wild robot review
the movie, not the book. i read the book in 2016 i dont remember every detail i need to read it again
anyways. i remember the book being about a robot who is stranded in the wilderness and needs to mimic the behaviors of the animals around it so that it can survive, and ends up getting attached to the forest and protects the life around it.
while this is what the fundamentals of both pieces of media are, i think the movie could have hearkened more to the idea. there is a lot of dialogue, and while most of it is actually pretty good, parts of it are just for entertainment value or its just... the geese who bullied brightbill.... that part was bad
i think that the movie would have promoted the core elements of the story better if there was no dialogue unless it came from humans (or roz, or other rozzums). the point of the story was that its animals, not humans. roz is surrounded by things that are inherently nonhuman and that is what makes her special. making the animals talk is what makes them human. that is not a good thing. at the very least there should have been no dialogue in the first 30 minutes just to solidify the fact that on that island, roz is alone. she is the only thing that has been touched by humanity. over time, she could gradually start to talk more in chirps and other such animal noises, and the fact that its animated makes it even easier to use ones body as a language in itself. that would have been a great movie.
however, i think that even though the movie took this in the opposite direction, it still ended up doing its job really well. the animation was phenomenal, the story we got was really heartwarming (i cried when brightbill migrated) and i quite enjoyed roz's characterisation in the movie. the only real gripe i have with the product that was given to us is Vontra i absolutely think it was unnecessary to have it in the film. especially how fluid it seemed, it was just really human to me and i get thats the point but its character design didnt really fit in with everything else. especially the part where it literally flies for no reason like i get the tractor beam is a thing but really??? tentacle robot??? come on man
anyways id love to know what you guys thought of the movie and/or the book
anyways. i remember the book being about a robot who is stranded in the wilderness and needs to mimic the behaviors of the animals around it so that it can survive, and ends up getting attached to the forest and protects the life around it.
while this is what the fundamentals of both pieces of media are, i think the movie could have hearkened more to the idea. there is a lot of dialogue, and while most of it is actually pretty good, parts of it are just for entertainment value or its just... the geese who bullied brightbill.... that part was bad
i think that the movie would have promoted the core elements of the story better if there was no dialogue unless it came from humans (or roz, or other rozzums). the point of the story was that its animals, not humans. roz is surrounded by things that are inherently nonhuman and that is what makes her special. making the animals talk is what makes them human. that is not a good thing. at the very least there should have been no dialogue in the first 30 minutes just to solidify the fact that on that island, roz is alone. she is the only thing that has been touched by humanity. over time, she could gradually start to talk more in chirps and other such animal noises, and the fact that its animated makes it even easier to use ones body as a language in itself. that would have been a great movie.
however, i think that even though the movie took this in the opposite direction, it still ended up doing its job really well. the animation was phenomenal, the story we got was really heartwarming (i cried when brightbill migrated) and i quite enjoyed roz's characterisation in the movie. the only real gripe i have with the product that was given to us is Vontra i absolutely think it was unnecessary to have it in the film. especially how fluid it seemed, it was just really human to me and i get thats the point but its character design didnt really fit in with everything else. especially the part where it literally flies for no reason like i get the tractor beam is a thing but really??? tentacle robot??? come on man
anyways id love to know what you guys thought of the movie and/or the book
