WATCH ORDER: THINGS TO WATCH BEFORE THE WILD ROBOT

The Wild Robot is one of the most heartwarming movies to be released on 18 October 2024 by Universal Pictures. The movie is about this robot that gets stranded on Earth, as it learns about this planet it comes across the baby duck which treats it to be the mother, the wild robot for once almost organic itself as it gets comfortable with nature, but the unfortunate turn of events cause the robot's kind to turn back which have come to disturb the peace of Earth, to which the protagonist robot rebels.

1. The Iron Giant (1999)

The movie is a classic, it entails a small boy who comes across a big robot from outer space, and both are confused about each other they become friends and survive the eyes of society which they are scared of facing an antagonist response. Apart from this, another selfish government agent is off to get the Iron Giant caught and then investigated, and he comes close to finding the Iron Giant multiple times during the movie which makes it a little more thrilling. The ending is also very thrilling and we get to see a whole different side of the Iron Giant, and how the whole plot comes together at the end of it.

Harvath and the Iron Giant bond seamlessly. "The Iron Giant(1999)." Heroes Wiki https://hero.fandom.com/wiki/Iron_Giant/Gallery

There are a lot of cute and wholesome moments in the movie congruent to the new movie The Wild Robot, where the Iron Giant interacts with the environment around him which gets him into all sorts of trouble and a lot of unwanted consequences. The animation is what motivated me the most to watch the movie, It is completely different from other animated movies and it is visible that there has been a lot of production that has gone into it, even when it was made a long time ago. This movie is a great reference to The Wild Robot, which makes us understand the concept of a robot in a new environment kind of a situation.

2. WALL-E(2008) 

This is another classic robot movie, but it's very different and a whole new genre altogether, this movie is set in the year 2070 on Earth, where all the humans have moved to live in space because Earth being non-sustainable, all alone lives Wall-E a trash processing robot, it goes about doing about its job all alone, while living with its friend cockroach. Soon after the movie begins, the spaceship that sustains humankind sends out its regular scheduled robot to check for any improvement on Earth named EVE, Wall-E goes through what is called Love at first sight.

WALL-E and EVE bonding with each other, as WALL-E shows some inventions humans used. "WALL-E(2008)." Disney Wiki https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/WALL-E_(film)/Gallery 

EVE as it lives through the day with Wall-E grows a connection with it. EVE's job was to find plant life on Earth, as it finds it it's programmed to call the spaceship and send a capsule to Earth to extract it, Wall-E unable to leave EVE hangs onto its dear life and reaches the spaceship. Where they have gone way ahead in technology such that they don't even walk but hover everywhere. The spaceship has a brain of its own, which is surprisingly the antagonist of this movie, it destroys every plan to move back to Earth by taking control of the humans there, it has an amazing twist and overall a beautiful love story between Wall-E and EVE, really shows how robots which come in contact with Earth, just like the wild robot.

3. Kubo and the Tow Strings

Unlike the movies mentioned above, this one does not include robots, now one might wonder what this is doing, in this list, let me explain. The movie itself has an incredible animation, it's a one-of-a-kind stop motion type of animation and includes an incredibly twisted story like the world robot. Kubo is the son of a samurai and a demon who is great with origami, he lives with his mom who would have had their memory altered when she was protecting Kubo from her evil father. Kubo would have never seen his father Hanzo who would have died protecting him. He is the sole protagonist who goes on an adventure to find his parents.

Kubo with her friend Monkey and the warrior Beetle fighting against the Skeleton monster. "Kubo and the Two Strings(2016)." IMDb https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4302938/mediaindex/

Kubo's mother warns Kubo from staying out late in the night, because when his grandfather the moon king would be looking for him, one day Kubo enters a festival where the people have a ritual to speak to the ones that they have lost, Kubo having never met his father, would engage himself in this ritual, but as he finds no success it turns out that he would have waited until night, this is when his grandfather knowing Kubo's location chasing him, on this quest of his to destroy the moon king, he meets a monkey and a warrior beetle. With only his Shamisen and two friends, he goes against the Moon King, exactly like The wild robot who has to go against her kind.

4. Chappie (2015)

This movie is not animated but it does delve into more artificial intelligence, in this movie humans have realized that the police force has been taking a lot of blows from fugitives, hence they decide to build robots that can take care of them, the creator decides to go one step further from just robots who just follow orders and protocols, to making artificial intelligence, which he integrates into the same robot, and names it Chappie, unfortunately, Chappie ends up with a few gangsters who are in desperate need of money. Even though he end  the creator doesn't want Chappie to grow out to be a robot that does crime, Chappie has his struggles between the good and the bad.

