WALL-E (2008) - Andrew Stanton
I am convinced that PIXAR is the best thing America has to offer when it comes to filmmaking. Their animated movies get better and better, and it will only be a matter of time before they decide to make movies with real people (actually Fred Willard plays himself in the film, so I believe it’s not that far).
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Wall-e is a triumph of animation and filmmaking. The first 20 minutes alone has more emotion then the last 10 years of American filmmaking, pure genius. The influence of Chaplin, Keaton and Jacque Tati is acknowledgeable, plus one hundred years of Disney animation.
The mixture of music and visuals in the first act is heart-warming, cinematic brilliance. I have never been a fan of “Hello Dolly” but it works here, it works for Wall-e.
The apocalyptic themes and images are quite astonishing, especially for a G rated movie, I got a bit of a “Silent Running” influence.
The second half of the film is a critique on humanity and its dependence on technology, and its destruction of the environment. The fat humans riding around on hovercrafts, only speaking to one another via computers is beautiful and gutsy – and shocking.
I’ll be watching all the 2008 Oscar pics this month, so, for now, I am quite sure Wall-e is the best film of 2008.
So what does that say, bad year, possibly? Maybe PIXAR just knows what they are doing, and are a force to be reckoned with. They are the kings of animation in my book...
Disney and DreamWorks have to step their game up!
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