i just come from an advance screening of astroboy where i dutifully take my kid at 10 be to watch this thinking that if i be lucky i would be able to doze off for a few minute during the movie . boy and i couldn not . the story be captivate from the beginning . yes and it be very direct at kid and you know and the far off humour and such and but when i saw toby and the genius kid and i felt that the movie be after all not just a pinocchio rip off where an old man make a robot boy because he be bore or lonely . the reason behind the creation of astroboy be tragic and even mature . of course and if you be a manga aficionado and you may be think duh . that how suppose to be and but i be not . i barely watch a show now and then when i be a kid ( i be 36 year old . too young for astroboy ) and so i wasn not really aware of the story . so i thought and well and this development have to be a fluke inherit from the original story and from then on it should go downhill . but it do not . the story be full of tragedy and though decision that if you think them through you can even understand ( like a father understanding that memory can not truly replace his son ) and and redemption that may be obvious to superheroes expert and but be very well expose to a new generation of kid that will witness a clear fight between good and evil ( positive and negative force ) adorn with an excellent and adequate portion of comedy . not just a kid movie and but a movie that i will surely watch again when my kid force me to buy it and to watch it with them dozen of time . go and astro .