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Amazon.co.uk Review
Pixar genius reigns in this funny romantic comedy, which stars a robot who says absolutely nothing for a full 25 minutes yet somehow completely transfixes and endears himself to the audience within the first few minutes of the film. As the last robot left on earth, Wall-E (voiced by Ben Burtt) is one small robot--with a big, big heart--who holds the future of Earth and mankind squarely in the palm of his metal hand. He's outlasted all the "Waste Allocation Load Lifter Earth-Class" robots that were assigned some 700 years ago to clean up the environmental mess that man made of earth while man vacationed aboard the luxury spaceship Axiom. Wall-E has dutifully gone about his job compacting trash, the extreme solitude broken only by his pet cockroach, but he's developed some oddly human habits and ideas. When the Axiom sends its regularly scheduled robotic EVE probe (Elissa Knight) to earth, Wall-E is instantly smitten and proceeds to try to impress EVE with his collection of human memorabilia. EVE's directive compels her to bring Wall-E's newly collected plant sprout to the captain of the Axiom and Wall-E follows in hot pursuit. Suddenly, the human world is turned upside down and the Captain (Jeff Garlin) joins forces with Wall-E and a cast of other misfit robots to lead the now lethargic people back home to earth. Wall-E is a great family film with the most impressive aspect being the depth of emotion conveyed by a simple robot--a machine typically considered devoid of emotion, but made so absolutely touching by the magic of Pixar animation. Also well-worth admiring are the sweeping views from space, the creative yet disturbing vision of what strange luxuries a future space vacation might offer, and the innovative use of trash in a future cityscape. Underneath the slapstick comedy and touching love story is a poignant message about the folly of human greed and its potential effects on earth and the entire human race. --Tami Horiuchi, Amazon.com
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 Quite simply, it's perfect! August 23, 2008
D. Jackson (UK)
27 out of 33 found this review helpful
WALL.E, while being loved by all the critics, probably won't be as popular with 'everyone', because it's so different from anything Pixar have done before: i.e. for a good 40 minutes of the film, there is almost absolutely no dialogue: therefore some of the younger viewers are likely to loose some interest. It plays out kind of like an extended version of one of Pixar's short films.
WALL.E is basically an adorable little rusty cube. He's been sent down to Earth to clear up all the mess that the humans made- before they left the planet and started a perfect life up with the stars, in a gigantic spaceship. Eventually he meets Eve- a smooth, white, hovering probe with a short temper. An amazing outer-space adventure kicks in after WALL.E discovers life on Earth.
It could be said that WALL.E is totally unpredictable, because sometimes you're never really sure what direction in which the plot is headed. There's not really a voice cast I can comment on, but all the characters -and the few lines of dialogue- are brilliantly believable. In my opinion, it's genius how Pixar have created such emotion between characters through simple eye movements and how fast the characters move.
I'd say that this is probably Pixar's best film; Ratatouille I thought could not be bettered- but clearly I was wrong. WALL.E is able to make even the most stone-hearted audience members laugh and cry in equal measure. It's a classic, obviously. Everything about it touches on greatness: the characters, the landscapes, the quality of animation, the ideas, the imagination... the list is endless.
It's a little film with a big message.
There's a feeling you get at the end of this film, a buzz, a tingling sensation from head to toe: it's called joy.
Adults and children will both love it August 23, 2008
Dr. George L. Sik (Epsom, Surrey)
11 out of 16 found this review helpful
The best storytellers didn't waste much sleep deciding whether their output should appeal to children or to adults. The Grimm brothers didn't worry whether children would be scared of their fairy tales and neither did Walt Disney when making Snow White. More recently, J.K.Rowling famously never 'dumbs down' the more adult content of her Harry Potter books just because children are the principal audience.
So here, it is interesting that much of the debate seems to be about whether this film is for kids or for grown-ups, as though it can't be for both. Yes, it has a very clear message about our throwaway consumerist lives and how these are destroying the planet, which might be difficult to stomach when drinking a dustbin-sized container of Pepsi and stuffing youself with popcorn...but I think the kids will get it. They're not as stupid as a lot of people seem to think.
In fact, this is a beautiful film, almost a silent comedy for the first half, but tempered with the tragic message that our greed has destroyed the Earth and very little life survives, the odd cockroach excepted. Wall-E, thanklessly crushing rubbish, as he was programmed to do, seems to have his future mapped out for him...until a probe arrives to seek out whether life has returned to earth and Wall-E finds himself falling in love.
Like Ratatouille, there is a lot here for adults - not least those who have seen 2001: A Space Odyssey - but I can't imagine kids being bored. The world of Wall-E has an endearing innocence and children will love it.
This is truly a film for everyone.
 It's good, but not all children will love it August 19, 2008
one-eyed Jack (England)
11 out of 17 found this review helpful
My first hope if not expectation was that this would be a great film for my primary-school age children. The priority for me when I take my family to the pictures at a cost of 25 is entertainment, NOT education - there's plenty of environmentally-aware education on television as it is. But it didn't work out the way I hoped, as my younger daughter fell asleep after less than an hour and her older sister was (by her standards) rather restrained in her enthusiasm afterwards. In fact she said she wished she had seen Kung Fu Panda instead...
