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Capone Lubes Up WALL-E!!

Wall E Raped Steve Guttenberg! by strongbadmonkey	Jun 28th, 2008 07:04:16 PM

Best Pixar yet by zacdilone	Jun 28th, 2008 07:04:56 PM
And that's saying something.
Ditto by VicSage	Jun 28th, 2008 07:10:06 PM
The vidsuals are stunning. Especially the closeup near the end with Eve and Wall-e. I'm ranking it with Iron Giant at the moment, which is damn high praise for me.
Damn You MCMLXXVI by TheyCallMeMisterBay	Jun 28th, 2008 07:11:26 PM
Damn You MCMLXXVI
number five is alive by Groothewarrior	Jun 28th, 2008 07:32:02 PM

Such a good movie by Lingerdog	Jun 28th, 2008 07:43:15 PM
I've already seen it twice! WALL-E is his own creation, but if I we're trying to describe him it would be Johnny 5 mixed with ET.
A guy in line by Lingerdog	Jun 28th, 2008 07:46:12 PM
a guy in line next to me with his family asked for four tickets to WALL-E and one for the happening, man is he gonna be disappointed.
Stop griping about WALL-e's politics by bernard667	Jun 28th, 2008 08:25:20 PM
I did not find WALL-e to be overtly political. It is merely a cautionary tale and cultural satire which gives no specific causes or solutions for the situation it represents (if it had given these then it would definitely be political). It doesn't say "big corporations are evil", but it DOES say that "IRRESPONSIBLE corporations are evil". Ultimately, the movie features a corporation that doesn't realize that [insert cheesy quote] "with great power comes great responsibility". One reason that Pixar is such a good studio is that they get a lot of creative autonomy and freedom from large corporations like Disney. Perhaps they are sending a message to Disney in this movie. That message is not 'become a green freak', but be responsible (a message which no one should consider controversial). WALL-e ends up to be my favorite film of the year (which puts it in the running for best film of the decade). It is a truly touching and human love story the like of which haven't been seen since the great Charlie Chaplin's masterpiece, City Lights (the movie that WALL-e should be compared to, not Modern Times though that ones good too)
Biting Social Commentary by Massage...Bored	Jun 28th, 2008 08:42:03 PM
I never expected to get such fine social satire from what is considered a children's film. But then again, all great sci-fi is just that.
the ending was a cop out... by seekshelter	Jun 28th, 2008 08:44:36 PM
but i thought it was great beyond that...
Complaining about spoiler reviews... in your spoiler review? by ChangKhan	Jun 28th, 2008 08:51:35 PM
No offense, but isn't it a little hypocritical to complain about Ebert & Roper's review giving away plot points... and then go on to do the exact same thing? Without a spoiler warning in the review or even on the link on the front page?
BTW, great film! by ChangKhan	Jun 28th, 2008 08:53:57 PM
Saw it today with my 4-year old - his first movie in an actual movie theater. Definitely will be a memorable one. Recommend it to all ages!
Wait a minute... by Bob Loblaw Law Blog	Jun 28th, 2008 09:04:17 PM
the humans bodies never had to get used to zero gravity... they're in a spaceship. I didn't see anyone floating around... did you? Plus... WALLE doesn't throw his "collectibles" into his chest plate... he clearly throws it into his little red and white Playmate-style cooler. Also, I read that someone else said the copy of "Hello Dolly" WALLE had was a BetaMax tape, but I was pretty sure it was VHS.
More like Happy Feet by loserguy3000	Jun 28th, 2008 09:14:33 PM
I'm actually surprised that nobody has mentioned Wall-E's similarities to Happy Feet, which it much more effectively mimics than Charlie Chaplin. Both films are cautionary eco-disaster tales, both use live-action + CG to the mix. Only one has sex-crazed penguins, of course, and I'm not talking about the robots!
