I cannot fathom why would someone want to make a movie called Astro Boy if you are going to completely and uterly disregard the story created by Osamu Tezuka. This is just a futuristic pinochio with some excuse for actions scenes and a villain that does not know what he is supposed to do.This is just a sad attempt to earn some money from people on brand recognition, given that this is one of the most iconic characters in the history of comic books. What's original about this movie? The "i-am-a-real-boy" plot has been beaten to exaustion, and has been performed more interestingly, for example in AI. Another example of a robot story that's fun and created a new story, is Robots from 2005. It is by far nothing exceptional, but at least they don't steal the character names from somewhere else.If you want to see some real Astro boy stories, please go to the comics, also sold here or the TV series.