| Wall-E (Widescreen Single-Disc Edition) | 
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| Director: Andrew Stanton
Actors: Ben Burtt, Jeff Garlin, Fred Willard, Elissa Knight, John Ratzenberger
Studio: WALT DISNEY VIDEO
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:  467 reviews
Sales Rank: 7
Format: Ac-3, Color, Dolby, Dvd-video, Ntsc, Widescreen
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown)
Rating: G (General Audience)
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 98
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.5 x 0.6
MPN: DISD54361D
UPC: 786936734911
EAN: 0786936734911
ASIN: B0013FSL3E
Theatrical Release Date: June 27, 2008
Release Date: November 18, 2008
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Product Description
As the last robot left on earth wall-e is one small robot wh holds the future of earth and mankind squarely in the palm of hismetal hand. Studio: Buena Vista Home Video Release Date: 11/18/2008 Starring: Ben Burtt Run time: 98 minutes Rating: G Director: Andrew Stanton
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Pixar genius reigns in this funny romantic comedy, which stars a robot who says absolutely nothing for a full 25 minutes yet somehow completely transfixes and endears himself to the audience within the first few minutes of the film. As the last robot left on earth, Wall-E (voiced by Ben Burtt) is one small robot--with a big, big heart--who holds the future of earth and mankind squarely in the palm of his metal hand. He's outlasted all the "Waste Allocation Load Lifter Earth-Class" robots that were assigned some 700 years ago to clean up the environmental mess that man made of earth while man vacationed aboard the luxury spaceship Axiom. Wall-E has dutifully gone about his job compacting trash, the extreme solitude broken only by his pet cockroach, but he's developed some oddly human habits and ideas. When the Axiom sends its regularly scheduled robotic EVE probe (Elissa Knight) to earth, Wall-E is instantly smitten and proceeds to try to impress EVE with his collection of human memorabilia. EVE's directive compels her to bring Wall-E's newly collected plant sprout to the captain of the Axiom and Wall-E follows in hot pursuit. Suddenly, the human world is turned upside down and the Captain (Jeff Garlin) joins forces with Wall-E and a cast of other misfit robots to lead the now lethargic people back home to earth. Wall-E is a great family film with the most impressive aspect being the depth of emotion conveyed by a simple robot--a machine typically considered devoid of emotion, but made so absolutely touching by the magic of Pixar animation. Also well-worth admiring are the sweeping views from space, the creative yet disturbing vision of what strange luxuries a future space vacation might offer, and the innovative use of trash in a future cityscape. Underneath the slapstick comedy and touching love story is a poignant message about the folly of human greed and its potential effects on earth and the entire human race. Wall-E is preceded in theaters by the comical short Presto in which a magician's rabbit, unfed one too many times takes his revenge against the egotistical magician. (Ages 3 and older) --Tami Horiuchi>
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 A completely wholesome animated show that actually targets children, refreshing - Thanks Pixar! January 9, 2009
OK, just in case you haven't seen this movie or heard anything about it, here's a quick intro to the storyline (no spoilers):
Earth has become so polluted that people evacuated to luxurious space cruise liners. In the meantime, back on earth, trash-compacting robots work to collect trash and stack it in an effort to clean up the mess left by the now gone overconsuming population of humans. When the movie opens, Wall-E appears to be the last functioning robot. He's been doing his job for a long, long time, and in that time he developed a personality as he watches a tape of the muscial "Hello Dolly" over and over again.
Then, things get tense when a mysterious spaceship lands...
Interestingly, the good folks at Pixar put together a storyline that includes character AND plot development without relying, for the most part, on dialog.
By the way, my favorite parts of hte movie are the roach, and the scene when you hear music from "2001: A Space Odyssey" (just watch, and you'll see).
I believe that some people may find this movie to be too "Pollyanna", but let's face it, this is one of those rare high-quality movies produced mainly for children. While it does have an appeal for more mature audiences, it's main target audience is children. I appreaciate the fact that there are no wise-cracking or crude characters like those in movies like Shrek, etc. (animated movies that use animation, but are not really made for children).
