Wall-e

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edited November 2008 in Music & Movies
Go see it. It's a great story for kids and adults, even putting the societal statements aside.

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  • Ron-P
    Ron-P Posts: 8,520
    edited June 2008
    I'm so burnt on Pixar I don't think I can ever sit though another one of their films, until TS3. Pixar has been on a downward spiral since TS2. Some of their films; Monsters, Bugs and such made for a decent rental but no rewatch factor with any of them sans the TS films.
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  • jdwmap
    jdwmap Posts: 116
    edited June 2008
    Sorry, but I took the kids to see it over the weekend (3 and 5) and my wife, not a good movie. My children aren't into silent films, which this pretty much is until the last 1/3 of the movie. Also, the story line is coming hard from the very far left, the underlying story of "omg human's are lazy, fat and destroying the planet every day" just left me wishing I had went to the Hulk or Kung Fu Panda instead. Also the Wal-mart is evil theme wasn't good either. Too much leftist hippy mumbo jumbo in there for what could have been a fun movie.

    I knew it was bad when both kids started asking to go to the bathroom 20-30minutes into the movie. At the Bee Movie, we didn't get up once. Low entertainment value, but it is a good showing of animation.

    Art/political statement film, not an entertaining show for the kids or adults.
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited June 2008
    Ron-P wrote:
    I'm so burnt on Pixar I don't think I can ever sit though another one of their films, until TS3. Pixar has been on a downward spiral since TS2. Some of their films; Monsters, Bugs and such made for a decent rental but no rewatch factor with any of them sans the TS films.

    I totally disagree. A Bug's Life, Monsters, Finding Nemo, The Incredibles, Cars and Ratatouille are all films I thoroughly enjoyed more than once...and will watch them again. I guess that's why they make lots of different movies.
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  • millerman 3732
    millerman 3732 Posts: 1,488
    edited June 2008
    I liked it, and it's at 97% at RT so alot of other folks seem to like as well.
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited June 2008
    shack wrote: »
    I totally disagree. A Bug's Life, Monsters, Finding Nemo, The Incredibles, Cars and Ratatouille are all films I thoroughly enjoyed more than once...and will watch them again. I guess that's why they make lots of different movies.

    +1. i haven't had a chance to see Ratatouille yet but have loved all the other ones and seen them all more than once. At this point anything Pixar puts out is a blind buy to me until they put out a bad one.
    If you will it, dude, it is no dream.
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  • millerman 3732
    millerman 3732 Posts: 1,488
    edited June 2008
    I'm going to have to agree with Ron here somewhat, after Nemo, all the Pixar films I've seen have been just kinda so-so for me, I'm pretty sure that I didn't even finish watching Ratatouille, and the only reason I own the Cars BD is because it was free. Wall-E on the other hand is a good movie, I won't say great, but a definite buy for me when it hits BD.
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  • Sherardp
    Sherardp Posts: 8,038
    edited June 2008
    I like Pixar movies, big fan of all of them. Check out One Man Band in Hi Def on the Cars BD.
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  • bigaudiofanatic
    bigaudiofanatic Posts: 4,415
    edited June 2008
    I loved the movie and enjoyed the story line. It alowed you to take or leave the facts that it was putting out in front of you not forcing it on you at all. 100% must go!!!!
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  • michael_w
    michael_w Posts: 2,813
    edited June 2008
    Interesting ideas to throw into a kids movie whether or not they've been done a hundred times before. I thought the plot overall was a decent idea but I found the movie to be really boring. It basically was built on the cute factor to try and pull you through to the end and that didn't really do it for me. It's hard to portray what they attempted in practically a silent film that also happens to be PG and directed to a young audience.

    2/5 stars for me. Maybe worth a rent.
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited June 2008
    michael_w wrote: »
    ...in practically a silent film that also happens to be PG ...

    Just a clarification : it's actually rated G.
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  • concealer404
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    edited July 2008
    Johnny 5 is AAALLLIIIIIVVEEE!!!!!
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  • Sherardp
    Sherardp Posts: 8,038
    edited July 2008
    I'll buy it on blu when it comes out for the little ones. I'm sure they will like it
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  • Ron-P
    Ron-P Posts: 8,520
    edited July 2008
    concealer404 wrote: »
    Johnny 5 is AAALLLIIIIIVVEEE!!!!!
    Bingo, can you say rip-off. Of all the robot ideas all they could do was copy one?
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  • audiobliss
    audiobliss Posts: 12,518
    edited July 2008
    NOTHING will ever TOUCH Johnny 5 Alive!
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited July 2008
    Are you kidding me, Johnny Five never shut the hell up! :)
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  • NotaSuv
    NotaSuv Posts: 3,860
    edited July 2008
    Ron-P wrote: »
    Bingo, can you say rip-off. Of all the robot ideas all they could do was copy one?

    well they did copy the best....just at a third of the original size and with half the dialouge
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  • zombie boy 2000
    zombie boy 2000 Posts: 6,641
    edited July 2008
    audiobliss wrote: »
    NOTHING will ever TOUCH Johnny 5 Alive!

