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Sundaynightmusings.com - Wall-E (Two-Disc and BD Live) [Blu-ray]
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List Price: $35.99
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Manufacturer: WALT DISNEY VIDEO
Starring: Jeff Garlin, Kathy Najimy, John Ratzenberger, Sigourney Weaver, Fred Willard
Directed By: Andrew Stanton
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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Binding: Blu-ray
Brand: Buena Vista Home Video
EAN: 0786936769364
Format: AC-3
Label: WALT DISNEY VIDEO
Manufacturer: WALT DISNEY VIDEO
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: WALT DISNEY VIDEO
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2008-11-18
Running Time: 98
Studio: WALT DISNEY VIDEO
Theatrical Release Date: 2008
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Editorial Reviews:
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The highly acclaimed director of Finding Nemo and the creative storytellers behind Cars and Ratatouille transport you to a galaxy not so far away for a new cosmic comedy adventure about a determined robot named Wall-E. After hundreds of lonely years of doing what he was built for, the curious and lovable Wall-E discovers a new purpose in life when he meets a sleek search robot named Eve. Join them and a hilarious cast of characters on a fantastic journey across the universe. Transport yourself to a fascinating new world with Disney-Pixar's latest adventure, now even more astonishing on DVD and loaded with bonus features, including the exclusive animated short film Burn-E. Wall-E is a film your family will want to enjoy over and over again.
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Audio dropout in very first second of movie...
Comment: Depending on how your system is set up, the audio is cut off in the very first second of the Blu-Ray version of the movie....How do you screw up the first second of a movie and release it?...And somehow know how to put your pants on in the morning? It's so irritating it's not even funny.....
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Summary: Awesome Pciture - kind of a weak movie though
Comment: This is my first Blu-Ray movie and I have to say the picture quality was outstanding my 52 inch Toshiba LCD. A visual masterpiece if there ever was one.
However, the movie itself is lame. Not my cup of tea. My fiance loved it though. Definetly a kids movie but if you're new to Blu-Ray and want to see the best picture available do yourself a favor and buy this.
This movie is a technical showcase - the move itself has little substance if any to be had.
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Summary: Great Movie - Possibly a Bad disc
Comment: My kids love the movie and it is great. The only problem is that it seems to freeze for a few seconds on one of the scenes in space. I think the disc might be bad as it is a brand new Sony BDP-S550 player. Have seen other reports of this. Maybe the movie has too much DRM.
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Summary: Wonderful use of Blu-Ray
Comment: This was the first Blu-Ray disc I purchased, and it set a high bar for others to follow. The image quality is phenomenal, and it absolutely pays off in letting you notice the incredible details that Pixar put into this film. The additional content is also terrific. The Director's commentary includes thumbnails of the early artwork in the film's development. While the Director's commentary gives you the broad backstory and ideas behind the film, there's also a second commentary track, done Mystery Theater 3000 style, that points out all sorts of details and easter eggs in the movie that I'd missed. Wall-E is a fantastic film, and this Blu Ray edition helped me appreciate the movie even more.
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Summary: Pixar continues to raise the bar of what you can do with CGI
Comment: Every time I see a Pixar film I tacitly assume that they have taken CGI about as far as it can go. Then with their next film they prove me wrong. (Unfortunately, with some of their upcoming films about to go 3D, I think they will -- as someone who wears glasses I have never been able to enjoy a 3D film -- the disposable spectacles are simply not made with glasses wearers in mind, and unless they come up with a solution for guys like me many of us will be unable to enjoy them.) I find it absolutely astonishing that WALL-E is getting so many one, two, three, and four-star ratings. Come on folks! What else would a film need to do to be worthy of five stars? I think the film critics are getting it right on this one. The film is consistently being named as one of the top two or three movies of 2008, regardless of genre. The debate is centered not on whether it is the top animated movie of 2008, but whether it will be nominated in the Best Picture or Best Animated Film category at the Oscars. If it is nominated for Best Picture, it would stand a very good chance of winning the Oscar.
The great thing about Pixar is that they keep stretching the limits of what is possible in CGI. Although trickle down doesn't work in economics, it does work in CGI. As Pixar developed programs with deeper and richer texturing and layering, new CGI programs are developed for special effects corporations doing work for TV series and movies. The reason we see such stunning special effects on BATTLESTAR GALACTICA is because of cutting edge work being done by Pixar and others. If you want to gauge just how far CGI has come, try looking at the CGI in BABYLON 5 Season One or SPACE: ABOVE AND BEYOND, both from the early nineties, and Season 3 of BATTLESTAR GALACTICA. The heavily pixilated images of B5 have given way to the richly textured and infinitely more complex images of BSG. And it is only going to get better in the future.
As great as WALL-E is, the short film about a magician and his uncooperative bunny Alex is even better. PRESTO is one of the best comic shorts ever made, right up there with Chuck Jones's great Donald Duck epic "Duck Amuck" or his Bugs Bunny classic "What's Opera, Doc?" I haven't seen such comic invention in anything since the peak of the greatest Warner Brothers cartoons.
As to whether this is a movie for adults or kids, I have to add that in my limited experience with kids' opinions, they don't have much of a problem with it. It seems to be more adults thinking that kids won't like it than kids actually disliking it. I think the way to look at it is that the filmmakers made a movie that they would like to see. I think it is a stunning masterpiece. And a refreshing break from the pabulum that so many animated films are.
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