Share your opinions/experiences about WALL-E

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#21

First, Welcome to the forum fo$.

I’ve yet to see Lord of the Rings, and I know it’s a matter of opinion, but I must take umbrage with the assessment of No Country for Old Men as (implicitly) bad, idiotic, and poorly made. I thought it was another masterwork from the Coens, unpredictable, and irrefutably well-made.

Wall-E is a brilliant movie, one of Pixar’s best, and in turn one of the best animated films of all time (and without a doubt in my mind, it will be one of the best of 2008, as Ratatouille was one of the best of 2007), but it doesn’t need to be defended by harangues against other films that don’t deserve such aspersions.

especially given the fact that Titanic, Rocky, Crash and any number of other more mediocre have won the award as well.

Sorry, OT rant over.

#22

Shark bait: While I can understand your POV on the humans, I’m personally very glad the story was heavily focussed on the robots. Also, keep in mind that to Andrew, this was a love story and all else was just to make that story better. So, IMhO, I disagree. Still, it’s nice to see somebody in the Pixar fandom who likes the humans instead of he usual “boo humans” thing I seem to hear a lot.

#23

I agree with Netbug009. The [spoil]robots were the story. It didn’t need any stinkin’ dialogue![/spoil] :laughing:

#24

Well, pre-production on my stop-motion music video is going to start today, so I’ll be quick about this.

I just saw WALL-E today … and wow. I mean, I’ll probably need to see it twice to get the full effect, but still … wow. :open_mouth: My Gods, it was the most awesome thing I’ve seen this summer! x)

Next bit in spoilers just to be safe:

[spoiler]I love how they made it with little dialogue, and how so much emotion was portrayed through WALL-E (and EVE, too.) I felt a bit offended about the blob people (I’m a bit overweight :stuck_out_tongue:) but to know that their bone structure had been depleted, it made more sense … I think. Well, scary to see a lazy future, but that’s all I see. :laughing: Thanks Pixar for alerting the general public! I hope it’ll do some good.

Anyways, EVE and WALL-E’s relationship was freakin’ adorable - wasn’t something I was keen on at first but to see EVE sort of find him to be a nuisance at first, and to then realize that he was worried about her when she’d gone into that stand-by mode … well, it was cute. :smiley: I love it how she cared for him.

Sosososo sad when WALL-E didn’t seem to remember her! I teared up, admittedly. :frowning:

Oh, and I love that bit when one of the blob dudes goes “Hey, it’s your buddy John!” I was the only one in the theatre who knew it was John Ratzeberger. (Doesn’t count, I suppose, since there were only about ten other people aside from my family. :stuck_out_tongue:)

Found it to be a little unreal that a bunch of lazy blobs would suddenly be up to the task of rebuilding earth, but I suppose after so many years of what appeared to be utter boredom, it’s pretty understandable as to why they’d want to do such a thing. I dunno why - it just does. :stuck_out_tongue: [/spoiler]

I hate myself for having a music video in mind - of course it’ll have to wait until it comes out on DVD …

Oh-kay! Back to work for me, ta-ta! x)

#25

I have a quick question:


When WALL-E blasts off and explodes in the pod, and EVE is going “No…No.” is it for WALL-E, or the plant? I want to believe it’s for WALL-E, but when I splash some reality on my face I realized that this was still the time she probably cared more about the plant.

#26

[spoil]She seemed relieved when she saw Wall-E was ok though so he must have grown on her by then. But then she was totally ecstatic when he revealed he had saved the plant too.[/spoil]

#27

Okay. Right. I just saw WALL-E for the fourth and sadly, possibly the last time until the DVD comes out. :frowning: I waited 4 months for it to come out after I saw a trailer for it in Horton Hears a Who! and now I will wait 4 more months for the DVD. Let the anticipation begin! In the mean time, I can also anticipate Madagascar 2. But still, not a day since I saw that trailer before Horton Hears a Who! in March has gone without something WALL-E-related happened. And it still continues. How many times I’ve seen the trailer: over 100.

#28

Rac_Rules-
[spoil]I believe it was for WALL-E. Knowing EVE, if it was for the plant I think it would of been more of an angry sad. Like “ARG ALL THAT WORK DOWN THE DRAIN ARGARGARG shoots something”. Not that hopeless “no…no…”. The novelization also implies she was sad for WALL-E. In fact, after she saw the pod blow up she originaly said “WALL-E…” instead of “no…no…” in the earlier version of the script.[/spoil]

#29

Yeah, it was for WALL-E. Like Busterella said, it was implied in the novel, but also consider this; When she saw WALL-E okay, she was immediately happy as could be. When he presented the plant to her a moment later, it was clear that she hadn’t expected him to have it. The plant was just icing on the cake.