    I'm pretty sure Ally Sheedy did.
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  • Music Joe
    Music Joe Posts: 459
    edited July 2008
    It's a little more Dewey of "Silent Running" tendin' the Earth instead of its last forest. Great robots in that film, but the story...:(
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  • etwigs34
    etwigs34 Posts: 136
    edited July 2008
    I heard very mixed reviews and this thread just shows me the same! lol oh well.....i'm supposed to see this on tues......I like all of pixars movies so far so i think i'll enjoy this! We'll see though! By the way.....whens the release date for TS3?
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  • Ron-P
    Ron-P Posts: 8,520
    edited July 2008
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  • mutelight
    mutelight Posts: 1,054
    edited July 2008
    Saw the movie after the Giants game yesterday at the Sony Metreon, it is an absolutely fantastic film!

    I think maybe the small amount of dialog made it hard for some people to hang on. The story and emotion in these CG robots is absolutely amazing.
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  • RutgersFTW
    RutgersFTW Posts: 458
    edited July 2008
    The best film I've seen this year. Pixar manages to produce arguably avant garde movies that are nonetheless reliable blockbusters year after year. 8.5/10
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  • etwigs34
    etwigs34 Posts: 136
    edited July 2008
    I went and saw WALL-E last night and thought it was incredible! the story was great but what made the movie was the incredible and stunning visuals and the awesome audio tracks with it......this movie ranked a 9.1 out of 10 for me........also the pixar short in the beginning was great too!

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  • JohnLocke88
    JohnLocke88 Posts: 1,150
    edited July 2008
    Ron-P wrote: »
    I'm so burnt on Pixar I don't think I can ever sit though another one of their films, until TS3. Pixar has been on a downward spiral since TS2. Some of their films; Monsters, Bugs and such made for a decent rental but no rewatch factor with any of them sans the TS films.

    Thanks for the suggestion; I'm gonna go watch TS2. That was a good Pixar movie.

    Wall-E was okay, it was pretty funny in some spots. It reminded me a lot of Short Circuit (which is where I think they got a lot of inspiration).
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  • kevhed72
    kevhed72 Posts: 5,066
    edited July 2008
    I typically HATE 90% of the movies I go to see, including the movies I take the kids to. I think this is due to the fact that the vast majority of movies today are made / financed by huge corporations whose goal is the highest ROA on the film, and not the highest quality of movie or story.
    With that said, I actually really enjoyed this one. I found the 'social statement'
    of this G-rated movie quite refreshing, compared to the majority of stale, over-used plot lines and themes in most mas-marketed movies. At the worst, maybe my kids will start thinking a bit more about the value of conservation.
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  • polkatese
    polkatese Posts: 6,767
    edited November 2008
    Wall-e is out on BD next week, worthy to own?
    I am sorry, I have no opinion on the matter. I am sure you do. So, don't mind me, I just want to talk audio and pie.
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  • Sherardp
    Sherardp Posts: 8,038
    edited November 2008
    Reviews everywhere are saying it is, hidefdigest.com AVS, bluray.com all have excellent reviews. Cant wait to see it on the HD1.
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  • MrNightly
    MrNightly Posts: 3,370
    edited November 2008
    It was an average flick. Worth seeing, possibly buying. Not their best by any means, but still a good entertainment for a cartoon. :)
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  • Ron-P
    Ron-P Posts: 8,520
    edited November 2008
    Watched this on Blu, great A/V, below average film. Quite boring actually, I had trouble staying awake. Pixar films just keep getting worse and worse with each passing one. There was just nothing exciting, emotionally engaging or funny. I should have stuck to my guns and not bothered with this. No more Pixar films for me until Toy Story 3.
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  • megasat16
    megasat16 Posts: 3,521
    edited November 2008
    Watched it, Liked It because it's entertaining to see the cute robots and makes me feel younger. :D
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