Shipwrecked on a forested island, a robot learns to talk to the animals.
Although Dreamworks's THE WILD ROBOT, on Netflix, was well-received by
critics and audiences, it didn't quite rise above my cloy threshold.
(It's no IRON GIANT.) However, it's been a while since I've watched >state-of-the-art animation, and I was transfixed. Recommended.
In article <100tvov$15j0g$2@dont-email.me>,
moviePig <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote:
Shipwrecked on a forested island, a robot learns to talk to the animals.
Although Dreamworks's THE WILD ROBOT, on Netflix, was well-received by
critics and audiences, it didn't quite rise above my cloy threshold.
(It's no IRON GIANT.) However, it's been a while since I've watched
state-of-the-art animation, and I was transfixed. Recommended.
It kind of jumped the shark for me when the animals pledged to stop
eating each other and started building fires.
Shipwrecked on a forested island, a robot learns to talk to the
animals. Although Dreamworks's THE WILD ROBOT, on Netflix, was well-received by critics and audiences, it didn't quite rise above my
cloy threshold. (It's no IRON GIANT.) However, it's been a while since
I've watched state-of-the-art animation, and I was transfixed.
Recommended.
On 2025-05-25 02:37:18 +0000, moviePig said:
Shipwrecked on a forested island, a robot learns to talk to the
animals.  Although Dreamworks's THE WILD ROBOT, on Netflix, was well-
received by critics and audiences, it didn't quite rise above my cloy
threshold. (It's no IRON GIANT.)Â However, it's been a while since
I've watched state-of-the-art animation, and I was transfixed.
Recommended.
It was okay, but not great. The storyline was simply too 'blah' to be particularly interesting.
On 5/25/2025 1:29 AM, Your Name wrote:
On 2025-05-25 02:37:18 +0000, moviePig said:
Shipwrecked on a forested island, a robot learns to talk to the
animals. Although Dreamworks's THE WILD ROBOT, on Netflix, was
well-received by critics and audiences, it didn't quite rise above my
cloy threshold. (It's no IRON GIANT.) However, it's been a while since
I've watched state-of-the-art animation, and I was transfixed.
Recommended.
It was okay, but not great. The storyline was simply too 'blah' to be
particularly interesting.
Being based on a kids' book probably allowed little story leeway.
2025-05-25 15:31:42 +0000, moviePig said:
5/25/2025 1:29 AM, Your Name wrote:
2025-05-25 02:37:18 +0000, moviePig said:
Shipwrecked on a forested island, a robot learns to talk to the >>>>animals. Although Dreamworks's THE WILD ROBOT, on Netflix, was >>>>well-received by critics and audiences, it didn't quite rise above my >>>>cloy threshold. (It's no IRON GIANT.) However, it's been a while since >>>>I've watched state-of-the-art animation, and I was transfixed. >>>>Recommended.
It was okay, but not great. The storyline was simply too 'blah' to be >>>particularly interesting.
Being based on a kids' book probably allowed little story leeway.
When has Hollyweird EVER stuck to the original material? :-p
It kind of jumped the shark for me when the animals pledged to stop
eating each other
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