A cinematic masterpiece. Disney and Pixar at its best.
amazing movie
What a wonderful modern animation movie. Both, the Human + the Robotstories are so good, i cried several times.
Wonderful movie. Perhaps one of the best Pixarmovies, because i love the scifi setting.
9/10
A "must see"
In my opinion this is the best Pixar movie ever made and I watch it every year or two. I even upgrade it to the latest digital format whenever there is a new one (started at 720, then upgraded to 1080, then to 4K then to 8K). It's just cute, fun, funny, charming and has zero agenda to it.
Rewatched this for first time in 13 yrs w my wife today. We're now 40 yet this remains an exceptionally crafted film. I'm a sucker for any type of media that stars anthropomorphic characters be it robot or animal. The heart and sense of humour of this masterpiece remains in full effect 14 yrs after its release. The animation also looks spectacular in 4k Dolby vision on an OLED screen. 9.3 for me, really close to a 10, but maybe juuuuust shy of that for me. Regardless it's so enjoyable, re-watch it folks! And if you never took a peek when it was released it ages very well. It's possibly even more timely now than it was in 2008.
What's happening to me? Tears in my eyes !
"Simple Movies are one of the best" Wall-e is for you laugh, cry and think. One of my favorite animations.
One of the greatest achievements in cinematic history.
One of (if not) THE best animation movies I know, even though the plot is really simple!
Quite a cool original character. I really enjoyed this one.
And cockroaches will survive anything. ;)
"WALL-E" starts out as a practically silent film with a little robot on cleanup duty on a totally polluted Earth. His daily routine is part work and part play as we find that he basically treasure hunts as he performs his tasks.
There are some funny early moments thanks to a little cockroach and a moment when Wall-E tries to decide if a spork is mostly spoon or more fork. The isolated robot makes the most of his time until a spaceship lands and changes his future forever.
This movie is expertly done the animation jaw-dropping; but the last 2/3 of the movie is pretty ordinary. It makes no attempt to conceal its contempt for consumerism which flies in the face of the toys fast food and other "product" tie-ins that it will make tons of money from. It also carries with it an environmental message that isn't too heavy-handed until you think about the fact that Wall-E exists because humans have trashed the Earth making it unlivable.
There are some cute characters and some stunning visuals but this isn't as good of an effort from Pixar as past films like "The Incredibles", "Toy Story", or "Monsters Inc.".
Cinema Paco. Picture 5/5 Sound 4.75 / 5. It was good, interesting things, but it's not over fill me
[7.4/10] A trash compactor falls in love with an iPod. If you strip away the space adventure, the social commentary, and the slapstick, that’s what WALL-E comes down to, and it’s the film’s most impressive feat and best mode. Director Andrew Stanton and company take one little robot, seemingly cobbled together from spare parts on a trash planet, who nurses a crush on another, far more clean and advanced robot, and makes it the most endearing romance in the world.
To add to the level of difficulty in making that type of love story work, neither of these robots can say much more than their names and a few muddled words. That means every stage of their relationship has to be captured in looks, gestures, and most importantly choices. It’s the efforts that WALL-E and EVE to protect, rescue, and care for one another that makes their little concordance so heartening and so resonant.
With that, arguably the film’s greatest challenge becomes its greatest asset. Dialogue can be a crutch in love stories. It’s all too easy to have characters announce that they’ve fallen in love, declare their emotions from one scene to the next, and all but tell the audience what they’re supposed to feel. While that approach makes these stories easy to follow, it also makes them hollow, built more on labels than substance.
WALL-E cannot rely on such shortcuts. Instead it communicates the little trash-bot’s longing for companionship through, of all things, a VHS of Hello Dolly!. It shows his nervous following of EVE when she arrives and his adorably chaste desire to hold her hand. It shows EVE’s annoyance turned bemusement turned frustration turned appreciation as she meets WALL-E, watches as he helps and hinders her mission, and then realizes the lengths he went to find and protect her when she was in stasis. And it shows EVE going to equal and opposite lengths to save and fix WALL-E, tugging on the audience’s heartstrings every step of the way.
