Wall-E

[Ghoulish Delight]

Stanton has more under his belt that I like (Monster's Inc, Nemo, WALL E, and even Bugs Life. I'm not hot on Toy Story 2). But Brad Bird has 2 of the best told stories, imo, to his name, even if only 1 is Pixar (Iron Giant and Ratatouille). Those two from Bird are more well told from beginning to end than any from Stanton according to my tastes.

The thing that makes comparing Pixar movies make sense is that, whomever is actually producing it, they all share the same focus on character, and all succeed at it to varying degrees. What they do share, beyond technical aspects, goes well beyond genre and definitely invites comparison. And the fact that WALL E contains a host of characters that are introduced without following through on their story arcs is out of character for a Pixar film and what, to my mind, hurts WALL E. It doesn't diminish the brilliance of what was done right, but it does diminish the movie as a whole.