#The Wild Robot is such a phenomenal movie

[theonewiththeideas]

The idea that Test Drive from the HTTYD (2010) soundtrack captures the feeling of riding on dragonback seems to be a pretty common sentiment among fans (myself included), but I think I Could Use A Boost from The Wild Robot (2024) also gets pretty damn close to that feeling

It has that same bombastic, larger-than-life energy that only orchestral music can convey, with the slow, expectant buildup and rush of energy that almost seems to sweep you up and carry you with it. You're along for the ride as you listen, and you have no choice but to take it all in

[ohhalefire]

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[shadelorde]

that was the best fucking movie I’ve seen in several years.

[ramblingguy54]

The greatest strength of Wild Robot is in its dialogue. Every line lovingly made to shatter your heart, or profoundly touch it.

Good lord, the tears started flowing out of me in theaters when I heard, "I'd say you shine like new.".

Imagine the amount of joy Roz must've been feeling in this moment to receive such high regard from another of Brightbill's own species, when the majority feared and despised her.

THE WILD ROBOT, dir. Chris Sanders

[mengjue]

In addition to just being a phenomenal movie, I think one of the things that made Wild Robot even more special was how refreshing it felt seeing a beautiful, original animated movie done well in this age of remakes and sequels. Like yeah, it’s based on a book, but it’s a lovingly made original adaptation of that book that’s not part of a huge franchise, and yet everyone still put so much time and beauty into it and it shows.

Like, right before the movie started in the cinema there was a preview for that Mufasa and Scar prequel Disney’s shoving out, with all the usual bland cgi with no art style and clear cash grabbing of a hit movie from decades ago, and the dichotomy was just so prevalent. Wild Robot has a unique art style, and beautiful songs not just by current megastars, and a great new story told well. It’s just all a refreshing rarity in amongst Disney’s endless reboots, and I loved it.

[sarcastic-ai]

CAN'T WAIT FOR THE WILD ROBOT MOVIE! The painterly style looks phenomenal. Such an organic contrast to a non-organic protagonist. Rozz looks amazing, I love her design, and I can't wait to see her in action.

I haven't read the source it's based on, but I'm thrilled to see another children's novel adapted to the screen. AND here's hoping we get a solid revival of robots in media after this!

[iholli]

The Wild Robot is such a beautiful movie all around, but I'm especially enamoured with how it handles death. I wasn't at all expecting it to mention injury and death, much less having it reoccur even as a casual thing, and I honestly love how it worked.

Nature is harsh and that reality is normal for wild creatures and the movie does not shy away from that at all. DreamWorks is doing phenomenal work lately tackling hard, realistic topics.

[astridhoff03]

Can’t wait to finally experience the wild robot in Cinema!

But in my country it will earn on October the 3th, so I have to wait a bit longer. I am so excited because everyone says this is the best DreamWorks movie ever made and also the box office counting had begun. I‘ve heard it’s a tragic dark story but with friendliness and love to it, that warms everyone’s hearts.

At the same time it’s also very sad that this is the last in house DreamWorks movie that will be produced. The end of an Era, indeed. I am very sad because of this because DreamWorks was since I was a little girl my favorite studio. Hell they produced my favorite trilogies like httyd, KFP and Madagascar and many other phenomenal movies like puss in boots: the last wish, Rise of the Guardians, Spirit, Shrek, the prince of Egypt and many more. And really let me Love the medium of Animation.

[artist-issues]

What other movies has chris sanders done? (Also- watched Wild Robot. It was phenomenal)

If I have my timeline right, he worked in some capacity on each Disney movie during and after "The Rescuers Down Under." I know he made big contributions to Beauty & the Beast, The Lion King, and Mulan...but his big one, the one he came up with and wrote and directed and did the storyboarding and voices for, was Lilo & Stitch.

