| Posted by: projectionist at July 26, 2008, 12:41 pm | | Topic: Wall-E- Official Movie Thread Forum: Film Hobbit | | totally ashburnham, the trailers dont do it justice... but if you see it, you will realise why they only showed SO much in them... its a wonderful success for pixar... and one that seems to hit all the right notes with everyone that sees it. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: ashburnham at July 25, 2008, 11:11 am | | Topic: Wall-E- Official Movie Thread Forum: Film Hobbit | | Heard so many rave reviews about this. Really doesn't look all that special. Guess i will have to go and check it out. I'm guessing the trailers don't really do it justice. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: projectionist at July 23, 2008, 5:05 am | | Topic: Wall-E- Official Movie Thread Forum: Film Hobbit | | ooh yeah. so sweet. thinking on goin to see it at my cinema today.... again... hm. the one joke that made me laugh out loud - LOUD in the cinema was the 'spork' joke.... so sweet... | | Static Link |
| Posted by: redundo at July 21, 2008, 11:58 am | | Topic: Wall-E- Official Movie Thread Forum: Film Hobbit | | I loved that Wall.E had his favourite film on VHS tape, but played it on an iPod. Then used a giant magnifying glass to actually see it. All sorts of ironies in there to enjoy. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: redundo at July 21, 2008, 8:12 am | | Topic: Wall-E- Official Movie Thread Forum: Film Hobbit | | Went to see it opening night over here. Had tickets for the late showing, which was only 8.30, so i still expected a lot of kids. But the place was packed with adults, that has to say something about who really enjoys these films. They might be aimed at kids, but its the adults who appreciate them. I was expecting a simple story so i wasn't at all disappointed by any lack of depth. It's a love story with a eco-friendly backdrop and i thought that was just fine. What surprised me was how funny it was, from the short Presto right through to the end credits i don't think i stopped smiling or laughing. The film did suffer a little from showing the best laughs in trailers. But thankfully it kept a few great ones like the Light Bulb and the Umbrella scenes for the main feature. Wall*E hasn't quite grabbed my attention in the same way the Incredibles did, but i think it is definitely a film to get better with repeat viewings. So i might be going back in again this week for a re-watch in the cinema to keep me going ... | | Read Entire Entry |
| Posted by: projectionist at July 21, 2008, 4:28 am | | Topic: Wall-E- Official Movie Thread Forum: Film Hobbit | | ive seen it... at the empire in leicester sq... 1600seat auditorium - 65kw THX certified sound system.... in DIGITAL! and aside from the superb picture and sound the film blew me away. Everyone in the theatre (nearly full) was standing up and clapping at the credits.... amazing. ALSO, WALLE APPEARS AT THE END CREDITS OF RATATOUILLE - HES DRIVING THE BUS! | | Static Link |
| Posted by: electricloseyland at July 7, 2008, 10:12 pm | | Topic: Wall-E- Official Movie Thread Forum: Film Hobbit | | This is probably the best Wall-E analysis I've read. He draws parallels to everything from Noah and the Genesis story to Aristotle: http://blog.beliefnet.com/crunchycon...unchy-con.html It's a good analysis, but at the same time, I can't help but think of the time Professor Frink on the Simpsons tried to teach a classroom of kindergarteners the physics of the ball-popper-vacuum-cleaner toy -- "You can't play with it; you won't enjoy it on as many levels as I do. The colors, children!" | | Static Link |
| Posted by: Witch King at July 6, 2008, 9:55 pm | | Topic: Wall-E- Official Movie Thread Forum: Film Hobbit | | Quote: Originally Posted by crappertay) Also I think there's such a perverse need for cynicism in the world today that Pixar are taking flak over this for daring to make something that is just simple and sweet and cute. No complex plot??? No downbeat ending??? No getting pounded over the head with messages of human waste and destruction??? FOR SHAME!!! Some movies engage on an emotional rather than intellectual level and I wonder sometimes listening to discussions if some people miss that totally This is the most I have ever agreed with Tay. Has to be. Probably by a mile. I f'ing loved Wall*E. A lot. I haven't liked a movie that much (in the theaters) in a long time. It is definitely on Toy Story and Incredibles level for me. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: Matt at July 2, 2008, 7:11 pm | | Topic: Wall-E- Official Movie Thread Forum: Film Hobbit | | I can imagine the Cars one could be in there (but I doubt it) but I bet you are right on the others. I can check my Blu Ray copy of Cars though later. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: Taln Hess at July 2, 2008, 5:08 pm | | Topic: Wall-E- Official Movie Thread Forum: Film Hobbit | | Quote: Originally Posted by Matt) Wall-E was in Toy Story, Cars, and The Incredibles! So I decided to wow Kristi with this when she got home from work, but instead of showing her this I showed her the original movies. The Wall-Es aren't there... or at least they aren't in Toy Story and Incredibles. I checked the wrong Cars scene. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: Milo at July 2, 2008, 7:46 am | | Topic: Wall-E- Official Movie Thread Forum: Film Hobbit | | Quote: Originally Posted by crappertay) Also I think there's such a perverse need for cynicism in the world today that Pixar are taking flak over this for daring to make something that is just simple and sweet and cute. No complex plot??? No downbeat ending??? No getting pounded over the head with messages of human waste and destruction??? You could say that about all Pixar movies. None of them are cynical. Ratatouille is least so, yet ironically the most appreciated by cynical adults despite of or because of its anti-cynical character, Ego, and his soliloquy with it's straightforward message advocating integrity. Yes ladies and gentleman, there is such a thing as romantic cynicism. You see the crap that no one can/will change, yet you hope. WALL-E comes closest to a message of human waste and destruction with it's trashed Earth and flabby humans. BTW, I didn't dislike NCFOM because of its downer ending alone, but because it's point was that contending with evil is hopeless. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: Dog Welder at July 2, 2008, 6:39 am | | Topic: Wall-E- Official Movie Thread Forum: Film Hobbit | | Quote: Originally Posted by kayhasty) Didn't everyone complain about No Country for Old Men for that very reason? I certainly did not, but I know people who did. Once I explained the ending to them they seemed to be more at ease with it (or, rather, as "at ease" as you can be with that movie). I'm all for bummer movie endings (I just saw The Mist a couple of weeks ago, and that ending is a real hardcore bummer), but there's nothing wrong with a lighter film, either. That said, I still need to get to Wall-E. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: crappertay at July 2, 2008, 2:12 am | | Topic: Wall-E- Official Movie Thread Forum: Film Hobbit | | Quote: Originally Posted by kayhasty) Didn't everyone complain about No Country for Old Men for that very reason? I didn't but then I can appreciate both movies for what they are and what they're trying to achieve. However, as a general rule, people are stupid and fickle. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: kayhasty at July 1, 2008, 4:08 pm | | Topic: Wall-E- Official Movie Thread Forum: Film Hobbit | | Quote: Originally Posted by crappertay) No complex plot??? No downbeat ending??? No getting pounded over the head with messages of human waste and destruction??? Didn't everyone complain about No Country for Old Men for that very reason? | | Static Link |
| Posted by: Jabberwocky at July 1, 2008, 12:24 pm | | Topic: Wall-E- Official Movie Thread Forum: Film Hobbit | | Quote: Originally Posted by Matt) Wall-E was in Toy Story, Cars, and The Incredibles! Super cool, never noticed that at all, and I'm a big Pixar fan. (Except for Cars) Anyway, I saw Wall-E Sunday night and I loved it. Everything from the music to the atmosphere rocked. Very, very cool. Pixar does it again. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: crappertay at July 1, 2008, 6:54 am | | Topic: Wall-E- Official Movie Thread Forum: Film Hobbit | | Also I think there's such a perverse need for cynicism in the world today that Pixar are taking flak over this for daring to make something that is just simple and sweet and cute. No complex plot??? No downbeat ending??? No getting pounded over the head with messages of human waste and destruction??? FOR SHAME!!! Some movies engage on an emotional rather than intellectual level and I wonder sometimes listening to discussions if some people miss that totally | | Static Link |
| Posted by: Milo at June 30, 2008, 8:37 am | | Topic: Wall-E- Official Movie Thread Forum: Film Hobbit | | OK, I've never had the best memory in the world , but someone who had to leave just before the end of the movie (with a 2 year-old ), asked me how it had ended. Neither my wife nor I could remember. I remembered them coming to Earth, and the pile of crap with plants growing on it, but only vaguely something about Eve replacing his burned out circuit board. Basically I think the problem is I just didn't care about the (romance ?) of two one-dimensional robots. On the other hand, I pretty much agreed with the movie's satire about trash, and especially about our couch potato lifestyles that've become so common--but that doesn't put it up there among Pixar's best. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: eandcdad at June 29, 2008, 5:40 pm | | Topic: Wall-E- Official Movie Thread Forum: Film Hobbit | | Quote: Originally Posted by Josh) Why do people worry so much about pleasing kids though? I mean, kids are pretty damn easy to please. If there's an animated robot on screen, they will be happy. It doesn't really matter what goes on in the movie. Uh....no. I mean, yes kids watch a lot of crap. But there are things kids won't watch or that will bore the shit out of them. I've seen it hundreds (hyperbole, but I've seen it more than 20) of times. Having a robot will not immediately make them sit through lots of thematic risk taking. Having a kung fu panda doesn't mean they can sit through a whole movie under the peach tree. This is a family movie in the true sense, it's supposed to be something the whole family can watch and enjoy. That's exactly what it is. It's typically what Pixar gives us. It's not a kids movie which is why Wall-E didn't fart, but it's not an adult's movie where contemplation is pushed to the limit. As someone who has sat through tons and tons and tons of "kid's" movies with his own actual ... | | Read Entire Entry |
| Posted by: Josh at June 29, 2008, 1:34 pm | | Topic: Wall-E- Official Movie Thread Forum: Film Hobbit | | Why do people worry so much about pleasing kids though? I mean, kids are pretty damn easy to please. If there's an animated robot on screen, they will be happy. It doesn't really matter what goes on in the movie. Have you seen most of the garbage that qualifies as kids entertainment? They'll watch anything. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: kayhasty at June 29, 2008, 12:55 pm | | Topic: Wall-E- Official Movie Thread Forum: Film Hobbit | | I've discussed the ending with a few people, and it's the only place where I think they could have made a better decision. Instead of having Wall-E snap out of it and recognize Eve, she should have had to teach him about the earth, the same way he taught her. This would have made the movie a lot longer, and maybe not as satisfying for kids, but it would have made a good ending. I still just straight-up loved it, and don't think it moved too fast or didn't earn all the discussion of its beauty. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: eandcdad at June 29, 2008, 11:53 am | | Topic: Wall-E- Official Movie Thread Forum: Film Hobbit | | I agree with Geneson, but don't think that the things he was hoping to see would have made it a much better movie. It would have made it a worse movie for kids, most likely and would have increased the appeal to a fairly small group, so I'm glad they did what they did. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: moviegirl11 at June 29, 2008, 11:03 am | | Topic: Wall-E- Official Movie Thread Forum: Film Hobbit | | I'm inclined to agree with Geneson on this one as well. I liked the movie a lot but there were some things in the story that I would've liked to have seen developed a bit more. | | Static Link |
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