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I think I’m going to have to see this, as, right now, my initial reaction is so overwhelming that I’m not sure I can process it.
The first 40 minutes or so is the most mind blowing sci-fi film you’ll ever see, the film is beautiful to look at, Wall-E is just a perfectly sweet, charming character that reminds me a lot (and not just the physicallity) of Huey, Duey and Louie from Silent Running. In many ways, this is a kind of what if the silent running robots, instead of being alone on a eco ship were left alone on planet earth to tidy up. After 700 years Wall-E is still ticking along, scavaging spare parts from whereever he can find them. (And littered around the place are every other non-functioning wall-e that was also left but didn’t survive).
The love story of Wall-E and Eve is incredibly tender, well judged and, pretty much, perfect.
The only thing that slows it down at all are when the humans show up - and even then, I think that’s only because the you become so invested in Wall-E and Eve that the cartoony humans sort of pop you out of that reality that you’re swept up in. Having said that, at it’s worst it’s still a pretty decent Pixar film - on a par with the Incredibles.
When I saw the incredibles I thought - this is it, this is the animation made for me - superheroes, watchmen, fantastic four, it’s all in there. But I was wrong, Wall-E is the film that was made for me, from the goofy 70s style post-apocalyptic thing that I loved as a kid, to Hello dolly and that romantic ideal that those old musicals used to carry (I was a sucker for musicals as a kid) to a really sweet love story.
So, I suggest you go see it - the first half is really quiet astonishing and the second half never bobs below great. Also, the traditional animated credit roll is a really cool run through the recreation of civiliasation with robots with different eras in different art styles. It’s pretty cool.
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