I know he left Disney because he was working on Bolt, directing it, and it was too zany and out of pocket and they wanted to go a different direction, so they gave the project to Byron Howard (who also did Tangled, Zootopia...he's great too.) So then Chris Sanders left Disney

AND WENT TO DREAMWORKS, where he directed How to Train Your Dragon (the first and best one) and then The Croods, and now The Wild Robot.

I'm told he also directed Disney's CGI-Live-Action adaptation of The Call of the Wild on Disney+ here recently, but I never watched that because I don't think Chris Sanders' storytelling style lends itself to such a savage story and the "weird mirage of maturity" people expect to come with "Live Action." So I was afraid watching it would taint my love for The Call of the Wild, AND force me to watch Chris Sanders bent out of his natural habitat.

But maybe it's good, and I'm wrong, I haven't heard much about it.

Then he did The Wild Robot!

I don't know if that is a good official list—you can also check out his IMDB page—but to my knowledge he doesn't really miss.

I mean. To give you an idea.

If Lilo & Stitch isn't impressive enough for you? Please consider that the scenes Chris Sanders came up with were "Simba meets Mufasa's ghost" and "The Beast dies" and "Mulan jumps across the fence posts instead of walking on the bridge because she always has her own creative way of doing things."

And he conceptualized Timon like this:

which has nothing to do with anything but like. look at him.

If people considered animation directors with as much mainstream limelight as they do live-action films, Chris Sanders' body of work would place him next to like, James Cameron, Stephen Spielberg, those sorts of guys. But as it is he's just the cackling genius behind a huge and memorable chunk of our childhoods and nobody knows it.

[veggieowlet]

went out to see the wild robot yesterday. i'm not exaggerating in the slightest in saying that was easily the best animated film of the year. it was fantastic and in the hopes of keeping it as spoiler-free as possible i specifically want to encourage those that are in need of a found family dynamic between a robot and her baby gosling and their ride-or-die fox caregiver. its about trying to learn to figure life out in your own way and to be loved in your uniqueness. its about motherhood. its about a forest sticking together through the hardest of times.. its about sacrifice. its about love.

please please PLEASE give this movie a chance i promise it won't disappoint. beautiful soundtrack, stellar animation that i couldn't help but fall in love with, a bittersweet story, and a phenomenal voice cast that'll make you laugh and leave you in tears. i am so fixated on this movie already i can't wait for the content and discussions to come.

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[indigo-flowers09]

how did the wild robot go

OH MY GOD

i came in expecting “robot fox and bird found family in a forest” and i GOT “robot fox and bird found family in a forest” but SO MUCH BETTER????

all the spoilers every spoiler

yknow stories that are like “how am i supposed to live after that?” like Undertale Yellow or Brokeback mountain? yeah this is the opposite of that. and that’s exactly what i needed after being hyperfixating on uty for months.

some random thoughts i have are:

HRNRTHHFHFJFJGHTH. AUGH. WHAT DO I EVEN SAY…

i was crying since before the middle of the movie. and i didn’t sob at the ending. it was so good, the strong hard parts made me really cry but it kept getting hopeful again. i just.

I felt so seen by so much of that movie. I’m autistic, raised in a quite dysfunctional family and always depending on escaping with fantasy like undertale and fnaf, so i never had any real friends until 6th grade. Watching Brightbill (a runt) being raised by Roz and Fink (two already outcast members of the island with no friends) all because of their own flaws and accidents made me feel so… real. seen. I’ve never felt so represented. a dysfunctional, loving family, built on mistakes and trying to fit in and fulfill their purpose. trying to find the people they belong with.

Similarly but not exactly the same, the found family aspect. Again, as functional as they can be for a runt goose, a manipulative fox and a hunk of metal. but they were all stuck in a place where they can only try their best and take care of each other. that’s literally me and my friends bro. it’s like finding someone so different that you completely click with after a while. you get to watch everyone change and grow with each other.

one of my favorites things was the titular Wild Robot, Roz. GODDDD WHERE DO I START….

