Wall-E

[Ghoulish Delight]

Spoilered, just in case:

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I really liked it. But I could have done without most of the plot. Not that it was bad, but for me, the love story between the two of them FAR outshined the story of the ship and the humans getting back to Earth. It was entertaining filler, but kinda thin and I just wanted to get back to the silence and the love story. Really artfully and brilliantly done, loved it loved it loved it.

Speaking of Star Trek, the ship docking scene totally triggered Trek in my mind. Two other references we noticed were when the roach first came out of the can, the can made the Pixar lamp noise. And of course there was a song from Main Street in there (CP caught it, not I).

Overall, despite the weak (weak only in comparison to the far superior rest of the movie) filler plot I thoroughly liked this movie. Damn they're good.

[Not Afraid]

I LOVED it! I just wish I wasn't so damn tired when I saw it. I think I wasn't aware enough to see some of the little details.

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Tron, 2001, Star Wars & Mac references all made me smile. I sooooo want to go frame by frame to see what Wall-E had collected in his "home". Looked for the pizza truck but didn't see it (but I have a few places I suspect it appears. Chris thinks he saw a Wally Shawn Toy Story guy in there. The music was just fabulous and quite unexpected.

I think the most surprising and wonderful thing about the film is that there is almost no dialog, yet there is no problem understanding emotions and plot movements.

[cirquelover]

I loved it! The boy and I are going to the one screen theater today to watch it again. I'll be a little more awake this time. Plus the boy hopes to score a Wall-E watch this time and so we can see the credits and extras.

Presto was superb to me and a great way to start the movie, as always. I just can't get enough Pixar shorts.

[flippyshark]

Just got back from a showing. In addition to enjoying the numerous references to my favorite movie (2001), I also couldn't help thinking that Wall-E kind of plays as

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an unofficial but happy semi-sequel to SILENT RUNNING.

Edited to add: Also, PRESTO is my favorite Pixar short in quite a while.

[€uroMeinke]

Originally Posted by flippyshark

Just got back from a showing. In addition to enjoying the numerous references to my favorite movie (2001), I also couldn't help thinking that Wall-E kind of plays as

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an unofficial but happy semi-sequel to SILENT RUNNING.

Edited to add: Also, PRESTO is my favorite Pixar short in quite a while.

Definitely agree -

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and think the cruise line theme borrowed from Silent Running and Star Lost concept of leaving a dieing earth in hope of recollinization

[frodo potter]

The movie was just amazing. First and for most it was probably the most visually stunning piece of animation since Fantasia.

The score was perfect It really captured the feel of the movie without overpowering you the way that some composers try to do especially with epics of this scale.

I can't wait to see it again

[innerSpaceman]

Ok, that was fanfreakingtastic. Loved every second of it. Hahaha, so many references, and - like CP said - such a pleasant skewering of so much of society. Great love story. Fun and excitement, beauty and romance.

Great new ideas for a trash-tower Tomorrowland (and yes, the credits featured far more people in the Theme Park department than the Consumer Products dept.)

Oh, and the art history end credits were terrific, too.

[innerSpaceman]

I'm glad I loved it ... because I would have loved it a lot more if I hadn't known, for instance, that

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a good part of the movie takes place in outer space.

But if I had just "liked" it, then perhaps the spoilerific trailer would have prevented me from "loving" it.


Anyway, it's all good now. And I just won't be watching any more Pixar trailers.




Oh, and the pre-show cartoon was great also!!!

[swanie]

We took the kiddies and saw it this afternoon, and we loved it.

Presto was fantastic. Wall-e was simply brilliant.

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To my surprise, our 4 year old was far more interested in the early Earth scenes than she was once they got on the ship. She really "got" the simple situational humor, but the more frantic action scenes didn't hold her interest.

Now, our 10 year old said it wasn't the movie she thought it was going to be but she still really liked it. Which brings me to wonder how well it is going to play to average America. I loved this movie for it's originality as well as the endless clever references, but what worries me is the kind of comment I got from a guy behind me in the ticket line. He said he didn't really like it and his daughter (I'm guessing she was 2) was squirley for a good half of the film. When I pressed him for more of an explanation he said, "Well, it is just kind of sad." I'm hoping he's not indicative of the greater population, because this movie is special and I'd hate for it to not have the special consideration it deserves.

[Ghoulish Delight]

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Very interesting choice they made to use Fred Willard, non-animated footage of Hello Dolly, and a photograph of the initial cruise ship captains. Don't know if I liked it or not.

I'd like to thank the management of the Century Stadium theater in Orange. They made a couple of brilliant decisions for a kids' movie that made the experience of being in a theater full of kids 10 times better. Until the previews started, they kept the work lights on and the sound on the advertisements barely audible. What this meant was that parents could see perfectly well to help their kids settle in and not worry about wandering off or someone not being able to find the. And it meant that the children weren't competing with the theater sound. They were able to talk and play, getting it out of their system, and when they trailers started, with louder sound and lights off, they got the message that it was time to sit and watch. It helped, of course, that the movie was great and kept their attention, but I think those two details made a world of difference.