WALL·E Reviews

This was a fun movie to watch. Wall-e's character is one that exhibits innocence and love. There is no doubt that the viewer will instantly like this character. The setting is one that is quite interesting to see Pixar visit, It seems over the top by some aspects but it slightly mirrors the the impersonal attitude that the film makers want us to realize is being created by society's decisions. Most of the relationships in the film remain pretty impersonal but the viewer can take it for what it is,as the primary relationship focus is on Wall-E and Eve. This is a film that I held off from watching because it was not really what I am used to from Disney/Pixar but I am glad I watched it. The re-watch value for me personally is moderate. Don't get me wrong I would watch it again, I really enjoyed the film as I watched it; But I am not rushing to watch it again. If you have not seen this movie, then stop holding off and check it out.

I have to say I love manyyyyyy Pixar movies. But this is probably in my top. Perhaps even my favorite! I really enjoyed this movie. It's a cute family movie. Even some parts are touching. I think everyone should give this one a watch! You'll most likely love it aswell. :)

I already saw this movie when it was released but since it was such a while back and since it was available on Disney+, I was quite eager to check it out again. Well, after al these years, it is still, until further notice, my favorite Pixar movie. In my opinion, the whole thing was just mind-blowing. Where should I start? As usual with Pixar, it looked gorgeous and, as usual, it was entertaining but for the very first time, it was also very profound and even quite emotional. I mean, the previous movies made by Pixar always had some neat stories and provided some interesting thoughts but with this jewel, they reached some new heights. It also quite impressive to see how they managed to create such a spellbinding story around a lead character who was basically mute. I mean, in our modern age, it was a really bold move to have a non-talking robot as your main character but I thought it was a great decision. Basically, he was a fascinating little fellow, involved in a touching love story. It’s too bad that Pixar spends most of their time nowadays making sequels and prequels because their original work like this movie is so much more interesting. Anyway, to conclude, in my opinion, this movie was actually quite a milestone in animated motion picture history, it is definitely worth a look and pretty much a must see if you like the genre.

Quite frankly, despite it being a Pixar Animation Studios film and being a big fan of them, I really had almost no idea what to expect out of this one except a visually impressive and quite a dark adventure. That is exactly what we got but I think with WALL-E, we perhaps got something a little deeper than we have got with any other Pixar film to date (at the time of its release anyway). What I mean by this is that we got a deeper understanding for the world, the Universe, what the future could bring and also for the WALL-E character as well. It had a very strong critical response and it has been named by many critics as 'Pixar's greatest film; even greater than Toy Story'. I am sorry but me on the other hand has to disagree. I mean, yeah WALL-E is a great film to watch and is another fine accomplishment from Pixar but it definitely isn't one of their ultimate ones for me like Toy Story trilogy, Finding Nemo, Ratatouille, Up and Monsters Inc. are for me.


WALL-E takes us on a journey beyond any other than we've ever experienced. Despite it is quite a dark story and is perhaps the most complex Pixar to date (even though it isn't very complex at all, just the most out of all 11 that have been released so far) but there are a lot of child-friendly and beautiful moments as well such as the beautiful settings and the romance between WALL-E and EVE. Another very good thing about WALL-E is that it expands on the audience's imagination by making us want to thing that there is a giant space ship like that and it is as fun as it looks but it sort of shows the horror as well by showing us what the world could be like in the future either if we damage it too much or what it would be like without the human race in general. The film does have its funny moments but I wouldn't really call it hilarious (like Ratatouille, to be honest). Understandably, Pixar wanted to make something slightly different than anything else they have done but they still managed to stick with what they can do so that's good. You can identify this as a Pixar film despite how different it is to some of the others.


The year is 2700, and planet Earth has long been uninhabitable. For hundreds of years, WALL-E (Waste Allocation Load Lifter Earth-Class), a little robot has been taking out the trash, and collecting precious knick-knacks in order to stave off the boredom of his dreary routine. Little does WALL-E realize that he has recently stumbled onto a secret that could save planet Earth, and once again make the ravaged planet safe for all humankind. When highly advanced search robot EVE lands on Earth to inspect any life on the planet, she meets WALL-E and soon enough become friends but he is looking for something more. However, when her ship returns, But after centuries alone in space, WALL-E can't stand the thought of losing the only friend he's ever known, and eagerly holds onto the ship and follows her into the deepest reaches of space on the adventure of a lifetime. Along the way, the friendly trash-collecting robot who has always known what he was made for gradually begins to understand what he was meant for.


