Fun (not so fun) fact: Brad Bird was inspired to make the film after his sister was killed by her husband. Brad Bird's pitch to the studio for the film? "What if a gun had a soul and didn't want to be a gun?"
I read somewhere too that the scene where the giant screams and wants to destroy everything in rage is what brad bird himself felt in the aftermath. Heavy stuff
And the reason why he decided to do this was because the original book "the iron man" was written by the author to help his son grieve over the loss of his mother. Brad bird wanted to make a respectful adaptation but using this movie to help him grieve over his sister
Fun fact: In the extended version of the film that came out in 2015, there are two new scenes they added. One is between the duck and cover scene and the bited tractor scene, which was Dean chating with Hogarth's mom at the diner. The other scene is a very important one that explains more about the giant origin, is right after Hogarth explaning souls, Dean was sleeping with the tv on, than suddenly the Iron Giant's dream was projecting into the tv and suddenly turning into a nightmare with the deer dying, remembering when Hogarth save him at the power station and suddenly change to another vision. An alien city getting destroyed, hundreds of Iron Giants marching towards the destruction with him looking at the reflexion of the water in his battle mode. Than Dean wakes up watching the end of his dream with a planet blow up and than the Giant wakes up. That would explain why Dean act like that towards the giant when he accidentaly attack Hogarth.
She hasn’t seen THE INCREDIBLES!!? I think this means we need a Brad Bird series and get incredibles and Ratatouille reactions. I think those will help break down the “animated movies are just kid movies” stigma that I’m sensing from Jen (we were all there at one point lol), those are some of the most adult animated, family-oriented movies out there, esp the incredibles.
@@ShadeMediadude. The incredible is literally my favorite movie of all time and I never realized that! That’s awesome! *edit - I just looked into it and those two guys are supposed to resemble and pay tribute to two old Disney animators. That’s super cool.
@@ethanfosterYT yes! It was something like that i remember seeing it in a TH-cam video years ago. Both movies are def childhood classics at least for my age lol
Speak for yourself. As someone who has watched animated and live action content my whole life, I never thought of animated movies as "just for kids." As I grew up and matured so did the content I chose to consume (or was otherwise shown to me by friends and family).
Can't even describe the amount of chills I get everytime I see the Iron Giant's rage when he thinks Hogarth is dead. The ending doesn't need any words, we all shed a tear or two (maybe a bit more) during it. Amazing movie. There's so many great animated movies Jen should really see! Any Disney movie from 90's and early 2000's is great, I've not watched too many of the new ones sadly. But of all the older ones, Atlantis has a very special place in my heart.
@@jackg.1683 oh really? Didn't know about that but now that you mention it, that's why there's practically no Ghibli reactions out there isn't it? Shame.
Expanding on the Peter Cullen fact, the marine who told him to "be strong enough to be gentle" was his brother, he often mentions how that phrase and his brother himself inspired his Optimus Prime characterization.
Holden, that story Peter Cullen told was in reference to his brother who was in the Army. The voice of Optimus is his brother's voice and the way he told him how to be a hero.
25:24 - “The amount of paperwork you’d have to do.” So right. Often in movies, you see higher up officials saying to a street cop “this is my jurisdiction.” That doesn’t happen in real life because there’s so much paperwork involved. Every cop would love to turn it over to someone else’s jurisdiction.
“It’s bad to kill, but it’s not bad to die” is a chill-inducing line. I watched this SO many times growing up that now I can hardly rewatch it unless I’m showing it to someone for their first time. It’s such a fun one to share with people.
"Iron Giant" is a certified 10 out of 10, would watch again every time🙂 Brad Bird really did his thing with this one. Vin Diesel is the voice of the Iron Giant😅 *I know you don't do many animated movies, but...could you please watch "Rango"?* 🦎 Beat Disney for the Oscar that year.😎
I’m kind of wondering if Jen realized that the Giant was voiced by FAMILY MAN Vin Diesel ? Absolutely loved this movie and easily one of Dreamworks best films. I remember when Cartoon Network would play day long marathons of this movie long ago
17:46 Well, Jen, here's the thing! There are a LOT of kids movies where people die. The concept of death is something that should be introduced to children while they are young.
My eldest’s first movie, took him when he was 4, he loved it. Friendship, caring, loyalty, family, good vs evil, life and death, the soul, all things children need to learn, and adults need to be reminded of.
For years as a kid I wanted them to make a sequel, but now at 35 and seeing Hollywood of today, don't you dare touch this movie! It's perfect as is, like Jaws, The Sound of Music or The Secret of Nimh. No sequels, prequels, reboots or remakes, let the art just rest peacefully in our memories the way it was meant to be. Btw, still impossible not to choke up when he says Superman🤘
Hello. I was one of the animators on the film. Yeaaah....not gonna be a sequel. It's one of the things Brad told us right out the gate. Just a one and done sort of thing. I think that's one of the things that makes it so special. Not a ton of endless sequels. All the best to ya.
