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Mike Wilder (20 KP) rated Real Steel (2011) in Movies

May 30, 2018  
Real Steel (2011)
Real Steel (2011)
2011 | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
7
7.0 (20 Ratings)
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This is a good film, not a great film but very good.
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This film is the reason I decided to do my own movie reviews. After hearing a review for this film from BBC Radio 1's movie reviewer, I decided to start my own review page. She reviewed this film seeing nothing more than the robots. She totally missed out on the whole plot of the movie, and then her comment "the climax takes a long time to come and it happens right at the end" made me want to climb into the radio and tape her mouth shut. I know where I expect the climax of a film to be, and I know it is nowhere but at the end of the film. Yes this film has big giant robots in it, but the plot is way more than that, it is a story about redemption and doing the right thing no matter how hard the journey. I got that much from just seeing the trailer, she saw the whole thing and missed the whole point.

OK rant over.

This is a good film, not a great film but very good. Hugh Jackman is good in this but to be fair he is good in most things. He gets to show off a bigger range of his acting skills than he has in the X-Men films. He plays Charlie Kenton, a former boxer now heavily in debt due to pushing his fighting robots too hard and expecting more than they can give, like fighting a 300lb bull! This also stars Evangeline Lilly in I believe her first role since the series Lost ended. She is also very good in this. However, the star of the film is Dakota Goya as Max Kenton. He shines as the child thrown together with the father he doesn't know. He enters the world of robot fighting with his father and manages to rescue a robot from a scrap pile. He then convinces his father to enter the robot in the fights. You really get to experience the wonder of the Robots through him. The other star is the robot he rescues, Atom. Although not sentient, the director manages to bring him to life with good camera angles and subtle sounds. You really start to feel for the robot and you manage to forget the fights aren't real. The other very clever part of the film is the setting. It is set in the near future, but the only really futuristic thing is the robots. There are no fancy cars or clothes and this enables you to connect with the film easier.

The climax of the film (at the end!), is a big showdown with the undefeated champion. Instead of just two robots bashing each other, you get Atom, the underdog, controlled by Max, and helped by his father. You see and feel each blow the robot takes and through the acting skills of Dakota Goya, you forget it's a machine and you can't help but cheer him on.

This could have been an average film, but the fine performances by the cast and the skill of the director in bringing Atom to life with just the use of camera shots and clever subtle sounds turns this film in to a joy to watch as you take the journey with father, son and giant robot.
  
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ashezbookz (32 KP) rated Reboot (Reboot, #1) in Books

Jul 5, 2018  
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Reboot (Reboot, #1)
Amy Tintera | 2013
8
7.3 (3 Ratings)
Book Rating
what a book - that was an interesting concept and honestly I kind of thought by the name they were robots - pleasant surprise though this was a very well written book theres just a few issues for me but nothing I couldn't really look past and enjoy the book. I really thought that it was going a whole different direction up until the last bit though honestly what's a weird society like that without some trouble - I am excited for book 2
  
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Kevin Phillipson (10017 KP) rated Ambulance (2022) in Movies

Apr 7, 2022  
Ambulance (2022)
Ambulance (2022)
2022 | Action, Crime, Drama
8
6.6 (8 Ratings)
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Yaya Abdul - marteen II
Eliza gonzalez
Finally back at the cinema been so long since the last time was meant to see this last week but due to covid had to stay at home. Finally a Michael Bay film that doesn't contain giant robots trashing cities human acting some great stunt work a bank heist similar to heat abit on the long side but I enjoyed the movie and I was glad to get out of the house