Not bad but overhyped.

Rating: Null/10 (3 September 2000)

I watched it on HBO and I don't know why people think this is one of the greatest animated features made because it was just decent. I don't even think its that great. And the whole "don't kill" and "you choose who you are" stuff felt like it was so forced and written by the mpaa; i felt like i was being preached to by some school teacher. I also thought the remarkable convienence of the off/on lever on the power generators was soo funny. And boy did I cringe alot when the giant acted like an idiot. I also thought it was funny that the flashlight on Hogarth's gun was strapped so close to the gun's nozzle that if he fired it he'd blow out his flashlight. Also, when kent finds the gun, its broken off to say "hog hug" but later we can see it reads "hoga hugh". I also don't understand the bump on the giant's head, I mean when he goes nuts, pops out but then he's still able to calm down without the bump so its like what's the point of the bump when it doesn't affect his behavior?
On the plus side, IG is well animated, I liked watching the characters: Annie, Kent, the General. I thought Hogarth, Dean, and the Giant's characters had some likeable moments and dislikeable moments. The premise is interesting and executed well. Its a change from what Disney has done. The ending was pretty cool to watch but I hadn't a clue why Annie and Dean got with each other so quickly since they never really developed romantically in the movie. It seems like they were slapped together just to make the audience happy (I felt the same way about Toy Story 2 but I don't even want to get into the details of how that has an unresolved ending). Overall, I give the movie a C+. If you want to see a real animated movie with an anti-violence theme, go watch Hayao Miyazaki's Nausicaa.