Wall-E

[Gemini Cricket]

Originally Posted by Alex

Well, it wasn't that he didn't want to continue the relationship. It was that he didn't want to continue the relationship under the terms it would have required.

And he was probably right. If Disney hadn't bought Pixar the next negotiated distribution deal would have probably put Disney in Paramount's situation where they have made almost no money off of movies that have done a combined $1 billion in domestic box office.

I see.

Cool review, Alex!

[Alex]

By the way, my review at MousePlanet isn't very well written, in my opinion. I had a hell of time trying to get a hook into what I wanted to say (that despite flaws it is still pretty good).

Mick LaSalle at the SF Chronicle, pretty much captured perfectly what I was trying for.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by Alex

By the way, my review at MousePlanet isn't very well written, in my opinion. I had a hell of time trying to get a hook into what I wanted to say (that despite flaws it is still pretty good).

Mick LaSalle at the SF Chronicle, pretty much captured perfectly what I was trying for.

And you've got an "it's/its" error.

[Alex]

Where? I'm not finding it.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by Alex

Where? I'm not finding it.

Nevermind, I read the sentence wrong.

[Kevy Baby]

Originally Posted by Alex

Where? I'm not finding it.

Its right here

[cirquelover]

Thanks Alex. I'm hoping to see it tonight. My son says they're supposed to be giving out a free watch, we'll see.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

DUDE!

The story blew me away, the empathy you have for the characters (robots!) is incredible, and of course, it was gorgeous. My jaw was on the floor for much of it.

Anyone who thinks the trailer gives the whole movie away is WRONG. Go see it.

Spoilered review:

Spoiler:

How does Pixar do it?? They get away with absolutely ripping apart the cruise/entertainment industry, mega-monolith companies, and our own slovenly nature - in such a way that is too true for Disney or anyone else to say it goes over the line. They say things that many of the rest of us are too frightened to say about society. Much like the theme in the Incredibles, where they actually say that we aren't ALL special, these are ideas that I am happily surprised to see addressed.

The love story was perfection. The contrasts in technology, fantastic. The ruined earth in the beginning touched me to my very root of guilt and concern.

One thing that I found interesting was that immediately after the movie, GD mentioned Wal-Mart, and I realized that even as I cringed every time BnL's logo came up, it wasn't pushing that particular trigger. I was thinking of media/entertainment conglomerates. The point of BnL to me is that it doesn't matter where it started, because it was everything. It seems that I'm more afraid of them than I am of Wal-Mart. Oh, and Best Buy came to mind as well.

The over-sweet, rather unlikely happy ending was the only flaw I saw - but there was no other way for them to play it. How could the humans just "wake up" by bumping into Wall-E and suddenly want to start working for a living? Yeah, they were stuck.

I keep thinking of all the imagery, and I don't think it'll leave me any time soon. Awesome film.

Oh yeah, and the Main Street song!

[€uroMeinke]

I loved it

Spoiler:

I especially loved all the 2001 references - "It's the eye of HAL I squeed to Lisa during the film," Star Trek references (5-year cruise), Star Wars references, etc - it was like someone who grew up with my childhood sci-fi favorites made the film (oh wait, they did). Add to that the WallE start-up sound...

We'll be doing the frame-by-frame walkthrough as soon as it's out on DVD

[LSPoorEeyorick]

Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

DUDE!

The story blew me away, the empathy you have for the characters (robots!) is incredible, and of course, it was gorgeous. My jaw was on the floor for much of it.

Anyone who thinks the trailer gives the whole movie away is WRONG. Go see it.

Doh, when you quote a spoiloriffic review, it's revealed in the quote! Fortunately I scrolled right over.

I had thought the trailer-gives-away wouldn't be so and I'm very glad to know I was right. And we're both awake this morning, and I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE IT! Alas, our screening starts at 5. But it'll be fun, and with fun people...