decent animation, but thoroughly outdated Republican fantasy

Rating: 4/10 (3 December 2006)

This is a kids' movie that you shouldn't take kids to see.
I. It glorifies violence.
Ia.The main character is considered "good", yet he too easily starts shooting at everyone in sight.
Ib. Deaths of people are trivialized
Ic.The young boy, Hogarth, is armed with a (BB) gun...as is the (sympathetically portrayed) eponymous character.
Id. The death-by-hunters'-gunfire for a deer is trivialized with some illogical nonsensical philosophy Ie. Like Brad Bird's other obscenity, "The Incredibles", the theme is "might makes right...and good guys are allowed to respond to problems, even little problems, with extreme violence and subjectivity".
II. It pushes religion down your throat
IIa. there's a "saying grace" scene at the dinner table, complete with mentions of a god and Satan. No thanks !
IIb. The robot is told that "good living things have souls, and souls never die". *koff-koff*. It should be noted that this weak reasoning is meant to console the robot after he witnesses a deer being shot dead. Must've been one of those eeeeevil, Satan-worshipping soulless deer, huh?
In short, this is a hopelessly twisted Republican/Religious-Right morality play, and puts the "senseless" in "senseless violence".
I plan to steer clear of this director's future films.