nancypants Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 We did and it was awesome! We really loved it. Great story line with very little dialogue. It was really quite superior. And we also LOVED the short at the beginning of the movie! Two thumbs up! :thumbup: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valerie in Chicago Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 Haven't seen it yet, but saw the VERY enthusiastic review in today's WSJ. Looking forward to catching it! So few movies have caught my eye this summer, which is unusual. I usually LOVE the summer movie season. So it's nice to have a don't-miss one to look forward to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kay in Cal Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 We caught an early matinee this morning... I really enjoyed it, as did dh and both ds's. I had been afraid that the voice was going to annoy me, but it wasn't said so frequently that I found it grating. I particularly loved the animation on the first part of the movie. Moe was my favorite character. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaMere Academy Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 Kay, the voice saying the name gets on my nerves in the previews so I'm worried about that too. I've been opposed to seeing it, but the kids really want to, dh wants to and now I'm hearing such good things...guess we'll be going soon.:001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kay in Cal Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 My kids have been imitating it for days ever since I said it drove me crazy in the preview! But I have to say that it was much less a problem in the movie than I had imagined. My kids, on the other hand, are still driving me crazy by saying it over and over! Arrrgh!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I talk to the trees Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 And it's unanimous! Dh, dd, and I all really enjoyed this one! Some of the more recent Disney movies have been real flops (IMO), but this one was fun, and we all found ourselves laughing out loud at several points in the film. Yes, two thumbs way up for WALL*E! -Robin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
percytruffle Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 We did and it was awesome! We really loved it. Great story line with very little dialogue. It was really quite superior. And we also LOVED the short at the beginning of the movie! Two thumbs up! :thumbup: Glad it was good. Dd and her beau are going to see it tonight! I hope they like it as well as you did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SheilaZ Posted June 28, 2008 Share Posted June 28, 2008 We just got home. The boys, DH, and I really enjoyed it. I enjoyed the credits too. The kids were pointing out the significance of the artwork. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tess in the Burbs Posted June 28, 2008 Share Posted June 28, 2008 and we are extremely conservative in the entertainment choices we make :-) We loved it. Great fun. My kids laughed so hard. The messages for adults are good too ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThriceBlessed Posted June 28, 2008 Share Posted June 28, 2008 Another enthusiastic :thumbup: here. We stayed through the credits as well, my ds got a kick out of the ending "art" as well. He thought it was a cross between hieroglyphics and Monet. Blessings, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephanie Posted June 28, 2008 Share Posted June 28, 2008 We did and it was awesome! We really loved it. Great story line with very little dialogue. It was really quite superior. And we also LOVED the short at the beginning of the movie! Two thumbs up! :thumbup: We loved it except for the thuglettes sitting behind us who wouldn't quit talking,and their parents said nothing to them!:glare: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JennW in SoCal Posted June 28, 2008 Share Posted June 28, 2008 We saw it and all loved it too. The reviewer I heard on NPR today (during the Marketplace show I think) was waxing poetic about it. He ended his review by saying "I envy you all your first time seeing this movie" or something like that. We'll definitely have to see it again on the big screen this summer. And that short!!! Loved that bunny!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWTW93 Posted June 28, 2008 Share Posted June 28, 2008 Loved the short. My DH practically rolled on the floor. My kids and hubby loved it. I actually thought the movie was OK. Can I say that here? :001_unsure: I guess I over analyzed the movie and didn't like the dominant theme of electronics taking over our lives and how everyone just sort of let it happen. I did like the animation (as always with Pixar) and liked how Wall-E forced others to see beyond their dull, mundane lives and think about others. If the fam wanted to go again, I would. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmschoolmom22 Posted June 28, 2008 Share Posted June 28, 2008 we're going Monday - can't wait! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EndsWell Posted June 28, 2008 Share Posted June 28, 2008 Oh good! I told the kids I would take them sometime in the next few weeks, but I wanted to make sure it wasn't a bust. The last couple of kids movies we saw really were bad (like The Bee Movie) - and that was at home. I would hate to pay all that money at the theater for a bad one. -Adriana Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karenciavo Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 We finally saw this on the 4th. Loved it too. :thumbup: As a Mac family and knowing the Pixar connection we got a kick out of Wall-e's start up sound. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jami Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 We finally saw this on the 4th. Loved it too. :thumbup: As a Mac family and knowing the Pixar connection we got a kick out of Wall-e's start up sound. Yes, lol, that had dh and I cracking up. It's a happy sound here. :D Jami Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferdie Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 My dh just took our kids. Yeah! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pensguys Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 We thought it was just 'okay'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FriedClams Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 I'll be the voice of dissent - I went and hated it. I reviewed it on my blog - here's what I said: "This afternoon V and I went to see Wall-E and we both really disliked it. She ranked it 3 of 10 and I'd be lucky to push a 2. VERY overtly preaching about the environment, weight, etc. Really, really ugly about it too. No great music, no great story line (all people bought too much, threw out all their trash, ruined earth, got super-duper obese and are mindless followers of all advertising and are shamelessly lazy...) It was dark, slow, dialog-less, music-less, judgmental and boring. I agree with the themes - we should be less commercially driven, buy less, use less, recycle more, eat healthy, etc. but I really resent the media preaching to kids in such a shamelessly overt manner. Yuck. J could not go due to a consequence of poor behavior and I seriously think he got a better deal than us! LOL!" I am glad that other people enjoyed it - it's fun to read how differently we all view the same thing. I did take my DD and her friends to see Kit and it was really good. I would enthusiastically recommend that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueGator Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 I took DS 9 to a Monday matinée. We were really excited to see it because we loved the Wall-e commercials on TV, especially the sound of his voice. (I know some of you hated the voice.) I loved Wall-E.:001_smile: I like upbeat movies. The scorched earth, piles of trash, obese people living on floating lawn chairs while talking and watching TV to be offensive. Is that the picture of America? If it is, then it is time to turn off the TV and stop paying to see movies. DH and DS said I was reading too much into it, but how can having a scorched earth and blob people be fun? :confused: Oh well, I did love Wall-E. He was light hearted and resourceful even if his only job was to make really high piles of trash. I do want to get rid of all our electronic mediums even more now, except the computer I use to travel :auto: the information highway. I guess somethings are necessary evils. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdWTMer Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 I'm with you. I did like the love theme of the two robots, but I'm a sucker that way! If they just would have left it as a love story that would have been so much better. Plus, I usually adore Pixar movies, but this one was just too agenda driven for me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Hood Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 Help me remember my new mantra from the movie. You know that little guy who goes around cleaning up all the dirt that Wall-e leave behind on the Axiom...the one that detects contamination...I want to use it on my kids...and as much as I repeated it to myself, my mind will not recall it. It was cute, the kids loved it, but it was awfully gray as in not much color. I suppose there is a meaning in that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holly IN Posted July 6, 2008 Share Posted July 6, 2008 I'll be the voice of dissent - I went and hated it. I reviewed it on my blog - here's what I said: "This afternoon V and I went to see Wall-E and we both really disliked it. She ranked it 3 of 10 and I'd be lucky to push a 2. VERY overtly preaching about the environment, weight, etc. Really, really ugly about it too. No great music, no great story line (all people bought too much, threw out all their trash, ruined earth, got super-duper obese and are mindless followers of all advertising and are shamelessly lazy...) It was dark, slow, dialog-less, music-less, judgmental and boring. I agree with the themes - we should be less commercially driven, buy less, use less, recycle more, eat healthy, etc. but I really resent the media preaching to kids in such a shamelessly overt manner. Yuck. J could not go due to a consequence of poor behavior and I seriously think he got a better deal than us! LOL!" I am glad that other people enjoyed it - it's fun to read how differently we all view the same thing. I did take my DD and her friends to see Kit and it was really good. I would enthusiastically recommend that one. On another list I am on alot of them hated this movie and said it was really big on environmentalism and humans being a parasite to Earth. We are opting out of seeing this movie. Holly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remudamom Posted July 6, 2008 Share Posted July 6, 2008 I'll be the voice of dissent - I went and hated it. I reviewed it on my blog - here's what I said: "This afternoon V and I went to see Wall-E and we both really disliked it. She ranked it 3 of 10 and I'd be lucky to push a 2. VERY overtly preaching about the environment, weight, etc. Really, really