Wall-E

[Matt]

I saw this last night also. I'm not ashamed to say, I teared up a little during a specific part of the movie. Try to guess which one - I think you'll be pleasantly surprised!

[erechoveraker]

I saw it today, and didn't tear up (I did in Monsters Inc though, wanna fight me over it?) but had a general feeling of elation the whole time while watching it. Great movie.

Also, in the spirit of the movie, I'm going to go order some of the Wall*E toys from ToysRus.com now.

[A.M. Thomas]

I saw this last night also. I'm not ashamed to say, I teared up a little during a specific part of the movie. Try to guess which one - I think you'll be pleasantly surprised!

When the ship turned sideways and all of the fatties rolled across the floor? 

Oh, you did mean tears of laughter, right?

[jbissell]

I'm not quite ready to call it my favorite Pixar film after one viewing, but man that was fantastic. The lowpoint of my moviegoing experience was some of the worst trailers I've ever seen. Beverly Hills Chihuahua? Meet Dave? Yikes.

[A.M. Thomas]

I'm not quite ready to call it my favorite Pixar film after one viewing, but man that was fantastic. The lowpoint of my moviegoing experience was some of the worst trailers I've ever seen. Beverly Hills Chihuahua? Meet Dave? Yikes.

I will see this in theaters because I hate myself.

[yesno]

It was good.  I am happy that Pixar exists.

[jbissell]

Guess I better add a few more thoughts, lest I get called out for pasting.  Having read all the stellar reviews mentioning how touched people were after seeing the movie, I was a bit skeptical going in.  I have to say, this is one film that deserves all the hyperbolic praise it has been getting.  I think I'll be seeing it again real soon.

[iAmBaronVonTito]

im such a twerp.  i cried THREE times (no sobbing, just tears).  i was surprised at myself but he's cute and he loves her and theyre robots!! 

also, i think samir and i are on the same moviegoing schedule.  i saw WANTED and the only part i felt good about was hearing Morgan Freedman say, "...or shoot this mothafucka." 




otherwise, whatever, i called it.

[Josh Fenderman]

Saw WALL-E over the weekend as well.  I'm not sure I've seen all the Pixar talkies yet, but this is probably my favorite so far.  2001 meets Modern Times?  More like E.T. meets Short Circuit meets Curb Your Enthusiasm.

[JonFromMaplewood]

I loved it as well.

Someone wrote that, like Ratalouie, it was 10/10 stars. However, as a parent, Wall-E was superior.  Ratalouie worked for me big time, but the kids were bored.  Wall-E worked for everyone in the theater.

Given the unanimous praise so far, I can only assume Tom is going to rip into it.  "Why" is the question. Maybe:

1. Peter Gabriel song?
2. The voice of Jeff Garlin?
3. The presence of Fred Willard?

We shall see...

-JFM

P.S. How dare I try to predict the opinion of Tommy Tornado?

[jbissell]

I loved it as well.

Someone wrote that, like Ratalouie, it was 10/10 stars. However, as a parent, Wall-E was superior.  Ratalouie worked for me big time, but the kids were bored.  Wall-E worked for everyone in the theater.

Given the unanimous praise so far, I can only assume Tom is going to rip into it.  "Why" is the question. Maybe:

1. Peter Gabriel song?
2. The voice of Jeff Garlin?
3. The presence of Fred Willard?

We shall see...

-JFM

P.S. How dare I try to predict the opinion of Tommy Tornado?

Ratatouille got unanimous praise and it seemed like Tom liked that quite a bit (although there is no Patton in WALL-E).  As far as the Peter Gabriel song, it was a non issue for me, since it was over the credits and not shoved into the movie like Randy Newman all over Toy Story 1 & 2.

[yesno]

Discussion of the Apple and Macintosh references that permeate the film:

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/06/30/wall-e-an-homage-to-mr-jobs/index.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss

Other easter eggs:

http://www.slashfilm.com/2008/06/27/wall-e-easter-eggs/

[jbissell]

The latest Studio 360 podcast has a really interesting interview with Ben Burtt, who is responsible for most of the sound in WALL-E, as well as all the Star Wars films.

http://www.studio360.org/episodes/2008/06/27

[Beth]

I loved it as well.

Someone wrote that, like Ratalouie, it was 10/10 stars. However, as a parent, Wall-E was superior.  Ratalouie worked for me big time, but the kids were bored.  Wall-E worked for everyone in the theater.

Given the unanimous praise so far, I can only assume Tom is going to rip into it.  "Why" is the question. Maybe:

1. Peter Gabriel song?
2. The voice of Jeff Garlin?
3. The presence of Fred Willard?

We shall see...

-JFM

P.S. How dare I try to predict the opinion of Tommy Tornado?

Ratatouille got unanimous praise and it seemed like Tom liked that quite a bit (although there is no Patton in WALL-E).  As far as the Peter Gabriel song, it was a non issue for me, since it was over the credits and not shoved into the movie like Randy Newman all over Toy Story 1 & 2.

I kind of liked the Peter Gabriel song. .


Also, I thought the credits were fantastic. It was neat how they told the rest of the story with the paintings. Dug it.

[erika]

Yeah the credits were one of my favorite parts. The fact that they went through from hieroglyphics to mosaic to impressionist, etc. etc. etc. in chronological order was pretty awesome.