Pixar's WALL-E

[Giant Chicken]

Saw the movie this morning... Liked it because it was so different but I feel that Pixar has done better in the past.

I have truely enjoyed every single Pixar film but I do have my favorites.

1) Toy Story
2) The Incredibles
3) Toy Story 2
4) Finding Nemo
5) Monsters Inc.
6) Cars
7) WALL-E
8) A Bug's Life
9) Ratatouille

 

[Darth Caedus]

Saw the movie this morning... Liked it because it was so different but I feel that Pixar has done better in the past.

I have truely enjoyed every single Pixar film but I do have my favorites.

1) Toy Story
2) The Incredibles
3) Toy Story 2
4) Finding Nemo
5) Monsters Inc.
6) Cars
7) WALL-E
8) A Bug's Life
9) Ratatouille

WOW, you liked Cars more than Wall-E, that suprises me. TS/TS2/Incre. were indeed great movies.

With Ratatouille and Wall-E, I like the pattern of Pixar to make "less" kiddy movies and more mainstream. Sure kids will like the films (because they're animated), but the subject matter of the two films are very adult and I thank Pixar for doing that.

The ONE thing I didn't like about Wall-E was the Global Warming/Pollution preaching in it. But who knows, we might not be too far off from it.

 

[Giant Chicken]

WOW, you liked Cars more than Wall-E, that suprises me.

Yes - I found WALL-E to be a tad on the boring side. I loved the animation and I loved the two main characters, WALL-E and EVE. I also liked that Pixar was bold enough to go in a new direction with their story and style. As far as being entertained, I found myself enjoying Cars a bit more.

The ONE thing I didn't like about Wall-E was the Global Warming/Pollution preaching in it. But who knows, we might not be too far off from it

This is exactly what my wife and I discussed after the movie was over. But to be fair to Pixar I am sure stories/settings are becoming harder and harder to create with originality.

And when looking back over Disney's history... the big bad Hunter/Poachers have a liberal track record of being the villian. Example: Rescuers Down Under, Bambi, Fox and the Hound, and Brother Bear. But they are all still excelent movies.

 

[DannieDarKo]

I'm considering this one.

 

[Dusty]

Saw it this weekend and LOVED it! One of my favorite Pixar films. Here's my ranking:

1) Toy Story
2) Toy Story 2
3) Wall-E
5) Finding Nemo
4) The Incredibles
6) Monsters Inc.
7) Cars
8) A Bug's Life
9) Ratatouille

The part where the captain's trying to take over the autopilot and it causes the ship to tilt and all the giant people to slide had me in tears. The ending also had me in tears, but for a different reason. It was amazing how much emotion they put into the robots! Wall-E was adorable, and so was his pet cockroach - how many people in your audience went, 'Awwwwww!' when Wall-E ran over his bug buddy the first time? Amazing that we can feel that way about a cockroach! The way he taught all the robots to wave and stuff - such a good lesson for interpersonal communication and interaction with the world around you.

And maybe it's just me, but I didn't take away any real 'global warming' issue from it? I got a more 'humans are becoming too overstimulated by marketing and gadgets, thus are not paying attention to what's going on around them' vibe. Which is becoming sadly more and more accurate as the years go buy. My task as an almost-mom is to find a way to avoid all the overstimulation for my child, and make him play outside more and understand the world around him - at least for the first few years that I have control over the situation, which will then, hopefully, get him off to a good start so he can make informed decisions on his own later. I fully expect a few rough years of 'but all I wanna do is play video games' (10-20 years of age), but hopefully those informative first years will help get him through the rest of life with reading comprehension and self-think rather than group-think practices.

Films like Wall-E will hopefully help!

On that, almost-off-topic-but-not-really subject - I HIGHLY recommend reading a book called 'A Nation of Wimps'. Really great and eye-opening - https://www.nationofwimps.com/

"I didn't know we had a pool!!"

 

[Sick Boy 82]

My list of Pixar's movies:

1) Wall-E
2) Toy Story
3) Monsters Inc.
4) Toy Story 2
5) The Incredibles
6) Finding Nemo
7) Ratatouille
8) Cars
9) A Bug's Life

 

[Darklord Dave]

I don't think you can avoid the "message" in Wall-E, but it's not just global warming but rampant consumerism, the dangers of automation, and why you should recycle.