The film uses these acts of kindness, the surprisingly expressive head tilts and movements of the bots themselves, and the unshowy companionship that grows through helping one another through shared difficulties, to make this strange, artificial romance feel like the most real, human, and touching one in all creation.
Sadly, the same can’t be said for the parts of the movie that don’t center on the affections between the two little robo-love birds. The rest of the movie is rife with social commentary, partly on wasteful (and ultimately destructive) consumerism and partly on the stultifying effects of screens and other time- and effort-saving technology. Both are fine but not particularly inspired, making dime store observations and extrapolations that are fit for a kids movie but as deep as the themes Pixar normally keeps on tap.
The former at least makes for a visually distinctive setting. WALL-E depicts a version of Planet Earth where one mega-corporation, called Buy n Large, had taken over and the endless pursuit of stuff in its shadow left the world in ruin. The planet is riddled with the neverending detritus of centuries ago, providing both the backdrop for WALL-E’s adventures and his basic mission.
You see, WALL-E has been tasked by the same megacorp to clean up this mess while humanity travels through space. The garbage-gunked planet makes for an amusing setting. The little trash-bot can tunnel through scads of leftover junk, scavenging things he likes, puzzling at the proper use of bras and lightbulbs (a la The Little Mermaid), and zooming through creatively-constructed landscapes humanity’s decaying, ad-ridden infrastructure. As a playground and locale, the wasteland is a winner.
But as a social critique, it’s pretty blunt and not particularly deep. The same enforced subtlety that helps make WALL-E and EVE’s romance so compelling is missing from the film’s jibes at modern consumer culture. Its anti-consumerism, environmentalist message is simple and loud, despite the mostly wordless opening segment. The same goes for its criticisms of modern day laziness and the risk that technological creature comforts will all but rob us of our humanity.
WALL-E is a paean to the notion of being active, in both the literal and figurative sense of the word. It presents a universe where taking action is rewarded, whether it’s WALL-E and EVE going to the nigh-literal ends of the Earth to save one another, to a pair of doughy humans breaking out of their hover chairs and experiencing life directly rather than through a screen, or from the captain of a spaceship seizing control back from the autopilot to take humanity home.
If there’s an enduring message from the film, one that rises above the overdone and oversimplified points of critique (which I happen to agree with) that otherwise drag down the film, it’s the notion not to live one’s life on autopilot. WALL-E’s arrival disrupts so many people’s plans and missions and formulas they use to go through their daily lives, whether it’s EVE’s or the couple’s or the Captain’s or even the little cleaning robot. But each’s life is made better by WALL-E arriving to nudge them off the straight lines they’ve each been following, in one form or another, for centuries. Make choices, scrap your complacency, and live your realest, most undefined life, the movie seems to say. There are far worse morals for a film to impart.
But when it depicts humanity as having become a pack of bloated, ad-obeying screen zombies, floating via hover chairs through a fantastical cruise ship, the obviousness of this overprojection blunts the impact of the statement the movie wants to make. The laudable message the movie wants to communicate about the road that over-screening and giving up all volition and agency in the name of modern convenience is lost in the ridiculousness and bluntness of the worst case scenario it imagines.
And yet, in the end, amid the usual kids movie slapstick and miscalibrated social commentary, is one of film’s sweetest little romances. It’s telling that in many films, the plot can make no sense, the characters can seem off, the writing can be bad, but if we buy the affectionate connection between two characters, it can still become a favorite.
WALL-E does not sink to those levels. The team at Pixar still knows how to craft some dazzling sequences, some cute physical comedy, and endearing characters who burrow into your heart in a series of bleeps and bloops. But the film’s crowning achievement, the thing that makes it worth remembering seven-hundred years in the future when a trash-bot cues it up instead of Hello Dolly!, is the way it captures a love in ones and zeroes, forged in garbage, and no less enduring.
WWWWAAAALLLL-MARRRRT.... Well on our way to this existence
The first time watching this film I didn't really like it. But upon a second viewing I actually fell in love with it. WallE is so darn cute and I actually felt for him and rooted for him to get planet earth back on track!
