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Pixar
Animation Studios really knows how to craft an animated movie.
Their track record is an embarrassment of riches.
From 'Toy
Story' to 'Finding Nemo' to 'The Incredibles' - they just
keep getting better and better. 'Wall-E,' Pixar's newest movie,
is truly about as good as it gets.
Beautifully
illustrated and animated. Well-developed characters who practically
jump off the screen. A terrific, well-told story with some
nice twists and surprises. It's sweet and funny and silly
and really, really good.
Director
Andrew Stanton has put together another Pixar masterpiece.
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©
Disney
Pixar
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Wall-E
is a robot, living 700 years in the future, who works alone
making building blocks from scraps of metal, concrete and
other garbage. Toiling away by day, befriended only by a cockroach
in his makeshift apartment, Wall-E's world suddenly changes
when a visitor from another world lands in a spaceship.
Eve
[lower right] is another kind of robot. Where Wall-E
is boxy and rigid and built for utilitarian usage, Eve is
white, smooth and iPod-like. She flies around in swift bursts
of energy, with cute little wings. Wall-E is smitten.
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Honestly,
I'm not sure what more I want to write. I don't want to spoil
anything.
What
happens next is so clever, so charming, so well-crafted, and
so much fun, I would recommend that you just go see it before
any more scenes are revealed on commercials or talk shows
or Ebert and Roeper.
If ever
there was a 'must see' movie, 'Wall-E' is it. -- Rated G and
is perfectly suited for the whole family.
'Wall-E.'
-- one of the best animated movies I've ever seen. Maybe even
one of the best movies - period.
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©
Disney
Pixar
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PS: At
the showing of 'Wall-E' they showed a new Pixar animated short
called 'Presto.' A fantastic throwback to the old animated
shorts that Chuck Jones and Tex Avery worked on. Truly hilarious.
Also,
the preview for Walt Disney Pictures upcoming 'Bolt' looked
fun too. Lots of laughter from the audience on that one.
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I really
liked 'Wall-E.' It was really, really cute. But, I did lose
interest toward the middle for a little while. However,
the animation is fantastic and I absolutely LOVED the whole
'modern love story.' Eve was my favorite character -- I
thought she was even slightly more real than Wall-E [who
I so wish was my boyfriend!]. I would recommend 'Wall-E'
to everyone and anyone -- no question.
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4
out of 5 hot dogs
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What
made Wall-E so real, for me is that we saw him doing everyday
things. They made him seem human. Working, going home alone,
watching movies by himself. It made me really care about
him. Plus, the overall theme of the environment, and current
political themes, made it seem topical. Great movie.
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5
out of 5 hot dogs
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Loved
it. Clever, touching, funny and beautifully made.
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5
out of 5 hot dogs
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