we should have a thread where we talk about the movie ROBOTS

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It was pretty good! It had the absolute most appropriately placed Tom Waits song of any movie ever, if just that.

― nza, away game, Friday, 11 March 2005 20:59 (twenty-one years ago)

Poor Greg Kinnear. Will he ever be cast NOT in that role?

― nza, away game, Friday, 11 March 2005 21:00 (twenty-one years ago)

What, the role of the douchebag?

― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Friday, 11 March 2005 21:00 (twenty-one years ago)

However, I'm kinda getting tired of animated blockbusters with these "omg be yourself, follow your dreams!" themes.

xpost DING DING DING DING

― nza, away game, Friday, 11 March 2005 21:01 (twenty-one years ago)

Kinnear was pretty amazing in that biopic about the Hogan's Hero guy, Autofocus.

― Shakey Mo Collier, Friday, 11 March 2005 21:02 (twenty-one years ago)

how suitable would this film be for a three-yr-old who has never sat through a real movie in a theater? specifically, are there many explosions, guns, or scaryish monsters? there's a theater near my place that has a "kids/parents only" mid-day show where they just dim the lights a bit so kids can run around (and make noise) when their attention span runs out.

― tobo (tobo), Friday, 11 March 2005 21:05 (twenty-one years ago)

It is eye-candylicious enough that it will probably appeal to teh wee ones. I think too many of the gags were aimed at adults, but whatever. There was this one fart joke that was pretty wicked funny.

― nza vs. the evil sweeper, Friday, 11 March 2005 21:10 (twenty-one years ago)

tobo! what the fuck - how's the wee one? is he in a spacerock band yet?

― Shakey Mo Collier, Friday, 11 March 2005 21:14 (twenty-one years ago)

not in a spacerock band yet. in fact, a couple of days ago he made me turn off some early Lilys album (sort of spacerock, I guess) in favor of "Free to Be You and Me." Not a good sign, but I must say it's one of the more palatable kids albums that I know of. Going to a loud movie theater will be an experiment, to be sure.

― tobo (tobo), Friday, 11 March 2005 21:17 (twenty-one years ago)

I rocked "Free to be You and Me" all the time as a kid - the wee bairn's got good taste!

It's all right to cry, you know.

― Shakey Mo Collier, Friday, 11 March 2005 21:21 (twenty-one years ago)

I can't imagine this movie being any good, I just loathe robin williams so.

― teeny (teeny), Friday, 11 March 2005 21:34 (twenty-one years ago)

yeah me too. GET A NEW ROUTINE PLEASE.

― Shakey Mo Collier, Friday, 11 March 2005 21:36 (twenty-one years ago)

Robin Williams DOES suck a bloated goatnut alright, but apparently not enough to bring the movie down. His character's only truly funny scenes are the only scenes in which he doesn't say anything.

― NZA CRUSH GARP, Friday, 11 March 2005 21:39 (twenty-one years ago)

I wish they had let Paul Giamatti do that character instead of Tim the robot at the gate to Bigweld Industries. What a waste of a voice.

― nza, Friday, 11 March 2005 21:40 (twenty-one years ago)

Seriously, if ANYBODY had been cast in that role instead of him, this would almost be as good as, um, the worst of the Pixar films.

― and by 'anybody' I mean ANYBODY, Friday, 11 March 2005 21:41 (twenty-one years ago)

i saw this. i thought it SO paled next to the incredibles. i mean, yeah, it looked good but the script was totally for shit--really bad characterization and full of holes. and it wasn't funny, not one bit.

― s1ocki (slutsky), Friday, 11 March 2005 22:52 (twenty-one years ago)

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