Erik Gracia

I enjoyed it a lot. The way the story of Mufasa was being told as a story by rafiki to Kiara was a very interesting idea and a great way for comedic relief characters Timon and pumbaa to join in as well. The movie’s visuals of the landscape and the characters were stunning. The creators took the criticisms of the last movie, which was that the characters didn't show that much emotion and they fixed that mistake here. It had a lot of good, original songs made by the great Lin Manuel Miranda and he did not disappoint in this movie. The way they connected the events of this movie to the 2019 movie is great. Even though the live action movies aren’t canon to the animated movies, it opened up to a lot of other possibilities. Kiros and his lionesses were a very good addition as villains, they were threatening and ruthless and made it feel like they actually posed a serious threat. The way Taka became scar and why he came to hate Mufasa was well done. And every time I thought we were going to see death, animal planet style, I got reminded that it was a family movie. I truly recommend seeing it.

This is definitely the best animated movie this year, it definitely rivals Inside out 2 and I bet that it even surpasses Inside out 2. This movie is amazing from the animation, to the story, to the array of characters. The animation is amazing, the movements the characters make are clean and makes the characters movements look almost organic and you can tell that it was animated with a lot of love. The story of a robot built and programmed to help people yet finds that it’s in a place where that’s not needed yet adapts to survive can be inspiring. Sometimes we can only do things that we’ve been taught or shown and that’s all we know, but when we’re put into a place where those skills are not needed or used can put us through many challenges, but it’s only if we give up, is when we fail. But if we continue to persevere, then we can become more than what we thought we were. The variety of characters in the movie shows how diverse people are in real life. Roz being a robot programmed to help people yet instead, ends up helping animals shows us that we can adapt to be more, Bright bill being a goose a runt yet ends up being a leader shows that for anyone can use a supposed weakness into their greatest strength. The various other animals living their own lives but come together when it matters most shows us that we as people can and should put aside their differences for the betterment of a greater picture can seriously bring those who could’ve cared less about the other’s wellbeing, to come together and that we are stronger together than separated. The Wild Robot is a film that will be beloved by people of all ages for years to come.