One of my favorite movies as a kid! They showed this on Cartoon Network and TNT every year following the release of the film On a $50 million dollar budget, it made $32 million dollars at the box office. However, it's gained a cult following overtime, having been regarded as one of the best Sci-fi Animated Movies ever made.
Iron Giant is a solid step in knocking down the "PG Animation=Kids Movie" belief. I think we'll get there. Gotta check out "Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio" or "Klaus".
This is such an interesting movie, not well received at the time, and now considered one of the best animated films, very similar to how Shawshank Redemption has aged with people, not well received, but now considered a classic.
I'm glad they decided to watch this because it is a under rated gem til this day. I didn't see this until the pandemic year and now it's one of my favorites to watch. Holden please get Jenn to watch old school Disney animated films.
The Iron Giant is voiced by Vin Diesel, who later voices Groot in the Guardians of the Galaxy films. Groot's sacrifice at the end of the 1st film provides a good comparison to IG's sacrifice here.
The pitch Brad Bird made for this movie was “What if a gun didn’t want to be a gun” this was taken from his personal life when his sister had been victim of domestic abuse from her boyfriend/husband and was shot and killed by him.
To add another layer.....Ted Hughes wrote the novel after his wife (and famous poet) Sylvia Plath killed herself. He wanted to write something that would comfort his kids and show that you can repair yourself after a terrible tragedy.
this movie stuck with me forever it is one of my all time favorite movies especially with the saying you are who you choose to be because I choose to better than I was it has amazing quality and a beautiful story.
I love the iron brings a lot of nostalgia when I use to stay at my grandma's, She had it on VHS and it's been so long since I seen it, it's almost like dream when I try to remember it
i like that he lives. I think the iron giant surviving is the scariest ending because it's shown he can't die or be destroyed even with our strongest weapon and we don't know where he came from.
I remember my mother got this film VHS with The Iron Giant toy figure inside the box with it for me when I was a kid. I cried watching it for the first time and then I watched it again so many times, but didn't get the same feeling again after the first time until my wife watched it for the first time, we both cried... This movie will always be in my heart. Glad your wife watched it and liked it. Love your channel. Again congratulations on your baby arrival.
This film means so much to me! It came out when I was 3, and I've loved it ever since. I got a special VHS copy which came with a copy of the novel it was (loosely) based on, and a small action figure of the Iron Giant. When I was in my early 20s I watched it back, not sure what to expect, and I bawled my eyes out at the scene with his reaction to the deer. It's so beautifully and touchingly animated, making you feel so much for this giant metal alien! I've had this on my list of films to show my partner and I'm so excited to share it with her soon - glad Jen liked it so much too :) Hope you guys are keeping well and having the best time with your newborn! Thanks so much for taking such good care of us with this, I love your reactions so much
The train engineers were caricatures of Disney Animators Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnson (who also did their own voices), who animated some of Disney's most classic characters from SNOW WHITE to THE RESCUERS. Brad Bird was friends with both back when he first started working with Disney in the 70s/80s (though he went off to work in TV animation). He later did CGI versions of them in THE INCREDIBLES (Frank Thomas sadly passed away not long after)
Holden, Peter Cullen’s “buddy in the army” was actually his Brother! Larry Cullen. He is a U.S. Marine Corps veteran who served in Vietnam. Peter said that when his brother returned, he noticed a change in him, he was quieter but he was still a Man. Larry was a Hero to Peter. So Optimus was based off of him. Like Jen said, a gentle giant.
The Giant scared me when I was a kid but I still watched this over and over again. As an adult I watched this again after many years and it is such an amazing movie
Never understood that mentality... some of the best kids movies are ones that push the envelope, treat the kids more mature than they are and dont talk down to them. Kids movies should be always teaching them life lessons and prepping them for the tough things in life, some of which hurt.
Definitely recommend the documentary on the iron giant blu ray. Brad bird dedicated this film to his sister who passed away from gun violence I believe. His pitch for the film and to WB execs were “What if a gun had a soul?” Imo, this is the greatest animated film of all time. Enjoy. Great reaction
If you liked the Iron Giant there is another animated movie put out by Disney called Big Hero 6. It is another animated film but like Iron Giant it has a lot of heart and really gets you in the feels. Big Hero 6 is a movie about a team of young aspiring superheroes via technological upgrades and a robot named Baymax. This movie also has a surprising cameo at the end. Which as a Marvel fan should bring a smile to your face. 😅
I'm surprised Holden didn't know or was not aware that the voice of the Iron Giant was none other than Groot himself, Vin Diesel. Especially at the time when it was made aware that he was voicing Groot that everyone was mentioning his previous voice work as the Iron Giant.
