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Brian · 06-29-2008, 10:50 PM

Time for a movie on family night. Anyone seen this?

RockyBalboa · 06-29-2008, 10:59 PM

I saw it last night and liked it.

Kids and adults alike will enjoy it.

Clark Addison · 06-29-2008, 11:41 PM

I saw it yesterday with my family, and everyone enjoyed it. I liked it a lot, one of Pixar's best, IMO.

Jeff Lebowski · 06-30-2008, 02:10 AM

My kids went yesterday and loved it.

Brian · 07-02-2008, 03:58 AM

well, that was disappointing.
The first half, where there is no dialog was actually pretty good.
After that, the story had serious problems. How did Disney not fix that busted plot? I almost fell asleep at the end.
My rating on a scale of 1 to 10 sheets, 7 sheets.

legend:
1 sheet: very little poo to clean up
10 sheets: lots of poo to clean up

Clark Addison · 07-03-2008, 04:03 PM

A couple more things about Wall-e:

It seems to be more divisive than the normal Pixar movie. Most people I know think Toy Story was great, and A Bugs Life was good but not up to the level of most of the rest (I know there are some of you out there who hated Toy Story, you don't need to post that just to try to prove me wrong here). I've heard several people say that Wall-e is very sub-par, and several say it is among Pixar's best. I tend to fall into the latter group.

I have to think that the creators of Wall-e spent some time watching old Charlie Chaplin or Buster Keaton movies. There is a lot of physical comedy that is similar, and they were incredibly effective at making a fully formed, lovable character, whose entire vocabulary is about two words.

Lastly, apart from the movie, I think that you almost get your money's worth with the Short that precedes it ("Presto") is excellent. Pixar has put together a lot of great shorts, but I think this one might be the best.

Hsaru · 07-03-2008, 04:07 PM

I guess I have different thoughts on what makes a good movie, I thought the short was average and Wall-E was great.

MikeWaters · 07-03-2008, 04:07 PM

Is this a movie that an easily scared little boy who is almost 4 can handle?

UtahDan · 07-03-2008, 05:45 PM

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Originally Posted by MikeWaters

Is this a movie that an easily scared little boy who is almost 4 can handle?

SPOILERS

I think so Mike. I can't really think of anything in it that is scary. The closest thing you get to a villain is an futuristic looking boat wheel with a red eye in the middle (what are those things called?) that has a slapstick fight with the captain of the ship towards the end of the movie. I think your boy will enjoy it. Wall-e also gets crushed near the end trying to hold mechanism of some kind open (trying to save a plant, sort of) and they have to fly back to earth to fix him, though he turns out to be just fine.

Clark Addison · 07-03-2008, 05:53 PM

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Originally Posted by MikeWaters

Is this a movie that an easily scared little boy who is almost 4 can handle?

My 3 year old saw it and loved it. She is fairly easily scared, and while there were a couple of times where she was a little nervous, it was mainly due to wondering if Wall-e was going to be OK, not because of scary bad guys or monsters jumping out or anything like that.

06-29-2008, 10:50 PM	#1
Brian Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Oak Ridge, TN Posts: 1,308	Wall-e ? Time for a movie on family night. Anyone seen this? __________________ e^(i * pi) + 1 = 0 5 great numbers in one little equation.

06-29-2008, 10:59 PM	#2
RockyBalboa Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Salt Lake City Posts: 7,297	I saw it last night and liked it. Kids and adults alike will enjoy it. __________________ Masquerading as Cougarguards very own genius dumbass since 05'.

06-30-2008, 02:10 AM	#4
Jeff Lebowski Charon Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: In the heart of darkness (Provo) Posts: 9,564	My kids went yesterday and loved it. __________________ "... the arc of the universe is long but it bends toward justice." Martin Luther King, Jr.

07-02-2008, 03:58 AM	#5
Brian Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Oak Ridge, TN Posts: 1,308	well, that was disappointing. The first half, where there is no dialog was actually pretty good. After that, the story had serious problems. How did Disney not fix that busted plot? I almost fell asleep at the end. My rating on a scale of 1 to 10 sheets, 7 sheets. legend: 1 sheet: very little poo to clean up 10 sheets: lots of poo to clean up __________________ e^(i * pi) + 1 = 0 5 great numbers in one little equation.

06-29-2008, 11:41 PM	#3
Clark Addison Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: North Carolina Posts: 638	I saw it yesterday with my family, and everyone enjoyed it. I liked it a lot, one of Pixar's best, IMO.

07-03-2008, 04:03 PM	#6
Clark Addison Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: North Carolina Posts: 638	A couple more things about Wall-e: It seems to be more divisive than the normal Pixar movie. Most people I know think Toy Story was great, and A Bugs Life was good but not up to the level of most of the rest (I know there are some of you out there who hated Toy Story, you don't need to post that just to try to prove me wrong here). I've heard several people say that Wall-e is very sub-par, and several say it is among Pixar's best. I tend to fall into the latter group. I have to think that the creators of Wall-e spent some time watching old Charlie Chaplin or Buster Keaton movies. There is a lot of physical comedy that is similar, and they were incredibly effective at making a fully formed, lovable character, whose entire vocabulary is about two words. Lastly, apart from the movie, I think that you almost get your money's worth with the Short that precedes it ("Presto") is excellent. Pixar has put together a lot of great shorts, but I think this one might be the best.

07-03-2008, 04:07 PM	#7
Hsaru Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 108	I guess I have different thoughts on what makes a good movie, I thought the short was average and Wall-E was great.

07-03-2008, 04:07 PM	#8
MikeWaters Demiurge Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 36,365	Is this a movie that an easily scared little boy who is almost 4 can handle?