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denmmurray

12-28-2007, 11:04 AM

so it's like short circuit crossed with tiny tank?

I guess you could say that or perhaps even a little hitchhikers guide?

I'm incrediby psyched to see this movie, especially if wall-e doesn't talk throught the entire thing. I want to see how well pixar can pull off any emotional stuff.

mattk

12-28-2007, 02:06 PM

If there was no Pixar name attached to that trailer, i could care less about the whole thing. I'm sure it will be good, actually probably amazing, but that trailer left me caring nothing about the movie.

deegraww

12-28-2007, 04:23 PM

I think the trailer did a good job to set up a movie but not tell you about it. There isn't anything in this that I could see that would give away parts of the movie. Gives you a little insight to the character and what the story might be. I'll check this movie out when it hits the theaters.

kickarse

12-28-2007, 05:01 PM

Looks interesting. Perhaps better than Robots?

m3thod

12-28-2007, 05:30 PM

Except for Cars, Pixar can do no wrong. I'm never excited by Pixar trailers, but I always end up loving the movie.

You can't blame Pixar for Cars to much. That movie was developed and released during contract talks with Disney, as their original deal expired pretty much after that movie was released.

They were leaning towards moving away from Disney at that time so I would understand them making an average movie.

But we now know now that Disney (ugh) ate them up (luckily leaving Pixar as is) and they came back with a solid blockbuster.

As for Wall-E, I'm very excited! As they state a number of times the concept of Wall-E was made during their brainstorming that originally brought Toy Story, Bug's Life, etc... to life. So you know it has to be quality.

comhcinc

12-28-2007, 05:52 PM

why is everyone hating on cars?

deegraww

12-28-2007, 05:56 PM

why is everyone hating on cars?

Because it was a crappy movie?

m3thod

12-28-2007, 06:05 PM

I enjoyed Cars, thought it was a good movie. Anything Pixar makes is pretty much gold. But you could tell the movie wasn't fully up to their usual standards.

But can you blame them, how much can you really do with an animated car.

comhcinc

12-28-2007, 06:10 PM

i disagree i spent the entire movie watching the backgrounds. there was times i couldn't tell it was CGI

moneytime

12-28-2007, 07:13 PM

Count me among the "I can't wait for this freaking movie to come out!" people! lol!
I was totally captivated by the teaser and while no one can dispute the cuteness of the "wall-e" robot character, what I'm most anticipating is seeing more advanced pixar technology. With each film there is marked improvement and a display of the most amazing cutting edge technology. This will be mindblowing I'm sure.
I've heard that this movie was actually written before Toystory, but the creators wanted to wait until thay felt like they could really do the story justice with the technology that would surely be available at some point. I think the holding off will pay off! Haha! :D

I'm totally on board for this! :)

isoprophlex

12-28-2007, 11:34 PM

Because it was a crappy movie?

LMFAO

I did not like CARS one bit either, and i love pixar....

isoprophlex

12-28-2007, 11:39 PM

i disagree i spent the entire movie watching the backgrounds. there was times i couldn't tell it was CGI

by that standard Gran Turismo 4 for the PS2 was just as good...
so pixar has reached ps2 realism, woot...
but i would rather play that then watch CARS again, lol

comhcinc

12-29-2007, 12:07 AM

by that standard Gran Turismo 4 for the PS2 was just as good...
so pixar has reached ps2 realism, woot...
but i would rather play that then watch CARS again, lol
no Gran Turismo 4 doesn't look as good. and really no one has yet to tell me why the movie is "crappy"

Ryudo

12-29-2007, 02:57 AM

To be honest I want traditional animation Disney films back...I tired of all this CGI stuff..yeah Pixar does good stuff but why not a balance not JUST cgi..*sigh*

comhcinc

12-29-2007, 03:04 AM

i would like to see that myself, but then again i don't like the disney formula that all the films followed. protagonist + cute sidekick(s)+ versus antagonist + goofey sidekick

AutoDas

12-29-2007, 04:26 AM

Cars was a horrible movie. I think Pixar's last good movie was The Incredibles. I'm looking forward to this, and I also think the trailer did a good job telling what the movie was about without spoiling anything.

diane

12-29-2007, 06:44 PM

I am looking forward to the movie, it is on my 2008 movie list to see.

