The Iron Giant (Animated Film)

This week, i watched The Iron Giant. I had never seen the movie, but had heard it mentioned on a few occasions so i decided this would be a good week to watch it. Overall, i was impressed. The animation quality, especially for its time period was really solid. The animator did a great job giving each character a personality and mood through movement and facial expressions. The voice acting was pretty good, a little bit spotty in some areas. I realized two thirds through that the giant was voiced by Vin Diesel because they either didn't really use a metallic filter or it was the first set of actual lines he had besides grunts and single words. The movie also does a really good job of making you hate the primary antagonist. First of all he's a complete jerk to the main character who is probably 13 years old, then he betrays America just to prove a point. The movie does give a good deal of closure, the single mother gets married to the junkyard guy who befriends the kid early on, the giant isn't actually dead because of his ability to repair himself, etc. I would recommend watching this movie, it's not terribly long and it's got some really charming moments consistently throughout. I would rate this film a 7/10