Monday, July 7, 2008
Member since:
October 2007
October 2007
Believe it or not, there is a Mexican singer called Colette that looks just exactly as Colette in Ratatouille did...
Oh, because it is a weak argument...again, back to the upconversion threads...
Oh, because it is a weak argument...again, back to the upconversion threads...
Monday, July 7, 2008
Member since:
March 2002
March 2002
I saw it this weekend and really enjoyed it. It has to be one of my favorite Pixar films next to Toy Story 1 & 2. When it was over, there was hope that my theatre sit would lift and hover me to my car. I mean, what's the point in walking? 
Monday, July 7, 2008
Member since:
March 2002
March 2002
The Wife-O-Meter and I saw "WALL-E" today, and both of us enjoyed it to a point. The central love story is cute and sweet, and Pixar's usual high standard of animation made the movie a pleasure on the eyes.
That said, I also found long stretches of it rather dull. The theater was filled with kids and their parents, and most of the kids were fidgety and talkative throughout the film. The story line didn't hold up very well for either my wife or me, and the film never did fully capture my mind or imagination.
I hadn't realized there were so many "2001" references in the movie, and they were fun: Eve's shape and appearance, the Johann and Richard Strauss music, the villain on the spacecraft, the air lock scene, etc. It almost seemed like the filmmakers were going for a "Space Odyssey" look on the movie. The trouble is that Kubrick's film had a grand sweep that made the imagery continuously fascinating, while "WALL-E" got simply tiresome.
Finally, anyone who didn't think the secondary environmental message was important enough to add or detract from the film must have watched an entirely different movie than I did. A person might see the ideas of pollution, overindulgence, or dependance on machines making us lazy and fat as either going too far or not going far enough. I just found these ideas an interesting backdrop to the main story, neither good nor bad. But you cannot deny they are there and that people will have a reaction to them.
Jason's 7/10 seems about right to me (maybe even a 6/10 because I'm not sure I'd want to watch it again anytime soon). I didn't find "WALL-E" had the heart of "Toy Story 2," "Monsters, Inc.," "Cars, or "Ratatouille" or the playfulness of "The Incredibles," which remain my favorite Pixar movies.
John
That said, I also found long stretches of it rather dull. The theater was filled with kids and their parents, and most of the kids were fidgety and talkative throughout the film. The story line didn't hold up very well for either my wife or me, and the film never did fully capture my mind or imagination.
I hadn't realized there were so many "2001" references in the movie, and they were fun: Eve's shape and appearance, the Johann and Richard Strauss music, the villain on the spacecraft, the air lock scene, etc. It almost seemed like the filmmakers were going for a "Space Odyssey" look on the movie. The trouble is that Kubrick's film had a grand sweep that made the imagery continuously fascinating, while "WALL-E" got simply tiresome.
Finally, anyone who didn't think the secondary environmental message was important enough to add or detract from the film must have watched an entirely different movie than I did. A person might see the ideas of pollution, overindulgence, or dependance on machines making us lazy and fat as either going too far or not going far enough. I just found these ideas an interesting backdrop to the main story, neither good nor bad. But you cannot deny they are there and that people will have a reaction to them.
Jason's 7/10 seems about right to me (maybe even a 6/10 because I'm not sure I'd want to watch it again anytime soon). I didn't find "WALL-E" had the heart of "Toy Story 2," "Monsters, Inc.," "Cars, or "Ratatouille" or the playfulness of "The Incredibles," which remain my favorite Pixar movies.
John
Monday, July 7, 2008
Member since:
October 2007
October 2007
I never thought that I would enjoy Wall-E as much as I did, coming from the director of my least favorite Pixar movie, Finding Nemo, but yet, I had never waited for a movie the way I did for Wall-E (and next year for Up?). Ratatouille didn't do it for me the first time, just like The Incredibles didn't do it for me the first time (second and third times, you get to enjoy it a bit more), hopefully the second time when I get a blu-ray player or PS3 (since I got the blu-ray movie for free), I will. Cars did suffer from pacing, but is just as enjoyable as the Toy Story movies.
Anyways, good thing we all have different opinions, or this would be boring...
EDIT: BTW, wikipedia says that Barbie and Kent will appear in Toy Story 3(D)...
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Anyways, good thing we all have different opinions, or this would be boring...
EDIT: BTW, wikipedia says that Barbie and Kent will appear in Toy Story 3(D)...
[Post edited by mvckalel on Jul 7, 2008]
