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The Wild Robot
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Director: Chris Sanders
Writers: Chris Sanders, Peter Brown
Producer: Dean DeBlois
Studio: Dreamworks
Movie Style: Animated
Cast: Lupita Nyongo’o (Wild Robot/Roz), Kit Conner (Brightbill), Padro Pascal (Fink), Bill Nighy (Long Neck), Ving Rhames (Thunderbolt), Stephanie Hsu (Vontra), Mark Hamill (Thorn), Catherine O’Hara (Pinktail)
Plot:
Roz, an intelligent robot, crashes and lands on an uninhabited island. She bonds with the animals by learning their habits and how to speak with them. Roz accidentally kills a gosling’s family and strives to care for the orphaned baby goose. The animals and Roz band together to save the island when robots attack the island trying to bring Roz back to their headquarters.
The animation was nicely rendered. The colors and landscapes were vivid and beautiful, enough to keep one’s attention. The animal character development was great. The animators went into detail to add the animal’s characteristics while giving them plenty of personality.
The story acknowledges that not everyone in a family is the same. Every family member is their individual, with their quirks and all. This theme of “acceptance” threaded through the story into accepting others for who they are. It also touches on accepting people for who they are. Roz first appears as a “monster” to the animals. They realized she had much to offer and teach as they grew to know Roz. The adage: “Don’t judge a book by its cover”. Learning to love and accept one another is very prevalent in the story.
Despite their fear of each other and Roz, the animals learned to overcome their obstacles and worked together to save the island and themselves.
The character Brightbill is an example of knowing one’s “shortcomings” and persevering through them. He learned being a “runt” shouldn’t get in the way of being your best.
I rank this modern classic high on the list with Iron Giant and any of Disney’s early films.
Writers: Chris Sanders, Peter Brown
Producer: Dean DeBlois
Studio: Dreamworks
Movie Style: Animated
Cast: Lupita Nyongo’o (Wild Robot/Roz), Kit Conner (Brightbill), Padro Pascal (Fink), Bill Nighy (Long Neck), Ving Rhames (Thunderbolt), Stephanie Hsu (Vontra), Mark Hamill (Thorn), Catherine O’Hara (Pinktail)
Plot:
Roz, an intelligent robot, crashes and lands on an uninhabited island. She bonds with the animals by learning their habits and how to speak with them. Roz accidentally kills a gosling’s family and strives to care for the orphaned baby goose. The animals and Roz band together to save the island when robots attack the island trying to bring Roz back to their headquarters.
The animation was nicely rendered. The colors and landscapes were vivid and beautiful, enough to keep one’s attention. The animal character development was great. The animators went into detail to add the animal’s characteristics while giving them plenty of personality.
The story acknowledges that not everyone in a family is the same. Every family member is their individual, with their quirks and all. This theme of “acceptance” threaded through the story into accepting others for who they are. It also touches on accepting people for who they are. Roz first appears as a “monster” to the animals. They realized she had much to offer and teach as they grew to know Roz. The adage: “Don’t judge a book by its cover”. Learning to love and accept one another is very prevalent in the story.
Despite their fear of each other and Roz, the animals learned to overcome their obstacles and worked together to save the island and themselves.
The character Brightbill is an example of knowing one’s “shortcomings” and persevering through them. He learned being a “runt” shouldn’t get in the way of being your best.
I rank this modern classic high on the list with Iron Giant and any of Disney’s early films.
Trivia
- The Robot's name is "Rozzum", shortened to "Rozz". The author of the book the movie is based on, Peter Brown, has written that this is a nod to the 1920 science fiction stage play "Rossum's Universal Robots", written by Czech writer Karel Capek. Capek and his brother Josef Capek introduced the word "robot" into the English language (and into science fiction). The word is drawn from the Slavic root, "robot", meaning "labor". The play was also the first use of the word to denote a mechanical humanoid.
- The main processor the robots use is designated Alpha - 113. A reference to the room, A113, at the California Institute of the Arts used by graphic design and character animation students.
* Trivia from IMDB:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt29623480/trivia/?ref_=tt_dyk_trv
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