Sigourney Weaver's SECOND evil computer voice by Nasty In The Pasty	Jun 28th, 2008 09:50:54 PM
She also voiced the Planet Express ship in a F uturama episode. Although one wonder why they cast her at all in Wall*E if her voice was going to be electronically processes to such a degree that she was completely unrecognizable.
Black Blobs by bythehairofsanjaya	Jun 28th, 2008 09:54:09 PM
Au contrare. There were black blobbie people in the on the space ship. What is Spike talkn' bout?
Wall-e OK by bythehairofsanjaya	Jun 28th, 2008 09:55:04 PM
But not as enjoyable as the Incredibles IMO.
The spork joke had the audience howling by Nasty In The Pasty	Jun 28th, 2008 09:56:01 PM

wall-e is one of the best movies i've ever seen. by BMacSmith	Jun 28th, 2008 09:59:08 PM
its art. I thought Pixar lost their touch after seeing Cars, but i was wrong. they truly are a great studio
Robots aren't human! Robots are incapable of love! by thebearovingian	Jun 28th, 2008 10:05:11 PM
Stop the insanity! You want love? Love other humans! Quit making/ buying robot sex dolls! How many precious kilowatts of energy did it take to produce this film?! How about the amount of petroleum it will take to create the vast number of products and merchandise for this movie (DVDs, BLURAYs, CDs, cases, WALL-E coolers, cups, straws, etc). WOW, great headline: "Capone LUBES up WALL-E!!" Are you f%&@#%&! kiddin' me?
I am no longer thebearovingian!! by thebearovingian	Jun 28th, 2008 10:07:08 PM
I am Tommy Corn incarnate!!
Nasty In The Pasty by Bob Loblaw Law Blog	Jun 28th, 2008 10:15:32 PM
Really... you thought Sigourney Weaver's voice was unrecognizable? The second I heard it, I turned to my wife and said, "Hey, that's Sigourney Weaver." I think it sounded just like here. Although, I was very excited to hear Jeff Garlin's voice as the Captain. Perfect fit!
Makes up for BEE MOVIE Capone by tme2nsb	Jun 28th, 2008 10:16:10 PM
Saying it was better than Rat.
STICK A SPORK IN THE COMPETITION. THEY'RE DONE by BurgerTime	Jun 28th, 2008 10:46:09 PM
I was stunned by what I saw tonight. I took my niece and the place was packed. Full of kids. And I tell you, it was the first movie I've ever been to where, at crucial points in the story, you could hear a pin drop. The adults AND kids were spellbound. It really is one of Pixar's finest creations. It doesn't clobber you like The Incredibles, or tickle the funny bone like Toy Story or Monsters Inc. It doesn't even look as slickly rendered as Cars. But what it does do is weave a quiet, gentle love story among the stars. And by the time the final scenes roll, you're captured. Truly and completely.
Ok so blatant rip offs are okay now? by KurtLockwood	Jun 28th, 2008 10:52:45 PM
Because imho the producers of SHORT CIRCUIT have a legitimate lawsuit again WALL E for ripping off JOHNNY 5. I even looked up JOHNNY 5 on the web and put WALL E next to each other and there's just no getting around it. So if blatant design rip offs are okay now, I've got this character idea of this guy who wears a fedora, carries a whip, gun, brown leather bomber jacket. Think I can get away with it as long as I do it in computer animation? Seriously, Pixar really dropped the ball here. I'll prob see it but I will think the whole time, why is Johnny 5 in this movie? What a lack of imagination. Surely there's more than one way to design a cute robot. And these guys get paid how much?
Short Circuit was a SHIT MOVIE... by Nasty In The Pasty	Jun 28th, 2008 11:04:36 PM
...so who CARES if the "Johnny 5" design was "ripped off"? If I want gratuitous, 80's product placement, I'll watch Short Circuit. If I want MAGIC, I'll watch Wall*E.
I haven't felt this satisfied by a movie since... by Knuckleface	Jun 28th, 2008 11:06:00 PM
...since, well, since... Ratatouille. Seriously, if more movies were this good, I might want to live to see 40.
