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WALL-E (2008)

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Children & Family
98 min.

G

Synopsis:
"In a futuristic world, human beings have destroyed Earth and evacuated the planet, leaving the cleanup to an army of robots they've programmed to do their dirty work. Due to a mishap, the dutiful WALL-E is the only one left. But with the arrival of a female probe, the monotony of WALL-E's existence is broken -- and he experiences love for the first time. Andrew Stanton directs this Golden Globe- and Oscar-winning Pixar tale with a sci-fi twist."


Currently 7 reviews and 10 comments.

"WALL-E"

" Wall-e is the best movie of the year. A movie that takes us back to those great old 1940's and 1950's romance movies. Pixar has produced two amazing and memorable characters and given us one of the best romance stories of the past few years, and used basically no dialogue to establish this love story. The movie has amazing visuals, especially Wall-e, who is probably the best looking animated character ever. The whole movie works perfectly, even if the whole consumerism is bad concept, gets brought up in the movie far to much. Still a minor flaw in such a fantastic movie. If you haven't seen this movie yet, the go rent it or buy it, but give it a chance. It's a shame that animated movies are passed over by the academy awards for best movie, because Wall-e deserved the nomination and the win."
by eduardo.fernand on Mon Feb 16th, 2009
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"WALL-E"

"This movie was ok it had some good family parts but if your looking for an adult movie this isn't the best choice i would say it has an age range of about 5-10 maybe. But if your are looking for a good kid family appropriate movie this is the right choice. Of course im only 11 so."
by darianrox on Tue Dec 30th, 2008
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"WALL-E"

" What will happen to humans once all their trash accumulates and the world finally turns into an unlivable place??... well WALL-E will save the day of course! This animated movie explores an unlivable earth due to a build up of man made trash. It stars a very curious robot named Wall-E. He is the only creature, man or robot, left on the planet earth. Wall-E is slowly trying to clean up the planet, when he discovers what happened to all of the humans. It is up to wall-e and his new robot friend to help the human race return to there planet, so they can fix the mess they single-handedly created."
by nadasurf3 on Wed Dec 17th, 2008
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"WALL-E"

"The creative genius behind such animated hits as Finding Nemo and Toy Story has struck again. Andrew Stanton has become a fixture in the Pixar world, consistently producing hugely popular hits, and the newest film to come out on DVD, WALL-E, is no different. Taking a decidedly different approach than past animated films, writers Pete Docter, Jim Reardon, and Stanton decide to tackle the ever-present issue of global warming and the rising fears of garbage taking over the planet, and they achieve a surprisingly entertaining result for the children in the audience.

WALL-E (voiced by Ben Burtt) is the Waste Allocation Load Lifter - Earth Class robot, and the only thing left on the sickly gray-brown planet (aside from his friend the perky, Twinkie-loving cockroach) where the mounds of trash have grown taller than the skyscrapers. In the beginning scenes, we see proof that humans at least attempted to be environmentally minded, as seen from the few wind farms and the fact that WALL-E himself is solar-charged. However, once the garbage became too overwhelming, the humans were encouraged to take a five-year vacation on the space station Axiom while the WALL-Es of the world cleaned up the trash. However, the rising toxicity levels caused the vacation to become permanent and WALL-E was left alone on Earth.

The trash-collecting, show-tune loving robot performs his day-to-day duties of compacting garbage in his belly, finding treasures and trinkets of human history along the way. On a particularly eventful day, he finds an object that could change the fate of human existence. One day, a robot scout, Eve (voiced by Elissa Knight) is the Extraterrestrial Vegetation Evaluator and has arrived looking for proof that life is once again sustainable. Upon seizing WALL-E’s new treasure, Eve goes into a sort of catatonic state and waits for the ship to return her to the Axiom. Through a series of adventures, our hero learns that love is possible, faith is essential, and hope is necessary to accomplish what you believe in.

Though the film starts off strong and intriguing with horrifying images of what our earth may become, once WALL-E boards the spaceship out of love or loneliness to see Eve, the plot loses substance and consequently becomes repetitive. The last half of the movie revolves around WALL-E’s discovery and its constant loss and retrieval. You rarely (if ever) doubt what the out come will be, though perhaps that is how a kid’s movie should be. Some of the adult members of the crowd may grow bored, lose interest, and start wondering when the 98th minute will finally arrive because of the circling plot. However, children will most likely remain entertained by all of the engaging robots and their antics.

Still some may ask, “How are little kids supposed to sit still for so long if there isn’t even much of a plot?” Right from the beginning, WALL-E is endeared to viewers. Leave it to Pixar to take a robot with little speaking opportunities and make him loveable and adorable. When Eve enters her catatonic state, WALL-E still tends to her, taking her for walks, protecting her from the rain and even trying to jumpstart her back to life. He’s like the goofy, clumsy guy you can’t help but adore. Though he’s supposed to be an automated robot with one specialized function, with his sweet child-like voice with different intonations and eye movements that reveal his emotions, his wide-eyed innocence becomes positively charming.

