Pixar's WALL·E

BobdH wrote
So if you do not love the studio, there's no need for you to check that one out

Steven wrote


I used to like you man. You were on my short list man! This changes everything you realize.

Erik Woods wrote
Pixar has disappointed... A Bug's Life anyone. And even though the rest of the world LOVED Ratatouille, too me it fell flat on it's face many times. It was the first cliche-ridden Pixar movie and that's in itself is a big disappointment for me. I haven't seen Cars yet but the trailer did absolutely nothing for me. Can anyone else chime in her about that particular film

As for Wall-E... could be fun!

-Erik-

DemonStar wrote
Personally speaking, I liked almost every Pixar movie till date, my favs being Toy Story 1 and 2, Monsters Inc, Finding Nemo, The Incredibles and Ratatouille. Will have to wait a bit for Wall-E cos it's not out here yet.

Saw "Wall-E" today.

While I enjoyed it and wouldn't mind seeing it again, I'd say it wasn't as good as "The Incredibles". The film lacked the over all excitment and interest holding that that film had, though during the last, say, 10 to 15 minutes it definately did.

It's clear Pixar, at various times in the film, was trying to show a political and polution message, but they made sure to never push it too far or make it too overt. A good line of thought that the Whoopie Goldberg/Robin Williams comedy special a couple or so years back could have learned from (I tuned in to laugh, not hear Bush bashing right off the bat).

Wall-E is a likable character, even though he rarely speaks. No explination is given as to why all the other Wall-E units failed and died while he remained the only to survive, but it's very easy to look passed that and forget it all together.


Without giving too much spoilers, the film is basically about a lonely compactor robot unit mass producted, called Wall-E. When the Earth became overwhelmed by garbage, the Wall-E units were created and to clean up. Unfortunately polution forced humanity to leave, but the Wall-E units were left going.

For 700 years Wall-E crushed cubes of garbage and stacked then until a rocket comes to Earth, with a probe named EVE.

All those decades Wall-E's programming has made him lonely and wanting the company of another and when EVE and Wall-E befriend, he follows her where ever she goes.

The human race has become a mere shell of what it once was and a self-centered commercialized mess, to which EVE and Wall-E are the saviors.

The film has heart and at least two good belly laughs as I recall.

I'd say a discount afternoon viewing is worth it, but unless you are a die-hard Pixar fan, I don't quite think $8.50 is worth it.

Thomas Newman's score works very well in the film, even if "dsijointed" on CD. This was Newman's chance to show what he can do for outerspace, and while it was good, it's no Star Trek -- so stop suggesting he should score Trek films; the best thing he could have done is the "Enterprise" series. At the very least he's ci-fi scoring is good enough for something along the lines of "Gattaca", "Space: Above & Beyond" and maybe even something like "Battlestar Galactica".

Talos wrote
... I really liked the score in the movie when Wall.E is approaching the AXIOM spaceship. At that time the score was very massive/serious/imposing. Very good stuff. Love that part.