Bob Loblaw... by Nasty In The Pasty	Jun 28th, 2008 11:06:05 PM
If I didn't know Weaver was doing the coputer voice beforehand, I would have NEVER guesses it was her. Then again, even in her Futurama guest appearance, she did such a good job coming up with a unique voice, I didn't recognize her there either.
I'll probably see it on DVD by #1 Zero	Jun 28th, 2008 11:12:54 PM
I'm thirty. The last kids movie I saw in the theatres was Shrek. It was getting similar fawning reviews. And I must say I didn't like shrek or the experience of seeing a movie with a bunch of kids in the theatre. If I do see this in the theatre it will be at like a nine oclock show on a weekday when I'm the only one there. As for the whole, "this is just great storytelling" I don't know. It sounds like simple story telling. Wall E falls in love and something big is at stake, (as the review says, the human race), but other than that and in any other review I've read or seen there doesn't appear to be much more to it. I'm on the fence with the simple story is a good story theory. Either critics don't want to think too much or they do. They want to be challenged or they don't. But honestly, its a kids movie, and I know it will play for adults but I'd rather spend my 20 dollars on a night out on a mature movie. And beeping robots (they even got the guy who voiced R2D2, I guess that's orginal), the resemblance to both Johnny Five and ET, and also earth becomes a toxic waste dump and oh look every human is fat and lazy. C'mon, is that really all that original. "It's holding a mirror up to ourselves and what we're becoming". Blah Blah Blah.
#1 Zero by dr sauch	Jun 28th, 2008 11:30:42 PM
Dude, stop being jaded and see this. I'm not saying your points are wrong, I agree with some of them. Just go see it. It's worth it.
#1 Zero...it must suck to be you by bacci40	Jun 28th, 2008 11:31:10 PM
cuz once you lose that childlike wonder, you might as well be dead...hate kids much?
Presto by fassbinder79	Jun 28th, 2008 11:44:43 PM
Wall-E is hands down the best film Pixar has made to date and this is coming from someone who worships Brad Bird. Also -PRESTO the short before Wall-E is DYNAMITE!
#1 Zero is HOW old? by jawsfan	Jun 28th, 2008 11:51:33 PM
He claims to be thirty but he sounds like a crotchety old geezer. It also sounds like he prefers to lump a movie he hasn't even seen yet into the "Thanks, but I'll pass" file based solely on a brief synopsis or a few superficial points. I kinda feel sorry for the guy - must be horrible to live with such a closed mind. "WALL*E" doesn't sound interesting "on paper" to him so he will pass on it? Think of all the great films that sound flat on paper but are truly great films == "The Sweet Hereafter", "Away From Her", "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly", etc. They all sound dull on paper but are wonderful movies. You can have a flat-sounding premise and make a great film out of it (like the three I just mentioned), or you can take a cool premise and make a real stink-bomb turd of a movie out of it (any Michael Bay or Roland Emmerich film). Don't pre-judge a film by it's premise.
CORRECTION by jawsfan	Jun 28th, 2008 11:54:45 PM
Sorry --- that should have ended with "its premise", not "it's premise". Typo. The possessive form of "it" has no apostrophe.
Ok who by Series7	Jun 29th, 2008 12:07:48 AM
saw the nuked fridge from Indiana in Wall-E? Come on, who didn't see that fridge in Wall-E and think, nuked the fridge.
I'll admit... by Bob Loblaw Law Blog	Jun 29th, 2008 12:22:08 AM
I thought of Nuke the Fridge when I saw that. It's true.
How come they didn't "get it"? by jawsfan	Jun 29th, 2008 12:32:40 AM
I saw it Friday afternoon and I was the only one in the theater who laughed at the spork joke. Are the audiences in my little 'burb losing their grasp on subtle humor?