Eve, on the other hand, has an entirely different appeal for viewers. She arrives on Earth for one purpose: to find proof that Earth can sustain life. She is graceful yet violent, nearly blasting WALL-E to pieces on several different occasions, then flying effortlessly and beautifully through the air. She can blast herself out of any situation, even when she gets sucked in by a giant magnet used in junkyards, which is a particularly comical and satisfying scene. She is a tool of humans and WALL-E transforms her, teaching her to love, to dance, and to hold hands.

Some parents may be wary of its message as well. Is it appropriate for a children’s movie to involve such dark themes as the destruction of the environment? I think so. After all, children are our future aren’t they? Even though the film has the potential to be a somewhat disturbing cautionary tale, the execs behind it have managed to find the hope in the situation through machine and human camaraderie. Despite its less-than-entertaining plot line, it contains an important message that children need to be introduced to so they can be prepared to take on whatever mess we leave behind. In spite of its shortcomings, WALL-E has become a great achievement in cinematic history, and deserves its rising status as a cultural phenomenon. "
by agentile on Wed Dec 17th, 2008
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"WALL-E"

"wall-e

this was a pretty fun movie. but actually i expected more comedy in that.but wall-e was really cute while he was speaking. but the scene i liked the most was was when the captain suddenly walks and all of the others cheer like they have seen someone walking for the 1st time. but a fantastic movie.

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by suchi on Thu Sep 18th, 2008
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"WALL-E"

" I'm going to be honest. I'm a sucker for a good Disney movie. All of them have really nice messages behind them, and are visually beautiful. All of their characters are lovable, and you feel so satisfied after watching a Disney [animated] film. The newest installment in Disney's long line of animated films is a movie about a little robot (Trash compacter to be exact) who lives in a Post-Apocolyptic earth, where everyone and everything has died out except him, and a little friend cockroach. Thirty minutes into the movie a space object (Not a flying saucer, but something like it) reaches earth, sending off little Extra Terrestrial Vegetation Evaluators to search the planet to find any form of living life. Wall-E gets scared and doesn't know what is going on. He scoots up behind one of the Extra terrestrial Vegetation Evaluators, but nearly gets shot at because those things like to shoot at everything. Finally Wall-E introduces himself, and finds out that the little white evaluator is named EVE. Wall-E takes EVE back to where he stays at and shows her his gadgets. He also shows her a little plant in a small shoe that he waters and takes care of everyday. As soon as EVE sees that, she takes the plant and goes off with her Outerspace crew. Wall-E runs after EVE and hooks onto the space saucer, and goes up into outer space with her. Wall- E runs into tons of funny obstacles, causing a ton of commotion towards the people and robots of outerspace. Finally, Eve and Wall-E meet up again and fall in love, while trying to be able to get back to earth again. Wall-E is basically a cute, robot love story for children. But i hate to say that these magnificent Disney/Pixar movies are only for children- because they are not! Adults can enjoy them just as well. "Wall-E" is funny, charming, adorable, and heartwarming. It's somewhat more mature in a sense then other animated movies, for the fact that this one has to do with a Post-Apocolyptic setting- something that little kids may not understand. I'm not sure if "Wall-E" is as good as "Finding Nemo" or "Toy Story", which are as great as Disney movies get, but it comes rather close. "Wall-E" is easily a better film than something like "Ratatouille" or maybe even "The Incredibles". Wall-E is also the cutest little character in Disney history. He is adorable to look at. "Wall-E" has often been mentioned for being Oscar worthy, maybe even for best picture. Besides me agreeing with that, i think it would be great for once to have a FAMILY movie at least nominated. Sadly, some of these films just don't get enough attention. Hopefully, "Wall-E" may change that."
by happygurl on Mon Jul 7th, 2008
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"WALL-E"

"This movie may be one of the best Pixar Animation films you're going to see. This fun-packed adventure between two future robots will have you craving to see what's going to happen next.

Wall E is one of many robots who is designed as a trash compactor 800 years from now. During that time, the Earth is overrun by mountains of trash, and it is Wall E's job to neatly pile the trash and keep it out of the way of the human race. No humans remain on Earth, for they have created a home away from home in outter space. Wall E is left on Earth alone with a pet cockroach, and he has no idea that he can stop his job. Wall E remains lonely until one day, an unexpected spaceship lands in his territory.

This movie will have you smiling and laughing at the cute little robot trying to find the missing space in his robotic heart."
by pnoigrl513 on Fri Jun 27th, 2008
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