Roz showed up somewhere new, not knowing how anything worked, and just followed how she was programmed. She was feared, hated for just doing what she knew. Eventually she sat and waited and watched and learned what she could. When she woke back up, everyone still hated her. She did her best, she could now communicate, but it led her into a bad spot in which she did what she always knew and ended up, with a little help from others in a similar spot, finding those who loved her. In the end, learning how to connect and helping them do what they needed to led her to connecting with others, and being accepted for being kind by those who were not.

now replace Roz with Indigo and read that again, maybe don’t read it as literally but like. THAT WAS JUST MY ENTIRE MIDDLE SCHOOL EXPERIENCE???? HELLO????

Roz is literally me… autism…….

one last thing because GOD THIS MOVIE IS SO FANTASTIC THERES SO MANY THINGS I CANT EVEN THINK OF EVERYTHING I LOVE ABOUT THIS MOVIEEEEE

the art and music. dear god. this movie is so fucking good at being a movie. the art, environment, composition, EVERYTHING IN THIS MOVIE IS ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS. it’s stunning, every single shot i just wanted to dig my teeth into, it’s such a beautiful movie.

the framing and pacing and music and colors and emotion throughout the entire movie is just phenomenal. everything is just so fucking good.

i wish i could say more but i’d need to rewatch it. i just can’t think about it right now i need to let it soak into my autism sponge brain. expect Axis, Guardener and Roz drawings tonight.

[keplerspacecraftofficial]

watched the wild robot because i absolutely loved the book as a kid. aesthetics were phenomenal. how do i explain that movie roz is functionally a jesus analogy

[kodithew]

I had the pleasure and privilege to watch the wild robot early and, can I just say how LOVELY it is to have two fantastic family movies;

(transformers one was really really good, I watched that last saturday)

come out practically back to back?

It was phenomenal, the acting and writing were great, the animation and set design was superb, and it's message was beautiful. Some real nice tear jerking moments and omg humour? In a FAMILY movie??? Unheard of.

When it comes out, watch the wild robot. It is worth it. I had some very minor gripes about pacing but it's a blast.

Thanks to cinemagic for letting loads of lovely people watch this for its 35th anniversary!

[rockheart2002]

I just watched The Wild Robot and holy crap, it is a phenomenal movie! I loved every second of it! And the art style is beautiful! I cried three separate times!

If anyone has been thinking about seeing it and just haven't got around to, I promise you it is well worth it, please check it out!

[moviewarfare]

A “QUICK!” Review of "The Wild Robot (2024)"

This is easily the best-animated movie of 2024.

The story and message are incredibly heartfelt and wonderfully done. The theme of family, communities coming together and accepting being different have been done hundreds of times before but The Wild Robot still executes this in such a masterful way that it will still be incredibly touching.

The animation and art style are beautiful with many stunning shots. It is hard to believe that this film had a $78 million budget, especially when compared to the $200 million budget of Inside Out 2. Every voice actor does a phenomenal job as well and it doesn't feel phoned in.

This is a must-watch film and I hope Dreamwork continues to give more of this and less of Kung Fu Panda 4.

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[a-treatise-on-velociraptors]

The Wild Robot was okay? It was like 3 different movies fighting for screentime but one of those movies was phenomenal and the others were like. Fine i guess?

The animation was lovely throughout, I give that a 10/10.

The first 1/3-1/2 or so felt like a really good short film. Everything up to the geese leaving was really, really good.

Then the rest of it felt like it was desperately trying to maintain that momentum while getting more and more lost in the red tape of a studio writing room. There's a beautiful story in there somewhere, and it got to shine in that first portion but it spent the last part of the movie actively getting choked to death by Being A Mainstream Children's Movie Made By A Studio Board.

(What was up with the bootleg glados who only got a minute of screentime???? It really felt like they should have saved her for a sequel--maybe if she'd had more time to settle in as a threat then the shoehorned-in "we'll always come back" bit would have felt more earned.)

5/10 overall. If it were edited down to be a short film that ends with the goose migration and cuts out some of the filler it'd be like a 9/10