Also WHO stayed till the VERY VERY by Series7	Jun 29th, 2008 01:13:22 AM
end? past the NES graphics of Wall-E and saw the big BnL logo come on? It was kind of ominous and sort of implying Disney is BnL.
jawsfan by Series7	Jun 29th, 2008 01:14:35 AM
People laughed at it when I saw it too. Bob Loblaw Law Blog, good glad I wasn't the only one.
I also got a little... by brattyben	Jun 29th, 2008 01:41:15 AM
..Annie Hall from it. But, that's just the romantic in me. Does anyone else not see Woody Allen for WallE?
Nasty in the Pastry by KurtLockwood	Jun 29th, 2008 02:01:05 AM
Oh so by that logic I can rip off the image of Darth Vader as long as I make a movie that's "magic" with it? Wrong. SHORT CIRCUIT was a shitty movie but that doesn't mean that Bird and Pixar get a pass for ripping off the design completely. I really hope that WALL E is good because I hated CARS and RAT. INCREDIBLES, however, screams for a sequel.
a brilliant film by JimCurry	Jun 29th, 2008 02:23:52 AM
'nuff said, bitch
KurtLockwood by Crooooooow	Jun 29th, 2008 02:37:31 AM
Dude you complain about ripping off but your willing to forgive the Incredibles for blatantly ripping off the Fantastic Four? Pick a side.
Kurt - you're a fucking retard by tme2nsb	Jun 29th, 2008 04:55:32 AM
Really dude. So what if they look similar. I'm going to say 7up can sue Coca Cola because of Sprite being a clear, non-caffeinated drink. You fucking trolling piece of shit.
Wow, I think you ARE the real Kurt Lockwood! by half vader	Jun 29th, 2008 05:09:42 AM
Because you're a no-talent brainless arsehole too (who apparently never noticed the robots in Star Wars or saw a pair of binoculars in his life)!! By your argument, Japan & Nazi Germany as well as Praying Mantises (Mantii?) everywhere should sue for Darth Vader's visage. Wow! You're right though Tme2nsb, I shouldn't feed the troll.
half vader by tme2nsb	Jun 29th, 2008 05:18:01 AM
I can only imagine how it's going to be when the troll wakes up from under neath his bridge later on today, and thank goodness I'll be sleeping at that time.
I'm terribly offended by that headline by Iowa Snot Client	Jun 29th, 2008 07:07:43 AM
What with its clear implication that Capone has engaged in sodomy, most likely, nonconsensual, with a robot. I'm telling Vern.
If your still carrying a sense of childlike wonder into movies a by Grendel745	Jun 29th, 2008 08:36:20 AM
I still have mine as I approach 40 and I pray every day that I don't lose it. I hope my kids never lose it either. Its why at the age of 38 my 12 year old (who's rapidly becoming a "teen") and I can still bond over classic Scooby Doo or Loony Tunes, despite any issues that may be going on.
is this another cartoon with an evironmental message? by I Dunno	Jun 29th, 2008 10:35:16 AM
Because we need more of those.
you couldsay RoadWarrior had an environmental message! by BMacSmith	Jun 29th, 2008 12:46:30 PM
post-apocalyptic movies always have environmental disasters in them! who gives a flying fuck! just enjoy it as a movie set in a world where shit hit the fan!
To the FUCKTARD WALL E apologists by KurtLockwood	Jun 29th, 2008 01:07:44 PM
Stick your head up Pixar's ass all you want. Kobe, how's my ass taste? It's amazing how ridiculous your arguments are, comparing 7up to other clear sodas? What a fucking retard. Clear liquids don't have ANY other distinguishing features, I could prob count at least ten similarities between WALL E and JOHNNY 5, you blind fuckwad. And yes, I agree VADER does have those influences but can you find a nearly IDENTICAL mask to that of VADER in any of your half assed attempts at justification. NO. Because the Lucas people DID THEIR JOBS. They INCORPORATED their influences into the design of VADER without being a nearly complete design rip off a la WALL E to JOHNNY 5 minus the trash compactor. And unlike WALL E to JOHNNY 5, NONE of VADER's design influences are from another actual fucking cyborg, you idiot. As for the INCREDIBLES ripping off FF, well, I'm purely talking visual character DESIGN here but if you like, yes, PIXAR is then guilty twice for design plagiarism. If Mr. Incredible looked like THE THING as WALL E sure as shit rips off JOHNNY 5 then I would've said something about MR. INCREDIBLE but as it stands it's just the FF's powers (minus DASH) that get copied. You WALL E apologists who attacked me instead of debating your points logically are weak minded bottom feeders who can't substantiate your arguments and guess what? You. just. got. pwnd. Bitches.