27:42--It's fair that Hogarth is "blunt" about death because his father passed away when he was likely a baby (they also put in subtle hints his father was likely a soldier from the helmet Hogarth always wears when he's going on). This movie also did a good job at hinting at McCarthyism and the Red Scare without going into deep details (McCarthy's never mentioned but the Communist paranoia is still there, but keeping it vague also makes the movie "timeless" in a good way)
This is what most Brad Bird fans consider a perfect movie. But it flopped originally, I was there day one as a little kid in an empty theater. It makes me cry every time 😢
My friend worked on this film. He took me to the Glendale studios and I got to see the entire storyboard mounted on a wall in a hallway. It had some darker scenes originally when the giant turns but they were changed a little.
I always hate it when adults see a kids' movie that deals with heavy themes and say, "How is this a kids' movie?!?" Those people have clearly forgotten what it was like to be a kid. I watched this movie when it came out, I was 9 years old. Had no problem processing the themes around death when I was that age. I watched The Land Before Time by the time I was 4, and that film brought me to the unsettling realization that, someday, my parents would die and I would have to find my way in the world without them. That was a hard truth to come to for a small child, but that seems to be around the age where most children start developing an understanding of finality. I guess the point of all this is to say that as you grow older, you should not underestimate the things that children are capable of understanding.
I heard the creator wrote the script of the movie when he lost his sister to a murderer. He got the idea of a weapon with conscience, a weapon that DOESN'T want to kill. That is the iron giant. He was build as a weapon, sent to the earth to kill, but he doesn't want to kill.
It was also a book, written around the time the movie is set... although the books second half is very different from the movies (read it at school as a young kid). They could do a sequel that follows the book, given the movie ends with him in pieces and the book kinda starts with him breaking into pieces having stepped off a cliff near the ocean... although in the book he isn't an alien war machine, you never really find out what he is. The book gets a little weird though lol... not sure how they'd adapt the 'bad guy' to be honest, unless they straight up just make it one to one.
Not here to be mean, but I just want to let you know that there is a difference between Animation and Cartoons. Cartoons are like Looney Tunes or Silly Symphonies where they’re all about visual exaggeration and making you laugh and being silly. Comedies if you will. Animated movies and shows are more focused on storytelling and character driven narratives. Shrek may have its funny moments, but it’s still aware of the fact that there’s a story they have to tell here. So it can be called an Animation-Comedy. Just a little something I’d thought I’d explain just in case your son asks about the kind of animated content you guys watch. I still love the reaction though. And I’m glad your giving animation a chance on your channel. Especially Jen. Animation is not a genre or something aimed at one audience as Brad Bird says, it’s an art form that can do anything like a horror movie, a western, an R-rated film etc. Many movies that fit in this category that I think would be great films for you guys to watch are An American Tail (1986), The Land Before Time (1988), The Secret of NIMH (1982), Osmosis Jones (2001), Finding Nemo (2003), and even another animated MARVEL film, Hulk vs. (2009). These would all be great choices for you guys to check out as the fit in that criteria of animated films perfect for everyone in the family young and old, or even something more in the lines of older audiences. Anyway. Just little suggestions I’d thought I’d throw out. I’m just so happy that there will be more and more animated content on this channel as an animation and art enthusiast myself. Especially with your new baby! I think Spider-Verse was a great kick-off to start out on! And I’m excited to see more and more of this art from as time goes on. Love you’re reaction, and I hope to see more soon! P.S. the voice of the general is John Mahoney who played Martin Crane from Frasier! Also, the creator of Red Ryder got his first job at Disney as an animator and worked there throughout the 1920s
"I am Groot" - The Iron Giant If you didn't know, Vin Diesel voiced the character of The Iron Giant. I love this movie. I recall seeing it in theaters back in '99
The Iron Giant was based off of the book by Ted Hugh's called The Iron Man. The Who's Pete Townshend acquired the rights to the story, and wrote a musical based off of the source material. They were going to make a stage musical of it, but when it didn't happen, the were going to make a stop-motion style movie of the original story. Warners Bros. then acquired the rights and decided to update the story with a new setting. Pete Townshend received executive producer credits on this movie. They did make a music video of Pete Townshend's "A Friend is a Friend " which shows what the movie could have looked like if it was stop-motion.
Person of Interest is a long commitment but I'm sure you guys would love it. It was created by one of the Nolan brothers. I believe the idea came up during The Dark kninght when Batman used the surveilance sytem and Lucious later destroyed it because of the moral implications. POI is basically Batman and Lucious using the surveilance sytem to save people. The show started before Snowden released the PRISM info, I believe that happened during S02 or 3 and is addressed in the show. It came ahead of it's time and predicted a lot of what happened since 2001. If not for the channel, I think you should watch it on your own time. I think, Jen will like it.
Also have to take note, many kids back then were more mature when they were younger having more life experience doing things without their faces stuck to phones etc.
