An average movie

To honest, it has been ages since I have this flick and when I was a kid, I thought it was pretty awesome. Sure, nowadays, we have ‘Wall-E’ which remains my favorite Pixar production, or even the recent ‘Chappie’ which was pretty cool without being a real masterpiece but, back in the 80’s, we had Johnny 5. Actually, coming back to the comparison between ‘Wall-E’ and ‘Short Circuit’, I have noticed that all the guys growing up with this 80’s classic are always complaining that Pixar pretty much plagiarized their childhood classic. Honestly, I find this argument a little bit ridiculous since ‘Wall-E’ is a downright masterpiece whereas ‘Short Circuit’ is fairly enjoyable but still really cheesy 80’s feature. Anyway, when I first saw this movie, I thought it was rather well made and quite entertaining and, of course, I thought that Johnny 5 was a really neat robot. Unfortunately, the other characters were rather weak, especially Steve Guttenberg who must have been one of the most underwhelming actors that showed up in the 80’s. To conclude, even though it is not a masterpiece, it is still a childhood favorite and I think it is worth a look, especially if you like the genre.

6/10