Saw it again today. Almost cried at the beginning. Loved it just as much if not more than before.

#30

[spoil]
I guess you guys are right. squeal that just makes them that much cuter <3 [/spoil]

#31

I just came back from seeing WallE. All i have to say is:

BEST PIXAR FILM EVER

That saying something from me. I’m crazy for Pixar Cars but after seeing this movie. I was wrong.

I want to go see it again.

#32

I’ve seen it twice now, but still want to go see it again.

sigh Will I survive until November 4th?

#33

Cybearg: Is it better the second time you see it? Because I’ll be seeing it a second time soon. :smiley:

#34

I don’t think it could have been better than the first time I saw it. My eyes didn’t water like they did during the first time I saw it , but that is to be expected, as striking emotional experiences always fade.

Let me put it this way: it’s still my favorite movie ever after seeing it twice.

#35

The first time I went to see it, they were giving out WALL•E watches to all the little kids and I asked for one and they gave it to me =P I tried to take a pic of it but it comes out too blury =/

#36

CaseyDH14: I just saw it a second time. It was just… different for me. Like, I was a bit less engrossed, because i knew what was gonna happen, but it was kinda cool, because I got to push my fangirl aside (partly) a look at it as a writer. I also got to notice little details. And in ways, knowing what was gonna happen with WALL-E and knowing who he was made it more beautiful. At the early parts of the film, I was closer to tears than any time during my first viewing. It was odd, and yet… the more I learn about this film the more beautiful it is to me… I’ve never felt so attached to a film in my life really.

#37

That’s much the same as I felt, Netbug. Although I like all Pixar films, I think that WALL-E simply transcends filmdom. While watching it, I don’t feel like I’m watching a movie, I feel like I’m being given a taste of another reality.

The only parts where I feel the immersion is somewhat broken is:

[spoiler]during “Define Dancing”, when Mary and John point out the window, call out to the dancing WALL-E, and wave. I think that their extended dialog kind of breaks the flow, and if they had simply pointed and waved without saying so much (even with that “meeting of” moment where they touch hands), it would have been a bit more immersive. Or do they stop people to point out every robot that tells them its name? Really, if they acted more like they were fascinated by the beauty of WALL-E and EVE dancing, rather than “oh, that’s that robot that I saw earlier today”, it would seem more genuine to me.

when, during Tilt, Mary grabs John’s hand and says “get ready to have some kids!” Did anyone else see that as a somewhat tasteless joke, like in Robots when they got the child construction kit and said, “making the baby is always the most fun part”, or something to that regard? I think they could have worded it differently so that I don’t glance around to see if anyone was offended.

when WALL-E has been crushed in the holodetector and EVE, after stuffing in the plant, worries over his broken body. I can understand all the humans in the crowd feeling a bit sad, but when Mary says, “Oh, no! WALL-E!” and puts her face in John’s arms, I feel like that line, and most of the humans, are there to force us to show that WALL-E is a good guy and that seeing him dying should make us sad. Most of the humans never met WALL-E, so why do they all act like they know exactly what’s going on? Many other robots are destroyed in WALL-E, so why would they suddenly have affection for this odd one they’ve never seen before? Just because he held a thingy open so that they could place a thingy in a boot (I assume they don’t know what the significance of the holodetector is, or what a plant is) into it? Personally, it completely broke my compassion for WALL-E at that moment, because it reminded me that I was watching a movie, and I didn’t like that.

at the end, where all the humans are beginning to exit the Axiom, and EVE darts by holding the broken WALL-E, the Captain takes off his hat and puts it over his heart, which I think is significant enough, but for some reason, everyone else looks on sadly, as if they were familiar with WALL-E. Well, they weren’t, so why do they all act like they know what’s going on? I think that only having the Captain act sad would have been sufficient.[/spoiler]

#38

jeez, dude! negative much?

JK, I also felt the “Oh no, WALL-E” line was a little to “This is SAD people!” but it didn’t bother me to much.

I thought the “Get ready to have some kids” was just a cute line, nothing really suggestive.

#39

How did [spoil]everyone know about WALL•E’s mission? Well, remember when the Captain was locked in his room by AUTO? He told the whole AXIOM about EVE and WALL•E.[/spoil] And that’s it! :wink:

#40

A113- That’s exactly what I was thinking. WALL-E was introduced to everyone when the Captain announced it. Regarding the other lines that annoyed you, well I thought they were little touches of humor/drama, nothing more.