Chappie is all ready to go gangster on the antagonist robot. "Chappie (2015)."https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1823672/mediaindex/

It's rather not a realistic look into artificial intelligence, the pace of this movie concerns the developing technology, if you think the robot got easily adjusted to the artificial intelligence wait for the ending, this just stretches the bounds of reality. The movie is overall fun to watch, there are some cute moments with the robot and some funny moments. All in all this movie does give a good idea of how a robot who has its thoughts adjusts to all the human emotions and behaviors, which is what we can expect from the wild robot as well.

5. I Am Mother (2019)

This is more or less similar to the situation in WALL-E, Earth which was once lush, has become barren without humans but with left with a single robot that has been assigned to regrow the population, by incubating some human embryos and taking care of them, teaching them to be the best of the humankind so that they do not have to face the extinction again, although the robot seems perfect as the one to take care of a baby because it has everything covered. What's a movie without twists, the firstborn baby when it grows up, realizes that the world outside is not what the robot explained to her.

The mother robot taking care of the first born with her warmth "I Am Mother (2019)."IMDb

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This woman gets curious and tries to go out of bounds, exactly what was restricted by the robot, during the process she realizes that the robot could be telling lies, just to keep her in the bunker where they lived secluded from the entire world. This is not as happy and wholesome as the wild robot is gonna be but this shows a different side of how a robot living among humans could affect the scenario, it's one of those possibilities that one was able to put out in the form of a movie. However the aspect of how the robot acts like the mother of an organic being is exactly how the wild robot takes care of the duckling in the movie.

Alright, there is the list of everything to watch before you watch the movie, hope you guys have enjoyed the read, if you did make sure to spread the word about this blog to others interested as well, cause I am only going to be bringing you guys more of what you guys just read, hopefully I have at least motivated you to give one of these movies mentioned a watch. Well, I only wish to improve your experience in entertainment. 

MISSION IMPOSSIBLE - DEAD RECKONING PART ONE : Unraveling the Enigma of AI, A Thrilling Spy and the Impossible Hunt

1. OVERVIEW

    Lets talk about one of the best action films out there casting the best of the best action hero Tom cruise, this tale is a two part movie, it starts off with the story of the antagonist of the movie which is actually an artificial intelligence being which is good since they have actually kept up with the current scenario. They show what this entity is capable of doing and then they cut to the hero who receives a suitcase from the Impossible mission force (IMF).

    The suitcase contains a brief of his mission which includes him tracking down Ilsa who was the double agent in the previous movie Mission Impossible Rogue Nation. The entity itself is controlled by a key which is divided into two halves and sources tell that one of the halves is with her and Ethan hunt is on the chase in the middle of the desert in Abu Dhabi to look for her.

    Upon reaching the location he realizes that there are bounty hunters who are also after her looking for the key, he obtains the key and realizes it is too strong for any single person to have control of, so he decides to destroy it himself and goes after it with his gang, its soon after that he realizes that all the moves that he has taken was actually predicted and pre planned by the entity and he has to find a way to crack the probability and find a way to destroy the system.

2. CHARACTERS

    First lets start off with the protagonist of the show Ethan hunt, he is your typical hero, he is brave and chivalrous, he can handle himself in any kind of tight situations, he knows all kinds of martial arts and considering its played by Tom cruise, he does his own stunts and thats got to be given some credit. Tom is more than 50 years old and he is able to keep with the stunts and does it without being scared of losing his life, just so that he can entertain the viewers. That kind of actors who put their hearts and souls in the acting are hard to find.

    Next lets talk about Grace played by Hayley Atwell, she is the new character in the movie and considering this might the last Mission Impossible series she seems like the next protégé to Ethan in continuing the franchise. She is a thief and she doesn't trust anyone apart from herself, they only showed a part of her backstory in this movie, I am assuming the rest of her backstory is going to be portrayed in the next part. She is cunning and betrays Ethan on multiple occasions and the fact that Ethan continues to believe in her abilities is a surprise to me, but there must be a reason for that hopefully explained in the next part.

    Moving on, we see Benji Dunn who is the most iconic character in the mission impossible series apart from Tom cruise played by the lovely Simon Pegg is the "Guy behind the chair" character. He is the hilarious member of the gang and handles all the work that is related to hacking and getting Ethan whatever technological aid he requires during his missions, he has also been part of the mission by physically doing some spy work in previous movies which brings a little more of a character development.