Wall-E (Waste Allocation Load Lifter Earth-Class), left behind to clean up the planet after the last humans have left, develops a longing for a more sophisticated robot called Eve and together they manage to travel across space so that Wall-E can be re-united with his human makers. I had heard promising things about this film, including a claim that it would be nominated for Best Film at the next Academy Awards. It tries to put across a message about the dangers of failing to re-cycle all our waste, while trying to keep the kids laughing at the same time. That's a near-impossible task, and the result is a film that contains elements of childhood entertainment and thought-provoking visions of our planet's distant future, but the finished product doesn't seem to know for sure exactly what it is or who it's aimed at. There's very little dialogue for the first half of its 103 minutes, until the scene shifts to a massive spaceship moored somewhere in the solar system and which houses the entire human race. An interesting concept is that humans have evolved in such a way that they are physically much larger but have fewer bones in their bodies, because they don't move or exercise at all as a result of their total dependency upon automatons (in dozens of different guises) to do all functions.
My conclusion was that this was too grown-up a tale for children, but too simplistic for adults. Children won't understand the message that is being sent, as all they want is to enjoy a film. Adults won't gain a thing in terms of knowledge because it is science FICTION, and not fact. If adults want to gain some insight into the planet's future that is more factually based then I suggest they check out "An Inconvenient Truth" as it is far more focused - and credible - than this animated film. By trying to cover all bases (entertainment of kids, education for one and all) the result is a lukewarm success - and that's probably why its box-office takings have been rather modest. I was also bothered by some physical similarities between Wall-E and E.T. - mostly the head shape from certain angles, and the eyes too; maybe no-one else will think of this but it crossed my mind and the thought would not go away. The symbolic touching of hands sealed it for me, which bordered on plagiarism. The quality of the animation was excellent but did not set a new standard. In a nutshell I was expecting the blockbuster of the year but it was merely quite good, and not a classic by any stretch. I sense that some people will hail its noble intentions but if you think about it, it's fiction and what few facts it contains are none that we don't already know. And most children under 10 will be rather underwhelmed; the theatre I was in was barely one-third full (at a peak viewing time) and despite the majority of watchers being kids it was strangely quiet throughout.
A first step August 19, 2008
Mr. David Halliday (Ilkeston Derbyshire United Kingdom)
8 out of 17 found this review helpful
Wall-E [2008]Neither brilliant nor terrible Wall-E certainly seems to have pushed peoples buttons. The Americans didn't 'get it' & a lot of people here seem upset that it dared to have some sort of agenda other than providing 2 hours of peace & quiet from the nippers during the summer hols.
The story is very simple, mankinds ruined Earth & has moved off into space until things improve. The last working robot whose job is to tidy up meets a robot sent by the humans to see if things have improved. They end up on the spaceship where all the,(now totally chairbound & useless), humans are & between them engineer a return to Earth.
There is much to admire here. The animation is nothing new but continues Pixar's quality approach to the genre & there is much to admire. While not much laugh out loud happens there is a lot of gentle humour. The robot of the title is rather sweet & while the relationship between him & the newcomer can get a bit sickly it still has charm.
The message is a little heavy handed but having just returned from 5 weeks in the USA I'm afraid that a subtle message would be a complete waste of time,(the 'bot's name resembling the US's largest store is no accident),. Americans don't do subtlety & are certainly choosing to ignore the environment.
Should a cartoon be the place for an environmental message? Why not? Nobody complains about the constant bombardment of 'why can't we all just be friends' & 'we all need family' messages carried by just about every other cartoon so whats the problem here?
On the other hand I can see the point of those who feel that their children were bored. I went with my wife & youngest daughter & they were bored too! The problem I feel is that because of the need to make as much money as possible this had to be aimed at kids whereas it would have probably have been far more successful aiming more for adults & making that clear in the trailers.
Nevertheless while not Pixars finest this was still enjoyable & was perhaps a first bold step away from the 'children only' approach to cartoons that has dominated for so long.
It's not hard to see both the pro & anti viewpoints as all having merit in the reviews. If you haven't seen Wall-E yet then try to approach with an open mind. Expect something slower than you're used to & a strong green message & you should find much to enjoy. If you don't normally like cartoons then who knows this may change your mind.
If you have children then perhaps a rental 1st may help avoid disappointment.
The future of film making is turning towards animation whether we like it or not. It is quicker & way cheaper,(no actors or sets!),. At some point someone had to look to change direction & do something bold. This is not a full hearted attempt to turn everything around in animation but it is a big step in that direction & the fact that it has come from the worlds largest animation company should be enough to make us all sit up, take notice & anticipate many changes in the not too distant future.
wonderful film August 20, 2008
P. Haines (London)
6 out of 11 found this review helpful
I have seen this movie ten times, 8 times in english, and twice in french. The above reviews dont reflect the real sense of the film.
The above reviews fail to mention the love story, and how the human are redeam by a small little robot. Who's only goal is to hold hands with eve. He is very child like,and it makes him lovable. Walle first meeting with MO, is very funny, when eve finds poping plastic enjoyable,
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