Robots (Widescreen Edition)
starring: Halle Berry, Lucille Bliss, Terry Bradshaw, Jim Broadbent, Lara Cody
directed by: Chris Wedge
directed by: Chris Wedge
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EVEN IN A WORLD POPULATED ENTIRELY BY MECHANICAL BEINGS, RODNEY IS CONSIDERED A GENIUS INVENTORY. HE DREAMS OF 2 THINGS, MAKING THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE & MEETING HIS IDOL, MASTER INVENTORY BIGWELD.
Amazon.com:
The delightful designs of William Joyce (writer/illustrator of such popular children's books as George Shrinks and Bently & Egg) make Robots a joy to behold. The round, bouncy, and ramshackle forms of hero Rodney Copperbottom and his computer-animated friends are part of an ornate and daffy
Rube-Goldberg universe of elaborate contraptions and gleaming metallic surfaces.Rodney (voiced with a hint-of-Scottish lilt by Ewan McGregor) is a young inventor who sets off for Robot City to work for Big Weld (Mel Brooks), the supreme inventor of the mechanical world.But upon his arrival, Rodney discovers that Big Weld has disappeared, and the slick, shiny Ratchet (Greg Kinnear, As Good As It Gets) is phasing out the spare parts that lumpen robots need to function and replacing them with "upgrades"--expensive and glistening new exoskeletons. Unfortunately, from this suitable beginning, the story degenerates into a series of action sequences that make very little sense, though some are kinetic and fun (though others are only there to serve the inevitable Robots video game). Most kids will enjoy the sheer visual pleasure of the movie, but compared to the narrative richness of Pixar movies like The Incrediblesand Toy Story, that pleasure is pretty short-lived. Also featuring the voices of Robin Williams, Halle Berry, Jim Broadbent, Amanda Bynes, Jennifer Coolidge, and many, many more. --Bret Fetzer
DVD Features
Jennifer Coolidge returns as the voice of Aunt Fanny in a mildly amusing new short, "Aunt Fanny's Tour of Booty," which allows her to again be the butt of the joke.Fans of the characters will enjoy both a 17-minute discussion of the robots' creation as well as profiles of 11 of the bots, including early, almost unrecognizable conceptual sketches and brief interviews with the voice cast.The original short is fairly dull, and of the three deleted scenes, the most finished is an extended version of Rodney's initial meeting with Tim at the gate.One other is in sketch form only but does preserve another performance by Robin Williams.The kids' games are pretty good.There's a dancing robot that will perform eight routines on command or in random order.A memory game has a bit of replay value, and the build-a-bot segment takes some thought and investigation.The Xbox demo is a nifty little diversion that transforms one element (the transport-pod race) of the full-length, single-player Xbox game into a frenetic one- to four-player free-for-all.
In their commentary track, director Chris Wedge and producer-inspiration William Joyce have to remind each other to stop patting themselves on the back, but it is interesting to hear them talk about old games such as Mousetrap that played a part in developing the film.(Wedge's frequent references to a possible "director's cut" might not seem like a joke to DVD buyers who have gotten tired of DVD rereleases.)The commentary track by the Blue Sky technical team might be better, offering insights into the characters and the creation of the film without lapsing into too much techie-speak.--David Horiuchi
Stills from Robots (click for larger image)
The World of Robots
EVEN IN A WORLD POPULATED ENTIRELY BY MECHANICAL BEINGS, RODNEY IS CONSIDERED A GENIUS INVENTORY. HE DREAMS OF 2 THINGS, MAKING THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE & MEETING HIS IDOL, MASTER INVENTORY BIGWELD.
Amazon.com:
The delightful designs of William Joyce (writer/illustrator of such popular children's books as George Shrinks and Bently & Egg) make Robots a joy to behold. The round, bouncy, and ramshackle forms of hero Rodney Copperbottom and his computer-animated friends are part of an ornate and daffy
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DVD Features
Jennifer Coolidge returns as the voice of Aunt Fanny in a mildly amusing new short, "Aunt Fanny's Tour of Booty," which allows her to again be the butt of the joke.Fans of the characters will enjoy both a 17-minute discussion of the robots' creation as well as profiles of 11 of the bots, including early, almost unrecognizable conceptual sketches and brief interviews with the voice cast.The original short is fairly dull, and of the three deleted scenes, the most finished is an extended version of Rodney's initial meeting with Tim at the gate.One other is in sketch form only but does preserve another performance by Robin Williams.The kids' games are pretty good.There's a dancing robot that will perform eight routines on command or in random order.A memory game has a bit of replay value, and the build-a-bot segment takes some thought and investigation.The Xbox demo is a nifty little diversion that transforms one element (the transport-pod race) of the full-length, single-player Xbox game into a frenetic one- to four-player free-for-all.
In their commentary track, director Chris Wedge and producer-inspiration William Joyce have to remind each other to stop patting themselves on the back, but it is interesting to hear them talk about old games such as Mousetrap that played a part in developing the film.(Wedge's frequent references to a possible "director's cut" might not seem like a joke to DVD buyers who have gotten tired of DVD rereleases.)The commentary track by the Blue Sky technical team might be better, offering insights into the characters and the creation of the film without lapsing into too much techie-speak.--David Horiuchi
Stills from Robots (click for larger image)
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- Hit with the kids
My kids (3 and 1) love this movie.Its a movie I do not mind watching over again either.We live in Chicago and took a train into the city and told my son we were going to "Robot City".He loved it.I would put this one on your DVD list.
Rating: - massenaUK
Wonderful service! Fast delivery, UMD in perfect standing!!! Congratulations for your professionalism! Surely I shall deal with you again!
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- A bag of gags held together with a skinny string of a story
This movie is visually beautiful and it's obvious that the designers and modelers and programmers did a lot of great work and the voice actors were rather good too.I was impressed by the first few minutes, but when Fender and Copperbottom got to the big city and the movie had many minutes to waste on them being bounced around the town like pinballs I realized that there likely wasn't much of a story to advance, so they had to waste a lot of time doing gags.When a flatulance joke goes on and on ... Read More
Rating: - Robots
The DVD arrived in a timely fashion and in very good condition. Kudos to the seller!
Rating: - robots
i was very happy i got a good price for this movie! The movie is funny, my young boys like it.
- Hit with the kidsMy kids (3 and 1) love this movie.Its a movie I do not mind watching over again either.We live in Chicago and took a train into the city and told my son we were going to "Robot City".He loved it.I would put this one on your DVD list.
- massenaUKWonderful service! Fast delivery, UMD in perfect standing!!! Congratulations for your professionalism! Surely I shall deal with you again!
- A bag of gags held together with a skinny string of a storyThis movie is visually beautiful and it's obvious that the designers and modelers and programmers did a lot of great work and the voice actors were rather good too.I was impressed by the first few minutes, but when Fender and Copperbottom got to the big city and the movie had many minutes to waste on them being bounced around the town like pinballs I realized that there likely wasn't much of a story to advance, so they had to waste a lot of time doing gags.When a flatulance joke goes on and on ... Read More
- RobotsThe DVD arrived in a timely fashion and in very good condition. Kudos to the seller!
- robotsi was very happy i got a good price for this movie! The movie is funny, my young boys like it.