There's a director's cut that has an extra scene, hinting at the Giant's true purpose, it's dreams. The signal crosses with Dean's tv antenna and he wakes up to see the end of it. It's really dark.
im sure someone already explained it in the comments but just in case, Brad bird was actually inspired to make this movie with the premise "What if a gun had a soul? Would it choose to kill?" after his sister was tragically murdered.
Never expected Jen to jump to such an a conclusion that Hogarth‘s mom was getting it on with Mr. FBI. That’s usually something she accuses her husband of..
Christopher Mcdonald voiced Kent Mansley in Iron Giant and played Shooter McGavin in Happy Gilmore and the only reason I noticed this was when he says "oh my GOD!" the way he does when the giant takes a bite out of his car and when Shooter McGavin sees Happy's ex boss.
When I eventually have kids, if I have a son I’m going to name him Hogarth because of this movie. I absolutely love it and I’m glad you made a video about it.
This was the old theatrical release and not the extended cut where they do show a glimpse of what the iron giant was and where he came from. He came from a planet that sends these robots to other planets to destroy them
I'm pretty sure the kids falling from the rooftop and being saved by the "red weapon" is a homage to a similar scene in Norman Jewison movie, "The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming".
Brad Bird was in part inspired to make this film as a memorial to his sister, who was shot and killed by of her estranged husband. His pitch was "What if a gun had a soul and didn't want to be a gun?"
“You are who you choose to be” “Superman” gets me EVERY TIME
Even just seeing that clip in this video has me emotional.
every. single. time.
😭😭😭😭😭😭
Still blows my mind that Vin Diesel does the Iron Giant's voice.
One of the lines that got my my whole damn life, 24 and I’m tearing up on the toilet lolol
The Iron Giant is not a movie. It's a masterpiece
IT’S ART!!
THAT is cinema
@@cmrobbins88 in the words of Luigi and Del Toro
Fun (not so fun) fact: Brad Bird was inspired to make the film after his sister was killed by her husband.
Brad Bird's pitch to the studio for the film? "What if a gun had a soul and didn't want to be a gun?"
Jesus, that’s very real. Good to know.
I read somewhere too that the scene where the giant screams and wants to destroy everything in rage is what brad bird himself felt in the aftermath. Heavy stuff
Omg thats wild
And the reason why he decided to do this was because the original book "the iron man" was written by the author to help his son grieve over the loss of his mother. Brad bird wanted to make a respectful adaptation but using this movie to help him grieve over his sister
As seen in the documentary The Giants Dream
Fun fact:
In the extended version of the film that came out in 2015, there are two new scenes they added. One is between the duck and cover scene and the bited tractor scene, which was Dean chating with Hogarth's mom at the diner.
The other scene is a very important one that explains more about the giant origin, is right after Hogarth explaning souls, Dean was sleeping with the tv on, than suddenly the Iron Giant's dream was projecting into the tv and suddenly turning into a nightmare with the deer dying, remembering when Hogarth save him at the power station and suddenly change to another vision. An alien city getting destroyed, hundreds of Iron Giants marching towards the destruction with him looking at the reflexion of the water in his battle mode. Than Dean wakes up watching the end of his dream with a planet blow up and than the Giant wakes up. That would explain why Dean act like that towards the giant when he accidentaly attack Hogarth.
Can we must not forget how much emotion Vin Desial gives as the voice of the Iron Giant? This is one of hisbgreatest performances.
He puts so much into so little dialogue. He voiced Groot (GoTG) too.
I'm not a Vin Diesel fan by any means, but the work he does in this film is astounding.
She hasn’t seen THE INCREDIBLES!!? I think this means we need a Brad Bird series and get incredibles and Ratatouille reactions. I think those will help break down the “animated movies are just kid movies” stigma that I’m sensing from Jen (we were all there at one point lol), those are some of the most adult animated, family-oriented movies out there, esp the incredibles.
the train operators in iron giant, also come out near the end of the incredibles. the two old guys
@@ShadeMediadude. The incredible is literally my favorite movie of all time and I never realized that! That’s awesome! *edit - I just looked into it and those two guys are supposed to resemble and pay tribute to two old Disney animators. That’s super cool.
@@ethanfosterYT yes! It was something like that i remember seeing it in a TH-cam video years ago. Both movies are def childhood classics at least for my age lol
Have they seen Toy Story?
Speak for yourself. As someone who has watched animated and live action content my whole life, I never thought of animated movies as "just for kids." As I grew up and matured so did the content I chose to consume (or was otherwise shown to me by friends and family).
Jen not reacting to Holden’s ‘oh deer’ pun and then him being annoyed she didn’t hear it was the best 😂
Can't even describe the amount of chills I get everytime I see the Iron Giant's rage when he thinks Hogarth is dead. The ending doesn't need any words, we all shed a tear or two (maybe a bit more) during it. Amazing movie.
