Release Date:
11/18/2008
The Skinny: A trash-collecting robot on a desolate, deserted Earth falls in love with a probe droid and follows "her" into space where a fat and useless mankind aimlessly drifts through the universe aboard a giant cruise ship.
The Good: One word: Pixar. These guys are physically incapable of making a movie that isn't appealing to both kids and adults, genuinely funny, and jaw-droppingly gorgeous to look at. Wall-E hits all these notes, and Pixar deserves extra credit for achieving success even though their hero can't really speak anything beyond his own name. They also deserve credit for crafting Idiocracy for Kidsthe "Hey, humans, get off your fat, stupid, lazy asses" is a theme we can get behind. And if you've upgraded your home theater, you owe it to yourself to get this on Blu-Ray. It's the reason you bought a hi-def player to begin with.
The Bad: Pixar almost almost gets too cute for its own good by giving little Wall-E a Hello Dolly fixation. But try as we might, we just can't be that down on the movie. It's those puppy-dog eyes that get us every time.
Best Extra: As usual, Pixar is more than happy to lift the curtain and let you see the machinery behind the magic. But we have to push aside the exhaustive extras (not that they aren't great, they are) and mention that there's actually a function on the disc that callibrates your picture and sound for optimal conditions. Pixar, you spoil us.
Buy, Rent, or Ignore: Buy it. Your Blu-Ray player is hungry.
The Good: One word: Pixar. These guys are physically incapable of making a movie that isn't appealing to both kids and adults, genuinely funny, and jaw-droppingly gorgeous to look at. Wall-E hits all these notes, and Pixar deserves extra credit for achieving success even though their hero can't really speak anything beyond his own name. They also deserve credit for crafting Idiocracy for Kidsthe "Hey, humans, get off your fat, stupid, lazy asses" is a theme we can get behind. And if you've upgraded your home theater, you owe it to yourself to get this on Blu-Ray. It's the reason you bought a hi-def player to begin with.
The Bad: Pixar almost almost gets too cute for its own good by giving little Wall-E a Hello Dolly fixation. But try as we might, we just can't be that down on the movie. It's those puppy-dog eyes that get us every time.
Best Extra: As usual, Pixar is more than happy to lift the curtain and let you see the machinery behind the magic. But we have to push aside the exhaustive extras (not that they aren't great, they are) and mention that there's actually a function on the disc that callibrates your picture and sound for optimal conditions. Pixar, you spoil us.
Buy, Rent, or Ignore: Buy it. Your Blu-Ray player is hungry.