Touches You

An Exercise In Nonsense

Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

Watching it is like watching the spectacle of a class clown at their best: you laugh at their jokes, instigate their defiance, and "ooooh" when they get in trouble.

This movie changed my life, I see the world in whole different way now. This movie was great. It was an absolute masterpiece, it gave me a reason to live again.

I didn't watch cartoon of this series, Cartoon version looks like for small kids but the movie is really great.Story was amazing , From the beginning to the end. I won't miss any minute~I feel sorry that i didn't watch it in cinema. I never know this is a great movie until i watched it. Do not judge a movie from the previous cartoon series. I don't know this movie is difference from cartoon or not but it was awesome to me. Astro boy have a kind heart by himself even he is a human or or not. This movie show me that is not important.If They made another movie I will be there for sure !

*Possible Spoilers* With its emphasis on recyclable cuteness, reusable cleverness, and regenerated CG wizardry, I would never go so far as to say that I hated Astro Boy - But, then again, I could never, ever say that I loved it, either.If you were to actually take the time to watch the original, 2-D Astro Boy cartoons from the mid-1960s, I'm sure, like myself, that you'd most likely find them to be much more entertaining and, yes, even more thoughtful then this senseless rehashing of the tale of a wide-eyed, pointy-haired, robot boy who (under the surface of his apparent innocence) was essentially a lethal, all-powerful, one-man, destructo-machine that was not to be challenged or provoked into action.It really made no sense to me why, after the real Toby Tenma was killed (due partly to his dad's own inability to protect him), Toby's father, the master scientist, Dr. Tenma, in wanting to re-create his now-dead son, decided to add all of the elaborately designed, over-the-top weaponry, and such, to this pint-sized, mechanical boy.And, after Dr. Tenma got his beloved boy back (thanks to Blue Core radiation), he then wastes no time in rejecting this fabulous creation of his as though it were nothing but a piece of disposable trash.Amongst all of the many explosions and scenes of mass destruction that took place in this pretentiously innocent, little movie it, pretty much, contained every robot/superhero movie-cliché in the book, and then some.On top of that, I found Astro Boy's story borrowed heavily from the basic themes of other films such as - Wall-E, The Iron Giant, David & Goliath, Peter Pan, Frankenstein, Transformers, and The Incredibles - to name but a few.And, so, when you take all of this apparent lifting of ideas into consideration, there was virtually nothing new or original to be found in the entirety of Astro Boy's recycled and predictable story.This film reached the absolute nadir of its intended humor when, in the middle of battle, Astro Boy bent over, forwards, only to find, to his astonishment (and my puzzlement) two miniature-sized, retracting machine guns projecting from out of his butt.Ho-Hum! Like, give me a break, already! Was Toby's crackpot, scientist father really that much of a major moron as to make his replicated son's butt cheeks lethal weapons? I mean, that, to me, was just so unfunny and moronic that it managed to reduce Astro Boy to the level of being nothing but a big cannon for stupid fart jokes.And, finally - I found it really irksome that the pointy-ness of Astro Boy's hair kept changing sides on his head whenever he appeared in another scene.

Honestly, I didn't actually watch the famous anime series, but I understand that the franchise was pretty popular alongside the likes of Pokemon and Dragonball. When this movie came out, I was surprised because Astro Boy hasn't been talked about that much in recent times, so I checked it out and found myself entertained.Plot: When a weapons test accidentally kills his son Toby, Dr. Bill Tenma (Nicolas Cage), with the help of fellow scientist Professor Elefun (Bill Nighy), builds a robotic copy with advanced weaponry later named Astro. After soon being rejected by his father and chased by an ego maniacal, war-mongering president who desires his power source, Astro runs away from the floating Metro City and makes new friends on the surface, but he'll soon realize that he can't run away from his destiny as Earth's new robotic hero.This movie delivers cool action scenes, good story, and nice graphics. The voice cast is great, from Nicolas Cage to Bill Nighy to even Nathan Lane from "Lion King." My only problems are a few lame jokes and some minor characters that are rather pointless.Overall, this film is nicely done with very few things things to nitpick. It's at least worth a watch. Onward and upward!