There's so many great animated movies Jen should really see! Any Disney movie from 90's and early 2000's is great, I've not watched too many of the new ones sadly. But of all the older ones, Atlantis has a very special place in my heart.
They should really watch Studio Ghibli / Miyazaki movies. I'm certain they would absolutely loved them
@@DugTheDog It's very difficult to have reactions to Ghibli movies because they go super hard on copyright claims
@@jackg.1683 oh really? Didn't know about that but now that you mention it, that's why there's practically no Ghibli reactions out there isn't it? Shame.
The Giant’s “Breaking Point” sequence is a perfect visual representation of “Beware the fury of a patient man”
Expanding on the Peter Cullen fact, the marine who told him to "be strong enough to be gentle" was his brother, he often mentions how that phrase and his brother himself inspired his Optimus Prime characterization.
Met Peter Cullen at a comic con here in Denver and he talked about that a few times
Boy, Michael Bay really threw that characterization in the garbage.
This movie always gets me misty eyed. The third act is just a rollercoaster of emotions, and I love it.
Holden, that story Peter Cullen told was in reference to his brother who was in the Army. The voice of Optimus is his brother's voice and the way he told him how to be a hero.
As an aspiring Animator I can really appreciate how good the animation looks even nowadays
Do you have any work I can see?
@@HoldenHardman sadly no I've only just started taking classes this month and I'm learning the basics
@@de606returns6 Hit me up once you get some practice
I definitely wanna get better at it myself, but I definitely agree the animation still holds up today.
I hope you get there someday and achieve your goal
25:24 - “The amount of paperwork you’d have to do.”
So right. Often in movies, you see higher up officials saying to a street cop “this is my jurisdiction.” That doesn’t happen in real life because there’s so much paperwork involved. Every cop would love to turn it over to someone else’s jurisdiction.
"animation is cinema" - Guillermo del Toro upon collecting his Oscar
It's not just for kids
and animation is not a genre, it's an artform
“It’s bad to kill, but it’s not bad to die” is a chill-inducing line. I watched this SO many times growing up that now I can hardly rewatch it unless I’m showing it to someone for their first time. It’s such a fun one to share with people.
"Iron Giant" is a certified 10 out of 10, would watch again every time🙂 Brad Bird really did his thing with this one. Vin Diesel is the voice of the Iron Giant😅
*I know you don't do many animated movies, but...could you please watch "Rango"?* 🦎
Beat Disney for the Oscar that year.😎
I’m kind of wondering if Jen realized that the Giant was voiced by FAMILY MAN Vin Diesel ? Absolutely loved this movie and easily one of Dreamworks best films. I remember when Cartoon Network would play day long marathons of this movie long ago
Dreamworks didn't make that man! It was a warner bros. animation film
17:46 Well, Jen, here's the thing! There are a LOT of kids movies where people die. The concept of death is something that should be introduced to children while they are young.
It's a fairly common trope, even. Disney films are famous for it. It isn't really until recently that kids films seemed to become so infantile.
"It's Bambi's mom" "Oh deer!"
she's like "oh no they shouldnt die in a kids movie" but at the same time says "the giant shouldve died"
My eldest’s first movie, took him when he was 4, he loved it.
Friendship, caring, loyalty, family, good vs evil, life and death, the soul, all things children need to learn, and adults need to be reminded of.
For years as a kid I wanted them to make a sequel, but now at 35 and seeing Hollywood of today, don't you dare touch this movie! It's perfect as is, like Jaws, The Sound of Music or The Secret of Nimh. No sequels, prequels, reboots or remakes, let the art just rest peacefully in our memories the way it was meant to be.
Btw, still impossible not to choke up when he says Superman🤘
Have you seen Ready Player One? I'll take that cameo over a sequel.
Hello.
I was one of the animators on the film.
Yeaaah....not gonna be a sequel. It's one of the things Brad told us right out the gate. Just a one and done sort of thing.
I think that's one of the things that makes it so special. Not a ton of endless sequels.
All the best to ya.
Despite the seriousness of the situation the line from the general “where’s the giant Hensley?” Always kills me.
One of my favorite movies as a kid!
They showed this on Cartoon Network and TNT every year following the release of the film
On a $50 million dollar budget, it made $32 million dollars at the box office. However, it's gained a cult following overtime, having been regarded as one of the best Sci-fi Animated Movies ever made.
I'd go if they put it back in theaters. Imagine? With the sound and visual upgrades to theaters?
This movie is a classic!
My ears perked up when I heard Jen hasn't seen Lilo & Stitch. It is my favorite Disney movie. We need to make this happen!
I was obsessed with this movie when I was 4. We visited my uncle's video store in August 2000 and I got a VHS box set with small figure and book.
Got the same box! 😎👍
I had that vhs set but lost track of it now
Iron Giant is a solid step in knocking down the "PG Animation=Kids Movie" belief. I think we'll get there. Gotta check out "Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio" or "Klaus".
