I don’t know, maybe it’s me, but I fail to understand those who say they do NOT love WALL-E. I mean, the film has such emotional warmth and is so beautiful in every respect, what does it say about those who SAY they dislike it? I’m a pretty broad-minded guy and I always try and see the other person’s point of view, but this has me stumped.
Now I’m not knocking the ‘haters’, I’m just trying to understand what makes them ‘tick’ and why they should dislike such a genuinely heart-warming film.
Personally speaking I hate saccharine-sweet films where the emotion seems really forced, but in the case of WALL-E it all felt so natural.
A girl where I work really hated WALL-E. In her words, it was ‘dire’. I asked her why she thought this, just out of interest, and she said that she found it boring and uninteresting.
I can see why some people might not have enjoyed WALL-E that much. Firstly, it’s a love story, and romance does not appeal to everyone. I know for a fact that the girl who told me she didn’t like WALL-E also generally dislikes romantic movies, or anything romantic, for that matter.
Then there’s the fact that it’s animated, and there will always be people out there who will assume that an animated film is a film for children. They can be wrong, especially in the case of WALL-E, but even having watched WALL-E, they will still believe this.
Others might not like the environmental message it conveys. I quite like that WALL-E has this message, but some might find it annoying and preachy. And I’m sure that there are people out there who find even WALL-E himself annoying. These are not cold-hearted people; they just have a different opinion on what makes a movie enjoyable or not.
You make some good points there. I guess it’s the people who describe it in four letter words and the like who I really can’t understand. No doubt if they put some effort into describing what aspects they disliked then fair enough, but I would have thought that anyone with a heart who bothered to sit through it should at least be moved by it, even ignoring the romantic aspects. I mean, WALL-E is such a ‘good’ characters and he uplifts pretty much everyone who he meets (except for AUTO and GO-4 !) that I find it hard to fathom how anyone could remain untouched by it.
I guess this is saying more about me than the film though.
I had a few people saying they disliked it just because there was not enough dialogue…I don’t know…I feel it was great to have a movie where you have to understand the story by watching the emotion these robots express.
You guys all make good points…some people were sick and tired of the “Hello Dolly!” references too, but they were the backbone of the whole love plot for EVE and WALL-E. Oh well…they have their opinion, and we have ours…
I have been mystified by this as well and I too have heard many “too dark, too dismal” laments.
To add to lizardgirl’s list of reasons why people might not like it, perhaps they don’t like the sci fi space adventure elements? Perhaps they don’t like robots?
Well, pitiful as it sounds, I am one of the few people that fall under the WALL-E-Non-Lover category. I am sorry, but it just isn’t my favorite PIxar film.
Now I am not saying that it was a horrible movie. In fact, I thought it was a really brilliant movie done by Pixar. The people at Pixar have created one of the best movies of the year. I’ll use it a basball analogy to explain my feelings of WALL-E
Pixar knocked one out of the ballpark with WALL-E, just not my ballpark.
I guess I got a tad bored with the lack of dialogue. They story was amazing, but for me, I wish there could have been more talking. The characters were really cute and the love story was corny, but nice. I found the voices to be a tad annoying though. t was cute, but after hearing “WALL-E and EVA” so many times, I kinda got tired of it. Plus, I think WALL-E was a ittle too deep a movie for my taste. Also, I think there were just some moments of WALL-E that seemed to drag a little bit. SOmetimes, I wish there could have been a little more.
One of the factors that kept me from hating WALL-E was Hello Dolly. I love (and performed) the musical. It is one of my favorites, and I found myself singing to the songs.
Well, there you have it. my thoughts. Please don’t lash at me for not loving it as much as most around here.
At least you explained your reaons and that’s fine.
I’m not sure why some people don’t like the lack of dialogue though - dialogue can be superfluous in some situations and emotions can often be expressed far better without words (an action, a movement, a stance, a gesture, an expression). When those are put across correctly, as they were in WALL-E, then dialogue would ruin it.
I’m pretty sure it’s just what topics Wall-E covers that don’t appeal to people. Y’know, environmental issues, morbidly obese humans, the idea that love is eternal, meaning of life, etc.
It’s a film that defintely goes to topics that would be considered daring in an animated feature, but people don’t always like what is daring. People can also get bored in the beginning, lack of dialogue, hate romance films, hate animated films, hate sci-fi, blibber blabber blubber blabber.
Guess we all have our likes and dislikes. I loved Terminator 2, but some people hated it. Same applies for Wall-E.
Just to add a bit to Irongiant’s well thought out post, yes, Wall-E and Eve have very limited vocabularies and yet their inflections, especially when saying one another’s names, convey such a spectrum of emotions. It isn’t so much what they say as it is how they say it and there is a certain measure of beauty in that.
I don’ know, maybe the lack of dialouge seemed to have dragged the movie for me. But even though the absence of talking, I was able to understand the characters by their actions.
Oh, tell me about it!
There are a lot of people I know as friends, family etc… and they have seen Wall.E and they do not like it at all.
My five and ten year old cousin do clearly not like it and I think were suprised how they didn’t like it and my family don’t like it but I love the film and don’t understand either.
Just out of interest, I wonder if anyone who loved The Dark Knight loves WALL-E just as much? Totally different films I know, and just for the record, I thought The Dark Knight was rather poor.
I thought Dark Knight was slightly above average (and I’m quite a fan of DC Comics at that). While I’ve seen Wall-E 4 times now, I have absolutely no desire to see TDK again. People look at me like I’m from another planet when I’ve told them that.
