my profile | my password | search | faq & rules | forum home

» Film-Tech Forum ARCHIVE   » Community   » Film Handlers' Movie Reviews   » Wall • E (2008) (Page 2)

This topic comprises 5 pages: 1  2  3  4  5

Author Topic: Wall • E (2008) Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 06-27-2008 09:14 PM                        The Buy-N-Large website!  |  IP: Logged Sam Graham AKA: "The Evil Sam Graham". Wackiness ensues. Posts: 1431 From: Waukee, IA Registered: Dec 2004 posted 06-27-2008 10:54 PM                        CINEMA: Cinemarkury 20 at Jordan Creek, West Des Moines, IA AUDITORIUM: 9 PRESENTATION: Mystery Meat DLP PRESENTATION PROBLEMS: DLP screen door effect, slightly fuzzy picture, and yes...apparently you CAN make a DLP projector shake from time to time. RATING: Two and one half stars (out of four) Seriously...It's like when anybody in the booth walks by, the damn thing shakes. THE PLOT: Robot lovin' for the sake of humanity. Wackiness ensues. This is probably the most pedestrian movie Pixar has ever done. The storyline is pedestrian, the characters are largely pedestrian, and speaking of large...the mass of humanity makes the animation pedestrian, even taking away from the few moments of animation that impress. It's seriously lacking in that Pixar cleverness. I liked the short better, actually.  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 06-28-2008 12:54 AM                        Hey Mike, they went out of their way to make that website just as useless and annoying as the majority of corporate websites of today with pointless Flash animation zipping all around as well as the generic photos of stock models everywhere that just screams "........." That's right, that's what it screams.  |  IP: Logged Shane Cooper Expert Film Handler Posts: 232 From: Little Rock, Arkansas Registered: Jun 2004 posted 06-28-2008 01:05 AM                     Wow. The website is one of the most detailed marketing tie-ins I have ever seen. Also, spot on!  |  IP: Logged Kurt Zupin Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 989 From: Maricopa, Arizona Registered: Oct 2004 posted 06-28-2008 06:23 AM                     I'm on the fence with this one as well. While I liked parts of it, i really thought the middle dragged on, reels 4 and half of 5 felt like an hour alone. I think this might be some of there best animation to date, but its not their best film to date. I liked the nod to Toy Story. 3.5/5  |  IP: Logged Tom Mundell Expert Film Handler Posts: 120 From: Silver Spring, MD, USA Registered: Nov 2007 posted 06-28-2008 04:28 PM                        saw this at AMC Tysons Corner 16 in cinema #11. I loved this! I give it 9/10; story was great, animation very impressive, great sound, all around solid. I didn't think it dragged at all, the pacing was pretty good. The short Presto is hilarious, though I think For the Birds and Lifted are still my favorite of Pixar's shorts.  |  IP: Logged Edwin Schwing Expert Film Handler Posts: 116 From: Las Vegas NV Registered: May 2002 posted 06-28-2008 11:43 PM                     SO... Did anyone notice the Pixar "eggs"? I haven't found the ball with the STAR on it yet, and I am sure it is in WALL-E's truck somewhere... BUT I did notice EVE checking out the Pizza truck! Anyone Else? E And what is up with the lighter? Are they trying to teach kids how to light Zippos????  |  IP: Logged Jonathan M. Crist Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 531 From: Hershey, PA, USA Registered: Apr 2000 posted 06-29-2008 01:03 AM                     Does anybody else find it a bit ironic (or prehaps a bit hypocritical) when you consider WALL-E's two main themes: (i) we are too much of a disposable society creating too much useless trash and (ii) that having a dominant large corporation controlling your life (and keep you "entertained") is not good. WALL-E is brought to you by the Disney entertainment conglomerate (you don't get much more controlling than Disney) and both Disney and Pixar have produced mounds of junk tied to their various films (including WALL-E) which have appeared in everything from Happy Meals to cereal boxes. (I still must have at least a half dozen of the wind-up toy "Cars" that came with the Rice Krispies a couple of years ago that I occassionally let loose for my cats to chase).  |  IP: Logged Dennis Atkinson Expert Film Handler Posts: 129 From: Birch Run Michigan Registered: Feb 2000 posted 06-29-2008 08:18 AM                        My 13 year old son thinks the movie was a shot at Walmart, AKA Wallyworld to some, including the blue uniforms, was it blue is the new red? I think Pixar is putting more into this story than most people think. While not a great movie, the more I think about the BnL part of it, the better it seems. Dennis  |  IP: Logged Mike Schindler Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1039 From: Oak Park, IL, USA Registered: Jun 2002 posted 06-29-2008 03:42 PM                     I'm convinced I'll never understand why people think Pixar movies are so good. They all have (fairly) interesting premises, but the stories are so straight-forward that the movies tend to be very tedious. For this reason, I think their shorts are usually way better than their features. LIFTED, in particular, was great. But I think that WALL*E is their best feature to date. The story's as dumb as usual, but everything else was off the hook. The animation was amazing, and Ben Burtt's sound design was even better. I really wish Pixar would hire better writers.  |  IP: Logged Chris Hipp Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1462 From: Mesquite, Tx (east of Dallas) Registered: Jul 2003 posted 06-29-2008 04:39 PM                     I think everyone loves Pixar so much because many people, especially on this board, make up their mind about a movie before they even see the trailer. Kind of like people who hated Rocky Balboa because they say Stallone is too old, but then they defend Harrison Ford for doing Indy 4, even though he is older and not in anywhere near as good of shape as Stallone. I could only wish to look like him at 60, I'd settle for looking like that now. Anyway, I liked it. I thought they did a very good job of humanizing WallE, unlike that horrible atrocity of a "movie" Cars. He also seemed very cat like. But of course I still hate how these hollywood types are trying to brainwash the children today. Yes yes, corporations are evil and corporationy, I know.  |  IP: Logged Paul Mayer Oh get out of it Melvin, before it pulls you under! Posts: 3836 From: Albuquerque, NM Registered: Feb 2000 posted 06-29-2008 10:01 PM                        Suncoast Cinemark 16 Screen #10, Sunday 4:05pm matinee $7.50 adult before-6pm price Great technical mastery at the service of a half-baked story (where have we seen that before?). Guess the Hollywood weak-development-by-committee disease has spread north to Emeryville. It was OK, but only that. Certainly not Pixar's best effort, other than the technical quality of the artwork itself, which was up to their usual high standard. The story arc and pacing slumped badly after the first couple of reels. Where was the editorial team? And the writing team? Plot holes, character motivation and development holes - this project definitely needed more time in the pre-production incubator. What gets me is that with such long lead times as it takes to do an animation production these days, I'm amazed that no one recognizes and fixes such weak storytelling at the early layout and storyboarding stage. As it sits, this script should never have been green-lighted (green-lit?) to begin production. It's literally half-baked. No one walked out, but there was a lot of looking at watches/cellphones/PDAs for time checks. Very quiet audience walkout. No buzz. The kids in the house weren't restless, though they were headed that way. This 1+37 film felt much longer than that. Not good. I expect better from Pixar and felt let down this time. * * * * * The second week of July I'm helping with a digital install in town, then it's off to Japan the week after to catch the opening of Miyazaki's latest animated film, Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea. We'll see if the man that everyone at Pixar worships can match the magic he achieved back in 1988 with My Neighbor Totoro.  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 06-30-2008 05:02 PM                        I was kind of surprised that the short at the beginning got past the Disney watchdogs (not to mention the rating board) what with the electrocution bit, the ladder to the crotch bit, and the fingers-in-the-eyes bit.  |  IP: Logged Galen Murphy-Fahlgren Master Film Handler Posts: 405 From: Canton, MI, USA Registered: Oct 2007 posted 06-30-2008 09:47 PM                     I've seen it three times now, and I still love it. I count two, possibly three 2001: A Space Odyssey references. What other films does it have references to that anyone has caught?  |  IP: Logged John Wilson Film God Posts: 5438 From: Sydney, Australia. Registered: Dec 1999 posted 06-30-2008 11:00 PM                     ?  |  IP: Logged

All times are Central (GMT -6:00)

This topic comprises 5 pages: 1  2  3  4  5

Printer-friendly view of this topic

Hop To: Select a Forum: Category: Operations -------------------- Digital Cinema Forum Film Handlers' Forum Large Format Forum Ground Level Feature Info, Trailer Attachments & REAL Credit Offsets Category: Community -------------------- Film-Yak Film Handlers' Movie Reviews The Afterlife Bob Maar's Joke-A-Thon Category: Classified -------------------- Equipment and Supplies Wanted/For Sale Help Wanted/Seeking Employment Category: System -------------------- Software Beta Testing Forum

The Film-Tech Forums are designed for various members related to the cinema industry to express their opinions, viewpoints and testimonials on various products, services and events based upon speculation, personal knowledge and factual information through use, therefore all views represented here allow no liability upon the publishers of this web site and the owners of said views assume no liability for any ill will resulting from these postings. The posts made here are for educational as well as entertainment purposes and as such anyone viewing this portion of the website must accept these views as statements of the author of that opinion and agrees to release the authors from any and all liability.