Review of WALL·E (2008) by Brian K — 13 Apr 2013

'Wall-E' is rated G and it has more artistic merit than any other film I've seen in the year 2008 thus far. I hardly have anything bad to say about the film, which is charming, enchanting, mesmerizing, and gorgeous with every shot! The film revolves around an ugly, mechanical heap of a robot named Wall-E, who is more endearing and cute than the Kung Fu Panda who, despite being designed to be cute, turns out to be gross and unappealing.

Wall-E has everything going against it. It's story involves two robots who fall in love, it has hardly any dialogue, and it uses a variety of music from classic musicals, most notably: Hello Dolly, Wall-E's favorite musical.

In fact, this movie has been made in the same light as any classic movie, especially 2001: A Space Odyssy, which the movie references several times. While in the theatre, I could sense that I was watching a classic, a movie that appeals to everyone and that will live on forever.

The film, which is by far my favorite Pixar film, was directed by Andrew Stanton who also claims the next best Pixar film: Finding Nemo. There are no short cuts made, there are no gimmicks, or talking down to kids.

Hopefully, this movie will help people realize that animation is NOT a genre. It's a medium. This is not a movie for kids. It wasn't made for kids. It was made for everyone. The fact that, in my showing of the film, there was not a single child there, thrills the hell out of me.

The fact is, Pixar is getting better and better. They knew they had to start out making children's films (Toy Story, A Bug's Life), and they have evolved to the point of making movies for adults, with last year's substantially sophisticated 'Ratatouille' and this year's phenomenal, and life changing, 'Wall-E'.