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| Director: Andrew Stanton
Actors: Ben Burtt, Jeff Garlin, Fred Willard, Elissa Knight, John Ratzenberger
Studio: WALT DISNEY VIDEO
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Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown)
Rating: G (General Audience)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 98 Minutes
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Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.5 x 0.4
MPN: 5436100
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Theatrical Release Date: June 27, 2008
Release Date: November 18, 2008
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 Few films dare to let imagination run as wild and unabated as Wall-E does July 7, 2008
Andrew Mcdonald (Montana, USA)
5 out of 7 found this review helpful
Before watching this movie I heard rumors that Wall-E is too dark for kids. It is not. If this is a dark film then E.T. is as well. The truth is this film is much much better suited for little kids than other truly scary Disney films like Snow White and Pinocchio.
Like all great films, it takes risks. In the first half of the movie there is hardly a spoken word of dialogue. Some people are going to be turned off by this, but there is plenty of communication going on through facial expressions.
It's strongest aspect is, without question, the animation. And though I'm not an expert in this, Wall-E feels like a revolution in animation. I absolutely love the effect of some parts of the screen being out of focus and others being in focus at the same time (for example, the background being in focus but the foreground isn't just like a real camera sometimes does). There are some scenes that are so well made that I had to remind myself that it was computer animation!
After animation, I would say the next most successful thing is the love story between Wall-E and the probe robot Eve. These two robots can hardly say anything more than each other's name but in every scene I was able to decipher what each robot was feeling and trying to do/communicate. I've heard that most of human communication is non-verbal and I guess Wall-E underscores that.
The most surprising thing about Wall-E is it's not a comedy, which is what most Pixar films are. Though it does try to make you laugh, that doesn't seem to be their top priority. There is A LOT of slapstick comedy but it's more cute than funny. Strange as this may sound, the opening skit involving a magician and a rabit (which lasted only a few minutes) got more laughs than the entire Feature Presentation.
I don't think this makes it a lesser film. It's just that I think it has a different set of goals. And people who buy/see this film should not expect to laugh themselves silly. But they can expect to stare in wonder at some of these fantastic scenes. My favorite scene is when Wall-E and Eve are gliding through space (if you've seen it, you'll know what I'm talking about). There's something about that moment that's so simplisticly beautiful. I wish that all movies had at least half of the imagination that went into making Wall-E.
This might be the best science fiction movie since E.T. It certainly is the most ambitious.
Captured the Heart of My Entire Family July 7, 2008
Karen Joan (Texas)
7 out of 11 found this review helpful
WALL-E is truly a stunning achievement. Any movie that captivates my 3 year old, enchants my 11 year old, and entertains my husband and me is a rare and real triumph. WALL-E is without question one of the best family films of the year to date.
Pixar has outdone themselves with this film. The animation is truly lovely; the story is sweet and touching; the characters are vivid, engaging, and very believable; and the soundtrack is superb. I start laughing out loud the moment I heard the first notes from the songs of Hello, Dolly (much to the chagrin of my 11 year old), and the giggles continued on for the rest of the film. Basing the entire plot on two songs from a well-loved movie musical was a bold and brilliant move by the creators of this film, and the idea certainly caught my fancy. As an added bonus, the tribute to the HAL 9000 and the accompanying 2001 underscore had me rolling in the aisles. Very clever!
The story of WALL-E is told in great depth and detail with very minimal dialog. Using beeps, gestures, and yes, even expressions, this charming robotic romance comes to life before our eyes. Who needs words? My three year old certainly did not. This was her first adventure to the movie theater, and I was a bit concerned that the lack of dialog would be an issue, but she was absolutely enthralled. When EVE finally started to respond to WALL-E, she whispered to me "Look, Mommy, they're friends now." When EVE "got sick" (my daughter's words), she told me "Mommy, WALL-E is taking care of EVE." Later in the film, she cried out "EVE, EVE, you have to save WALL-E." She really got it, every bit.
Now, I do have to say that "save the earth from the ravages of evil mankind" propaganda really has no place in a children's movie (and thus it loses a star), but fortunately it only minimally detracts from the robots' touching love story and their "directive" to save humanity and return them to Earth. WALL-E is a cute, funny, romantic film, just right for the entire family. Highly recommended.