"Andrew Stanton claimed that the film's central theme was that irrational love can defeat everything, including programming." awn _
3 year old daughter cannot get enough of this; it breaks her heart every time it ends!
Cool sifi movie that kids will like too.
Beautiful animation, charming cast & a compelling and unique message, Wall-E is a cinematic masterpiece
I absolutely love this movie. Cried so hard when I first saw it. Amazing.
This movie is good, nice and picture so beautiful
Love wall-e always have.
It is a beautiful movie. A very good scenario. Funny and cute.
Such a good movie. Appropriate for any age.
good movie, my 2 year old daughter watches it pretty much on repeat along with a couple of others!
Love it!! love it love it love it!!
I really, really enjoy watching this movie. One of the better Pixar's movies.
Theme- 10/10
Rewatchibility- 10/10
Acting- 10/10
Kinematography- 10/10
Time- 10/10
Total - 50/5 = 10
Stunning. Way better for me as an adult than it was as a kid. The fact that Wall-E barely talks and yet manages to be one of the most well-realized and charming characters in animated history speaks volumes. The environmental message is well handled, the romance is believable. The weak villain is really the only thing holding this back from a perfect score.
broad of disney to make a movie about a mega corporation destroying the world
I should have watched this movie before. Definitely one of my favorite Pixar movies OAT.
First act is magical, it’s something really special. Great characters, fantastic worldbuilding and A grade storytelling and visuals. As soon as it gets to the spaceship, there’s a small dip in quality, which is mostly because it takes until the third act to finally introduce the conflict. The second act’s not boring, but it takes its time to set-up this new world and develop the romance, and it feels a little directionless as a result (or unpredictable, that just depends on how you want to look at it). The finale, however, does pack a serious emotional punch. Thematically it’s pretty strong, there are a lot of layers and concepts to unpack here. I just find the choice to depict a human race that’s entirely dependent on technology as exclusively overweight a little boomer-ish, I suppose.
7/10
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After many years, I finally managed to watch all the Pixar movies. And my feelings about "WALL-E" are rather mixed. The first act on Earth is fantastic. That's also where the silent movie-like slapstick humor works best. As soon as the first humans appear in the plot, however, it gets much less entertaining. The romance at the heart of the story works well throughout. But the rest is often too childish for my taste. Other Pixar films have done this much better. Overall, I think "WALL-E" is still a good film. However, in my opinion, it is not among the best from the studio.
Just the knowledge that no words are spoken for the first half of the movie, yet you are still engaged with the characters shows how great this movie is. While one could simply label this as a love story, there are so many complex ideas inside of it that many people will overlook that make this movie so enjoyable for everyone.
Who knew you could feel so much for two robots? Pixar and Disney did an amazing job of humanizing WALL-E and Eve. And as a guy who tries too hard, you can't help but love WALL-E's determination and pure soul. The animation and direction on some scenes make you laugh out loud.
And that dance outside the rocketship! One of the most beautiful scenes I've watched my entire life.
My cat loves this movie. I loved it but what does she see?
No I don't cry everytime I watch this, why do you ask?
the way this movie conveys so many emotions & funny scenes with very minimal to none-existent dialogue was so well executed, it was very fun, i didn't expect i'd get sad over a small rusty cleaning robot;
& that malfunctioning massage robot can FIGHT, he literally knocked everyone tf out, it was hilarious
also wall-e was a real one from start to finish
Maybe the hope is the best thing, but someone ruins the whole movie, I hate that guy!
one of the best animated movies ever
strong and beautiful story, i love it
It's sad to think that we are getting closer and closer to this movie actually happening in real life.
Goddamn.
Incredible that a film i used to watch on saturdays has this amount of creativity and love put into it. Seing as how kids have now grown with minions and other shit, is quite impressive to me that i grow up with a movie aboit robots loving each other.
