TheCC Staff
07-10-2008, 05:31 AM
Pixar's Latest Delivers, In a Big Way
by Alan Noah (http://www.alannoah.com/)
July 9th, 2008 - I'm a big fan of the Pixar movies. I've seen them all, and though they are all aimed primarily at children, the stories are consistently engaging, the characters are well written, and the stories, while somewhat predictable at their worst, deliver a lesson in an incredibly entertaining way at their best. The formula works, and if it ain't broke, why mess with the formula, right?
Andrew Stanton, the writer/director of Wall-E, very strongly disagreed with that sentiment. To him, the computer animation that Pixar is known for is simply a medium for story telling, and there's no reason why there should be a strict pattern that their movies must follow. And though his decision to follow up Finding Nemo with a movie based largely around a character that can barely speak may have seemed like a marketing nightmare at the outset, the end result is a truly amazing film.
Set in a distant future, Wall-E is a robot who's job it is to clean up humanity's mess after the Homo Sapiens have long since deserted the planet, and the other units left to help in the clean-up effort seem to have broken down. Wall-E continues his routine, compacting garbage and arranging the cubes in neat skyscrapers, all the while listening to his favorite songs and looking out for pieces of trash that he finds special for his personal collection. He works from sun up to sun down, Ever vigilant of storms and watchful over his cockroach friend, who he feeds Twinkies to. (Isn't that an old joke, that in the distant future when there's nothing left on earth, there will still be Twinkies and roaches?) Before Wall-E goes to sleep, he watches Hello, Dolly! and dreams of having someone to hold hands with.
One day, a spaceship comes to Earth, dropping off a new robot, who goes around scanning Everything in sight and shooting at things that frighten her. Her name is Eve, and though Wall-E is painfully shy, they Eventually introduce themselves and Wall-E brings her back to his home when a storm approaches. He hands her an old light bulb, and she makes it light up. He gives her a Rubik's cube, and she solves it. He gives her a small seedling he came across, and she goes dormant. Heartbroken, Wall-E still spends his time with Eve, trying to engage her in various activities.
Click Here To Read The Whole Review (http://thecomiccollective.com/Movies-TV/Reviews/2008/July/Wall_E_Review/)
Watch The Trailers (http://thecomiccollective.com/Movies-TV/Trailers/W/Wall_E/)
by Alan Noah (http://www.alannoah.com/)
July 9th, 2008 - I'm a big fan of the Pixar movies. I've seen them all, and though they are all aimed primarily at children, the stories are consistently engaging, the characters are well written, and the stories, while somewhat predictable at their worst, deliver a lesson in an incredibly entertaining way at their best. The formula works, and if it ain't broke, why mess with the formula, right?
Andrew Stanton, the writer/director of Wall-E, very strongly disagreed with that sentiment. To him, the computer animation that Pixar is known for is simply a medium for story telling, and there's no reason why there should be a strict pattern that their movies must follow. And though his decision to follow up Finding Nemo with a movie based largely around a character that can barely speak may have seemed like a marketing nightmare at the outset, the end result is a truly amazing film.
Set in a distant future, Wall-E is a robot who's job it is to clean up humanity's mess after the Homo Sapiens have long since deserted the planet, and the other units left to help in the clean-up effort seem to have broken down. Wall-E continues his routine, compacting garbage and arranging the cubes in neat skyscrapers, all the while listening to his favorite songs and looking out for pieces of trash that he finds special for his personal collection. He works from sun up to sun down, Ever vigilant of storms and watchful over his cockroach friend, who he feeds Twinkies to. (Isn't that an old joke, that in the distant future when there's nothing left on earth, there will still be Twinkies and roaches?) Before Wall-E goes to sleep, he watches Hello, Dolly! and dreams of having someone to hold hands with.
One day, a spaceship comes to Earth, dropping off a new robot, who goes around scanning Everything in sight and shooting at things that frighten her. Her name is Eve, and though Wall-E is painfully shy, they Eventually introduce themselves and Wall-E brings her back to his home when a storm approaches. He hands her an old light bulb, and she makes it light up. He gives her a Rubik's cube, and she solves it. He gives her a small seedling he came across, and she goes dormant. Heartbroken, Wall-E still spends his time with Eve, trying to engage her in various activities.
Click Here To Read The Whole Review (http://thecomiccollective.com/Movies-TV/Reviews/2008/July/Wall_E_Review/)
Watch The Trailers (http://thecomiccollective.com/Movies-TV/Trailers/W/Wall_E/)