But I would like to defend Cars for a sec, yes, it wasn't their best, but come on, it is better than like 70% of the crap that gets put out there for kids. Trust me, I get dragged to almost anything animated or has fart jokes.

I was just subjected to Alvin and the Chipmunks and I guess we are going to Enchanted this weekend.

assjacket

12-29-2007, 09:58 PM

I didn't know anything about this movie before i saw this thread.
The trailer has peeked my interest, but I dread the inevitable moments where the robot feels lonely or sad in any way. Makes me teary just thinking about it. Pixar does an excellent job of making you empathize with the character.

az0madman

12-29-2007, 11:55 PM

I got hooked once I heard Brazil in the first trailer. Love that song! And the way he says Wall-e is damn cute. I want my own now...

Though, I was thinking that if he's so lonely, he probably could build himself a companion cube by crushing some trash and slapping a heart on it!

assjacket

12-30-2007, 12:17 AM

heh, nice one.

damnedeyez

12-30-2007, 04:03 AM

heh, that was a good one.

I never saw Cars, nor do I intend to...the whole eyes=windshield bothers me too much. (no, I don't know why I can't get past that...blame Speed Buggy)

nextgenxbox

12-30-2007, 06:29 AM

Looks interesting. Perhaps better than Robots?

LOL. Fuck yes.

tokenuser

12-30-2007, 01:51 PM

I am a huge Pixar fan. I own all their movies EXCEPT Cars. I enjoyed Cars, but not enough to want to own that one.

Wall-E looks awesome.

damnedeyez

12-30-2007, 02:08 PM

At first I thought "Robot E.T."...then noticed he looked a bit like Johnny 5 from Short Circuit...maybe somewhere in between.

hydrocoptic

12-31-2007, 01:07 AM

everybody seems to be hating on Cars. I didnt think it was that bad. Not worth owning but worth watching. However i never got into Finding Nemo. I might go as far as to say that i kinda hated it. I dont know why. Something just didnt sit right with me while watching it. I like the turtles a lot. Other than that part of the film i just wasn't drawn in. And a few parts which i can recall a the moment actually pushed me away from it. I have seen it a few times now so i know that it wasnt just a first time bad viewing thing. but i dunno. dont really care for Finding Nemo. A huge part might be becasue i hate Ellen Degeras (sp?).

My Top are still: Monsters Inc. , Toy Story 1&2, All the Pixar Short Films.

On a sorta geeky side note the only reason i went to see Monsters Inc. was for the new Star Wars trailer. I ended up liking the film and staying for the whole thing. I also only saw Robots to see a Star Wars trailer but i didnt end up liking robots. I left about 25 minutes into it.

k4ng

06-28-2008, 05:15 AM

I saw Wall-E today and it was so great :) I'm awed at how they can give an animation of a robot so much personality and humanity without even using words.

tsmith15

06-28-2008, 05:35 AM

Amazing. It fell short of Ratatouille, but that was expected. I loved all the characters the instant I saw them.

One could say: "Wall-e" had me at *beep

Zalasta

06-28-2008, 06:07 AM

The first 30 minutes or so was utterly heartbreaking and fantastic. I think the lack of dialogue totally enhanced the emotional feelings evoked, it was daring and exciting to see Pixar trying something new. Then the movie took a turn for the worst and became a slapstick romantic comedy. Yeah it was charming at times, but nothing I haven't seen before. All the shticks and antics were such commonplace. The 2nd half was so heavy-handed with the symbolisms. What a shame.

The humor in the short, Presto, was a lot funnier than anything in Wall*E.

CammyKnoxville

06-28-2008, 06:35 AM

Disney and Pixar have done it again! I had immense fun watching this distant, very possible future.

The interactions between Eve and Wall-E had me going "awwwwwww!"

hannypoo

06-28-2008, 06:40 AM

I saw it today as well. The theater wasn't as full as I had expected for a 4:30 showing, but maybe I wasn't paying enough attention.

I liked it. Frankly I can't think of any Pixar movie and honestly say "That was the crappiest thing I've ever seen. Or at least it was crappy." Their movies are adorable almost to a flaw. Woman thing maybe?

