Best Pixar movie? I don't think it'll ever beat Toy Story, but it was up there! I loved it...I laughed, I cried, I was enthralled.

I believe WALL-E is truly Pixar's greatest accomplishment. It corporates many elements and ends up being a cute film. As for a nomination for best picture, I could see that happening.

I thought the movie was great! Definately a masterpiece (as all Pixar films are). I'm still unsure if i'd say its my favorite Pixar film, but i'm still letting it all sink in. I think I need to see it a few more times before I decide.

Absolutely loved the odes to 2001 and Star Wars...

Oh and I got a sweet Wall-E watch that came with my ticket in that constantly says 3:42 on it, and i'm pretty sure i'll be wearing it for a while!

Best movie I've seen this year, though that's not saying a lot. After all the buzz yesterday, I was a little underwhelmed, but only a little. I felt like giving it 3 and 3/4 stars out of 4. But then reading some of the reviews, I realized there is a lot to love. I always find it difficult appraising a movie once every critic in America has slobbered all over it (see also: THERE WILL BE BLOOD). But definitely worth your 10 bucks. As for Oscar, shoo-in for Best Animated, could get a Best Picture nod, but it's not a lock for a nod--it will depend on what else comes out. NEMO is still atop my Pixar chart, but I need to see WALL-E one more time. The fact that it's even contending for #1 is pretty high praise in my book.

I thought it was absolutely fabulous. It was truly a masterpiece. I don't know if it's my absolute favorite Pixar film. I would have to say The Incredibles is still my favorite, but Wall-e is a close close second. The art in Wall-e was truly fantastic. They've reached a whole new level with animation. One thing that I really loved most of all was the Macintosh Startup sound whenever Wall-e recharged from solar power. Nice little homage to Apple Inc. I'm glad Pixar and Apple are both pushing technology further.

I haven't had a chance to see it yet. But, to people in Los Angeles, what is up with it not playing at The Arclight or The Landmark? It is not playing at The Grove either.

Very strange..

It was really good. It cements to me the fact that I can't compare pixar movies to other movies because they are so amazing. The only way to really gauge its strength is in comparison to other pixar movies. In that respect, it was a little above average.

The Incredibles ftw.

It's not playing at the arclight?! That's a bunch of horse sh*t!

I just took my 6 year old and I loved it . I recommend it to anyone. Thought the story was really really good and sweet.

I LOVED THIS MOVIE!!!
ONE OF THE BEST MOVIES OF THE LAST DECADE.

In one word: Masterpiece

Wall-E is really, really good. I think it's funny that just when Dreamworks figures out how to make a great "by the book" animated film, Pixar goes and does something different.

Different is good..

I went to my local midnight showing, and it was absolutely worth it! WALL-E is with a doubt in my mind Pixar's best film, if only because Toy Story just seems ordinary in comparison to WALL-E's unique method of storytelling. What bothers me is when I hear people say, "this may be the best animated film ever!" Let's not contain this to just the animated genre, as it deserves to be compared with the "regular" masterpieces. I'm not saying that WALL-E is one of the greatest movies of all time, but I think that this film makes the strongest case for treating animated films just like any other movie.

damn, one more week until it opens in Mexico...

I too saw it at my local midnight showing and my god was it amazing. There wouldnt be enough space in the comment box for everything I had to say about it. I did write a rather lengthy review of it on my small movie forum/website if anyone wants to check it out however.

http://www.ratedawesome.net/forum/viewtopic.php...

Wall-E for best picture!

it's playing at the new arclight in sherman oaks, just not hollywood. still strange though.

The film completely blew me away. I'm not into about half of pixars films, being incredibles, Finding Nemo, and Cars, but this movie was absolutely amazing and completely and utterly blew me away.

Much like products from Steve Jobs's other company, Apple, Pixar's movies always seem to be completely overhyped by fanboys and the media alike. I'm sure I will see this film at some point and will enjoy it but I am not rushing off to the theater to join the cult of Pixar.

