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The Iron Giant (1999)
Fun and Intelligent
This is an example of the seamless way in which more animators have wished they could mix CG with traditional animation. It is a fun story about a kid and his robot, what could be more simple? They don't pander to the kids.
The point that this movie makes is not an esoteric philosophical moral or agenda but a very simple and to-the-point statement about fear and that simplicity is what makes it so great. They aren't trying to take on too much but they don't treat the audience like morons.
This movie really is fun for all ages and I really could watch it 1,000 times, BTW it's based on a book by a great writer, Ted Hughes 'The Iron Man'.
FDR: A One Man Show (1987)
Comedic beauty having little to do with FDR
I haven't seen this in a while but I loved it. If you liked the cult TV series 'Get A Life' you'll love this absurd bit of genius. Elliot plays out a one-man show at the community theater for the camera but has very little knowledge of the actual life of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Fans of Chris Elliot can probably begin to guess where that would lead; Odd stories that are as wildly off subject as anything in 'Cabinboy' or as psychologically disturbed as anything in an episode of 'Get A Life' and all delivered within that same blind, delusional self-confidence that you find in much of his work. If you find a copy get it for yourself and get me one while you're at it.