As(S)troBoy

Short, black, vinyl shorts? Check. Butt cannons? Check. Horny head? Check. Life-like perpetually thirteen year old boy robot created by father after real son's death only to be shunned by father because it is not exactly equivalent to original boy despite being cloned from a piece of hair from "Ministry of Science" hat and then accepted after father realizes he made a mistake and should no longer be working for the evil president of Metro City? Check. This movie had it all, including the voice of Kristen Bell as Cora. Awesome. Astro Boy was one of the move amusing animated movies I've seen in a while. I mean, come on, who doesn't like a kid who can shoot missiles out his arse? Yet another movie dealing with what it means to truly be human. As a robot, of course Astro Boy has to follow the Rules of Robotics: you know, no hurting humans and all that jive. However, it takes a while for him to figure out he is a robot. I think the point comes when he starts flying using rocket boosters found in his legs that he actually realizes that he isn't a normal kid anymore (keep in mind that this normal kid was capable of rocket science, and four-dimensional quadratic calculus). Regardless, Astro Boy risks his "life" multiple times in the defense of humans who often do not deserve his help. In the end, we find out that he is more capable of humanness than most of the humans who think he is but a mere robot. Plus, who else could stand up against the Peacemaker the size of the entire city? But, we all knew that was going to be the point the movie was trying to make.
A quick summary: Toby dies, dad makes Toby 2.0 (aka AstroBoy), AstroBoy is chased out of Metro City by evil president because his power source is the ultra powerful "Blue Core," boy meets group of misfit orphans on the surface who accept him into their family, Hamegg is the "father" of the group and restores robots to have them fight in the gladiator ring, Hamegg finds out Astro is a robot and tricks him into fighting, Astro saves Hamegg's life when a robot tries to kill him, Astro is captured by the evil president and returned to the City where he is nearly shutdown, evil president goes crazy after being absorbed into the Peacemaker robot, Astro Boy saves the day (using butt cannons), everyone is happy, evil creature attacks the City, sequel pending. The movie was indeed funny and entertaining, and even featured a dog named "Trashcan," which is almost as good as a pig named "Fat" or "Grease."