I appreciate the work of Pixar in applying their trade to a fun and engaging show that can be enjoyed without reservation by children and adults alike.
Afterthought:
When I started writing this review I considered awarding this product 3 or perhaps 4 stars, but once I started writing, thinking about my experience and the experience of my family wtih this movie it wasn't long before I realized that it truly deserved 5 stars. With that being said, I want you to know that I do not award 5 stars to everything...something has to be truly good (in my opinion) to warrant a 5-star rating.
Thanks Pixar! 5-stars!
Cutest movie ever! January 9, 2009
Disney/Pixar have done it once again with the story of Wall-E. The movie is great entertaining for the whole family. You'll want to watch it again and again. The Blu-Ray version provides outstanding quality for your home viewing experience.
Almost perfect movie January 9, 2009
The first 1/3 of the movie (before Wall-E meets people on the ship) is perfect - a masterpiece. The second 1/3 is a very good movie. The last third is perfect as well.
I'm biased but this is awesome. January 9, 2009
Being a professional in the 3D animation and games industry, nothing interests me more than the next Pixar feature. Even more than that, I think I get more excited about the animated shorts they show at before the feature.
Now, my review for this is going to be a little biased because this was the first film I ever saw in Blu - ray. I popped the disc into my new Sony BD350 blu-ray player, eventually the menu comes around, and I am already sucked into the sharp, vibrant, and colorful HD picture on my 40" Samsung Plasma. I couldn't wait any longer - I hit play, the Pixar logo animation plays (sharp as ever), the movie start playing...
The animation is incredible. The rendering, texturing, lighting, color, complexity and completeness of the environments - all amazing! I especially love Wall-E's little shack for a home, the huge piles of trash (must have been an interesting problem to solve on the animation/modeling technical side), and that massive "Axiom" space ship.
After being blown away by the movie, it's time to check out what's so great about this blu-ray technology as far as content and menus go. First of all, navigating through all the menus may be intimidating for the average movie watcher, but once you get through it a bit, it's pretty awesome compared to the old DVD menu navigation. Right away, I found the magician animated short (one of my favorite shorts ever), and the Burn-E short, a little extension of the engineering robot's story.
After those shorts, I worked my way to the content I always look for on an animated DVD - "fly-throughs" of the all the main digital sets and layouts. It will fly you through Wall-E's home, the Trash area on the big ship, and everywhere else in the movie without characters. This I absolutely love, because you get to enjoy the beautiful crafting jobs of the modelers and designers at Pixar without the distraction of story or characters. This may sound weird to the norm, but as a 3D enthusiast, this is my favorite part - admiring the artwork of the extremely talented artists at Pixar.
There was a whole thing when this movie hit the theaters - you either loved it, or hated it. Personally, I can't anyone disliking Wall-E. Yes, there is no talking of any kind for a while, other than Wall-E and a cockroach, there isn't much character interaction. But I think that is the brilliance behind this film. If they can successfully tell a good story, siphon emotions, and build credible character relationships with the lack of speaking, and just the interaction of the main character with it's environment, you've got incredible writers, animators, artists...
Wall-E is just another incredible story to add to the Pixar library of greats. They have not failed in quality yet, and every year I wonder how can it possibly top what it did last year. Now, we get to enjoy the digital greats in it's uncompressed HD glory. I now look forward to their 2009 release, UP(also a preview on the blu-ray disc).
Buy Wall-E (on blu-ray if at all possible, it's even got a digital copy so you can watch it in high-def on your PC). You will not regret it.
FANTASTIC!!! MOVIE OF THE YEAR January 9, 2009
This is unbelievably great. Better and better on each viewing. WALL-E should be the NEW ET. Critics have been loving it but the populace needs to get more onboard with how great this movie is. Well worth the price. Get this now.
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