I'll tell you something: you could almost instantly fall in love with WALL-E. He resembles a lot of E.T from Steven Spielberg's sci-fi classic E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial such as voice, the confusion he feels and even the curiosity of things in the world but there are some differences as well: E.T is an alien and WALL-E is a robot, they both experience different adventures. In fact, it is almost like the opposite: WALL-E is from Earth and he goes on a space adventure and E.T is from another planet in space and he goes on an adventure on Earth. So in many ways, I guess you could say that WALL-E is the noughties of E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial. I loved EVE's character too! She made me laugh and despite that she doesn't really talk very much (and neither does WALL-E, really), the bond between them was so powerful and you just felt that they were meant to be together. The captain of the ship was really good as well. His character was really well developed too. He is a lazy guy but he is doing the worst job for a lazy guy seeing as he has many responsibilities even though he has got HAL 9000-like speech program Auto to work with.


After Andrew Stanton's gigantically successful previous Pixar film Finding Nemo, people perhaps thought that WALL-E wouldn't receive as much critical acclaim as Finding Nemo but it seems like most people preferred WALL-E even though I cannot fully understand why. Stanton does go for something more adult this time but he does take us on another grand adventure but in a different world. There isn't really that much of a script in WALL-E seeing as there is mostly music involved and visually stunning effects but of what we heard of it, it was fantastic! It deserved Best Animated Picture (even though it was a sealed winner anyway) and it was also nominated for Best Original Screenplay, Best Sound Mixing, Best Sound Editing, Best Original Score and Best Original Song. If there was 10 nominees for Best Picture in 2008, I am pretty sure that it would be nominated for Best Picture as well (not like it wouldn't deserve it).


Overall, WALL-E is another fantastic Pixar film that takes us onto a whole new level of filmmaking as well as a new level of Pixar. Because it is such a brilliant film and I prefer pretty much every Pixar over this except Cars, I cannot call it 'one of the worst' so think the best way I can say it is 'one of my least favourite Pixar films'. Despite this, it must be watched and you are a moron to have missed out on this! Admittedly, it is a little overrated but I still love it. Bravo, Pixar! Keep up the good work.

One of the last things I would've ever imagined is that a film that has so little dialogue could be so engrossing. It's not just that there isn't any dialogue in the first half hour of WALL-E, it's that there really isn't much of it throughout the whole movie, but that doesn't for a second take away from the massive amount of entertainment that there is to be had with Pixar's latest entry.

Of course, although the task of making an extremely entertaining movie with very little dialogue sounds like a tough feat, this shouldn't be too hard if the movie you're making features characters who ooze readable facial reactions and who are very expressive. Not so in WALL-E, where our two protagonists are robots, thus making this an even harder feat for the filmmakers, who do a stellar job of exploiting every possible tool available to get these characters to display what the audience needs to get totally immersed in this film. The result is not only that they succeed hugely at fulfilling that task, but they've also managed to craft one of the most charming on-screen romances ever... certainly one of the best ones in an animated film... with robots!!! Who would've thought?

In fact, with their last two films, the folks at Pixar have taken unlikely caricatures that wouldn't normally be considered particularly cute or even likable (rats last year, robots this year) and effectively crafted appealing characters for both films. I think it was probably easier with Ratatouille because, although rats are generally regarded with disgust, they gave the rats in that film pink spots on their cheeks and whatnot, thus rendering them cuter than what the actual rodent tends to look like. But how do you do this with robots? How do you get a drab metal machine to display any palpable gesture? Aside from the frequent expressions made by EVE's "eyes" (if you can call them that), which are often helpful, the makers of WALL-E have to use a diversity of sounds and other things to get us to understand the interactions between the two love-struck robots, and they achieve this seamlessly. It sounds hard to believe, but you absolutely will more than believe it once you see it. WALL-E and EVE's interactions and the growth of their romantic feelings are nothing short of enthralling.