Though at first I thought that a dialog consisting mostly of the words "Wall-e" and "Eve" would get rather irritating much like a drawn out episode of Pokemon, it never really came to too much of a distraction. The plot was reminiscent of an intergalactic Finding Nemo towards the beginning but luckily took a different turn. Cute enough for me. Not to spoiler anything, but some of the symbolism/story line seemed much darker than many of the Pixar movies. Also, the whole "we are ruining the earth and killing ourselves" was a little heavy handed but what can you do.

Cute, cute, and adorable. Also, Pixar has created the cutest fat people I have ever seen. End of story.

k4ng

06-28-2008, 06:56 AM

I teared up towards the end ish. And yeah hannah the theater was hella empty

siraim

06-28-2008, 02:28 PM

Amazing. It fell short of Ratatouille, but that was expected. I loved all the characters the instant I saw them.

One could say: "Wall-e" had me at *beep

I know I'm going to draw the ire of Jeff, but Ratatouille didn't do it for me. It was a good movie, but I never felt connected with it. Wall-E, on the other hand, pushed all the right buttons and looked frickin' amazing. In a world where everything was created, I was constantly looking for signs that I was watching a cartoon. The motion blur and the grittiness of some of the camera views was damned cool.

I loved MacinTalk being used as the voice of Auto... and the mac startup sound playing when Wall-E rebooted was a nice touch. :)

Also.. K4ng.. I'm not sure I'd call their handling of our destruction of Earth "heavy handed".. that's too tame a phrase. :)

gglynn00

06-28-2008, 03:35 PM

We went to see it last night and the theatre was pretty packed for a 6:30 show. I thought the movie was very good, especially the pacing. My favorite part was the "clinic" that the two robots were taken to for "repairs." When the door slid open I nudged my wife and called it exactly...Sorry, trying not to be Spoilertastic.

tsmith15

06-28-2008, 03:43 PM

I went at a 10:00pm showing to avoid all the parents taking their children and it was completely full of teenagers and adults. However, there was a line-up across the hall for Wanted and I'm worried about which will be more successful financially.

rse2

06-28-2008, 04:03 PM

I was so disappointed in the film.

Graphics were amazing. Some mild chuckles, for grupps who might get the references only I'm afraid.

Comments heard in the theater. "Mommy I was scared?" "What happened?" "Did Wall-e die?" etc. "The most violence I've seen since Robocop".

For a G rated movie marketed to young children this thing really missed by a wide margin. The film is nothing like the trailers. Story is way over kid's heads. The conflict and resolutions are too subtle for young'uns. The robot characters are incomprehensibly either free spirited or driven by programing... lethal or malevolent and cruel or cute and cuddly and seem to have the choice. Anthropomorphism is fine but sheesh either be consistent or explain it.
Too frick'n scary and dark and ugly beside.

Professio

06-28-2008, 05:37 PM

This movie was great! The worst part of the movie, actually the only bad thing about the movie, was all the freaken kids in the theater who would not shut up! :)

krypt

06-28-2008, 10:06 PM

This movie was great! The worst part of the movie, actually the only bad thing about the movie, was all the freaken kids in the theater who would not shut up! :)

Completely agree. In the beginning of the movie i was annoyed by the kids in the theater but as the movie went on I got more and more sucked into it and didnt even notice the kids that much. I absolutely loved this movie, its become my favorite pixar movie and I cant wait to see it again.

pilot3033

06-28-2008, 11:40 PM

Absolutely fantastic. I loved how it was shot, the film effects, the silent film nature of the entire film, and all the sci-fi references (sigorney weaver as the computer voice (Alien)? Excellent, The R2D2 guy doing all the robot effects, MacinTalk!? HAL, it goes on...
The story was great, the execution was great, and the story telling was perfect.

We should also note that the story has been in dev since before Toy Story, so the subtleties of environmentalism and Wal-Mart existed long before the current fixation did. The story is "what if we left earth, but left 1 robot on?" not "how can we show that we're all getting fat, lazy, and killing the planet?" The latter is the result of the former, not the other way around.