RoadWarrior was set after a nuclear war, I believe by I Dunno	Jun 29th, 2008 01:51:58 PM
Look, I'm not some anti-environmental conservative stooge but it just seems to be a running theme in so many of these movies.
WALL-E is like comfort food, masterfully cooked by Ye Not Guilty	Jun 29th, 2008 01:59:51 PM
Having seen WALL-E yesterday, it really has a very simple story, yet one that is masterfully told. You know how it is happens sometimes that you can eat a grilled cheese sandwich, and that grilled cheese sandwich turns out to be the best damned grilled cheese sandwich you ever tasted? That's what WALL-E is like. It's the best damned grilled cheese I've ever tasted. Very simple, yet masterfully done.
Ye Not Guilty, you mean like Ratatouille? by Shut the Fuck up Donny	Jun 29th, 2008 04:46:27 PM
If I recall, that was the dish that warmed the heart of Anton Ego: A "peasant" comfort food masterfully done. Now if only we can get KurtLockwood or WhinyNegativeBitch to take a bite.
hahah this guy has the biggest hard on for johnny 5! by BMacSmith	Jun 29th, 2008 05:06:45 PM
Kurt, your childhood just got anally raped, bitch!
Best Pixar yet! by FILMFUNK	Jun 29th, 2008 06:26:00 PM
and the best movie I have seen this year. Simple, epic, perfectly animated to within an inch of it's life! If somehow you don't fall for this film you can at least apreciate the best animators working at the very top of their game! Cute, Scary, riveting, heartwarming, tragic, perfect.
Is Kurt Lockwood 12 years old? by LlGHTST0RMER	Jun 29th, 2008 07:58:11 PM
"You WALL E apologists who attacked me instead of debating your points logically are weak minded bottom feeders who can't substantiate your arguments and guess what? You. just. got. pwnd. Bitches." So funny to see socially inept morons claim the upper hand. You are the very image of the online no-life loser, dude. You call other people out for not "debating logically" and having no "substantial argument," and yet you rail against a movie that most people seem to agree is remarkably likeable... because the main character looks too much like the robot from Short Circuit. Are you fu-- wait, let me ask you in a way you might understand... ahem... Are. you. fucking. kidding. me? Seriously, kid. My question is this: So what? I mean, if Stanton himself came out and said, "Yeah. You got me. I totally ripped off the look of Number Five," do you think THEN you could enjoy the movie? Is that really the only thing that's stuck in your craw about this flick? Or are you just so in need of being a whiny little bitch about everything in the world that you can't wrap your brain around something that is genuinely enjoyable and entertaining and even, dare I say it, NOT insulting to the average person's intelligence? So you get stuck on this whole "looks like Number Five" thing? Miss the big picture much?
WhinyNegativeBitch, touche'. by Shut the Fuck up Donny	Jun 29th, 2008 08:00:46 PM
You certaintly outdid me on the food motif. As a person who in reality prefers a cheeseburer on the grill instead of a fine steak, I can't begrudge you for particular tastes.
Lightstormer = another douche by KurtLockwood	Jun 29th, 2008 08:14:44 PM
Another Pixar apologist? I said I would prob see the movie. I guess you can't read. If it's good, I will acknowledge the rip off and move on. HOWEVER, I'm amazed at the passion for idiots to defend plagiarism just because it made you feel fuzzy wuzzy inside. As for my being "the very image of the online no-life loser dude." Well, fuckstick that really made me laugh. My life is what you wished. yours. could. be.
