Wall-E - Movie

DanC said:
Anybody see Wall-e?
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We took my daughter and her friends to see Wall-e for her birthday and it received an enthusiastic thumbs up from all!!

I thought it was very, very touching and there is virtually no spoken dialogue for (I'm guessing here) the first two thirds of the movie and yet you are riveted to the screen~laughing and learning the story line.

It is a very timely movie (read: "going green") but not preachy. Wall-e is the last little robot of his kind, well any kind when the movie opens as Earth has become uninhabitable due to all the trash. Wall-e spends his days continuing to do his job in spite of the staggering amount ahead of him~he compacts trash into little blocks and builds buildings with the blocks and the story kicks off from there.....

I would happpily see this one again and I don't say that too often these days!
 
I split this off to a new thread. :)

My wife and I saw this last weekend. It was a very good movie! We both were laughing so hard at parts. There are times you feel so bad for Wall-e, like with the umbrellas. :) My wife and I both give it two thumbs up!
 
It was, as all good Science Fiction is, social commentary. I appreciated that it didn't preach a specific message (i.e. Happy Feet), it made the observations and commentary and let the viewer discern the message.

Not to mention it was a FUN little movie.
 
I heard it was very political.
 
Big Daddy said:
I heard it was very political.
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There are 5 in my family. We all came away with a slightly different take on the message, and as I listened to them, I could see how each one's thoughts coincided with that person's personality.

I am a very political person, and I didn't take it as a political movie. I saw it as a major shot at Wal-Mart, excessive consumerism, people hiding behind computers, and the general human bent toward laziness.
 
DanC said:
There are 5 in my family. We all came away with a slightly different take on the message, and as I listened to them, I could see how each one's thoughts coincided with that person's personality.

I am a very political person, and I didn't take it as a political movie. I saw it as a major shot at Wal-Mart, excessive consumerism, people hiding behind computers, and the general human bent toward laziness.
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First let me say I didn't and have no intentions of seeing it. Second, based on your now bolded description above it would appear that the movie was political. :worry: Lastly, let me say that I am not political and don't really care either way. Someone just told me that they did not care for the political agenda in the movie and IMHO I didn't think it was appropriate for a kid movie.

I did however see Kung Fu Panda this weekend and it was surprisingly good. :eek: Really.
 
I want to go see Wall-e because i think it looks cute.But does anyone see the resemblence(if its spelled wrong,i am brain dead from lack of sleep) to the Short Circuit robot,but in a compacted form?:convinced:
 
Reminded me of ET
 
Big Daddy said:
First let me say I didn't and have no intentions of seeing it. Second, based on your now bolded description above it would appear that the movie was political. :worry: Lastly, let me say that I am not political and don't really care either way. Someone just told me that they did not care for the political agenda in the movie and IMHO I didn't think it was appropriate for a kid movie.

I did however see Kung Fu Panda this weekend and it was surprisingly good. :eek: Really.
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I have to say I am pretty sensitive to being "preached to" and I can honestly say I did not feel that way watching this movie. I think you would find it surprisingly sweet and (I NOT trying to speak for Danc here) I think his observations were the adult interpretations of certain symbols in the film in the same way that someone could characterize "The Little Mermaid" as a film about feminism or "Cinderella" about white slavery~ya know what I mean? :noidea:

I don't feel any of the comments made about the movie are even picked up by the kids~for the kids the message seems to be "don't be afraid to reach out to a friend"~~as I said the kids really loved it.

I just didn't want you to be totally put off from a sweet film if we had stated our adult observations too strongly.
 
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sweetwinter said:
I have to say I am pretty sensitive to being "preached to" and I can honestly say I did not feel that way watching this movie. I think you would find it surprisingly sweet and (I NOT trying to speak for Danc here) I think his observations were the adult interpretations of certain symbols in the film in the same way that someone could characterize "The Little Mermaid" as a film about feminism or "Cinderella" about white slavery~ya know what I mean? :noidea:

I don't feel any of the comments made about the movie are even picked up by the kids~for the kids the message seems to be "don't be afraid to reach out to a friend"~~as I said the kids really loved it.

I just didn't want you to be totally put off from a sweet film if we had stated our adult observations too strongly.
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Thanks! I'm sure the kids won't pick up on the message and actually the Sophinator (aka Sophie, my 10 year old) said she liked it. But "from what I heard" the political messages were pretty blatant and although I'm not political in the least, I don't think a "kid's movie" is the right place to express these opinions (whether I agree or disagree with the opinions).
 
Big Daddy said:
Thanks! I'm sure the kids won't pick up on the message and actually the Sophinator (aka Sophie, my 10 year old) said she liked it. But "from what I heard" the political messages were pretty blatant and although I'm not political in the least, I don't think a "kid's movie" is the right place to express these opinions (whether I agree or disagree with the opinions).
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it is a good movie, but it is not "the Cars" or "Nemo" or even Incredibles type.

Subject is a little bit heavy, I am thinking, the kids are not the target audience.
 
Most of the heavy stuff though will go right over kids heads. All they will see are the robots and the funny sounds they make...
 
I did feel that it was a little bit heavy handed with the social message. But I believe Pixar's movies are geared towards all aged audiences.. not specifically towards children.

I also watched Kung fu Panda.. which I really loved.
 
druvans said:
it is a good movie, but it is not "the Cars" or "Nemo" or even Incredibles type.

Subject is a little bit heavy, I am thinking, the kids are not the target audience.
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Agreed, I scratched my head if this was great as other Pixar movies because it was rated a high 9.2/10.0 on IMDB and people were saying it's Pixar's best.

I didn't think it was fun as The Incredibles, but it was very very well made. Very creative, entertaining to watch and felt there was a lesson.

I think it was a great movie, but for kid's, I'd probably still recommend the other Pixar movies.
 
Scoopons said:
I did feel that it was a little bit heavy handed with the social message. But I believe Pixar's movies are geared towards all aged audiences.. not specifically towards children.

I also watched Kung fu Panda.. which I really loved.
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My wife saw Kung fu Panda and liked it except she expressed that it had a message that "it's OK to be fat".
If that's the case it's a lousy message. It's not OK to be fat. What it's not OK to do is ridicule others who are fat. The correct message would be to do something about getting trim, fit and healthy. :ohwell:
 
Big Daddy said:
Thanks! I'm sure the kids won't pick up on the message and actually the Sophinator (aka Sophie, my 10 year old) said she liked it. But "from what I heard" the political messages were pretty blatant and although I'm not political in the least, I don't think a "kid's movie" is the right place to express these opinions (whether I agree or disagree with the opinions).
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You never know how kids are going to interpret 'political' intent in movies. My favorite case in point was the little 6-7 year old boy interviewed after watching "Happy Feet" (anyone disagree that that one had a political message?). the reporterette asked him what he had learned from the movie. He said
"If you don't feed a penguin, you can make him dance".
 
I watched wall-e on opening day! It was okay. The end was better than I expected.
 
DanC said:
You never know how kids are going to interpret 'political' intent in movies. My favorite case in point was the little 6-7 year old boy interviewed after watching "Happy Feet" (anyone disagree that that one had a political message?). the reporterette asked him what he had learned from the movie. He said
"If you don't feed a penguin, you can make him dance".
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there smart kinds and not so smart kids - and it also depends their age also
 
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