Wall-E is the work that I have been expected but haven't encountered for the past several years. Andrew Stanton and Jim Reardon are really making some kind of miracle and enduring classic together by lifting up the audience with humor, heartbreak and ravishing romance. Watch trailer here.
The words "Instant Classic" are thrown around far too lightly, but Wall*E is one. Clunky, junky boy robot meets sleek, pragmatic (and deadly -she's got an awful itchy trigger finger) girl robot. Stellar animation wedded to what I dare to say is one of the greatest screen romances of all time.
There is a blatant hypocrisy here with this film. It is warning us about the copious amounts of trash and over-consumption, but we look around and see daily all the toys based on these characters, from the shelves of Wal-Mart to Happy Meal boxes at McDonalds.
Originally posted by bicycle13: There is a blatant hypocrisy here with this film. It is warning us about the copious amounts of trash and over-consumption, but we look around and see daily all the toys based on these characters, from the shelves of Wal-Mart to Happy Meal boxes at McDonalds.
Unless you live with NOTHING but the necessities in life, YOU are a hypocrite! C'mon! It's a fantastic little movie with a very good message.
By the way, Mickey D's is givin' away Transformers in their Happy Meals NOT Wall-E toys. I always pay attention to those commercials because the free toy that came with my Happy Meal kinda sucked (except for those Super Mario 3 ones. Specifically the jumping Raccoon-tail Mario. They were actually pretty well made). We didn't get real Transformers, we got a hot cakes and sausage, fries or a Big Mac that changed into a robot! Who the crap wants to play with a freakin' Big Mac? I mean, what the crap is it supposed to do when it's in sandwich form?!
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By the way, Mickey D's is givin' away Transformers in their Happy Meals NOT Wall-E toys. I always pay attention to those commercials because the free toy that came with my Happy Meal kinda sucked (except for those Super Mario 3 ones. Specifically the jumping Raccoon-tail Mario. They were actually pretty well made). We didn't get real Transformers, we got a hot cakes and sausage, fries or a Big Mac that changed into a robot! Who the crap wants to play with a freakin' Big Mac? I mean, what the crap is it supposed to do when it's in sandwich form?!
Hahahaha yes! I haven't eaten at McDonalds since I was kid, primarily because I pay for my food now and I if wanted to eat shit, well, you get the idea. But it brings back good memories. There were some other Happy Meal toys I thought were nifty, but I was a kid at the time, like the Lion King ones. http://happymeal.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page
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LAWRENCE F. YAP Slacker Posted 29 December 2008 11:24 PM It's good. And it deserves some respect. But nomination for best picture? Now, that's too much.
Is your opinion based on the fact that Wall*e (2008) is an animated feature or because it just doesn't match other Best Picture movies for performance, direction, cinematography, or other cinematic criteria?
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Originally posted by tabuno: I feel this movie deserves to be nominated for Best Picture not Best Animated Feature.
I strongly agree with you.
As much as I loved Finding Nemo and Ratatouille (I wanted both of those to be nominated for Best Picture as well), Wall-E is something, truly, very special.
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FragileKidA "Forum Moderator" Super Bad-Ass Jedi Posted 30 December 2008 08:39 PM Hide Post quote: Originally posted by tabuno: I feel this movie deserves to be nominated for Best Picture not Best Animated Feature. I strongly agree with you.
As much as I loved Finding Nemo and Ratatouille (I wanted both of those to be nominated for Best Picture as well), Wall-E is something, truly, very special.
When Brad Pitt was interviewed on a recent Dave Letterman night show, he indicated that CGI had been used for his character in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008), a movie I haven't seen but only in trailers, nevertheless, if Mr. Pitt is correct about CGI, the sharp distinction between animation, special effects, live action, real and vertual reality of computer generated characters is becoming significantly blended, fused together. If so, the qualities of judging animated and non-animated movies will disappear leaving the entire media of theatrical film releases distinguished perhaps only between comedy/musical and drama (Golden Globes awards categories) and documentaries.
What was most amazing about Wall*E (2008) is the relatively large absence of dialogue that did not appear to in anyway diminish the integrity of the movie. The feat of this singular accomplishment in my mind suggests that this movie had to be superior in other qualitative ways using instead expressive behavior that communicated so much more in non-verbal terms. This form of theatrical delivery is amazing when it is pulled off by live actors, but when the same can be accomplished by technicians of CGI/animation, it becames even more incredible.
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Who the crap wants to play with a freakin' Big Mac? I mean, what the crap is it supposed to do when it's in sandwich form?! 