DO NOT MISS THIS MOVIE! IT HAS TO BE SEEN ON THE BIG SCREEN!

BEST MOVIE, EVER! even the credits.

Not only can Pixar do no wrong, they can't even make a mediocre film if they tried. I don't know if "ballsy" is an appropriate term for an animated movie, but wow. Welcome to the rebirth of the silent film. I don't know if it's fair to Pixar's other masterpieces (The Incredibles, Finding Nemo, the Toy Stories) to nominate it for Best Picture, but so far, it's out in front for best movie so far in 2008.

Wow, i had no interest in seeing this movie what-so-ever, but the reviews and comments are making me more and more interested now. I absolutely loved the Incredibles, so I am still wondering if they can top that one though. i'll have to check it out.

oh my god. this was one of the best movies of the last decade. as stated earlier, its funny that as soon as dreamworks finally gets the formula right, pixar blows them away, definitely this movie should get recognized by the academy

Loved the movie, enjoyed the score and animation. Pixar has some of the best stories ever put to screen and Wall-e is one of them. It's a love story mixed with sci-fi and comedy that keeps you smiling till the credits begin to run. Go see this movie, you'll leave feeling satisfied and glad you went.

Loved it.

However, I feel the use of real humans was disgusting.

Does it still qualify as an animated movie now?

(I felt what wall-e wanted on his iPod was appropriate, but i hated the BnL segments with the real actors)

balls. Wall-e deserves praise and comparison to great film. I can't believe how gutsy the whole thing is. Pixar has no fear and it shows in their creativity.

I forgot I was watching robots. I forgot I was watching animation. The story seems so simple and sweet, yet if I look at it on its side, it's grand scale stuff with a smart bite. The humor is in the characters, never stooping to cheesy star dialogues or pop culture.

The moments of heroism and emotion resonate. I'm out of the theater by a few hours and I can't help ruminating about the deeper messages and the even-handed delivery of a love letter to things both great and small.

This movie was awesome. At 11:55 thursday night, an act spontanaety (sp?) of waiting a year since the trailer aired n Ratatouille, me and my brother take some possibly dangerous car manouevers to make it to our closest theater to make the 12:01 showing. I've made a lot of questionable spontaneous decisions in my life, but this was definitely not one of them, and by far the best idea ever. Best short pixar film period. That alone was worth it. The 2 hours of sheer awesomeness kept me up until well after the film was over. I mean, the movie made you connect with a cockroach,how is that even possble? I usually go to movies and immediately discern who's my favorite character, but I found that impossible here. Wall-E? MO? Awesome massage punching bot? All great. This movie is definitely worth the ridiculous 30$ I paid for both of us, which could have easily went to one gallon of gas, and would gladly pay again to relive it on the big screen again.

I place it right behind The Incredibles, but still a masterpiece. And I think Presto is easily their best short to date.

I really loved the movie, but I did not like that there were real people it.

First thought.... The folks at Pixar have the story telling mojo. It's just that simple.

Second thought... There are not many films that can captivate you visually while withholding dialogue for a significant portion of its length and still find success. Kubrick did it... now Pixar has done it. That's some good company.

They gave me an intelligent animated film with multiple layers of messages that reels adults and kids alike into the story... I apologize for saying this as if it has not happened before. Pixar has done it nearly every time out of the gate.

But Wall-E has a layer of depth that the others have not had so far. It seems to be as much a love story as a multiple threaded, "relevant-to-today" cautionary tale that expertly finds a way to hit home through the guise of filmed art. To me, it's the delivery of the cautionary tale that got me hooked and held me deep.

The love story was great, though. It was icing. Wonderful, good, "rise above your programming/your stars/your state in life" icing on a very well made cake.

I'll see it again. But I really can't wait for the DVD. Christmas maybe?

