Astro Boy 2009 123movies

Watch: Astro Boy 2009 123movies, Full Movie Online – Set in futuristic Metro City, Astro Boy is about a young robot with incredible powers created by a brilliant scientist in the image of the son he has lost. Unable to fulfill the grieving man’s expectations, our hero embarks on a journey in search of acceptance, experiencing betrayal and a netherworld of robot gladiators, before he returns to save Metro City and reconcile with the father who had rejected him..
Plot: Set in the futuristic Metro City, Astro Boy (Atom) is a young robot with incredible powers created by a brilliant scientist in the image of the son he had lost. Unable to fulfill his creator’s expectations, Astro embarks on a journey in search of acceptance, experiencing betrayal and a netherworld of robot gladiators, before returning to save Metro City and reconcile with the father who rejected him.
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Ratings:

	6.2/10 Votes: 37,147
	50% | RottenTomatoes
	53/100 | MetaCritic
	N/A Votes: 1303 Popularity: 29.662 | TMDB

Reviews:

Amazingly BETTER than expected
I just came from an advance screening of Astroboy where I dutifully took my kids at 10 am to watch “this” thinking that if I was lucky I would be able to doze off for a few minutes during the movie. Boy, I couldn’t! The story was captivating from the beginning. Yes, it was very directed at kids, you know, the far off humour and such, but when I saw Toby, the genius’ “kid”, I felt that the movie was after all NOT just a Pinocchio rip-off where an old man made a robot-boy because he was bored or lonely… the reasons behind the creation of Astroboy were tragic and even mature. Of course, if you are a manga aficionado, you may be thinking “duh! that’s how’s supposed to be”, but I am NOT. I barely watched a show now and then when I was a kid (I’m 36 years old… too young for Astroboy), so I wasn’t really aware of the story. So I thought, well, this development has to be a fluke inherited from the original story, from then on it should go downhill… but it did NOT. The story is full of tragedy, though decisions that if you think them through you can even understand (like a father understanding that memories cannot truly replace his son), and redemption that may be obvious to superheroes experts, but are very well exposed to a new generation of kids that will witness a clear fight between good and evil (positive and negative forces) adorned with an excellent and adequate portion of comedy. Not just a kid’s movie, but a movie that I will surely watch again when my kids “force” me to buy it and to watch it with them dozens of times. Go, Astro!

It doesn’t have anything that makes it stand out as a film to spend your hard earned cash on
Every decent movie starts with the story and builds around it. This doesn’t seem like the case here. It feels as if they decided to make an Astro Boy film no matter what, then started on a script suitable to make it happen. Well, this screenplay just isn’t good enough. It has nice sentiment, granted, but the story is so flimsy and dragged out it would have been better suited to a 25 minute episode instead. The characters are poorly written, many of them are just walking stereotypes or clichés with their intentions clearly signposted; one particular character may as well walk around with a sign reading “I’m actually a very, very evil man” around his neck.

Thankfully there is a well-rounded voice cast to give their characters a little bit of spark. Freddie Highmore (Charlie in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory) is decent as Toby / Astro Boy; Donald Sutherland is clearly having lots of fun as the sneering uber-villain General Stone; Bill Nighy, Kristen Bell, Eugene Levy and Matt Lucas are all sufficient in their various roles; however it is Nicolas Cage who really stands out as he provides the grieving Dr Tenma with more emotion than the rest of the crew altogether.

On the action front there is much to see, if not necessarily to enjoy. Although some set pieces are colossal – most notably the finale – they never overly excite, we can see Astro Boy punching a building-sized robot yet it feels remarkably fake. I know, I know, movies are fake, especially animations. But the aim of a movie is to ensure we forget it is all a show, not highlight it. Still, there are lots of high-flying acrobatics and ground-drilling antics from Astro Boy which offer plenty of amusing moments, whilst the futuristic world and its inhabitants is aesthetically pleasing.

I’ve never seen the original series so I can’t make any comparisons, although seeing as that show was (and is) loved by so many I came out of this film scratching my head at how it could be so unspectacular. That’s not to say it is a bad film, it’s not, but it just doesn’t have anything that makes it stand out as a film to spend your hard earned cash on.

2.5 out of 5 (1 – Rubbish, 2 – Ordinary, 3 – Good, 4 – Excellent, 5 – Classic)

Other Information:

Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 34 min (94 min)
Budget 10000000
Revenue 19551067
Status Released
Rated PG
Genre Animation, Action, Adventure
Director David Bowers
Writer Osamu Tezuka, David Bowers, Timothy Harris
Actors Freddie Highmore, Nicolas Cage, Kristen Bell
Country Hong Kong, United States
Awards 4 nominations
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix SDDS, Dolby Digital, DTS
Aspect Ratio 2.35 : 1
Camera N/A
Laboratory DeLuxe, Hollywood (CA), USA (prints), iO Film, North Hollywood (CA), USA (digital intermediate)
Film Length 2,750 m (Portugal, 35 mm)
Negative Format Digital
Cinematographic Process Digital 3-D (source format), Digital Intermediate (2K) (master format)
Printed Film Format 35 mm (anamorphic) (Fuji Eterna-CP 3513DI), D-Cinema