Robots (2005)

There are some inventive ideas and well thought-out themes running throughout 'Robots (2005)', a lively and, at times, funny animated adventure. These allow the initially standard-seeming 'new boy in the big city' story to take on a life of its own, becoming a slightly less predictable and much more enjoyable affair than expected. It's entertaining for kids and adults alike. The excellent voice-cast solidify the characters within the suitably grounded but sensibly outlandish world, bringing their quirks and comedy to the forefront while making them feel as real as possible. This allows for some proper emotional attachment, which becomes key when the plot takes a sharp turn into its more 'cartoony' - and, soon after, 'allegorical' - elements. 7/10

I find that this movie has aged really really well, while a lot of other Pixar / Disney / feelgood movies really didn't. movies like this often leave me in a cringe due to their forced "haha look at how funny this is!!!!111!" factor being so high, this movie did not force too much emotion in everything at all. most things just got rolled in. some things where still cringe worthy, especially the ending scene but it felt like they where pretty self aware of that. the plot is incredibly stereotypical but that didn't hurt the movie, it was easy to follow and that made it easy to look at the beautiful imaginary and boy this movie looks good! for its time but even nowadays it looks incredible! they really dedicated themselves to a theme and stuck with it. I always loved the concept of imagery like this, create a world made of ordinary things to make complex images. and that is what this movie feels to achieve, even though they did not quite do that, they did leave the same feeling when watching it. the movie is essentially this art form:Https://Ishmam {dot} files {dot} Wordpress {dot} com/2013/03/8237f5cf7e1ba75f7496901367863 427 {dot} Jpgyou can just keep looking at the scenes without getting bored one bit.

The story is not bad, a robot world with heroes, sidekicks and dastardly villains. I had hoped for more meaningful animation. The heroes look like junk and the villains look like bad jokes. Most of the best bits were stolen from other movies and music. Did any of the bots have a purpose? Lots of famous voices overshadowed by Robin Williams' obnoxious over the top performance. Lots of potential squashed by dopey design and half baked concept. I blame the writers and director but there was so much gone wrong that the producer has to shoulder much of this failure. Let's chalk it up to poor execution and shoddy oversight to let this abomination see the light of day. It is easy to compare this to "Meet The Robinson's" but the comparison is far from fair. Let's just say that if you like this, your standards are very low and please see more quality animation where story meets art and characters like Dory and Rusty teach us entertaining lessons.

My son absolutely loves this movie! Its great and its not a drag like some children's movies for adults to watch. My son is 5, I think this is his favorite movie! Chris wedge did a great job creating this story plot. You can see the creative input from William Joyce as well. It also stars Ewan McGregor, Halle Berry, Robin Williams, and Mel Brooks. The film is very unique as well for being a kids movie. I would highly recommend this to add to any family movie night like we do at home. As far as a movie about anthropomorphic robots is concerned, its a great story. I love that robin williams is the broken old red robot. Mel Brooks is a great voice for Bigweld. ~ David Bogar