specially forgettable, particularly Halle Drupe's character, who is supposedly the female lead. I think nearly of the audiences wanted the protagonist to end up with the 2d female pb, who is a tad more than interesting. And I recall the filmmakers realized this, also, because the hero just barely ends up with Berry at the end. The movie is as well in need of laughs. I chuckled a flake, but that was all. The funniest moment is the robot who does the robot dance. Every bit much as I can complain, though, I would still highly recommend (renting) it for the visuals alone.
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A Nutshell Review: Robots
This pic is ingenious, in the way the story narrates and transplant everyday life and events, into their robotic equivalent. It brings the phrase "Giving birth later 12 hours of labour" to a new dimension, and then we begin, with the birth of robot "Rodney Copperbottom".
While growing up in Rivet Boondocks suburb, he experiences the simple life, living with "hand-me-down" spare parts and upgrade pieces from relatives, before realizing his dream and ambition of becoming an inventor, just like his idol Big Weld, a fuddly duddly corporate big wig, who cares near the robotic society, giving it back to it, and encouraging everyone to alive their dream.
Merely all's not well when Rodney visits the large city - his idol has become a recluse, and the corporation he left has become the exact opposite from what it was founded - profits and the bottom line matters, and something sinister is brewing between the new CEO and his mum, who runs the city's smelting institute. The narrative seems suspiciously familiar that point on, similar you've seen it earlier somewhere, but the robotic premise breathes new life into recycled themes.
The themes in the film are never fully adult, partly because it's supposed to be enjoyed by children too, and besides because information technology clocks in at a relatively short 90 minutes. Themes like corporate responsibility, living your dreams, and consumerism - the need to perpetually upgrade fifty-fifty when you lot don't have a demand to. Perhaps with more time, and if wanting to veer into those direction, we'll become more beef, but I must remind myself, this is essentially a children's film - nothing to deep delight to go a kid'due south attention span.
There are beautiful set action pieces with everything happening at the same time, and robotic animation that wait and then existent, yous thought they really built the robots for this film! While there are big names who lent their voices to this film, Robin Williams stands out (as always) and is a anarchism in this one. From the minute he begins, he is an absolute scene stealer, right upward until the finale scene, though I must add that it does seem a little muted, given that he only has his voice to bring his wit across, rather than experiencing the full repertoire of what Robin is capable of! The music in this moving picture plays an important office in the narrative as well, and at times, contribute a lot to the slapstick scenarios. From Infant One More Time to Right Thurr, the filmmakers have picked the right hits for the right moments for maximum effect.
Though the ending, like all cartoons, are happily always afters, I felt a lamentable tinge of disappointment at the lack of what I felt was the norm of animation film these days - no blooper clips or easter eggs, nor fancy end credits for this moving-picture show. Kind of an anti-climax after a fun rip-roaring session, lacking an encore.
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Original and visually stunning!
Yesterday I was shopping at Target and they had a agglomeration of movies for seven 50, Robots was one of them. I never saw the movie before, only I figured it'south but a couple more bucks and so if I rented information technology, then I bought information technology and watched it last dark. I have to say that I'thou glad I bought it because I actually enjoyed it, this was a fun animated motion-picture show that got over looked in 2005. It had groovy actors for the voices, Mel Brooks couldn't have been a more perfect choice, the whole wait of the pic is absolutely absurd to wait at, and the story was extremely original. This is a great film to watch for yourself or with the family unit.
Rodney is a mutual robot with his poor parents, merely he has big urban center dreams to meet Bigweld, the biggest robot of all time, he is the inventor who makes sure that every robot is taken care of. Rodney goes to the big city to see Bigweld and become an inventor himself, but ends upwards meeting several robots who are nobody'southward including Fender, his new best friend. They discover that an evil robot who has taken over Bigweld'south factory is planning on destroying all the old bots who tin't afford to upgrade, and so pretty much that'due south the whole town. Only Rodney and his friends are dedicated to making certain that everyone can be safe as an old bot.
Robots is a very imaginative movie with a very creative story and look. I was really impressed with this moving picture and would highly recommend information technology. Information technology has very funny moments for both the kids and the adults, so it works for a family movie very well. Robin Williams did a terrific job as Vender, he was only a great add-on and brought fun comedic relief. But the whole cast sounded like they had a lot of fun with this movie. This is a fun moving-picture show to spotter and I recollect anyone could enjoy information technology, so grab the popcorn, considering you're gonna have fun.
vii/10
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Poor animation and only not very funny or enjoyable
I'grand already tired of DreamWorks' blitheness studios. They've stolen the ideas of Pixar and created ugly, annoying films like "Shark Tale" and "Republic of madagascar." Oh, and "Robots." This one is merely as bad as DreamWorks' other animated films Whereas Pixar gave 3D animated films a good name back in '95 with "Toy Story," DreamWorks stole the magic a few years later with "Antz" (which was pretty funny) and so "Shrek" (which I didn't intendance for equally much every bit other people). At first it was kind of cute and "Shrek" and "Shrek 2" were good enough (I peculiarly liked "Shrek 2") but later that the line kind of blurred.
The animation in "Madagascar" was simply lazy and "Robots" is not very different. There are a few moments of incredible mural, but the features of the characters themselves are hideous and appalling.
The voice talents are impressive - Mel Brooks, Ewan McGregor, Halle Berry, Robin Williams - simply Williams and Brooks are the only ones who actually stand up out, and fifty-fifty then, Williams isn't and so funny anymore. (He needs to become back into adult comedy.) The "in-jokes" are just so-then. There are a few chuckle-worthy gags, but zippo that made me laugh out loud.
I think DreamWorks should leave the animated family films to Pixar and go back to hogging all the Oscar nominations.
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Lively and, at times, funny; a much more than enjoyable affair than expected.
There are some inventive ideas and well thought-out themes running throughout 'Robots (2005)', a lively and, at times, funny blithe adventure. These allow the initially standard-seeming 'new boy in the large city' story to have on a life of its own, becoming a slightly less anticipated and much more enjoyable matter than expected. It'south entertaining for kids and adults alike. The excellent voice-cast solidify the characters inside the suitably grounded only sensibly outlandish globe, bringing their quirks and comedy to the forefront while making them feel every bit real as possible. This allows for some proper emotional zipper, which becomes key when the plot takes a abrupt turn into its more than 'cartoony' - and, before long later, 'allegorical' - elements. vii/x
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