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| Movie Review: WALL-E Alternate Title: Hello Wally!
Story: Will a post-apocalyptic
film geared towards children be appreciated by adults? Without q'wall'ification,
yes. It seems to me that adults might even enjoy the film more than
kids. The film is charming, sweet, innovative, filled with humor, throws
in a love story and even has a message that doesn't clobber you over
the head. It was artfully and lovingly directed by Andrew
Stanton (Finding Nemo) and written by Stanton
and Jim Reardon. It is based on a story by Mr.
Stanton and Pete Docter. It is 700 years in the future and because of
our shameful care taking of Earth humans have been driven off the planet
to a space station far, far away. Earth is now in the care of Waste
Allocation Load Lifters: Earth Class (WALL-E). The goal was
to have humans return to Earth when the planet was cleaned up and capable
of supporting life again. Probes (Extra Terrestrial Vegetation
Evaluators: EVE) are launched from the space station to periodically
see if plant life has returned to Earth. How WALL-E meets EVE, how they communicate and
how they save humankind, is the meat of the story. For me, however,
the joy was in the small things that made me smile, chuckle and at times
guffaw. There is a moment solely dedicated to Mac users that cracked
me up. It is not one of those films that you will feel
silly going into without a kid on your arm. Take a friend or two. I
was with two of the sappiest people I know and we all enjoyed it. Check out the trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwaIrN_qRRQ Acting: The wonderful voices and sounds of
Ben Burtt (Wall-E/M-O), Elissa Knight (Eve),
Jeff Garlin (Captain), Fred Willard
(Shelby Forthright/BnL C.E.O.), Macintalk (Auto), John
Ratzenberger (John), Kathy Najimy (Mary) and
Sigourney Weaver (Ship’s Computer).
Predilection: None
Critters: Does a Pixar cockroach count?
Food: Food comes in liquid form now on the space
station.
Sex Spectrum: No sex - just some very sweet hand holding
Soundtrack: Delightful
Visual Art: If you like Pixar stuff you will like
this
Theater Audience: A small group of people, mostly
adults. This film is playing everywhere, all of the time.
Weather: On the space station it is 72 and sunny all
of the time. Earth is not as pleasant.
Sappy Factor: 2
Quirky Meter: 0
Squirm Scale: If you think about the conservation
message it will make you squirm.
Drift Factor: It could have been a little shorter.
Predictability Level: High
Tissue Usage: I did not use a tissue but one of my
sappy friends got all teary on me.
Oscar Worthy: I am sure this will get some nods.
Big Screen or Rental: Either would be fine.
Length: One hour and 40 minutes.
LOBO HOWLS: 8
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