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The Essential Movie Review Before You Go Out and Spend Your Hard Earned Pennies.
On Tap: Wall-E
I have never been a fan of "children" films. It reaffirmed my claim when I saw the trailer Beverly Hills Chihuahua in front of Wall-E. My heart sunk to think this is what Disney has become, a shell of its former self since the mid 90s. But to my surprise Pixar (which is now keeping Disney in business) has another hit on their hands for the kids. With the beautifully intertwined mechanical love story, and the complexed social and economical issues as the backdrop, it made for an excellent film.
Synopsis: A love story about a little robot named Wall-E that was left on Earth to clean up all the trash. After a probe (EVE) comes to Earth for a mission, Wall-E falls in love with her and is determined to follow her to the ends of the Earth (or in this case, to the edge of the galaxy).
In-depth: For the first 23 minutes of the film the characters did not utter one real word. And yet it didn't matter. The nature of Wall-E being lonely and needing company screamed so loudly words were not needed. The element that everyone needs somebody was presented throughout the entire movie without verbalizing it once.
Also the element that was brilliant in the film was the issues of social and economical dilemmas, such as obesity, and wastefulness. In one point of the movie it mentioned how people of the spaceship no longer needed to walk but propelled by hover-chairs. As a result the entire human race became over weight and lazy guided by helper robots. Slowly this world has become more and more like that. Gone is the phrase, "a hard day of work", and replaced with "a day that I go through by when I'm suppose eat my next processed meal." People roll out of bed, into their cars, to cram into a cubicle all day before they woddle to the couch to unwind for hours watching needless TV. Further, because the people became so lazy, in the movie, the captain of the spaceship has trouble reading a book (which it seems be an epidemic for kids in this country). On the Earth sequences ruins of the city showed advertisements of how much society promotes super-sizes and bulk items. Earth was riddled with trash and no where to put it any longer. It showed the need of people to be more conscious of the environment. Al Gore probably started crying during the credits.
Underneath it all you need to know: That is the best children's film this year and is well worth your money. Once again Pixar is raising their own standards of well crafted films.
Score: 6.3 BoomShakalakas/7
"Movies can and do have tremendous influence in shaping young lives in the realm of entertainment towards the ideals and objectives of normal adulthood. "-Walt Disney
Sidenote: From several sources it has been revealed that from 1995's Toy Story, til Wall-E all the films from Pixar were discussed at a lunch!!! At one lunch! Outlining the raising success of, at the time, a relatively new company. I fear what suburb ideas Andrew Stanton and fellow writers at Pixar would think of if they all went on vacation together for a weekend...
- Jiraiya Goketsu Monogatan
The Essential Movie Review Before You Go Out and Spend Your Hard Earned Pennies.
On Tap: Wall-E
I have never been a fan of "children" films. It reaffirmed my claim when I saw the trailer Beverly Hills Chihuahua in front of Wall-E. My heart sunk to think this is what Disney has become, a shell of its former self since the mid 90s. But to my surprise Pixar (which is now keeping Disney in business) has another hit on their hands for the kids. With the beautifully intertwined mechanical love story, and the complexed social and economical issues as the backdrop, it made for an excellent film.
Synopsis: A love story about a little robot named Wall-E that was left on Earth to clean up all the trash. After a probe (EVE) comes to Earth for a mission, Wall-E falls in love with her and is determined to follow her to the ends of the Earth (or in this case, to the edge of the galaxy).
In-depth: For the first 23 minutes of the film the characters did not utter one real word. And yet it didn't matter. The nature of Wall-E being lonely and needing company screamed so loudly words were not needed. The element that everyone needs somebody was presented throughout the entire movie without verbalizing it once.
Also the element that was brilliant in the film was the issues of social and economical dilemmas, such as obesity, and wastefulness. In one point of the movie it mentioned how people of the spaceship no longer needed to walk but propelled by hover-chairs. As a result the entire human race became over weight and lazy guided by helper robots. Slowly this world has become more and more like that. Gone is the phrase, "a hard day of work", and replaced with "a day that I go through by when I'm suppose eat my next processed meal." People roll out of bed, into their cars, to cram into a cubicle all day before they woddle to the couch to unwind for hours watching needless TV. Further, because the people became so lazy, in the movie, the captain of the spaceship has trouble reading a book (which it seems be an epidemic for kids in this country). On the Earth sequences ruins of the city showed advertisements of how much society promotes super-sizes and bulk items. Earth was riddled with trash and no where to put it any longer. It showed the need of people to be more conscious of the environment. Al Gore probably started crying during the credits.
Underneath it all you need to know: That is the best children's film this year and is well worth your money. Once again Pixar is raising their own standards of well crafted films.
Score: 6.3 BoomShakalakas/7
"Movies can and do have tremendous influence in shaping young lives in the realm of entertainment towards the ideals and objectives of normal adulthood. "-Walt Disney
Sidenote: From several sources it has been revealed that from 1995's Toy Story, til Wall-E all the films from Pixar were discussed at a lunch!!! At one lunch! Outlining the raising success of, at the time, a relatively new company. I fear what suburb ideas Andrew Stanton and fellow writers at Pixar would think of if they all went on vacation together for a weekend...
- Jiraiya Goketsu Monogatan
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