I was going to wait till a weekday to see WALL-E because, once I heard that the theme/message of the film was of a slightly adult nature, I was worried if I went to see it on a day in which the theater was full of kids that there would be a lot of restlessness and yelling and crying that would keep me from enjoying the film thoroughly. But I couldn't wait. I had to go see it. So I went today (on a Sunday) at the earliest showing, hoping perhaps people still wouldn't be up and going to the movies. Well, there were still plenty of kids in the audience, but here's the thing. Although WALL-E does have an adult theme/message in its approach as a cautionary tale, it still has everything that kids could possibly need from an animated film. There are plenty of funny moments and gags, and chase sequences, etc. So, just like the adults, the kids were quiet and well-behaved because of how engrossed they were in the movie. This is one of the many great things about WALL-E: it has that balance of being a charmingly fun animated film while still touching on pertinent issues, and it gets a lot of points for this. Also, the film is preceded by an animated short titled "Presto" which is VERY funny. It's silly and generic, but still a welcome lighthearted prelude. It's not a visually impressive piece of short animation, but that doesn't matter at all, considering the galore of great visuals we're exposed to as soon as WALL-E gets started.

WALL-E has garnered equally stellar reviews as those earned by Ratatouille last year. When I watched Ratatouille in theaters last year, I thought it was very good, but certainly not deserving of accolades like "perfect" or "masterpiece", let alone "best animated film ever". It made me wonder whether critics were just being too nice or biased towards Pixar fare, which made me concerned as to whether WALL-E would truly be the amazing film they were hailing it to be. Thank God that it actually is. While "perfect" and "masterpiece" may still not quite be appropriate descriptors, WALL-E comes a heck of a lot closer to them than Ratatouille ever could. I do still think that Finding Nemo is Pixar's best film and the best animated film of this decade so far, but there is no question that WALL-E is a VERY close second. (I've also yet to see The Incredibles)

I can't imagine for a second that there is a single animated film that could give WALL-E a run for its money in the Best Animated Feature Film category at the next Academy Awards ceremony. WALL-E is just a ravishing motion picture that may even give staunch skeptics some hope, despite the fact that the world we live in seems to give us less and less hope every day. It's amazing just how timely WALL-E is, and for that, it is more than just worth seeing; it's an experience you definitely don't want to miss out on.

It seems like these days, every season, an animated movie comes out displaying the next level of computer-generated visuals. For the year of 2008, it was this film & Kung Fu Panda. While not so surprising in that I (we?) expected the details in the graphics to be as detail & realistic as they were, it's still quite stunning to behold.
And even though Wall-E contains the basic formula elements one would expect from such a family film, it's still quite surprising how often & consistantly filmmakers are able to intergrate the amazing graphics into the quality of the storytelling in a manner that seems fresh & keeps the messages from feeling too cliche. At the rate that these types of highly sophisticated computer animated flicks are being released, it's remarkble that the ratio has been so much more good than bad.



A futuristic story that despite it's epic themes of environmentalism, technological over-dependence & the effects of idleness on the soul of humanity when it is stripped away from the natural strife of life, at it's heart, it's also an effective story of loneliness & longing between two computer-animated robots that despite their mechanical make-up, offer up enough heartfelt human emotion that is depicted with just a simple vocabulary that consists of nothing more than their names & a directive.

Já faz um tempo que animações não servem apenas para divertir. Filmes animados agora nem são restritamente direcionados para os pequenos. A Pixar é um exemplo de empresa que fabrica longas animados sempre com teor reflexivo e com uma qualidade digital indiscutível. Os caras são gênios. E não estão simplesmente reinventando a animação hollywoodiana, eles estão recriando o cinema de Hollywood para o século XXI. Com Os "Incríveis", misturaram filmes de super-heróis com a importância da família. Em "Procurando Nemo", um road movie no oceano abordando conflitos de gerações. No "Ratatouille", um história de superação abordadando a supervalorização da imagem. Agora, é lançado "Wall-E", do mesmo diretor d'O Procurando Nemo, longa que mescla questão ambiental com história de amor.

Wall-E é, sem discussão, o personagem cinematográfico mais marcante de 2008, um robôzinho que possui sentimentos e se mostra mais humano que muitos humanos. Seu passatempo é assistir à mesma cena do musical “Alô, Dolly”, enquanto ensaia passos de dança desajeitados e sonha com...um amor. Que ele encontra quando a robô Eva é enviada ao planeta atrás de algum sinal de vida.

