idiocracy was good too. if you go see an animated film and expect social commentary to outweigh emotions (which are usually the key component in all animated films), then yes - i'll call you crazy. also, if you want to censor your kids' exposure to certain ideas, you should probably start with mtv instead of this. it's not hard to avoid getting a message "shoved down your throat" - don't willingly take it, and just focus on the story/visuals/cuteness, which was good enough to stand on its own. it was a G-rated kids' flick with some poignant points on consumerism... but a kids' flick first.
i totally agree with what you said. it's not the kids' flick with cuteness, visuals, and stories part of it that is eliciting the reaction and reviews that i'm referring to though.
I never ever never said that just because a movie includes social commentary, it is therefore a great movie. did you find wall-e preachy?? i didn't at all. the social commentary was entirely backdrop. the forefront was a love story.
like i said, wasn't referring to you necessarily (esp. if you are saying you don't think that), i'm just getting the sense that pompous critics feel that it is their duty to rave about the movie because of that. i wouldn't say i found it too preachy, but i did feel that they forced the social commentary and went out of their way to include a sizable dose of it into a plot that didn't call for much at all. marred the movie for me a bit.
Just got back. Fantastic movie with some good humor mixed in. It's not the most entertaining (for adults) Pixar movie I've seen; The Incredibles gets that honor in my book. I still think it will break records...in certain categories. When I said that earlier, I didn't mean that it would be the #1 box office movie of all time. But it is better than Titanic, IMO.
Spoiler I disagree that the plot didn't call for it. I think it was the entire point. That this robot who was sent to clean up humanity's mess had grasped more of humanity than humans still possessed. That consumerism had completely dehumanized them...it's the irony of the contrast between this very human robot and these very dehumanized humans that makes the point. And the climax of that is love. It's why when the humans end up accidentally holding hands they look so astonished at it. Honestly, I think that WAS the plot. It was told in the context of a love story....with the point being that love is the height of being human. Not trying to MAKE you like it Just giving my viewpoint on it. I really was blown away by it. Just so much more than I expected. And I think it surprised many of the critics that way, too...leading to the gushing on rottentomatoes.com. With all that crap that Hollywood shows us, I found this movie to be pretty refreshing...and unique.
Loved the movie; I think this is a return to form for Pixar. Cars generally seems to be regarded as the weakest and Ratatouille (while definitely good) I felt was still missing something. The only flaw in this movie, and it's a little one, is the use of real human characters for the news feeds; that was a little off putting for me. I love how the story on the surface seems so simple, yet it becomes so much more deeper and engrossing and relevant to today's society when taken into account the subtext and underlying themes. Other things I enjoyed: -the detail; there's so much to look at I feel I could watch it numerous times and still catch something new. -the soundtrack; it fit so perfectly and seamlessly into the context of the story. -the camera angles; like Surf's Up, the movie at times was shot from a perspective that bucked the status quo...the beginning of the movie especially. -the lack of dialogue...I think more movies would actually be better if they didn't force characters (mainly animals) to speak "human." The robot characters told the story through their actions and it worked perfectly. -Of course WallE and his impact on the story and all the other characters he meets.
Uh oh, that seems to be one of the favorites around here. My least favorites were Monster, Inc. and Cars.
Not to mention it likely save Pixar a ton of money instead of paying big name actors to speak the lines. Different company, but I'm guessing Mike Myers and Eddie Murphy don't work for peanuts on the Shrek movies.
Loved the movie, as I expected. I wish I hadn't gone to a late showing though, because I was pretty tired toward the end. I also didn't really like, or understand, the usage of "real life" humans in the video footage. It stuck out to the point that it sort of drew me out of the film for a moment each time...and on top of that it made no sense, logically speaking.
I just saw it. It's a damn Masterpiece!!! It reminded me of the first time I saw E.T. with nearly the same emotional reaction.
Can't wait to see this, planning to go tomorrow. People are trashing Cars a bit too much in this thread though. Please stop. My son loves that movie too much. I think my least favorite movie of theirs would be A Bug's Life, although I still like it well enough.
I enjoyed A Bugs Life but that came out when I was still a kid and able to enjoy movies of that nature. Plus Dave Foley is the shizzzz.
Heck, I still enjoy "A Bug's Life" but I remember a thread on Clutchfans about which Pixar movie was the best and I believe people kept choosing it at or near the last spot.
Claim to fame....a buddy of mine was in that movie. he sat right behind luke wilson on the prison bus. Back to Wall-E, judging from a few of the comments here, it doesn't really seem like a movie the kids would enjoy. Thoughts?
