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Post by Kevin Smith on May 24, 2008 15:32:42 GMT -8
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Post by Joseph Bat on May 24, 2008 19:02:53 GMT -8
I like the original Wall-E more. Johnny 5.
Joe
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Post by Southall on May 27, 2008 11:39:58 GMT -8
I love Johnny 5 too.
But Pixar has never let me down (only two less-than-perfect films, I think, and only one of those is a distance from perfection) and I eagerly await this.
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Post by indy2003 on May 27, 2008 11:49:52 GMT -8
This movie looks like it could be really wonderful. The trailers indicate there will be very little dialogue in the film, which could mean that visuals, sounds effects, and music will get to play a bigger role than usual in telling the story.
Back at ya later
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Post by Kevin Smith on May 28, 2008 16:56:42 GMT -8
I finally saw Ratatouille (long story behind why it took so long), it's nothing short of fantastic.
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Post by greenaxer on Jun 3, 2008 9:18:58 GMT -8
Loved Finding Nemo and Ratatouille, and am certainly looking forward to Wall-E. Although I too am really reminded of Short Circuit. That was one of my favorite movies growing up! As indy implied, I think less reliance on dialogue (if that truly is the case) will be one of the film's great potentials, focusing more on the "facial" expressions (Wall-E's eyes could do wonders) and characters' responses to events to draw our attention. Can't wait to hear what how music will sound.
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Post by tharpdevenport on Jul 23, 2008 22:33:12 GMT -8
Saw "Wall-E" today.
While I enjoyed it and wouldn't mind seeing it again, I'd say it wasn't as good as "The Incredibles". The film lacked the over all excitment and interest holding that that film had, though during the last, say, 10 to 15 minutes it definately did.
It's clear Pixar, at various times in the film, was trying to show a political and polution message, but they made sure to never push it too far or make it too overt. A good line of idea that Whoopie Goldberg/Robin Williams comedy special opened up with right off the bat, a couple or so years back (I tuned in to laugh, not hear Bush bashing right off the bat).
Wall-E is a likable character, even though he rarely speaks. No explination is given as to why all the other Wall-E units failed and died while he remained the only to survive, but it's very easy to look passed that and forget it all together.
Without giving too much spoilers, the film is basically about a lonely compactor robot unit mass producted, called Wall-E. When the Earth became overwhelmed by garbage, the Wall-E units were created and to clean up. Unfortunately polution forced humanity to leave, but the Wall-E units were left going.
For 700 years Wall-E crushed cubes of garbage and stacked then until a rocket comes to Earth, with a probe named EVE.
All those decades Wall-E's programming has made him lonely and wanting the company of another and when EVE and Wall-E befriend, he follows her where ever she goes.
The human race has become a mere shell of what it once was and a self-centered commercialized mess, to which EVE and Wall-E are the saviors.
The film has heart and at least two good belly laughs as I recall.
I'd say a discount afternoon viewing is worth it, but unless you are a die-hard Pixar fan, I don't quite think $8.50 is worth it.
Thomas Newman's score works very well in the film, even if "dsijointed" on CD. This was Newman's chance to show what he can do for outerspace, and while it was good, it's no Star Trek -- so stop suggesting he should score Trek films; the best thing he could have done is the "Enterprise" series. At the very least he's ci-fi scoring is good enough for something along the lines of "Gattaca", "Space: Above & Beyond" and maybe even something like "Battlestar Galactica".
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Post by Armin on Jul 24, 2008 3:35:13 GMT -8
Doesn't reach Australia until September...
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Post by Yavar Moradi on Jul 24, 2008 9:23:41 GMT -8
Um....I think it's David Newman (Galaxy Quest) who people often suggest to score Star Trek, not his brother Thomas.
Yavar
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Post by Southall on Jul 25, 2008 10:26:28 GMT -8
Thomas Newman doing Star Trek? Yikes!
Anyway, Wall-E is quite brilliant. Not Pixar's best, but still brilliant.
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Post by Joe Irvin on Jul 25, 2008 15:58:02 GMT -8
Loved it too. Speaking of Thomas Newman though, I thought it sounded just like everything else he's done. I was hoping he'd stretch out a bit more, like he did on Jarhead. Oh well.
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Post by Kevin Smith on Jul 25, 2008 16:44:21 GMT -8
Did anyone notice that the opening theme in the first scene where we see the garbage sounded a bit reminisicent of the Ark theme from Raiders?
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