Wall-E (Three-Disc Special Edition)
by Andrew Stanton
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Actor: Ben Burtt, Elissa Knight, Fred Willard, Jeff Garlin, MacInTalkDirector: Andrew Stanton
Brand: Walt Disney Video
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: AC-3, Box set, Collector's Edition, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 98 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-11-18
Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Studio: WALT DISNEY VIDEO
Product features:
- The highly acclaimed director of FINDING NEMO and the creative storytellers behind CARS and RATATOUILLE transport you to a galaxy not so far away for a new cosmic comedy adventure about a determined robot named WALL-E. After hundreds of lonely years of doing what he was built for, the curious and lovable WALL-E discovers a new purpose in life when he meets a sleek search robot named EVE. Join them
Movie Reviews of Wall-E (Three-Disc Special Edition)
Movie Review: 5 Stars
Wall-E in parts:Musicals
If you know me, you'll know that I hate musicals - mostly, not entirely, but musicals are basically not my thing. The first time I saw Wall-E, was the week the DVD became available for sale. I promptly bought it (and subsequently bought the 3-disc package through Amazon), because so far I had loved all Pixar product released (I have some issues with Incredibles and Rata-tool, but I mostly love them also). And, lo and behold, if my heart didn't sink at the beginning of the movie...I went a little cold, and started thinking that Pixar had gone the way of Disney animated films of the 80's and 90's - I thought that Wall-E was going to be adopting the musical format of the parent company. But nothing could be further from the truth (thankfully). The musicals and/or musical love/lover concept was injected into the story in the best most imaginative way I could never have imagined.
Story Arc
The story is the reason why I feel Wall-E should have been considered for an Oscar nomination - much more deservedly than Beauty and the Beast. Because for me, a good story is when the main character's journey is really and truly well told, and when you can palpably see the evolution and or growth of one or more characters - one palpable moment is the scene where Wall-E is busted up pretty badly, he gives Eve the plant and says "Directive." Not only do you actually see Eve's growth and transformation into an emotional being, but Wall-E persists and reveals for her the grander and mor important ultimate "Directive" of going back to Earth. I compare this with the growth and transformation of two sisters in Sense and Sensibility (Emma taking the cake with her virtual climax of emotion near the end), and Amy Adams in Enchanted when she convulsively realized that she is capable of feeling anger (that scene made the movie worthwhile for me).
Animation
Hayao Miyazaki is a master animation director and most of the Pixar directors are master animation directors (I will include John Kricfalusi, Tex Avery, Bob Clampett, and Hannah & Barbera to the master animation director category - I'm sure there are others, but their names escape me right now). I believe that a sure-fire way to make fluid animation look crappy and ultimately turn out lousy is by doing a formula or format type of animation direction. I've come to loathe and practically convulse when watching characters make strange and unnecessary emotive motions, hand movements and gestures - if you know Futurama, it is probably the type of motion that Harold Zoid would actually like.
The joy of joys for me in animation, are moments like in Ren & Stimpy where a lot of their emoting is done mostly with their eyes, but then Stimpy manages to anger Ren and all hell breaks loose. One might wonder why directors, if they truly want to take their craft seriously, can't see how the drama is intensified when things are mostly static and motionless until the moment is right and everything goes wild - or just the mere fact that if you were to see the same movements that you see in a lot of animation, translated to live action, you might think that there was some sort of weird Ed Wood revival of directing going on or something.
Bob movements. I hate bob movements of meaningless, head, hands, arms, and body motion. Andrew Stanton has just about perfected the elimination of bob movements in animation with his work in Wall-E (the same can not be said for the Rat-a-tool guy).
Animation studios
Of course, I don't hate everything that comes out of Dreamworks animation, but as far as I'm concerned, Katzenberg is heavily involved with a lot of what I hate in modern animation. I'm talking about formulas and forcing every single gwad-lovin' animation feature idea into a musical format...did I mention that I hate musicals (for the most part)?
It doesn't stop there though. There's something about using or misusing pop-references (in all movies, not just animation). The way that a lot of studios use pop-references (including Disney and Dreamworks) pretty much guarantees that the particular film will become dated, and not a timeless classic. And not only does the film become dated, but I hate that feeling when I get into a movie and try to loose myself in the film's fantasy, but all of a sudden I get the cold-water-splash of a pop-reference that lets me know it's only a movie. I mean, how can I loose myself in a film, when the characters start quoting popular movies or making reference to the Terminator or something similar. To me that's like the pin-prick popping the balloon.