But while we're ranking Pixar films:

Ratatouille/Invincibles
Wall-E
Toy Story
Toy Story 2
Monsters, Inc.
Finding Nemo
Cars
Bug's Life (AntZ was better)

 

[galactiboy]

I don't think you can avoid the "message" in Wall-E, but it's not just global warming but rampant consumerism, the dangers of automation, and why you should recycle.

I agree with you and Dusty on that... it was interesting though how this movie was a bit more political than past releases. It didn't bother me, kind of like a better version of "Idocracy" and gave the movie more dimension.

And as a whole, I loved it... definitely one of my favorite Pixar films to date

 

[Wetanut]

No, the messages were unavoidable. But I never thought that it was overplayed or preachy, per se. I let them roll over me as just another bits of sub-plot and backdrop to WALL-E and EVE. We never lost sight of WALL-E and his quest to keep EVE safe (and vice versa later

Spoiler

she even went against the Directive to try to save WALL-E in the giant dumpster...she tossed the plant

. But if you review PIXAR's works, they've all got messages coming out the wazoo.

My rankings:
WALL-E
Finding Nemo
Toy Story
Ratatouille
Monsters, Inc.
Invincibles
Toy Story 2
A Bug's Life
Cars

 

[Les Walker]

We're ranking them now are we?

OK,

WALL-E
Toy Story
Monsters Inc.
Finding Nemo
Ratatouille
Toy Story 2
A Bug's Life
Cars
Incredibles (Never liked this one the way everyone else does...OK I guess...)

 

[Shropt]

Since we are ranking:

WALL-E
Toy Story
Ratatouille
Finding Nemo
Incredibles
Cars
A Bug's Life
Monsters Inc.
Toy Story 2 (this was supposed to be a straight to DVD that was changed at the final minute)

 

[uscmhicks]

WALL-E
Toy Story
Finding Nemo
Monsters inc
Toy Story 2
Cars
A bugs life
Incredibles

Ratatouille ( still not seen it )

 

[IronFingaz]

Ratatouille
Toy Story 1 & 2
The Incredibles
Finding Nemo
Monster's Inc.
Cars

Wall-E (Havnt seen it, will on Aug.29th)
A Bug's Life (Still havnt seen it )

 

[galactiboy]

Guess we all have to toss in a ranking

Incredibles
Toy Story
WALL-E
Finding Nemo
Ratatouille
Monsters Inc.
Toy Story 2
A Bug's Life
Cars

-Not much seperates the top 5, all great and could easily switch places.

-I enjoy the bottom 4, but I don't really feel the need to rewatch them, or own any of them. I even think Cars was fun... which was the only one I really didn't want to see.

 

[Shropt]

Not trying to offend but I think some of you guys are giving WAY too much credit to Toy Story 2. I advise you to take some time this week and watch it again.

 

[FQRizzo]

I thought that Toy Story 2 was a lot more fun than the original. Which one is a better "movie" is up to your inner movie snob.

 

[Dusty]

Not trying to offend but I think some of you guys are giving WAY too much credit to Toy Story 2. I advise you to take some time this week and watch it again.

I think I may have all of you beat with number of times I've watched Toy Story 2. The little girl I have been babysitting for for 5 years watches it about twice a week, and I've probably seen it at least 50 times since she turned 2. It's her favorite movie by far - it's like comfort food. I almost like it even better than the first - but maybe my perception is colored by the amount I've seen it and it just doesn't seem to get old.

 

[Darklord Dave]

I've seen Toy Story 2 many times and I cry every time. I debated about ranking it above TS 1. It may have been intended for straight to video, but it far surpassed it's goals and is very deserving of the praise I think.

I'm a little surprised at the lack of love for Ratatouille though - from an artistic standpoint it really broke away from the pack and was funny and poignant as well.

I own the Cars DVD and I fall asleep whenever I try to watch it.

 

[Bannister]

I own the Cars DVD and I fall asleep whenever I try to watch it.

Cars is the only Pixar flick I have yet to watch. I have it on Blu Ray, I just haven't felt like watching it yet.

 

[galactiboy]

I'm a little surprised at the lack of love for Ratatouille though - from an artistic standpoint it really broke away from the pack and was funny and poignant as well.

I own the Cars DVD and I fall asleep whenever I try to watch it.

I really liked Ratatouille... Its still in my top grouping.

And for Cars, the only reason I watched it was at the time the place I was staying the cable was out and that was the only movie available I hadn't seen. It wasn't nearly as bad as I expected, and was actually pretty fun.