WALL*E

Animalor · Post by **Animalor** » June 29, 2008, 5:52 pm

Saw the flick yesterday afternoon.

It was a good movie and the visuals were great but it tried way too hard to be cute. Overall I wouldn't overly urge you guys to see it in theaters if you don't mind the wait for the DVD.

At the end of the day, I enjoyed Kung-Fu Panda a lot more personally.

The opening short movie however was pure win. I hope that's on the DVD.

Sartori · Post by **Sartori** » June 29, 2008, 9:06 pm

Aren't they always on the DVD

Enjoyed this movie, and thought it was worth the admission even if there were a ton of youngsters about.

Post by **Xouqoa** » June 30, 2008, 2:38 am

I thought it was fantastic. The way Pixar can give life-like qualities and emotions to an artificial creature never ceases to amaze me.

valryte · Post by **valryte** » June 30, 2008, 10:00 am

It was a good movie and the visuals were great but it tried way too hard to be cute.

I'm curious. What parts of the film did you think they tried too hard to be cute? don't forget your spoiler tags...

Animalor · Post by **Animalor** » June 30, 2008, 11:04 am

[Show]: I thought a lot of the parts between Wall-E and Eve were somewhat drawn out and a bit too long. Was there really a need for a whole montage of him babysitting her in stasis?

Then there was the montage after she thought he blew up in the capsule and buzzing around in space around the Axiom.

There just seemed to be too many segments in the movie that served no other purpose than to pull at the heartstrings a bit more.

The movie's pace was nowhere near as good as what they did with Ratatouille imo.

That being said, I did really enjoy the flick and am going to buy the DVD the day it comes out. It was a great flick. I'm just really mentionning that nagged me while watching the movie.

valryte · Post by **valryte** » June 30, 2008, 1:43 pm

[Show]: Considering that there really isn't any dialog between Wall-E and Eve, I think those scenes were needed. Remember the movie is also for kids, they don't always catch on as quick as us adults While the buzzing around in space might have been a bit longer than needed, the montage of him babysitting her in stasis had to be there, it tied in later when Eve saw the security playback of what he did while she was in stasis. I don't believe there are many scenes in the movie that don't have any purpose, you just might need to think a bit more about them.

Animale · Post by **Animale** » June 30, 2008, 9:28 pm

Loved the movie, although if it wasn't a Disney/ kid's flick it could have been a movie with much more emotional impact

[Show]: Think how hard of emotional hammer it would have been if Wall-E had remained brain dead after being reconstructed by EVE... cut to credits right after he starts crushing his collection, no ennui. Would have been awesome, and taken MAJOR balls to write that in. Of course, I think this about most movies, take Gladiator for instance. Should have ended with him walking through the afterlife grainfield to meet his kid/wife... no speech, no stupid last scene burying the little people thing. Oh well.

Overall a great movie.

Animale

valryte · Post by **valryte** » June 30, 2008, 9:52 pm

[Show]: Think how hard of emotional hammer it would have been if Wall-E had remained brain dead after being reconstructed by EVE... cut to credits right after he starts crushing his collection, no ennui. Would have been awesome, and taken MAJOR balls to write that in.
omg, I was thinking the same exact thing. I was getting ready for the riot if that happened! I wonder if that's in an alternate ending hehe.

Midnyte_Ragebringer · Post by **Midnyte_Ragebringer** » July 3, 2008, 5:37 pm

Very nice movie. The kids enjoyed it a lot.

Truant · Post by **Truant** » July 3, 2008, 6:11 pm

Reliable sources have told me to see this if A)I'm watching someone's children or B)I have a date and need a good date movie.
Otherwise, I was told it was missable.

Nick · Post by **Nick** » August 15, 2008, 9:09 pm

Reliable my asshole. Stop listening to whoever told you that. They couldn't tell a good film from their fucking hoop after a romantic evening with a couple of vindaloos.

WallE is arguably the best Pixar animated film thus far. It's as good a film as The Dark Knight. Even though the two are in no way comparable, I'm just going to go ahead and say it. Someone has to. sorry!

I don't agree with Animalor's opinions at all in regards to the WallE and Eve scenes. I wish there had been more of them. It was a beautiful little movie. If only other companies could do "emotion" as well as Pixar. The only thing wrong with it is that it spent too much time concentrating on ugly fat lazy humans and not enough on Walle and Eve.

I really did appreciate Pixar giving a blatant middle finger to the whole underlying aggressive anti-apathy, anti-slovenly, anti-evolution and anti-earth mindset that seems to be imposing itself into this century in people, and that was very cool and frankly, surprising, to see what was essentially a kids film tackle so openly an issue that effectively everyone is aware of. Still, I preferred the silliness of WallE when he was bumping into things, putting a bra on his face and stuff like the little "tada" when he showed Eve his directive for the first time.

I'm not a disciple of Rotten Tomatoes, but their thread on the film sums it up. http://uk.rottentomatoes.com/m/wall_e/

Also, as some guy put it:

The wit, invention and sheer charm of WALL-E will win over anyone with a heart. And maybe, given long enough, even those without.

Saving the world became secondary to the power of holding hands.

so thoroughly embodies the greatest pleasures the movies have to offer that it goes directly into the sublime

WALL-E is a classic, but it will never appeal to people who are happy with art only when it has as little bite as possible.

If this doesn't apply to you, it's more an indication of you than the film itself.

If you're truly a fan of film, then this is arguably a piece only to be missed or derided by only the most misinformed or idiotic of philistines.