"Wall-E" mostra a Terra como um gigantesco lixão e o robô como o único que limpa. Enquanto Wall-E está compactando todo lixo, os humanos, sedentários, obesos, estão numa "colônia de férias" esperando voltar ao seu planeta natal. Colônia esta, comandada por outro sedentário e seu piloto automático inpirado no HAL-9000 de “2001”, clássico de Kubrick. O longa é um convite para pensar no futuro da Terra diante dessas atrocidades cometidas por quem a habita. E ainda consegue provar que, no meio de tanta desgraça, pode, sim, desenrolar-se uma linda história de amor dita como impossível.

Por isso relatado, o filme é feito para todos os públicos, sem exceção. Com certeza, um dos melhores filmes da época.

haha this movie is a
great movie for couples
or for kids.

but ya its a nice, funny,
cute movie

"Directive?"

To the untrained eye, Disney-Pixar's WALL-E probably appears to be just another ordinary animated family film or just another commonplace Pixar escapade. But WALL-E should not be carelessly dismissed with these misleading labels. Director Andrew Stanton (who was behind 2003's Finding Nemo) has created a masterpiece on the same level as recent films like There Will Be Blood, No Country for Old Men, Pan's Labyrinth and even The Departed. Put very frankly, this is a marvellous film with infinite appeal.

Over the past few years, Pixar's annual line-up usually receives its fair share of acclaim (from critics and audiences alike). In 2007, it was Ratatouille that had the Oscar committee talking. Other memorable titles include 2004's The Incredibles and 2006's Cars. Further animated films (courtesy of DreamWorks) include Madagascar, Shrek and several others. But 2008's WALL-E is an unprecedented event in both animated feature films and contemporary filmmaking in general. Through my eyes, this masterpiece deserves an Oscar nomination for Best Picture at the very least. No, not Best Animated Picture...I'm talking about the daddy Oscar statuette of Best Picture. I'm not the only person discussing this possibility, so that must tell you something.
This is a movie that the critics are raving about, and audiences are warmly receiving. The box office numbers are enough to convince you of that fact. As of late 2008, the film still holds a resounding rank on IMDb's Top 250. As much as it pains me to admit, I thought the hype and acclaim was ridiculous, and I misleadingly labelled the film as childish rubbish. However I'm extremely glad that I took a chance and gave this film a shot.

In the future, humans have abandoned Earth. WALL-E (voiced by Burtt) is the last of his kind: a small robot manufactured by the Buy-N-Large Corporation, created with the objective of cleaning up the rubbish left by humans. WALL-E (an acronym for Waste Allocation Load Lifter - Earth class) lives a lonely life as he carries out the same routine everyday. He's a robot whose vocabulary never stretches past three words, and his sole friend is a mute cockroach. WALL-E spends his entire day rummaging through the rubbish. He compresses mounds of garbage into cubes (he also collects rubbish he finds fascinating - one man's garbage is another robot's treasure) by day, then spends his evenings watching Hello, Dolly! and longing for romance. Things drastically change for WALL-E when a robot known as EVE (Extra-terrestrial Vegetation Evaluator, voiced by Knight) lands on his planet. It's love at first mechanised heart-beep. WALL-E and EVE are soon entangled in an outlandish space adventure with a host of fascinating robot characters.

So what makes WALL-E the masterpiece that has everyone talking? There are a number of reasons.
For starters, the animated is top drawer. All landscapes and locations are gorgeously rendered, to the extent that an audience will be stunned at the technological capabilities of modern computers.
Secondly, the kids will have an absolute ball. Even the adults will sit in awe. WALL-E will commendably keep both the kiddies and adults entertained for its entire running time. Thirdly, the film has great relevance to a modern society that's becoming increasingly reliant on technology. The film essentially acts as a social commentary. While the kids are greatly entertained, an adult will be able to comfortably absorb the film's underlying themes. It's a "green" theme that imbues the proceedings. Humans are depicted as obese, obsolete couch potatoes who rely on technology for their every whim. They no longer walk, and a transparent screen allows them to communicate with each other (even if they're sitting in arm's length). The human race aren't human anymore...in fact the robot characters are more humane. The implication is that this future isn't far off.

WALL-E is also a total blast: it's creative, clever, charming and comedic. You'll be laughing at the Chaplin-esque slapstick on offer, and you'll be sighing at the beautifully tender nature of the little robot. The film conveys a poignant and moving love story. It's an odd-couple romance tale that will strike a tone with its audience depending on generational reference points. There are traces of Charlie Chaplin and Virginia Cherrill in City Lights, Woody Allen and Diane Keaton in Annie Hall, Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet in Titanic, with traces of Star Wars and E.T. thrown in for good measure (there's also a slight dash of Shrek and Princess Fiona). This may be a love story between mechanical robots, but it's incredibly heart-warming and appealing.