A world left by humanity as they left other to do their jobs is easilly why i love this movie. The setup is incredible, its well presented and structured. The world is horrible but beautiful in its own way. The cinematography is top notch, and well this film just makes me smile every time i watch it. Not because of the happy ending, cause i like to believe that doesnt matter how stupid people are, and selfish and willing to leave earth they are, they will always want to return. And also there will be people like Wall-E and EVA that will help when everyone else give up.
Maybe i am too overlooking this film but i just love it sooooo much.
This film has all the feels, and a near perfect balance of comedy, romance, drama and action. The score is amazing as well, giving the entire work more feeling than I've seen in a lot of fully-voiced productions. Who would have thought a movie with robots as the two main protagonists would be full of such emotion and awesomeness? I cannot recommend Wall-E enough.
Wonderful.
'WALL·E' is beautifully made, despite a relatively simple premise and no real cast to speak of. A big reason for its charm is the strong message and adorable lead characters - WALL·E (Ben Burtt) and EVE (Elissa Knight).
The run time of 98 minutes flies by, with a cool end credits coming at the conclusion. Its animation is utterly superb, while I also like the mix of real-life footage (featuring Fred Willard as Shelby Forthright) into things. Jeff Garlin and Sigourney Weaver work well in their minor roles.
Not at the top of my personal Disney animated productions, but just about inside the top ten up until this point. Lovely film.
What can I say that has not already been said about this film, it is such a beautifully made movie and trust me it has a message which both children and adults need to hear and see :)
While the men are away, the machines will play. We're talking about the Earth in this case, which has been abandoned by humanity for the better part of seven centuries with mechanized drones left behind to sweep up the mess and maybe, possibly, find love somewhere in the aftermath. Wall-E's opening act is Pixar at its finest, playing with raw pantomime and rich expression during a solid forty minutes' screen time with little or no dialog.
The dire, desolate setting of our planet's future is unnerving, a vast stretch of crumbling skyscrapers and wind-swept fast food wrappers, but we can't get too down in the dumps about it because the one little refuse-collecting bot at the center of it all is so deeply enamored with the place. Amidst evidence of the very worst of human nature, we're also reminded of its most redeeming qualities, and experience many of them through fresh eyes. Wall-E takes the time to appreciate things that our obsessively screen-gazing descendants miss (an uncomfortably prescient prediction, that) and, as we're along for the ride with him this time, we do, too.
Spirited, fantastical sci-fi with an artist's heart and a clear message. It's ten years old, but it looks like it could've been released ten minutes ago.
A beautiful movie with a shocking amount of social commentary. It's so emotional for a love story between two robots and little dialogue. Does a fantastic job with the visual storytelling.
The amazing thing about this movie is that the creators made you care deeply about an animated robot on a desolate Earth. How is that possible? It goes to show you that once again the story is always the most important part of the movie. I don't care how excellent the animation and the sound are (and they were both amazing), the story is what makes the movie. As a side note, it was also interesting to see a company owned by Disney making social commentaries. Usually Disney shies away from anything that isn't milctose.
There's just something mesmerizing and overwhelmingly emotional about the way you get invested into a bunch of characters who barely speak at all on screen. And those characters are robots no less.
Charming and visually compelling. You can't go wrong with Disney/Pixar.
There aren't words to describe this film... Masterpiece!
Can't go wrong with it if you want to watch a beautiful and visually pleasing animation.
"Simple Movies are one of the best" Wall-e is for you laugh, cry and think. One of my favorite animations.
I waited forever and never once did I see this so called WALL that the movie is named after. LOL
I found this to be very weak for a Disney story. The storyline itself was just okay. I mean he's a cute robot and all, but this is essentially a romeo and juliet story -- and any story about romeo and juliet are mostly very predictable. This sadly is no different. However I did watch it specifically to see the CGI and special effects. While not spectacular, I was not disappointed.
This movie is trash imo.
It's an okay movie. Not to great
Didt quite get the movie, but its not bad
Great start, so so ending
Lovely movie, but to be honest, it only deserved the first watch, I wasn't been able of seeing it for second time even years later.
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Awesome movie. Its amazing to see how much emotion they managed to put into the movie even though there are only a few words spoken and the main characters are all robots. Pixar really outdone its self with this movie.