The Iron Giant (1999)

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I was pleasantly surprised at what I was watching when watching this movie. It is a gem to behold. The movie’s animated style is probably the most unique of the movie as it fits well with the fifties pop aesthetic. Many of the characters look very similar to the style of folks like Chuck Jones or Bob McKimson, offering a new innovative style that sets it apart from other animated movies.

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Star Wars, Episode One: The Phantom Menace (1999)

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It’s really hard to explain this plot because it’s very confusing. Just read the plot summary above. I’ll just tell you the subplot I know. This goes back about 30 years from the original Star Wars, Obi-wan Kenobi known as a Jedi master is just a Jedi apprentice, His teacher is Qui-Gonn Jinn who is a new character, Yoda is younger, The evil Lord Darth Vader is just a small rambunctious scamp who is a slave on his home planet. So Qui-gonn and Kenobi get stranded on the planet where the Evil Darth Maul is hunting them. They discover the boy, Qui-Gonn can sense the force in Anakin, But Kenobi is against it.

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