There's hope though, I think, because I feel the Madagascar movies and Kung Fu Panda had some great stuff in them. I pretty much hate all their other stuff. It really broke my heart to see all those beautifully designed Aardman characters move in those god-awful bob movements that Nick Park would never do...well, I guess I would add Chicken Run and Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit to the love category, although I don't strictly consider those 2 films as Dreamworks movies. Plus, add to the "there's hope" in animation, the movie Happy Feet from Warner Bro's.
A moment to shed a single tear for the death of trad/drawn feature animation in the U.S....
But anyway, in my opinion, Wall-E re-certified Pixar, as the top feature animation studio in the U.S.
Summary of Wall-E (Three-Disc Special Edition)
The highly acclaimed director of Finding Nemo and the creative storytellers behind Cars and Ratatouille transport you to a galaxy not so far away for a new cosmic comedy adventure about a determined robot named Wall-E.After hundreds of lonely years of doing what he was built for, the curious and lovable Wall-E discovers a new purpose in life when he meets a sleek search robot named Eve. Join them and a hilarious cast of characters on a fantastic journey across the universe. Transport yourself to a fascinating new world with Disney-Pixar's latest adventure, now even more astonishing on DVD and loaded with bonus features, including the exclusive animated short film Burn-E. Wall-E is a film your family will want to enjoy over and over again.
1. Burn-E Hilarious, All-New Animated Short Bringing Light To The Galaxy Eventual-E, 2. BnL Shorts An Amusing Peek Into The Inner Workings Of The Buy n Large Corporation, 3. Lots Of Bots Storybook This Imaginative Storybook Comes To Life Loaded With Fun Games, 4. Making Of Featurettes, 5. Bot Files Get To Know Wall-E's Robot Friends, 6. DisneyFile Digital Copy Watch Your DVD In The Living Room And Your DisneyFile Digital Copy On The Go, 7. Presto Amazing Animated Theatrical Short Film, 8. Deleted Scenes, 9. Sneak Peek Wall-E's Tour Of The Universe Wall-E Takes You On A Real Ride Through Space, 10. Animation Sound Design: Building Worlds From The Sound Up Legendary Sound Designer Ben Burtt Shares Secrets Of Creating The Sounds Of WALL-E, 11. Audio Commentary With Director Andrew Stanton, 12. The Pixar Story By Leslie Iwerks An Award-Winning Filmmaker Tells The Riveting Story Of The Innovative Company That Revolutionized Hollywood, 13. Additional Deleted Scenes, 14. Wall-E's Treasures And Trinkets Hilarious Moments
Pixar genius reigns in this funny romantic comedy, which stars a robot who says absolutely nothing for a full 25 minutes yet somehow completely transfixes and endears himself to the audience within the first few minutes of the film. As the last robot left on earth, Wall-E (voiced by Ben Burtt) is one small robot--with a big, big heart--who holds the future of earth and mankind squarely in the palm of his metal hand. He's outlasted all the "Waste Allocation Load Lifter Earth-Class" robots that were assigned some 700 years ago to clean up the environmental mess that man made of earth while man vacationed aboard the luxury spaceship Axiom. Wall-E has dutifully gone about his job compacting trash, the extreme solitude broken only by his pet cockroach, but he's developed some oddly human habits and ideas. When the Axiom sends its regularly scheduled robotic EVE probe (Elissa Knight) to earth, Wall-E is instantly smitten and proceeds to try to impress EVE with his collection of human memorabilia. EVE's directive compels her to bring Wall-E's newly collected plant sprout to the captain of the Axiom and Wall-E follows in hot pursuit. Suddenly, the human world is turned upside down and the Captain (Jeff Garlin) joins forces with Wall-E and a cast of other misfit robots to lead the now lethargic people back home to earth. Wall-E is a great family film with the most impressive aspect being the depth of emotion conveyed by a simple robot--a machine typically considered devoid of emotion, but made so absolutely touching by the magic of Pixar animation. Also well-worth admiring are the sweeping views from space, the creative yet disturbing vision of what strange luxuries a future space vacation might offer, and the innovative use of trash in a future cityscape. Underneath the slapstick comedy and touching love story is a poignant message about the folly of human greed and its potential effects on earth and the entire human race. Wall-E is preceded in theaters by the comical short Presto in which a magician's rabbit, unfed one too many times takes his revenge against the egotistical magician. (Ages 3 and older) --Tami Horiuchi>
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