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Astro Boy (2009)
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Feb 17, 2010 11:43am Matt Adcock said:
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No it’s Astro Boy!! But wait, is that a couple of machines guns sticking out of his butt?
The film works thanks largely to its dazzling graphics and loving nod the character’s Japanese Manga roots.
Good fun!!
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Nov 3, 2009 8:35pm Eileen said:
I was a bit skeptical going in to see this movie. This movie is an origin movie. I have been an Astroboy fan since I was a kid (the original black and white ones in the sixties) This movie stays true to Astroboy, the animation is great and the story...
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Nov 2, 2009 4:19pm Bruce Pierson said:
Red is bad, Blue is good. Revolutionary Communist robots (complete with clenched pig-iron upraised fist logo!) are basically harmless and only want the best for everyone. Evil pro-military politician bad guy, evil capitalist bad guy.
Pure propaganda.
- Genre: Animation, Family, Action/Adventure
- Running Time: 94 min.
- MPAA Rating: PG
- Director: David Bowers
- Writer: Timothy Harris, Osamu Tezuka, David Bowers
- Cast: Freddie Highmore, Kristen Bell, Charlize Theron, Donald Sutherland, Nicholas Cage, Bill Nighy, Matt Lucas, Samuel L. Jackson, Nathan Lane
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