This is such an interesting movie, not well received at the time, and now considered one of the best animated films, very similar to how Shawshank Redemption has aged with people, not well received, but now considered a classic.
Probably my number 1 comfort movie, came out the year I was born and I used to watch nearly weekly as I loved it as a kid
Her face when the iron giant went on the offensive against the military was priceless 😅
I'm glad they decided to watch this because it is a under rated gem til this day. I didn't see this until the pandemic year and now it's one of my favorites to watch. Holden please get Jenn to watch old school Disney animated films.
The Iron Giant is voiced by Vin Diesel, who later voices Groot in the Guardians of the Galaxy films. Groot's sacrifice at the end of the 1st film provides a good comparison to IG's sacrifice here.
Also Family Guy in Fast and Furious
@@inquisitive6786 duh. I was merely referring to his voice work.
@@Gameflyer001 There was a joke there that you missed buddy
@@inquisitive6786 lol... I knew the joke.
17:34
Jen: “they k!led the deer! Holden!”
Holden: “ugh! oh dear” *smirks*
😂😂😂😂😂
The pitch Brad Bird made for this movie was “What if a gun didn’t want to be a gun” this was taken from his personal life when his sister had been victim of domestic abuse from her boyfriend/husband and was shot and killed by him.
To add another layer.....Ted Hughes wrote the novel after his wife (and famous poet) Sylvia Plath killed herself. He wanted to write something that would comfort his kids and show that you can repair yourself after a terrible tragedy.
this movie means so much to me that I cried during this reaction
this movie stuck with me forever it is one of my all time favorite movies especially with the saying you are who you choose to be because I choose to better than I was it has amazing quality and a beautiful story.
I love the iron brings a lot of nostalgia when I use to stay at my grandma's, She had it on VHS and it's been so long since I seen it, it's almost like dream when I try to remember it
The ending gets me every time.😢
For Peter when he audition for optiimus prime it was his brother who was in the military that told him be strong enough to be gentle.
I would wish a sequel. But it's perfect just the way it is
i like that he lives. I think the iron giant surviving is the scariest ending because it's shown he can't die or be destroyed even with our strongest weapon and we don't know where he came from.
I remember my mother got this film VHS with The Iron Giant toy figure inside the box with it for me when I was a kid. I cried watching it for the first time and then I watched it again so many times, but didn't get the same feeling again after the first time until my wife watched it for the first time, we both cried... This movie will always be in my heart. Glad your wife watched it and liked it. Love your channel. Again congratulations on your baby arrival.
This film means so much to me! It came out when I was 3, and I've loved it ever since. I got a special VHS copy which came with a copy of the novel it was (loosely) based on, and a small action figure of the Iron Giant. When I was in my early 20s I watched it back, not sure what to expect, and I bawled my eyes out at the scene with his reaction to the deer. It's so beautifully and touchingly animated, making you feel so much for this giant metal alien! I've had this on my list of films to show my partner and I'm so excited to share it with her soon - glad Jen liked it so much too :) Hope you guys are keeping well and having the best time with your newborn! Thanks so much for taking such good care of us with this, I love your reactions so much
Man I was 5 years old when this movie came out. Definitely holds a special place in my heart. Something so nostalgic about the old school animation
Iron Giant has been a movie I've loved for my entire life so I'm really happy to see you two watch it.
The train engineers were caricatures of Disney Animators Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnson (who also did their own voices), who animated some of Disney's most classic characters from SNOW WHITE to THE RESCUERS. Brad Bird was friends with both back when he first started working with Disney in the 70s/80s (though he went off to work in TV animation). He later did CGI versions of them in THE INCREDIBLES (Frank Thomas sadly passed away not long after)
Holden, Peter Cullen’s “buddy in the army” was actually his Brother! Larry Cullen. He is a U.S. Marine Corps veteran who served in Vietnam. Peter said that when his brother returned, he noticed a change in him, he was quieter but he was still a Man. Larry was a Hero to Peter. So Optimus was based off of him. Like Jen said, a gentle giant.
Jen asking if she's gonna cry and holden smiling after saying probably is like, "yes cry b**** more tears more views muhahaha"
Jen: "Holden they killed the deer!"
Holden: "Oh dear"
Also Holden: Did I really just? nvm.
The Giant scared me when I was a kid but I still watched this over and over again. As an adult I watched this again after many years and it is such an amazing movie
The intro of y'all back and forth with the goldfish 😂
“They killed the deer🤧” “uh oh dear”🤣🤣🤣
"This is suppose to be a kid's movie!"
Yeah, so is Bambi, Lion King, and Finding Nemo. XD
Never understood that mentality... some of the best kids movies are ones that push the envelope, treat the kids more mature than they are and dont talk down to them. Kids movies should be always teaching them life lessons and prepping them for the tough things in life, some of which hurt.