I loved some of the live action stuff too, always love the genre mixing (big Roger Rabbit, and early Disney fan).
Needless to say, I'll be finding an excuse to see it again, and will buy it on blu-ray in November :D

Jay_Ray

06-29-2008, 02:11 AM

Spoilers may lay ahead:

The movie was good, no where near Ratatouille, The Incredibles, Monsters Inc., etc. The thing that brough it lower were the side character humans (not the captain), to me they felt like they were only there to move the plot along por to show the ideas of the movie. The ending seemed forced and corny, trying to get the plant into thingy, all the humans cared about Wall-E, but only 2 humans ever knew he existed. The end just seemed to Disney. However the first half was an amazing, truly an achievment in film making, the film is worth watching and belongs with the other Pixar films, even if it's not one of their greats.

hannypoo

06-29-2008, 03:37 AM

The ending seemed forced and corny ... only 2 humans ever knew he existed. The end just seemed to Disney.

Totally agree. The 2 human character seemed very forced when they kept reappearing and having award scenes together. And saving babies. Or whatever.

The ending was rather "Well um, ... HAPPY ENDING!" But as you said, it was very Disney of them. Haha.

scoobydiesel

06-29-2008, 03:58 AM

To be honest I want traditional animation Disney films back...I tired of all this CGI stuff..yeah Pixar does good stuff but why not a balance not JUST cgi..*sigh*

I really do want classic cartoons back on the big screen also...

But man i loved Wall-E...I dunno i really liked the animation an the story an sounds/music

tsmith15

06-29-2008, 04:27 AM

I liked the swath of individuality wall-e cut throughout the film.

However, the ending was a bit cheesy.

AutoDas

06-29-2008, 05:21 AM

All the previews before WALL-E were all for CG films.
Madagascar 2, Bolt, chihuahua (wtf), and The Tale of Derajoule (some Ratatouille ripoff)

Only Pixar should make CG films, all others fail.

The human story just seemed like something Pixar through in to make a Disney story. The first half of the movie did great without the humans.

paulsahner

06-29-2008, 05:57 AM

I loved this movie. Loved, loved, loved it. For me, it's by far both my favorite movie of the year, and favorite Pixar film.

Maybe it helped that I watched it with such a great audience...every little detail, joke, and moment was appreciated by the whole crowd, it was a blast.

The animation was top-notch. Up until Ratatouille every Pixar movie (though excellent) always felt like it was trying to push technology in one specific visual area (Monsters inc- hair/texture, Nemo- Atmosphere/water, Cars- reflections, etc)...However the past two films feel complete (technology-wise), now they just need the creativity and they can do anything.

Something that really stood out in Wall•E was it's sound editing...the lack of dialog was really refreshing, and the sound FX and music more than filled the space.

I dug the story, it's developments, and every single character. I guess some people would be turned off by the use of human actors (or humans in general), but I really liked it. I thought the subtle (disney-esq) social commentary was very entertaining- the whole movie felt like a mashup of Short Circuit 2 and Idiocracy, and multiplied by an awesomeness factor of 10.

Dreaded Gazebo

06-29-2008, 06:15 AM

Wow. I think Pixar managed to create the single most cute, charming film ever made. They really stripped their storytelling down to the bare essentials this time around. Their films have been getting more and more complex but this time they took a step back and really focus on the adventures of two robots. Yeah, there's more to it than that but the focus really lets them give the two main characters tons of personality, charm and heart. I also loved how little dialog there really was.

Once again Pixar completely blows my mind with what computer graphics can do. In the last few films they managed to make some unbelievably realistic looking sets. Now it's getting into finer details; watching how piles of garbage move as Wall-E scoops them up is mind-bogglingly real. It's not just how something looks but how they move and react according to physics. They really outdo themselves each film.

So yeah, it's pretty amazing stuff. While I think The Incredibles is their most enjoyable movie I'd say that Wall-E is their finest.

pilot3033

06-29-2008, 07:07 AM

RE: side humans,
I think it was an excuse to give John Ratzenwhatever a part as per tradition.
As for the group suddenly caring, i think it had to do with the "rouge robot" alert. That was the first time anything out of the ordinary happened and served as a wake-up call, not to mention the giant plant receptor and HAL, i mean AUTO going crazy in front of them.

