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Part Of Rodent's 5 Review Pixar Marathon
Review #119 (4th of 5): WALL-E
Waste Allocation Load Lifter – Earth Class, also known as WALL-E, is a little robot who works on a deserted planet Earth, around 700 years from present day.
Day after day, he heads into the nearby ruined city and gathers litter and garbage into neat piles.
When an extremely high tech robot appears in the city and starts conducting mysterious searches through the rubble, WALL-E falls in love...
...but his affections for this sleek new fem-bot will take him on a journey that will change the course of not just his existence, but the lives of everyone and everything he comes into contact with.
What an amazing movie.
WALL-E encapsulates everything that's magical about cinema and turns up the charm to heights I never thought possible.
The story is pretty simplistic, but Pixar have captured an extremely wonderful balance of innocence, humour, peril, cuteness and sheer joy with this movie.
Some of the wonderfully concieved 'artistic' visuals in the film had me smiling too. It's a very beautiful movie to watch.
Again, Pixar's signature situation 'world appropriate' humour is used throughout, but it's the sights and especially the sounds of the movie that make the biggest impression.
The lead characters, not just WALL-E, but all of them, actually say very little but bleeps, bloops and electronic buzzes and are animated with such a magnificent style, that you really believe in the personalities that you're witnessing on screen.
A lot of the personalities seen are also very funny at times. Anyone who has seen the film will know what I mean when I say: M-O, the Obsessive Compulsive Micro Obliterator.
Most of the movie's first act requires a touch of imagination by the viewer, which gives the film a whole new depth in audience connection.
The movie does suffer a small amount when the human characters are introduced, but not by a lot. They're still as likeable as their robotic counterparts and are nicely rendered by the computer imagery. The world created for the third act is also wonderfully playful and even has touches of satirical imagery to it too.
There's not a great deal to say about the voiceover work but Jeff Garlin as Captain B McCrea stands out.
MacInTalk as the ship's autopilot 'Auto' is, strangely, another standout role too.
Sound effects Wizard Ben Burtt is the voice of WALL-E and he's exceptionally good.
Most of the action takes place in the third act, and when it gets going, it doesn't disappoint. There were even a few moments that had me on the edge of my seat.
All in all, a magical experience to see and hear and is by far and away Pixar's best work. Not only is it heartwarming, but also heartbreaking, and...
... it's very funny in places too and will, I guarantee, melt even the hardiest of hearts.
My rating 101%
Review #119 (4th of 5): WALL-E
Waste Allocation Load Lifter – Earth Class, also known as WALL-E, is a little robot who works on a deserted planet Earth, around 700 years from present day.
Day after day, he heads into the nearby ruined city and gathers litter and garbage into neat piles.
When an extremely high tech robot appears in the city and starts conducting mysterious searches through the rubble, WALL-E falls in love...
...but his affections for this sleek new fem-bot will take him on a journey that will change the course of not just his existence, but the lives of everyone and everything he comes into contact with.
What an amazing movie.
WALL-E encapsulates everything that's magical about cinema and turns up the charm to heights I never thought possible.
The story is pretty simplistic, but Pixar have captured an extremely wonderful balance of innocence, humour, peril, cuteness and sheer joy with this movie.
Some of the wonderfully concieved 'artistic' visuals in the film had me smiling too. It's a very beautiful movie to watch.
Again, Pixar's signature situation 'world appropriate' humour is used throughout, but it's the sights and especially the sounds of the movie that make the biggest impression.
The lead characters, not just WALL-E, but all of them, actually say very little but bleeps, bloops and electronic buzzes and are animated with such a magnificent style, that you really believe in the personalities that you're witnessing on screen.
A lot of the personalities seen are also very funny at times. Anyone who has seen the film will know what I mean when I say: M-O, the Obsessive Compulsive Micro Obliterator.
Most of the movie's first act requires a touch of imagination by the viewer, which gives the film a whole new depth in audience connection.
The movie does suffer a small amount when the human characters are introduced, but not by a lot. They're still as likeable as their robotic counterparts and are nicely rendered by the computer imagery. The world created for the third act is also wonderfully playful and even has touches of satirical imagery to it too.
There's not a great deal to say about the voiceover work but Jeff Garlin as Captain B McCrea stands out.
MacInTalk as the ship's autopilot 'Auto' is, strangely, another standout role too.
Sound effects Wizard Ben Burtt is the voice of WALL-E and he's exceptionally good.
Most of the action takes place in the third act, and when it gets going, it doesn't disappoint. There were even a few moments that had me on the edge of my seat.
All in all, a magical experience to see and hear and is by far and away Pixar's best work. Not only is it heartwarming, but also heartbreaking, and...
... it's very funny in places too and will, I guarantee, melt even the hardiest of hearts.
My rating 101%
