LaFountaine

Robots Movie

On Friday I saw the movie “Robots”, which featured the voices of: Ewan McGregor, Halle Berry, Mel Brooks, Stanley Tucci, Robin Williams and, Dianne Wiest.

The plot involved the following: “In a mechanized world, an imaginative young inventor, Rodney Copperbottom (voiced by Ewan McGregor), wants to be as famous as his hero, the greatest inventor of all time, Mr. Bigweld (voiced by Mel Brooks). With his father's ''follow your dreams, and never give up'' ringing in his ears, Rodney leaves his small town and sets out to the big, bad Robot City to meet his idol and show him his invention. Once there, Rodney meets the Rusties, a ragtag group of street-smart bots, lead by the wacky Fender (voiced by Robin Williams), who know the ropes. Rodney finds out that Bigweld has gone into seclusion and Robot City is being taken over by an ambitious robot named Ratchet (voiced by Greg Kinnear), whose motto is ''Why Be You, When You Could Be New?'' Ratchet soon halts production on parts for the older robots. If the bot folk can't afford the new stuff, they are gathered up and sent to an underground chop shop, where Rachet's hideous mother, Madame Gasket (voiced by Jim Broadbent), melts them down and turns them into metal for new parts. But the evil duo's plan is soon spoiled when Rodney and the Rusties start fixing the older models and decide the must get the reclusive Bigweld back on track to fight back.”

I give this movie a “C”, and it is the worth of an admission ticket. Though it was number one at the box office, I thought the characters were irregular. I’m not a big fan of animation.

posted by Frank LaFountaine @ 8:44 AM