The final factor that ensures this film is an absolute masterpiece is that it will never grow outdated. DreamWorks animated movies are filled with pop culture references, whereas WALL-E is devoid of them. The character of WALL-E enjoys watching the musical Hello, Dolly! and at one stage we see him indulging in a game of Pong on an old monitor. Had this been a DreamWorks picture, WALL-E would be watching High School Musical and playing Halo 3 on an X-Box 360. This denotes the difference between the two animation studios: in fifty years WALL-E will play flawlessly to a new audience who will laugh at the timeless slapstick, whereas a DreamWorks film (after the pop culture references lose their potency) will play to almost complete silence. Yes, I do enjoy DreamWorks films such as Shrek (the first one...and the first one only!) and Over the Hedge, but it's doubtful that they'll hold up in later years.

Like Pixar's previous films, the meaning of WALL-E is deeper and more profound than the merchandising prospects found therein. The film is undoubtedly a love story, but it's also a story about staying true to your own heart in the insipidly malevolent face of authority. The film is a moving tale about saving the small things and treasuring the world you exist in, regardless of how imperfect its surface may seem.
Andrew Stanton won an Oscar in 2004 for his previous animation film Finding Nemo. Now the director has unquestionably earned his place in the pantheon of animation pioneers. With WALL-E, Stanton has taken not only the art of animation, but the art of storytelling to new and unimaginable heights. Previous landmark science fiction masterpieces include Star Wars and Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey. To me, WALL-E is the next landmark sci-fi masterpiece in the form of a simple animated family feature.
Perhaps the only drawback would be a script that turns formulaic in its final quarter. The concluding few scenes had me riveted in my seat, but in the long run most of it wasn't overly necessary. And the customary happy ending is quite predictable. However 80% of the film cleverly circumvents the clichés.

For an animated movie aimed at an ordinary family audience, WALL-E is unbeatable. The visuals are masterful, the animation is absolutely beautiful, the storytelling is fairly original and there are laughs aplenty. This film has a right to take its place alongside Toy Story, Finding Nemo, Ratatouille and the countless other additions to the Pixar canon. To this day, WALL-E is definitely the best animated family movie in existence!

9.5/10

''Directive?''

[Wall-E gathers up some trash, compacts it and spits it out.]

''Ta-da! ''

In the distant future, a small waste collecting robot inadvertently embarks on a space journey that will ultimately decide the fate of mankind.

Ben Burtt: WALL-E / M-O (voice)

Elissa Knight: EVE (voice)

WALL-E is without a doubt one of the most accomplished, most well concieved animated films over flowing with story, emotion and will leave you wanting more and more.

It begins even with a short film of a magician and his Bunny Alex which provides plenty of laughs, then it gets onto the film itself. When we are first introduced to Wall-e, you instantly know in your heart you won't be able to resist his cuteness and lovableness. He collects interesting things from the debris and puts them in his home while watching old musicals classics and recording them on his box. What's also fascinating is that he is solar powered and can also recede into box form, so cute.

Earth has become an inhospitable dump, bristling with rubbish and junk. Wall-e's main function is to recycle materials to rebuild the crumbling remnants of humanities cities. Only problem is Wall-e seems to be on his own, last of his kind. Apart from his friend in the form of a cockroach who provides company.

When a space craft lands on this planet Wall-e gets to meet EVA a white robot sent to find something vital on Earth. What we get is some lovely sequences of her following her directive, WALL-E isn't just an animated film, its one of substance and story, and a love story at that.

When later in WALL-E he ends up on a huge spaceship and is swept alongside hundreds of other robots you just have to marvel at the sheer amount of time that has gone into creating this gorgeous animated film. Not only that but references to 2001 and a robot that even looks like Hal and similar behavior marks as one of the best homages an animated film has ever done. Not only that Casablanca also gets a nod with an iconic song.

It will make you laugh, make you cry in places especially near the end, and make you melt from sheer overload of a masterpiece that surely deserves to win an Oscar for Best Animated film.
WALL-E is perfect and a cheery alternative for this summer, that all the family can appreciate.

The credits I loved which I must mention, and Peter Gabriel's song at the end really added to what was already in my mind perfection. WALL-E concludes like it begins, making you feel good and leaving you breathless.