Astro Boy and Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs

[kybearfuzz]

I've been to the movies a few times over the last few days. On Saturday, I decided to catch a matinee of Astro Boy. When the head of robotics of the floating Metro City loses his son, he decides to create a robot version complete with weapons and rockets. The robot searches for his place in the world and picks up the name "Astro" along the way. I was never a big fan of the Japanese cartoon or the anime comic, but I really liked the movie. It has a great story and is full of action. My only beef with the movie is casting Nicholas Cage as Dr. Tenma. Cage's voice is flat and emotionless most of the time, much like his usual acting in person.

Yesterday, I watched a matinee of Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs. I'd been meaning to see this one for some time. When genius inventor and often screw-up Flint invents a machine to convert water into food, he becomes a town star and savior of his town until the machine starts to malfunction and the food gets a bit bigger than most folks can eat. The animation is very fun and the story is extremely original. I do like how they put little sight gags in the movie.

One of the best parts is what I will call "cartoon hotness" in regards to some of the characters, particularly Flint's (the inventor's) dad Tim, who is a complete technophobe. The designers really captured the blue-collar working man, complete with big bushy mustache.


I highly recommend both movies!

Comments

[barak.livejournal.com]

Anytime Nicholas Cage is cast in a movie these days, I know its going to pretty much suck. That's one reason why I've been waiting on going to see Astro Boy.

And I'd forgotten Cloudy was out... I'll have to add both to my Netflix!