    Talking of the one of the antagonists in this movie we have white widow played by Vanessa Kirby, she is a rich girl protected by her brother Zola, she is a recurring villain from Mission Impossible fallout, where she did an amazing job of acting and played her role really well, considering the entity is the main antagonist, she is just a side show in this movie but still plays an important role as well as gets played (The irony) by Ethan in a rather hilarious way.

    Finally lets talk about Gabriel who is Ethan's old nemesis as well as unfortunately or fortunately based on how you see it, is the human form of the entity, although not much information has been given as to why he is working for the entity, he does an incredible job by staying one step ahead of Ethan and trying to trick everyone around him in such a way that the events to occur is almost exactly predicted by him. He is a cruel man who doesn't mind killing people if he gets what he wants in the end which makes him the perfect antagonist.

3. CINEMATIC APPEAL

    The shooting scenes in the movie are like a video game because they are unrealistic and over-the-top. It seems very staged as if Ethan knew where the enemies were coming from before hand. Ethan Hunt is able to shoot down dozens of enemies without being hit themselves. This may be entertaining for some viewers, but it can also make the movie feel less believable and more like a video game. This gives me vibes of all the old movies which had extremely staged fight sequence, although all fight sequences are usually staged but in this case its seems very obvious.

    The chase scene in the movie is well written, Ethan Hunt is being chased by his enemies through a crowded city, and he has to use all of his skills and cunning to escape. Especially like in those Jackie chan movies where he uses all of his surroundings to make the best out of the situation. The scenes are also well-shot and edited, which makes it even more engaging. The graphics and animation are great wherever they were included since most of Tom cruises stunts are real it really brings out the creators and the actors love for the movie itself and it is exciting and suspenseful.

    The movie is not as good as other Mission Impossible movies because it has fewer cool dialogues and the action sequences are not as interesting. Infact it has a couple of scenes they are no dialogues at all, you see the actors making head signs to each other and you are just staring at their facing expecting something to happen, but this head signing goes on for like 10 seconds just to see a very dud scene, which I felt was a little bummer. This may be because the filmmakers were trying to keep the movie similar to other Mission Impossible movies, but they were not able to achieve the same level of quality.

    The music was basic there wasn't much hype, the Mission Impossible theme song was played only a couple of times in the movie which I am not super enthusiastic about, music is a very important aspect of the movie cause thats what makes people more interested and more engaging. 

4. PERSONAL OPINION

    The beginning of the movie is confusing because it does not provide enough information about the goal of the mission or the details of the plan. This is likely because the movie is part of an old franchise, and the filmmakers assume that the audience is already familiar with the characters and the universe of Mission Impossible movies. However, for viewers who are new to the franchise, the lack of exposition can make it difficult to follow the story. Its not just for viewers who are new, its for people who have watched the previous movies, without the bare minimum context its really difficult for the people to understand the situation.

    The fact that Ethan Hunt and his team are fighting an AI that is always one step ahead of them adds to the thrill of the movie. It is good that the franchise is able to explain to the people about the possibility of a rogue AI. The AI is a powerful and dangerous opponent, and it was not clear how Ethan and his team will be able to defeat it. This uncertainty keeps the viewer guessing and makes the movie more exciting.

    The fact that it is difficult to understand who is on whose side in the movie adds to the thrill and excitement. The AI is able to manipulate people and make it difficult to know who is trustworthy. A job of a secret agent or a spy which is what we can call Ethan hunt is partially relied on technology apart from his own skills and if the enemy is able to hack into these technologies, then its as if Ethan has lost half is body this great aspect which has been explained this movie. However, it can also be a bit confusing, as the viewer may not be sure which character to root for.

5. CONCLUSION

    The final sequence of the movie was well-planned and exciting, and it keeps the viewer on the edge of their seat. The final sequence was the most hype of all the scenes in the movie, its the heroes comeback and it has some extremely edge of the chair moments which is really fun to watch and again since its Tom cruise thinking all the stunts are real and performed by him it just adds to the gravitas of the situation.

    Overall, the movie is a mixed bag, I would give this movie a rating of 3/5. It has some exciting action sequences and suspenseful moments, but it is also confusing and lacks the cool dialogues and action sequences of other Mission Impossible movies. The cliffhanger ending leaves the viewer wanting more, but it also means that they have to wait for part 2 to find out how the story ends.