Pretty damn good, didn't love it. Loved the characters, va, sound, and most of the story. Didn't like the beginning (~15min) it was too slow for me, some of the story aspects were rushed. The majority of the human interaction late in the movie felt off for me. They didn't explain why the humans cared for them so much when the robots were only there for ~2 days. The humans immediate activity and extreme passion to see the robots succeed also felt out of place.
After reading Peter's review I also agree that there were too many 'live human' sequences even though I thought Fred pulled it off quite well.
Am I the only one who thought the fire was a little too CG looking? Like they made it intentionally more cartoonish, or just couldn't get the fire looking right?
I enjoyed EVE the most.
Long live The Incredibles. :)

p.s. Major bs there wasn't a new Pixar trailer. >:( Fuck Madagascar and Bolt. >__>

LOLWALL-E

It was pretty decent... Defeinetly NOT the best movie of the year... and even not the best animated movie of the year (which was Panda) but still pretty decent

although I have been in the "pixar hating" since Cars, and as much as you guys hyped this movie, I really had low-expectation for this movie (you guys even somehow banned/rejected me from the comment section recently) but I ended up liking the movie

and regarding Peter's review, I totally agree with you.. saying it would still be enjoyable 50 years from now on

oh, another thing is though, one kid and his mom were sitting next to me, and the kid kept asking questions "why this/why that"... poor kid could not comprehend some of the stuff in the movie

I think the reason it's not at the archlite is the fact that Disney has a deal with a theatre in Hollywood, whose famous name escapes me. Looking forward to seeing it tomorrow morning.

Evan said

"I’m not saying that WALL-E is one of the greatest movies of all time"

i AM

enough said, a true masterpiece, I think this one is going to go down in the history books kids.

Freakin' awesome!!! WALL·E was indeed a masterpiece. Pixar is at the top of the movie industry and WALL·E is at the top of Pixar. The movie was just amazing. Considering I just got back from a showing, my mind is still trying to figure out how to put how much I loved it into words. I had huge expectations for the movie and it passed them greatly. It had so much heart and made me care for the characters unlike any other film I've seen. I'm not one to really get gushy or care more beyond the fact that they are entertaining me, but I really cared for WALL·E and EVE. I wanted them to be together, they needed to be. I feel ridiculous caring so much for characters, but at the same time I don't because WALL·E deserves this. Pixar once again proves they are king.

Pixar has virtually owned American feature-length animation for over a decade, from a critical perspective. Not only do they continue to dominate, but they are reinventing what an animated film can be, and are finally moving it from the perception of being a mere child's genre into the film medium that it is.

I was just astonished the entire time. 'Presto' alone was worth the ticket.

I had the highest expectations for Wall-E. Nothing but sheer brilliance would be acceptable.

And, by God, it exceeded my expectations. Blew all other Pixar films out of the water. There were many scenes where I got chills. The "space-dancing" sequence Wall-E and EVE had was, honestly, the most beautiful thing I have ever seen on a movie screen.

Best animated movie of 2008? Yes.
Best movie of 2008? Yes.
Best movie ever made? I can't honestly say I've seen every movie ever made... but this is the best of those hundreds.

WAAAAAALL E!!!

I go around the office all the time doing it. I cant wait to go see it Sunday

I loved it, but I am slightly confused by people who point out how "different" it is. Other than going back to old school pantomime cartoonity what is so "different" about it? Robots in love has been done before and the plot was pretty by the books for what it was. Sure the story was original for a newer cartoon but come on, the plot was paced exactly how one would expect it to be paced. I still really enjoyed the movie but I do not think that it's that out there or off the books. Speaking of Pixar and predictability, the one thing I loved about Ratatouille was that the climax i had expected came like 2/3 of the way through the movie. Still, Wall-E last night was awesome.

It will be hard to beat Wall-E as the best film of the year. And I'm not one fore hype.

