Wall-E
Jul 05
We went to see Wall-E yesterday. Pixar gave us robot characters with more depth than most real life human actors can put forth. Sure, it’s a satire on our consumption driven society. Wall-E and Wal-Mart, coincidence? I think not. It’s also a rather distopian view of the future of earth and it’s inhabitants. However, since this is Disney, you already know that we humans will be redeemed in the end. But really, at it’s core, it’s a classic love story. Boy meets girl, girl gives boy the brush-off. Boy persists, and eventually gets the girl. Except that the robots deliver this story with no dialog beyond uttering each other’s name. And you never really notice. If any animated feature is every going to win the Oscar for best picture, this is it. I’m already looking forward to the DVD, because this is one of those movies that you’ll be able to watch over and over, peeling back new and interesting layers each time.
In other words, go see it.
Agreed.
Did you spot the pizza delivery truck they hide in every film?
I saw the film yesterday as well and enjoyed it. (Pixar movies are among the few I’ll still watch in a theater.) I think I enjoyed the film *more* after reading some conservative and libertarian attacks on the film’s alleged ideological propaganda, which turned out to be mindless drivel.
No. I was watching for it too. I was driving Michelle nuts though by identifying the nods to various sci-fi movies that I caught.
Not to cheat but the wikipedia entry for “Pixar” has already added the Wall-E pizza truck sighting (I didn’t spot it in the theatre either.)
What did you think of the cartoon preview with magician, rabbit and wizard hat?
We liked Wall E too – I thought the characters were really well done. I think it is one that will be worth buying.
We LOVED that cartoon! Think it will be on the DVD when it comes out?