Lord Krunk Reviews: WALL-E

[Sylocat]

An excellent review, and I don't just say this because I'm an admitted WALL-E fanboy. Of course, any review that gives attention to the short at the beginning as well is admirable, even the "professional" reviewers don't do that. Presto isn't quite as good as "Boundin'" but it's right up there. Probably the second best.
I do disagree about the film's length, though. I think it's an excellent length. It means it's fast-paced and doesn't outstay its welcome. To me, the SIGN of a really good movie is that it keeps you wanting more.
Nice job at going into a fair bit of depth without giving away too much of the plot, too. It's rare to see a review (of anything) that does that, sadly.
But you left out how absolutely awesome it is that the first third of this movie contains almost no dialogue. A kid's movie with no dialogue for the first third.

(and to the people who complained that the ending wasn't dark enough: WALL-E was going to get repaired by a bunch of fanfiction writers anyway, so Pixar probably just decided to avert that. ;-) )

Now, an obligatory jab at Yahtzee for criticizing it:

One or more lovable protagonists have existed for some time in a stable but fundamentally flawed routine, which is shaken up by the introduction of a foreign entity, usually another character, around whom attitudes are initially hostile. Attempts to deal with this character eventually lead to the protagonist(s) discovering a new, unfamiliar world, and in doing so discover the nature of the fundamental flaw in their routine. Villains are usually introduced or only become truly villainous from around the mid-point or quite late into the film. Along the way the heroes enlist the help of various lesser characters with clearly definable quirks and at one point reluctantly enter a high-speed chase. The villain is generally finally defeated with surprising ease, and everything concludes in an emotionally manipulative ending in which routine is restored with the fundamental flaw excised.

Except... in WALL-E, the routine ISN'T restored with just one fundamental flaw removed. The whole point of WALL-E's ending is that EVERYTHING changes.
Also, the protagonist doesn't "discover the nature of the fundamental flaw." WALL-E has no idea what's wrong with life on the Axiom. His entire motivation is his crush on EVE, he doesn't even realize that he's accidentally snapping everyone he meets out of their stupor.
Then again, Yahtzee doesn't actually say whether or not he liked it (he dodges the question with the old "objective quality aside" cop-out), so I'm wondering if he might have liked it more than he's willing to admit. Bad review get all the attention.

 

[Lord Krunk]

But you left out how absolutely awesome it is that the first third of this movie contains almost no dialogue. A kid's movie with no dialogue for the first third.

Where the movie was quite minimalist, in which there was little dialogue throughout, it actually gave the world of WALL-E a life of it's own, and you really felt for the characters, their emotions linking with your own.

I sorta did, but it wasn't that well worded and was hard to see.

Thanks for the compliments, though!

 

[PurpleRain]

Gah, I need to see this. Good review, you just made me want to se it more.

 

[Ultrajoe]

The only thing i could think of through the entire film was.

"If the autopilot offered cake to WALL-E... my life would be complete"

GLaDOS will still remain the greatest ever robot villain.

 

[Vrex360]

Wall-E is without doubt pixars best and let me tell you it was actually beautiful. Wall-e is my fifth favourite movie of all time.

 

[Anarchemitis]

I need to review Pixar itself once UP comes out.

 

[Lothae]

I have to agree with everyone else here, Wall-E is probably Pixar's best movie to date. Great review, & to anyone reading this who hasn't seen it: go buy and watch it immediately! You will not be disappointed.