Thursday, October 09, 2008

WALL-E

In the distant future a lone robot, WALL-E, is charged with cleaning up all of the trash on Earth after all humans have abandoned the planet to live in outer-space. After years of being alone and being lonely WALL-E is surprised to find a soul-mate when a robot returns to Earth to find living plant life.

Pixar has always done a good job of making sure both children and adults are entertained by there cartoon product. WALL-E maybe the first time that they over-thought their concept and made it too smart for children to enjoy. WALL-E is a good flick, but its themes of loneliness and environmental concerns might be lost on children.

WALL-E's most successful moments take place when the lonely robot is scene roaming the trashy streets of the abandoned city-scape that is his charge. Once his adventure takes him and the audience to outer-space my interest wained slightly due to the regression to typical plot-lines of chase sequences and "saving the day". However, as a whole WALL-E succeeds as a movie that should be given a chance by anyone who has enjoyed the past work of the Pixar studio. Jamie says "7".

Pixar has released 9 feature films. Below I rank 8 of them from best to worst. I've never seen "A Bug's Life".

1. Toy Story

2. Toy Story 2

3. Finding Nemo

4. The Incredibles

5. Monsters, Inc

6. Cars

7. WALL-E

8. Ratatouille

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