About a week ago, me and Krissy went to go see the Disney-Pixar Movie, WALL-E. I’d heard good things about it, repeatedly, so I wanted to check it out, despite its G rating. Normally, the thought of going to see a G rated movie, in a theater, scares the living shit out of me. A theater full of little kids is not my idea of a good time. However, since it was an early showing (11am) and on a Tuesday, I figured it wouldn’t be all that crowded.
WALL-E, I must say, was impressively good. The digital animation was amazing and the story was both simple and of high quality. This is why this movie will be so successful, I think. Children, of all ages, will love this movie. It’s easy to understand, the plot isn’t at all dialogue driven, and the characters are all instantly likeable. Adults, of all ages, will also like the movie because the story, though simple, is interesting enough to capture and hold their attention.
Although few and far between, some of the criticism I’ve heard of this movie consists of, “It’s a Short Circuit ripoff,” or “The movie is too preachy.” While WALL-E (Waste Allocation Load Lifter – Earth class) does bare a striking resemplence to Short Circuit’s Johnny 5, the resemblence stops there. Everything that Short Circuit was about has nothing to do at all with what WALL-E is about. And as for the movie being “preachy”, as in it trying to ram a set of morals and ethics down your throat, it’s not. Anyone who is saying it is “preachy” is probably in need of a hug. Beat them up.
WALL-E is a good movie. Is it something that you, an adult who can read, will watch over and over? Probably not. However, it is a very high quality film, something that is getting harder and harder to come by. The movie does have a message, which is where the “preachy” criticism comes into play, but that message is presented in a very gentle, non-pushy way. And, yes, this movie will make you laugh at times. For all of these reasons, go see WALL-E.
I completely agree with you mate … it was clearly the winner this year. You know I didn’t want to watch it coz I thought it would be a stupid parody of ET meets Short Circuit and I didn’t want to kill my good old memories of that movie. But fate had other plans in store and I ended up with Wall-E as opposed to the sexy Angelina. Anywho, to make it short I think this was one of the best sorry 8 bucks I spent hahah yeah I spent less