Wall-E Review (My new best friend)

For those who don’t know me, I’m a huge Pixar fan. Pixar’s track record is relatively untarnished for me (Cars was the weakest, but still a good movie). The Incredibles is one of the finest cinematic experiences of my existence, and Monster’s Inc, Finding Nemo, and Ratatouille all have special places on my movie hall of fame. So I couldn’t have been more excited about seeing Wall-E at an advance screening earlier this week especially since my expectations I had for the film were through the roof.

I’m happy to report, not only were all my expectations for this movie met…. they were exceeded in every way. Wall-E is Pixar at its finest. The animation is superb, as we’ve all come to expect from Pixar, but the movie excels in other ways as well. I bought the soundtrack after watching the movie (my highest compliment) and the score is incredible. The story is beautiful. It really makes you think in a lot of ways, which I really liked. The voice cast was excellent. Everyone gave a fantastic performance, and spotting the John Ratzenberger cameo is always fun.

For all the Sci-Fi fans, there are great homages to classic sci-fi films that Ioved. 

I don’t want to spoil any of the story for those who haven’t seen it yet but I was captivated throughout. It starts out a bit “I Am Legend”-ish, which I found really interesting as I hadn’t seen this in an animated feature before. As a side note, being an Apple fanatic, I loved the Mac easter eggs they threw in.

As with most Pixar movies, after awhile I was completely engrossed in the film and forgot it was animated at all. I fully believed this world the animators had created from scratch was real. 

The comedy was well played, and another thing the film did which I absolutely love about Pixar films, it spoke to everyone. There are things in the film for adults and things that for children but at no time did I feel like I was being talked down to, or that there were things kids wouldn’t enjoy on an equal level. Kids will love this movie, teenagers will love this movie, grandparents will love this movie, YOU will love this movie. It’s the perfect date movie, but at the same time you can totally enjoy it Han-Solo.

The thing I enjoy most about Pixar films is their ability to tug at your heartstrings. There are few movies that bring tears to my eyes (both of joy and of sadness) and Wall-E did that multiple times. The best films are the those in which you fall in love with the characters and the fantasy/reality barrier is non-existent. Movies where you feel like the characters are alive, they are living, breathing entities that you can interact with. 

Wall-E is alive, and I love him.

A 5 out of 5

 

- Justincredible