Filled with action, attractive bright colors, and clever antics. July 7, 2008
Tom Brody (Berkeley, CA)
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
Before WALL-E starts, there is a cartoon short. This cartoon features a baby bunny who works for a magician. The bunny wants a carrot, and most of the cartoon is spent on bunny's efforts to get the carrot. The magician is able to put his hand into a bag, and have it come out of his hat, even when his hat is 20 feet away from him. At one point, the bunny is off to the side of the stage and holding the hat. The magician stuffs his hand in the bag, and it comes out of the hat, but when it comes out it touches an electric socket. The electric shock causes the magician to dance. A couple of members of the orchestra take out a banjo and washboard and play some rapid-fire bluegrass music, to accompany the magician's clogging dance! Yee-hawwww! At another point in the cartoon, a rope hoists a piano up above the stage. As one might expect, it later crashes down with a bang. The bunny-rabbit cartoon is colorful and features many crazy angles. The bunny cartoon is a masterpiece. The bunny cartoon is filled with action, attractive colors, and clever antics. FIVE STARS for the bunny cartoon.
Now this is about WALL-E. The movie called "WALL-E" is a severe disappointment.
The film begins with a robotic trash compactor working in a trash dump near a big city, perhaps Chicago or New York City. The robot lives in a little metal house, situated on the site of the garbage dump. The little house has many interesting things inside, such as amusing knick-knacks that the robot finds and collects, during his daytime job of compacting trash. The robot also likes to watch a Broadway musical (Hello Dolly) that features corny singing and dancing. I liked this part of the movie. I liked the clever knick-knacks in the robot's house, for example, the Rubik's cube.
Then, the love interest arrives. It is a probe robot, sent by a colony of humans to seek for plant life on earth, in order to determine if it is safe for the space-bound earthlings to return to earth. The probe robot successfully finds a little plant, provided by Wall-e. The little plant is kept in a child's leather boot. The probe robot has violent instincts, and causes widespread destruction around the trash dump, by way of a ray gun. For example, the probe robot destroys a row of large oceangoing ships, destined for compacting. In fact, Wall-e cringes in fear at the probe robot's indiscriminate use of the ray gun. It is not at all clear why Wall-e falls takes a liking to the violent space probe. At any rate, Wall-e does.
When it comes time for the lovely female space probe to return to the mother ship, Wall-e clings to outside of the shuttle ship, and joins the humans on space colony. At this point, we are introduced to the humans who, for 700 years, have done nothing but gain weight, watch television, and eat junk food. There are some typical fights and chase scenes involving Wall-e and the robots in the space station. Another source of conflict is that the automated computer running the space station attempts to take over. (This part of the plot does not fit into the basis premise of the movie. This part of the plot was arbitrarily copied from the Stanley Kubrick classic, 2001 A SPACE ODYSSEY).
Other reviewers have pointed out that WALL-E contains no dialogue, aside from chirps/squeak sounds of Wall-e and the female space probe. What bothered me was the lack of interesting scenery in WALL-E. Much of the movie is spent in an ugly garbage dump. The garbage dump is a monotonous light brown or orange color. WALL-E dwells extensively on the obesity, consumerism, laziness, excessive eating of junk food, and excess television watching of the people in the space colony. Although there is a grain of truth to this (especially as to obesity), I would not characterize human beings, or American people, as lazy and prone to eating too much junk food or to excessive television watching. Because of the movie's constant dwellings on obesity, laziness, consumerism, and excessive TV watching, I found most of WALL-E to be an insult. The writers of WALL-E failed to understand the virtues of subtlety. WALL-E is simply not cut from the same cloth as other Pixar films, such as Monsters Inc., Finding Nemo, or Toy Story 1 and 2.
 Cute. Funny. In Your Face Enviromental Issues. July 6, 2008
J. Washburn (San Diego, CA)
6 out of 21 found this review helpful
Yes. The movie was cute. Yes. The movie was visually stunning. Yes. The movie was well done. But the one flaw was that it is an in your face enviromental propoganda. I am not opposed to the idea of letting people know that we need to take care of the enviroment and that we need to be aware of the amount of pollution that is building up. But dont yeah think it is a bit much to push this on our small ones? Seriously?! Really?! Do we need to really make it so in your face? Go watch the movie and see what I mean. The movie is great! I loved it. It was cute. Its just the whole enviroment twist sort of ruins it. Especially once you realize it.
Wall-E hugs your heart July 6, 2008
G. Abreu
5 out of 8 found this review helpful
When I was watching this movie. It was hard to hold back the tears. Wall-E definitely gets my vote for best animated movie of all time. I found it remarkable that I could tear up and care for this movie and its characters like that. The messages (ie the environment and love) sent in the movie werent too preachy and overally dramatic. This movie is proof that you can express emotion without many words. I would definitely watch this movie again. It is a timeless masterpiece
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