@@NZBigfoot I feel like there's a middle ground for that.
25:21 he’s smiling because he knows the ending 😂😂
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Definitely recommend the documentary on the iron giant blu ray. Brad bird dedicated this film to his sister who passed away from gun violence I believe. His pitch for the film and to WB execs were “What if a gun had a soul?” Imo, this is the greatest animated film of all time. Enjoy. Great reaction
Still pushing for The Last Starfighter (1984)🎉 I really believe this could be Jen’s favorite 80’s movie (not just because of the dog 🐕)
Grew up with that masterpiece. Everyone should watch it at least once.
If you liked the Iron Giant there is another animated movie put out by Disney called Big Hero 6. It is another animated film but like Iron Giant it has a lot of heart and really gets you in the feels.
Big Hero 6 is a movie about a team of young aspiring superheroes via technological upgrades and a robot named Baymax. This movie also has a surprising cameo at the end. Which as a Marvel fan should bring a smile to your face. 😅
LOL AT JEN, OH NO THEY KILLED THE DEER, OH DEAR!
My parents watched this film the day I was born, it’s super cool to see you guys react to this movie around the birth of your son!
17:50 it is a kids movie. Back in the day when kids films gave a damn... and had a sprinkle of backbone
I'm surprised Holden didn't know or was not aware that the voice of the Iron Giant was none other than Groot himself, Vin Diesel.
Especially at the time when it was made aware that he was voicing Groot that everyone was mentioning his previous voice work as the Iron Giant.
"Is this movie gonna make me cry?" I said out loud..."who's to say" 😂😂
what a great little goldfish bit at the beginning, had me rolling
27:42--It's fair that Hogarth is "blunt" about death because his father passed away when he was likely a baby (they also put in subtle hints his father was likely a soldier from the helmet Hogarth always wears when he's going on).
This movie also did a good job at hinting at McCarthyism and the Red Scare without going into deep details (McCarthy's never mentioned but the Communist paranoia is still there, but keeping it vague also makes the movie "timeless" in a good way)
This is what most Brad Bird fans consider a perfect movie. But it flopped originally, I was there day one as a little kid in an empty theater. It makes me cry every time 😢
My friend worked on this film. He took me to the Glendale studios and I got to see the entire storyboard mounted on a wall in a hallway. It had some darker scenes originally when the giant turns but they were changed a little.
I think the movie that Jen is referencing from Friends that Joey loves is not The Iron Giant, but a 1998 Billy Crystal movie called My Giant.
I always hate it when adults see a kids' movie that deals with heavy themes and say, "How is this a kids' movie?!?"
Those people have clearly forgotten what it was like to be a kid. I watched this movie when it came out, I was 9 years old. Had no problem processing the themes around death when I was that age.
I watched The Land Before Time by the time I was 4, and that film brought me to the unsettling realization that, someday, my parents would die and I would have to find my way in the world without them.
That was a hard truth to come to for a small child, but that seems to be around the age where most children start developing an understanding of finality.
I guess the point of all this is to say that as you grow older, you should not underestimate the things that children are capable of understanding.
I’m not crying your crying! 😭😭 childhood favorite and now one my daughters favorites
I love seeing the love and affection you both have for each other.
"Might be renting her" Did.....Did you just call his mother a whore? lol
I heard the creator wrote the script of the movie when he lost his sister to a murderer. He got the idea of a weapon with conscience, a weapon that DOESN'T want to kill. That is the iron giant. He was build as a weapon, sent to the earth to kill, but he doesn't want to kill.
It was also a book, written around the time the movie is set... although the books second half is very different from the movies (read it at school as a young kid). They could do a sequel that follows the book, given the movie ends with him in pieces and the book kinda starts with him breaking into pieces having stepped off a cliff near the ocean... although in the book he isn't an alien war machine, you never really find out what he is.
The book gets a little weird though lol... not sure how they'd adapt the 'bad guy' to be honest, unless they straight up just make it one to one.
Not here to be mean, but I just want to let you know that there is a difference between Animation and Cartoons. Cartoons are like Looney Tunes or Silly Symphonies where they’re all about visual exaggeration and making you laugh and being silly. Comedies if you will. Animated movies and shows are more focused on storytelling and character driven narratives. Shrek may have its funny moments, but it’s still aware of the fact that there’s a story they have to tell here. So it can be called an Animation-Comedy. Just a little something I’d thought I’d explain just in case your son asks about the kind of animated content you guys watch.
I still love the reaction though. And I’m glad your giving animation a chance on your channel. Especially Jen. Animation is not a genre or something aimed at one audience as Brad Bird says, it’s an art form that can do anything like a horror movie, a western, an R-rated film etc. Many movies that fit in this category that I think would be great films for you guys to watch are An American Tail (1986), The Land Before Time (1988), The Secret of NIMH (1982), Osmosis Jones (2001), Finding Nemo (2003), and even another animated MARVEL film, Hulk vs. (2009). These would all be great choices for you guys to check out as the fit in that criteria of animated films perfect for everyone in the family young and old, or even something more in the lines of older audiences.