Loved it. It was cute, sweet, poignant, and funny. Visually stunning. I thought I would have a hard time bonding with Wall-e because he is a machine, but not to worry. This film has you bonding with a cockroach. I'll admit it, I cried. I actually cried several hours after the movie, just thinking about it.
Yeah, I need some Midol, I know. But it is a touching film.

Hey, did anyone see any easter eggs from previous Pixar movies?

So very, very right is so many, many ways. The characters, the story, the soundtrack, the inferences, visual and audial easter eggs, on and on and on. Start to finish, the whole theater was in it. The kids I was with completely dug it and the adults parsed the reality of being able to come back to the planet and start it over, whether this movie would wake up adults to the reality of what we're doing now (oh, the irony of sitting at keyboard to share this info...how different are we from the hover people, or whatever the humans are called). Favorite scene...could it be start to finish?

i loved the movie and its message. i hope it pissis off all the conservitive republican assholes out there.

What douchebag voted "it sucked" in the poll? Really.

I thought it was really good, I will probably like it even more on a second viewing if I see it without as many noisy kids (not that I wasn't expecting that).

My primary and immediate reaction is kinda of strange though... I came away feeling somewhat disturbed by the darkness of the story... in a good way that is. In the way that a good dystopian sci fi movie can effect me - or frankly the way I felt after watching Idiocracy - which this strangely reminds me of on several fronts. The social commentary is not even subtle - it put right out there. I could FEEL some of the adults and/or parents in the audience becoming uncomfortable - because it was clearly about them and us (and heard a few "oh, that's terrible's" when they got a good look at the fat infant like blobs that were humanity). If you shop at stores like Wal Mart or if you drive around in your comfortable climate controlled vehicle from one technologically cushioned and controlled environment to another - or if you sit in front of the computer for a good portion of your life (as many of us do I'm sure) and you're never forced to physically strain yourself to any extreme degree - the whole plot of the Axioms inhabitants is a bit about you too. I can imagine overweight people (which apparently is most of the American public) becoming outraged or embarrased by this movie as well.

Beyond that, Wall-E and Eve are amazing characters and are perfectly realized, and I loved the first portion of the film on Earth the most.

I also loved the brilliant sequence of images that plays over the credits (most of my viewing audience seemed to leave without bothering to pay attention to them...)

I'm curious to see how this will play to Americans, but I predict it being a smash hit across the world and especially in Europe.

among with Ratatoile (which a bit more sophisticated but not so cute) this is the best Pixar picture.

I saw the midnight showing of Wall-E and it was amazing. I loved the storyline, the sound and esp. the animation. Wall-E is the most adorable robot. Like many times said before me...Pixar remains on top in the film industry.

Better than Toy Story. I really truely believe that, I asked my daughter which one she would watch over and over given a choice and she said Toy Story, but for me it would be thie one.

Those who say the beginning was slow? The beginning does a great job deplicting WALL-E's day at the office and tells the underlying story as well. Why is that slow?

The Mac reboot sound was a great touch.

I really liked Wall-E, but I feel that Toy Story is still Pixar's best movie to date. But with that said... Wall-E is still a great movie that deserves to be seen on the big screen with an audience.

I was a little upset that they did not focus more time on Earth with Wall-E and Eve. I felt that character development was rushed and they put Wall-E amongst other walking/talking creatures too soon. For those that want to see how a buddy/lovestory can really unfold with only two characters on the screen for 3/4 of the movie... check out "Enemy Mine".

Overall a great movie though. Summer of 2008 will go down as one of my most cherished movie-going times in my life. This summer is just filled with great movies that speak to me, and Wall-E keeps it going.

I think Iron Man beats Wall-E in terms of entertainment, but so far Wall-E is coming in a strong second best this summer. I'll probably see Wall-E at least 3 times in the theater (I've already seen Ironman three times and Indiana Jones three times too... and yes, I know I am a rarity in doing so.. I just love seeing movies).

I give Wall-E a solid 9-out-of-10 stars.