It was something I could deal with:

RE: ending SPOILERS LIE AHEAD

Corny or not, it was a love story in the vein of the silent films of yesteryear. it couldn't have ended any other way. :)

gabe_utsecks

06-29-2008, 11:20 AM

Wall-E was amazing. The first third, with just Wall-E and Eve was one of the best thirds, or acts, of any film I have ever seen.

The next third was significantly weaker, but it quickly shed its awkwardness and swept me into the adventure, even though the quality of the film dropped off every time Wall-E wasn't on screen.

And the end was beautiful. Perfect.

The movie was so adorable and brilliant and beautiful that it actually, at times, caused me physical pain. I was squirming with joy. My heartstrings were being tugged so hard that they actually came clean out. I have no more heartstrings.

Pixar's best. It's not only Pixar's best, but it is, in my opinion, deserving of a Best Picture Oscar nomination.

mitcharmstrong

06-29-2008, 07:24 PM

I had high expectations going into the movie.

Wall-E exceeded them all, it was fantastic!

Everything fit together perfectly, there was no part of the movie that stood out as weak. It was the cutest, funniest, most heart-warming movie I have ever seen.

Well done Pixar, well done

McKay

06-30-2008, 12:14 AM

Very, very good movie.

I saw it Friday in a packed theater. It's quasi-themes (there are so many that are only alluded to) are very timely.

Besides these below, what other movies influenced WALL-E?
2001: A Space Odyssey
Short Circuit
The Matrix
An Inconvenient Truth

GI_Josh

06-30-2008, 01:48 AM

This movie was special. VERY special. Quite possibly my favorite of the summer thus far, and I'm not usually a big pixar nerd, either.

I was a little worried when they made the "oh look, those people are FAT!!" joke, but then those people became so much more than that. LOVED it.

trunolimit

06-30-2008, 04:30 AM

the movie was great.

gogdog

06-30-2008, 04:52 AM

This movie was near perfect. If it didn't touch your heart, you don't have one to touch. Sorry. :)

YSSMAN

06-30-2008, 05:47 AM

Personally speaking, I found this movie to be absolutely incredible. I'm in awe of how many movies have been bumping the bar forward every time I go to the theater... Its almost worrysome! But the simple fact of the matter is that while everyone expected WALL-E to be a "hit" in the same sense that every Pixar movie is, I don't think anyone expected it to be this good...

I was absolutely blown away by the heart of this movie. It was beyond anything I've seen an animated movie tackle, maybe, outside of The Iron Giant. Granted, I LOVED Rattitouile (sp?), but WALL-E managed to surpass it on every level. Maybe its because I just felt like I could sympethize with WALL-E more easily, working tirelessly for a goal that is almost too far way... Feeling alone in a world that is too big... Finding love, having it taken away...

I will openly admit as a grown-ass man, 21 years of age, I cried in the theater. My brother, sitting next to me, 19 years of age... He cried as well. I don't think there was a single pair of dry eyes anywhere near us. It is moving, beyond words, how this movie makes you feel... Amazing that two robots can show us what love is supposed to be. I don't think I'll ever look at holding hands the same way again.

Simply put, you have to see this movie. I have a hard time saying that its better than Iron Man for 2008, but by no means is it unable to unseat Kung-Fu Panda from the #2 spot.

ahughes

07-01-2008, 07:23 AM

This is one of my all time faves and takes my #1 spot for 2008 (Sorry Iron Man). It's cute, it's funny, it's emotional. I love this movie. The lack of dialog in this movie really brings the characters to life. So much of the film's emotion and storytelling comes out of the characters reactions and interactions.

This is definitely on my buy list once it comes out on Blu-ray.

APSwesthome

07-01-2008, 08:33 AM

in the words of Alex, not me because my name is Alex too, but Alex Albrecht, but then again I guess it is in the words of me, Alex, and not him, Alex, 'cus I'm the one saying it -- well not really saying it, I'm actually typing it, but only because Alex, Alex Albrecht, says it...

it was fuckin' "Epic"

trunolimit

07-01-2008, 02:41 PM

This is one of my all time faves and takes my #1 spot for 2008 (Sorry Iron Man)

whoa there buddy. this movie rocked but comparing it to iron man...apples and oranges dude.

hobbes

07-01-2008, 04:10 PM

I had such high expectations of this movie and was afraid of being disappointed but it was a wonderful film. I loved it!