Anyway. Just little suggestions I’d thought I’d throw out. I’m just so happy that there will be more and more animated content on this channel as an animation and art enthusiast myself. Especially with your new baby! I think Spider-Verse was a great kick-off to start out on! And I’m excited to see more and more of this art from as time goes on. Love you’re reaction, and I hope to see more soon!
P.S. the voice of the general is John Mahoney who played Martin Crane from Frasier! Also, the creator of Red Ryder got his first job at Disney as an animator and worked there throughout the 1920s
"I am Groot" - The Iron Giant
If you didn't know, Vin Diesel voiced the character of The Iron Giant. I love this movie. I recall seeing it in theaters back in '99
After all these years this film still makes me cry. 😭
The Iron Giant was based off of the book by Ted Hugh's called The Iron Man. The Who's Pete Townshend acquired the rights to the story, and wrote a musical based off of the source material. They were going to make a stage musical of it, but when it didn't happen, the were going to make a stop-motion style movie of the original story. Warners Bros. then acquired the rights and decided to update the story with a new setting. Pete Townshend received executive producer credits on this movie. They did make a music video of Pete Townshend's "A Friend is a Friend " which shows what the movie could have looked like if it was stop-motion.
I love Ready Player One so I'm excited for that future reaction
Person of Interest is a long commitment but I'm sure you guys would love it. It was created by one of the Nolan brothers. I believe the idea came up during The Dark kninght when Batman used the surveilance sytem and Lucious later destroyed it because of the moral implications. POI is basically Batman and Lucious using the surveilance sytem to save people. The show started before Snowden released the PRISM info, I believe that happened during S02 or 3 and is addressed in the show. It came ahead of it's time and predicted a lot of what happened since 2001. If not for the channel, I think you should watch it on your own time. I think, Jen will like it.
Damnit, I cry every time at the sacrifice of the Giant. It doesn't matter that he survived, it still counts because he didn't know.
That halfed ass oh dear was too funny 😂
"I GOT SQUIRRELS IN MY PANTS!"
the phinies and ferb song is so awesome
My favorite animated movie of all time and the one movie that will NEVER fail to make me cry
Also have to take note, many kids back then were more mature when they were younger having more life experience doing things without their faces stuck to phones etc.
There's a director's cut that has an extra scene, hinting at the Giant's true purpose, it's dreams. The signal crosses with Dean's tv antenna and he wakes up to see the end of it. It's really dark.
I like how Shooter McGavin is the voice of Kent and does the same "Oh my God" bit from Happy Gilmore.
Damn, haven't seen this since I was a kid watching this on I believe VHS. Such a classic
If Jenn hasn't watched it yet, you should show her "My Cousin Vinny". Just to see her reaction to the Deer scene LOL
one of the funniest films
@@whodatninja439 Agreed
im sure someone already explained it in the comments but just in case, Brad bird was actually inspired to make this movie with the premise "What if a gun had a soul? Would it choose to kill?" after his sister was tragically murdered.
Still one of my favorite animated movies.
Nice Coffezilla easter egg, Holden.
I freaking love The Iron Giant considering it was the first role for Vin Diesel as the Iron Giant.
Please watch Treasure Planet!
Never expected Jen to jump to such an a conclusion that Hogarth‘s mom was getting it on with Mr. FBI. That’s usually something she accuses her husband of..
Iron Giant: “I am not a gun.”
Ready player one: “lol big robot is gun.”
My fav growing up. Can’t wait for y’all to react.
I've seen this movie so many times and I still cried at the end 😅
Christopher Mcdonald voiced Kent Mansley in Iron Giant and played Shooter McGavin in Happy Gilmore and the only reason I noticed this was when he says "oh my GOD!" the way he does when the giant takes a bite out of his car and when Shooter McGavin sees Happy's ex boss.
When I eventually have kids, if I have a son I’m going to name him Hogarth because of this movie. I absolutely love it and I’m glad you made a video about it.
This was the old theatrical release and not the extended cut where they do show a glimpse of what the iron giant was and where he came from. He came from a planet that sends these robots to other planets to destroy them
Fun Fact, Iron Giant is voiced by Vin Diesel, Brad Bird also directed Mission Impossible Ghost Protocol which you guys watched recently
I'm pretty sure the kids falling from the rooftop and being saved by the "red weapon" is a homage to a similar scene in Norman Jewison movie, "The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming".
Brad Bird was in part inspired to make this film as a memorial to his sister, who was shot and killed by of her estranged husband. His pitch was "What if a gun had a soul and didn't want to be a gun?"
Anyone else remember when Cartoon Network would pick a day to play this movie on repeat the whole day? I would sit and watch it over and over