ugly about it too. No great music, no great story line (all people bought too much, threw out all their trash, ruined earth, got super-duper obese and are mindless followers of all advertising and are shamelessly lazy...) It was dark, slow, dialog-less, music-less, judgmental and boring. I agree with the themes - we should be less commercially driven, buy less, use less, recycle more, eat healthy, etc. but I really resent the media preaching to kids in such a shamelessly overt manner. Yuck. J could not go due to a consequence of poor behavior and I seriously think he got a better deal than us! LOL!" I am glad that other people enjoyed it - it's fun to read how differently we all view the same thing. I did take my DD and her friends to see Kit and it was really good. I would enthusiastically recommend that one. Ugh. I guess I'll wait then, and just pay a rental fee to be preached at about how worthless I am. Movies with themes like this just p!$$ me off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie in CA Posted July 6, 2008 Share Posted July 6, 2008 I'm the only one that cried watching that movie? I just thought his apparent lonliness and desperate seeking of friendship was so SAD! I hated the "agenda" that was so prevalent throughout the movie. Overall, I didn't hate the movie, I just didn't like it much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimber Posted July 6, 2008 Share Posted July 6, 2008 You aren't the only one. There are many of us, out there, hiding from Wall-Eeee and E-vuh. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kribby Posted July 6, 2008 Share Posted July 6, 2008 wow thanks for heads up we want to see it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cedarmom Posted July 6, 2008 Share Posted July 6, 2008 World magazine had an interview with the director of the movie. He was not trying to be enviromentalist, he wanted a movie about the value of relationships. If you are interested, here is the link http://www.worldmag.com/articles/14127. It is an interesting interview. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny in Florida Posted July 6, 2008 Share Posted July 6, 2008 The thing is that I totally agree with the message(s) of this film. I do think our consumer-driven culture is a huge problem and that the way most of the population gives into it is making us fat and stupid. I do think our dependence on technology is dangerous. I'm so there. And normally I'll go anywhere Pixar wants to take me. With the exception of Bug's Life, which I still have not been able to stay awake long enough to watch all the way through, Pixar usually has my number. Even when I think it's a silly idea and fear that they have finally blown it, I end up really liking the film. Until this one. I don't know. Maybe it was too much hype? But, really, I thought it was just okay. I found the opening sequence, which I believe the NPR reviewer referred to as "lyrical," kind of tedious, and the plot was all just a bit thin for me. And, even though I agree with the message, I thought there was too much message and not enough movie. My 10-year-old enjoyed it, although not as much as some other things he's seen. My husband was in the "it's okay" camp, although he did mention that he finds it pretty ironic that they will be marketing toys ("consumer products") based on the film. Kind of a mixed message, wouldn't you say? My 13-year-old pretty much agreed with me. I've seen much worse "family films," but I'm afraid I just don't get the hoopla about this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdWTMer Posted July 6, 2008 Share Posted July 6, 2008 ROFLOL! Loved your post. I can't give you any more rep yet. :-( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdWTMer Posted July 6, 2008 Share Posted July 6, 2008 Thanks for the link to the article, makes me like it a little more. A little. I'll have to steep in the interview for a while and see if it sticks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pensguys Posted July 6, 2008 Share Posted July 6, 2008 You know that little guy who goes around cleaning up all the dirt that Wall-e leave behind on the Axiom...the one that detects contamination...I want to use it on my kids...and as much as I repeated it to myself, my mind will not recall it. Now, I DID like this part and thought it was cute! And I SURE wish I had one of those around the house! LOL Could you see it chasing behind my cats as they track cat litter out of the box??:lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I talk to the trees Posted July 6, 2008 Share Posted July 6, 2008 Help me remember my new mantra from the movie. You know that little guy who goes around cleaning up all the dirt that Wall-e leave behind on the Axiom...the one that detects contamination...I want to use it on my kids...and as much as I repeated it to myself, my mind will not recall it. It was cute, the kids loved it, but it was awfully gray as in not much color. I suppose there is a meaning in that. His name is MO, and he runs around chanting: Foreign Contaminant! I love that little guy! -Robin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justme Posted July 7, 2008 Share Posted July 7, 2008 My dh took ds, 8 to see it today. Ds apparently enjoyed it, but dh said he almost fell asleep during the first 45 minutes of no dialogue. I, on the other hand, saw Kit Kittredge with my dd's and we all loved it. Very cute, clean and entertaining. there wer many older adults (60+) in the audience who seemed to really enjoy it as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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