WALL-E
Man, I'm just a movie going freak these days, aren't I. This time it was my choice for something to do (it was my birthday) so we went to see WALL-E.
It's an old story really, boy robot meets girl robot, boy robot follows girl robot to a distant place, forces conspire to keep boy robot and girl robot apart, there's a near tragedy, but then the boy robot and the girl robot live happily ever after.
I could do the usual SPOILER ALERT and tell you more, but the main plot really is as simple as the previous synopsis. The fun part is in the details, so I won't spoil that. I will say that this is the first PIXAR film with an actual live person appearing in it. apple MacIntosh references are all over the place (EVE looks more like an iRobot, WALL-E makes the same noise my son's iMac makes when it boots up, most of the robot voices are done with the voice synthesizer built into OSX, Macintalk). There's a "we ruined the Earth" theme, and a "giant corporation ran amuck" theme - which are noticeable, but don't make the film any less enjoyable. There is no real dialog for the first 2/3 of the film (the plot is set up using scenery, odd little video clips and music).
I really liked this film - it had the best of Cars and The Incredibles, in a unique story just as enjoyable - if not more. I was never remotely interested in seeing Ratatouille, Finding Nemo and Monster's Inc were only marginally interesting to me - so I'm not a guy who automatically brands anything from PIXAR as great. But this one is.
And yes, it has John Ratzenberger in it...
It's an old story really, boy robot meets girl robot, boy robot follows girl robot to a distant place, forces conspire to keep boy robot and girl robot apart, there's a near tragedy, but then the boy robot and the girl robot live happily ever after.
I could do the usual SPOILER ALERT and tell you more, but the main plot really is as simple as the previous synopsis. The fun part is in the details, so I won't spoil that. I will say that this is the first PIXAR film with an actual live person appearing in it. apple MacIntosh references are all over the place (EVE looks more like an iRobot, WALL-E makes the same noise my son's iMac makes when it boots up, most of the robot voices are done with the voice synthesizer built into OSX, Macintalk). There's a "we ruined the Earth" theme, and a "giant corporation ran amuck" theme - which are noticeable, but don't make the film any less enjoyable. There is no real dialog for the first 2/3 of the film (the plot is set up using scenery, odd little video clips and music).
I really liked this film - it had the best of Cars and The Incredibles, in a unique story just as enjoyable - if not more. I was never remotely interested in seeing Ratatouille, Finding Nemo and Monster's Inc were only marginally interesting to me - so I'm not a guy who automatically brands anything from PIXAR as great. But this one is.
And yes, it has John Ratzenberger in it...
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