Went and saw Real Steel

AND ABSODAMNLUTELY LOVED IT!!!

Robot Fighting? Check
Fun story? CHECK
MORE ROBOT FIGHTING!! CHECK!!

Decently paced, and felt like a complete story!!

DUG IT!! DUG IT HARD!!

it looks like a fun movie, you only confirm that for me Sho

Reviews have been fairly positive, but this still feels like a matinee watch if for nothing else off the vibe it's giving (fun/underdog story/scifi). I still need to see Drive first.

I really want to see Real Steel. The concept itself is unique and rather interesting.

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Originally Posted by Rejolt I still need to see Drive first.

Drive? Really? I dunno... I got a very bad vibe just from the commercials. It screamed 'YOU MUST LIKE ME! I'M THE NEW TRANSPORTER!'. I would like to know how it is, though... if anything... to see if it broke through my expectations.

It has robots and it has punching. That's always a good starting point.

I was totally not interested but now I'm a bit interested. Thanks, Shonuff!

My first thought on this was "How the hell did they get Hugh Jackman to do a rockem-sockem robot movie" but the more I read everywhere the more I want to see it.


Although I might see drive first. It screams Transporter with angst but I am tempted.

The commercials I saw for this movie made me lose what little interest I had in it. Looked like a nauseating feel good family movie, like Free Willy with robots or something. Misleading marketing? Or is it really supposed to be a corny family movie?

It has family elements, namely the dad connecting with his kid, but far overshadowing that is robots beating the hell outta each other. You aren't seeing this movie for the family element, you are seeing it for the robots.

The only gripe I had with it was the product placement crap. Bing, HP, Sprint, Xbox720, Dr. Pepper, etc. Ya, ya, it's "realistic", but dammit, I hate seeing advertisements in stuff I pay for (don't get me started on cable).

Just got back from it. I really liked it, but then again, it had awesome robots in it, so there wasn't really any doubt about that. The second half is definitely weaker than the first, as it starts to trod familiar ground, but it still ends satisfyingly.

Saw the movie yesterday and loved it.

Today I went to Wal-Mart and guess what I saw?

A Rock'em Sock'em Robot set ... based on Real Steel!

Well considering how the studio "developed" the 55 year old short story, it was a natural product tie-in.

Gonna see this tomorrow. Hopefully I'll enjoy it.

I saw this movie yesterday and loved it. The story has a good pace, the dad/kid parts are tolerable and I got to watch robots fighting without all the shaky cam blur motion crap. Go see it!

It does have broken family issues and also washed up hero issues but the robot action is really awesome.
It doesn't suck.

I loved this movie. If you liked the Iron Giant, you will too. It's like that, but with way more awesome fighting. The advertising wasn't even as bad as I'd expected based off reading this thread. The majority of it was in places you'd expect to see ads, like around an arena. The robot fighting was very well done and the robots looked great. I was very impressed, to say the least.

The only problem I have with this film in concept, haven't seen it yet and probably will wait until my local library gets the DVD, is they took a somewhat depressing short story/novelette and made it up beat and happy.

It would be like a studio taking any of the Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever novels or any of Greg Bear's end of Earth or mankind novels and made it up beat and happy.

If it's good enough for Sho it's good enough for me.

Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots was a great movie. I was pleasantly surprised. It was Rocky + Over the Top + robots. I'll likely watch it a few more times while its in theaters.