lol No, TAMATER, I am afraid. First, some people, if not most, would automatically reduced to liking WALL•E much better (I have got the WALL•E with the interpunct copied in my clipboard so it is convenient to use) because it was made by Pixar. Second, it is a fantastic film. I love Bolt, but I also like WALL•E. I recognize the fact that I have not used the bigger l-word on WALL•E, but, unfortunately, it just did not move me in the way it had touched all the hearts of you WALL•E lovers out there. ^^"
WALL•E is a great film, like I said, but one who sadly does not enjoy the average romance genre whether watching a movie or reading a book would probably not sit through the hour and a half (or more, I lost count) comfortably. I sat through it quietly. There were many parts of the story that had kept my mind busy, so it was not dull, for one thing. But, let’s put it this way: A man may find a plate of spicy spaghetti to be incredibly delicious with its intensive taste that stings his tongue, but another man of similar interest for Italian pasta might find the spice in the food to have contaminate the greatness of its taste, and thus, unfortunately, find it to be rather appalling.
Basically, quoting what many have said,
“Each to his own taste.”
I did not mind WALL•E’s little use of dialogue in the beginning, mind you. I thought it was excellently done. Only people with a poor taste for good movies had criticized this severely with their conceited mind, which I found to be quite annoying. What WALL•E need is a good song to go with it. I know you may take up the role of the second spice-hating man when you read this, but I think Bolt was great when they added Miley Cyrus’ song.
Go ahead, scream. I know many hate her because of her recent notorious incidents, but you know what they say; hate the game, not the player. If the game was played well, cheer for it, despite your views on the jerk.
Her song, “I Thought I Lost You,” was extremely fitting to the movie. I only said this because it informed me about the ‘hidden’ plot line within the film; go check out my post in the official Bolt thread for the forums to find out what I am talking about because it is kinda a long explanation. A little lengthy.
To simply put it, the first line of the chorus got me to realize that Bolt is also, as a matter of fact, a love story. Maybe not one involving romantic relationships, but one with trust, loyalty, and desperation shared between the ‘person’ and her pet. Like one fan of WALL•E once said, this is a film truly needing to be appreciated.
And what makes Bolt a level better than WALL•E - to me - is the final scene, where [spoil]Penny, a nine to ten years old child, was seemingly suffocating to death[/spoil]. For the eeriness of that scene, it was given a PG rating. But that was what that entranced me. I almost teared, which is ironic, because I was supposed to cry for the other movie, when WALL•E seemed to have lost his memory.
I guess it is just that EVE’s body movements kinda slowed my mind down. I did have an “Awe…” going through my head when I saw that scene, but heh, nothing more than an awe.
My bad.
Bolt’s movements, however, was really great. If you have read to this part, do not bother to go and read my other post, because I have told you half of what I wanted you to read in there. Anyway, Bolt, while Penny laid lifelessly by his side and moaning, whimpering away, the loyal pet sat beside her as the fumes surged on. It was a really dramatic scene. There were no sign of hope longer than WALL•E had no sign of recovery, which works better. Seeing [spoil]a young female adolescent apparently dying[/spoil] just really grips my heart, as I am sure it have grip some of your hearts as well after realizing [spoil]the amount of gloom presented[/spoil] in this PG-rated Disney production.
So, in conclusion, I feel that both had did their best in bringing out a great story. Is that not what it is all about? Telling people of heartwrenching tales while sending them on an adventure? Both films, when compared, would just sprout massive amount of unnecessary flames which I have seen too much of in my life. When two good stories were pitched against one another, it really saddens me to see all sorts of people coming out of the shell to throw various insults at either one of them that which both I like, even though my alignment is towards Bolt (but that is due to my taste, not my judgment of its quality).
I have given Bolt a 7.8/10, and I think it truly deserves it and shouldn’t be underrated in any manner, not that it is. Oh, and as for WALL•E, I would give it a 8.5/10 due to its great composition of the story and characters combined (cut off some points for some dull moments it brought me - again, personal taste, that’s all), but I think that it has been given way too much credit to be given any more.