WallE, for someone who lacks the ability to speak, is about as interesting a protaganist as you can find. Arguably more exciting, emotional, touching, realistic and subtle than Christian Bale's interpretation of Batman. Of all fucking people. (i'm only comparing the two because they are the only 2 blockbusters this summer worth talking about - but yes Batman and WallE are not really comparable tbh).

That's not hyperbole. I really loved Batman. It's just my opinion. It's also pretty much the case.

[Show]: I was ready for them to cut to the credits with WallE having been made braindead. It was like One flew over the cuckoos nest all over again. Joyously though they spared us, absolute genius!

You'd have to be a machine for your heart not to melt.

Fash · Post by **Fash** » August 18, 2008, 8:46 am

Do you need a tissue, fag?

miir · Post by **miir** » August 18, 2008, 10:01 am

A happy tissue or a sad tissue?

Nick · Post by **Nick** » August 19, 2008, 12:13 am

LOL FAG GET IT ITS A JOKE ABOUT SEXUAL PREFERENCE BECAUSE I LIKED A FILM

Post by **Sylvus** » August 19, 2008, 11:55 am

I think Nick and Funkmasterr are like the Prince and the Pauper. Discuss.

Nick · Post by **Nick** » August 19, 2008, 2:40 pm

VariaVespasa · Post by **VariaVespasa** » August 20, 2008, 9:05 am

I enjoyed the movie, but it was only nice, not great for me. It just seemed to lack... something... for greatness, but I cant really put my finger on what. No bite, or too predictable or something.

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » August 20, 2008, 11:02 am

VariaVespasa wrote:I enjoyed the movie, but it was only nice, not great for me. It just seemed to lack... something... for greatness, but I cant really put my finger on what. No bite, or too predictable or something.

I agree. In fact, the amount of times, "Wall*E" was repeated in the movie was really irritating. Ratatouille, for example, was a much better animated movie imo.

Nick · Post by **Nick** » August 21, 2008, 10:03 pm

I guess there's no accounting for taste.

Zamtuk · Post by **Zamtuk** » December 15, 2008, 5:08 pm

I finally watched this the other day, and holy shit was it emotional. This movie was amazing in almost every way. The one thing that really did bother me was the extreme similarity that the Earth in this movie shared with the Earth in Idiocracy. Take out Costco and throw in Buy N Go, and it is the exact same. Aside from that, it was a great movie.

Sartori · Post by **Sartori** » December 15, 2008, 10:46 pm

Buy N Large! We here at BNL know that you will enjoy your stay aboard the Axiom!

Zamtuk · Post by **Zamtuk** » December 16, 2008, 1:58 am

oops!

Fairweather Pure · Post by **Fairweather Pure** » December 16, 2008, 2:06 am

I'm always trying to wait for a good night to watch this with my daughter (22 months), but something always seems to come up! Recently, some critics in New York voted this as movie of the year. My "movies to watch" pile is a little back logged atm. I also have to watch Kung Fu Panda with my daughter since I heard that was pretty good too.

Gzette · Post by **Gzette** » December 16, 2008, 7:17 pm

I'd move it to the top. It's a great movie for kids and adults.

How I measure how good it is ... first 30ish minute contain no dialogue, little action, yet it managed to hold the attention of a theater full of tots. Pixar does it again!

Fairweather Pure · Post by **Fairweather Pure** » December 21, 2008, 2:12 pm

I was finally able to watch this last night. It was even better than I was expecting. It was amazingly subversive in both subtle and not so subtle ways. Like all of the best animated films, I feel it is truely timeless. People will be watching and enjoying Wall*E 50 years from now. The movie is like a little time capsule, and I'm sure it will be examined as such by the next generation of film lovers. A movie that says so much without barely saying anything at all is one of the rarest things in cinema.

It may not be the best movie of 2008, but it deserves to be nominated.

Fairweather Pure · Post by **Fairweather Pure** » December 21, 2008, 3:54 pm

I just wanted to add that I was dissappointed with the DVD not being anamorphic widescreen. I will never understand why they choose to do it with some Pixar movies and not others. It's an extra kick in the ass when the advertisement for Blue Ray before the movie had a beautiful anamorphic montage that included Wall*E. Stupid Stupid Stupid

Btw, including ads for Blu Ray on my DVD is beyond annoying.

Aardor · Post by **Aardor** » December 21, 2008, 6:22 pm

Fairweather Pure wrote:I just wanted to add that I was dissappointed with the DVD not being anamorphic widescreen. I will never understand why they choose to do it with some Pixar movies and not others. It's an extra kick in the ass when the advertisement for Blue Ray before the movie had a beautiful anamorphic montage that included Wall*E. Stupid Stupid Stupid

Btw, including ads for Blu Ray on my DVD is beyond annoying.

Welcome to Sony proprietary media.

miir · Post by **miir** » December 21, 2008, 9:12 pm

Uhhh. blu-ray is an industry standard...

You can buy a Blu-Ray player from any number of manufacturers including Sony, Samsung, LG, Sharp, Panasonic, Pioneer, etc.
As for the media itself, Sony is absofuckinglutely not the sole manufacturer nor the sole distributor.
Sony has absolutely nothing to do with the adverts the studios choose to include on the DVD copies of their movies.

Do you whine about Toshiba proprietary media every time you watch a fucking DVD?

Fash · Post by **Fash** » December 21, 2008, 10:09 pm

Just watched this on Friday and was supremely impressed with both the animation and the story.

Spang · Post by **Spang** » April 6, 2009, 6:37 pm

I finally watched this movie last night and enjoyed it a great deal. I plan on watching it several times during the course of my life.

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