Stopikingonme

07-01-2008, 04:57 PM

stubadub

07-02-2008, 01:32 AM

I'm pretty sure that this one will be near the top of the pixar movies for me, but I won't know for sure until I've watched it so many more times with my son.

One thing I love about Pixar movies is how well they hold up to repeat viewings. There are very few things that my son likes to watch that I feel like I can sit down and watch with him each and every time and not want to rip my hair out. Pixar movies are almost exclusively the exceptions (even cars).

Wall-E was fan-fucking-tastic!

Dark_Shroud

07-02-2008, 06:46 AM

This should get best picture for this year.

My new rankings until Darknight.

#1 Wall-E
#2 Iron Man
#3 Hulk

This is my new favorite move from Pixar. And to some of you, Cars might not interest you but it's not a bad movie. I really like it and it looks amazing on Blu-ray.

spinney

07-03-2008, 05:05 PM

I LOVED THIS MOVIE

and can we agree thats there is nothing more irritating then going to see a movie with friends and you can hear them saying this movie sucks under their breath.

I hope that this can make kids see whats wrong with over consumption.

robertnordberg12

07-04-2008, 01:53 AM

i felt the love between those robots more than i feel love for people in live action movies

trivialnobvious

07-07-2008, 12:56 AM

Finally got around to seeing this. Lived up to the hype, no question. At times it felt like I was watching Idiocracy but that movie was enjoyable so I didn't mind too much. The easter eggs (Couldn't beat the 2001 music coming on when the captain first walks and starts taking down the auto pilot) and the short were brilliant.

I do wonder how much some of the real little kids enjoyed the movie.

thehack904

07-07-2008, 05:00 AM

trunolimit

07-07-2008, 06:04 AM

this guy has an interesting theory about wall-e and raises a very important question. what happened to the rest of the world? wheres chinas ship, japans, u know Dubi had to have a ship.

http://www.illdoctrine.com/2008/07/the_walle_theory.html

suMMx

07-07-2008, 09:10 AM

tokenuser

07-07-2008, 03:15 PM

Did anyone realize that the pixar short before wall-e was done in the late 1920's through the 50's. Before certain movies, a short animation would run such as, Donald Duck (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8htXxaVJnY), Mickey Mouse (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vC_t2rQN1Ro&feature=related). I thought pixar (now owned by Disney) paid a nice bit of homage to the early days of Disney's animation (or was maybe told to do it like that). Thoughts???Pixar started their animation business doing short films in the late 80s. Their logo (the lamp jumping on the I in Pixar is homage to one of their earliest). All their films have been released with an animated short.

thehack904

07-07-2008, 07:02 PM

Pixar started their animation business doing short films in the late 80s. Their logo (the lamp jumping on the I in Pixar is homage to one of their earliest). All their films have been released with an animated short.

I knew that they did do that. But I was talking about the style and theme of the short was in the same style as the early disney shorts.

kahunablair

07-07-2008, 07:41 PM

I think that style of opening for Presto was picked because the short had a very early cartoon storytelling style to it.

It reminded me of the Road Runner/Coyote or Donald Duck/Chipmunks back and forth battles. I think it really set the entire tone for the entire short.

thehack904

07-07-2008, 10:37 PM

It reminded me of the Road Runner/Coyote or Donald Duck/Chipmunks back and forth battles. I think it really set the entire tone for the entire short.

I would agree with you on that. It does help set the tone for the short as well.

misspiggy

07-08-2008, 12:21 PM

i felt the love between those robots more than i feel love for people in live action movies

I agree! They did an amazing job of capturing emotion between two beings with a lack of dialogue or actual facial expressions. But, they say eyes tell a lot, and they really used that to their advantage in the animation.

Probably because I have girl parts, but I found myself tearing up in this movie several times. I think it's my favorite Pixar film yet.

Bravo Pixar!