Kurt, Troll of Lockwood by tme2nsb	Jun 29th, 2008 08:34:51 PM
I don't think Lightstormer's assertion that you were 12 years old was fair. His guess is about 10 or 11 years higher than the actual age you seem to vent on AICN Talkbacks. How about you actually watch the movie and then come back saying Wall-E is a Johnny 5 ripoff, which of course, was an ET ripoff. Disney and PIXAR lawyers don't infringe, everything was researched, and only trolls like you on the internet make up these claims. Please do the rest of the world a favor and go kill yourself; the ones with brains need the oxygen.
And yes, I know Disney ripoffed Kimba the Lion by tme2nsb	Jun 29th, 2008 08:36:34 PM
I should have said that PIXAR does not infringe, because apparently you won't ever see the movie because you got your fist stuck up your ass.
Did Kurt make an argument? by half vader	Jun 29th, 2008 09:48:23 PM
Sorry, I tuned out after he said "Stick your head up Pixar's ass", followed directly by " How's my ass taste?"!!! So, Kurt, you're saying you're Pixar - and you hate yourself?! Although I usually read every single post, I stopped there. Too funny! Go back to the porn, Kurt. Time, yes The Lying King is shameless, but have you seen Richard Williams' Thief and the Cobbler? It had been doing the rounds for decades before Aladdin.
The Manator E 2 Not So Bad by tme2nsb	Jun 29th, 2008 10:58:53 PM
In case you were wondering half vader. If you got AIM, use my user name, you actually seem like a half decent person.
Spurt Dickwood by LlGHTST0RMER	Jun 30th, 2008 07:36:08 AM
(...see, I can come up with stupid porn names, too.) Well, I responded to your dumbass post... I guess I can read. And when did I ever say that you WOULDN'T see the movie? Why spout irrelevant bullshit and call me illiterate? That your idea of a "reasoned argument?" Slamming me for shit I didn't say? Way to debate, counselor. And by the way... I'm in reasonably good health, I get paid in a week what many people make in a month, simply for playing music videos in nightclubs and beach bars in San Diego for five hours a night - not what I'd call "work," but strangely enough, it is a career - and I have 3 kids that love me and a girlfriend far out of my league with amazing tits. What is there in your life that could possibly make me wish for it?
Wall-E promotes Date Rape! by StrokerX	Jun 30th, 2008 08:04:57 AM
Anyone else get that wierd vibe when EVE was on stand-by and Wall-E's dressin her up and rubbin on her an opening her panels n shit. Got the same feeling when Shia was making out on Bumblebee......WIERD
You Fargin Sneaky Bastige! by AnAtomicBore	Jun 30th, 2008 09:51:45 AM
I bet KURT wears short sleeve shirts under long sleeve shirts under short sleeve shirts.
A final note to the douchebags... by KurtLockwood	Jun 30th, 2008 03:29:54 PM
I gotta laugh. You play videos. Wow. Seriously. You're a waste of sperm and egg. You idiots making fun of me are like turds making fun of the sun. I would continue to pwn your sorry asses but I come here to discuss movies with people who like to discuss the merits of movies not exchange personal attacks with morons like you. So this will be it for me, sweethearts, but feel free to contine, I won't be reading any further so go ahead and waste your time. Frankly, I don't care enough about you to piss on you if you were on fire. Now back to movie discussion for me...
oops by KurtLockwood	Jun 30th, 2008 03:31:39 PM
make that "continue." Now go ahead and make a weak attack because I mis-typed. lol.
oops by KurtLockwood	Jun 30th, 2008 03:31:40 PM
make that "continue." Now go ahead and make a weak attack because I mis-typed. lol.
Wall-E, great move, gutless ending by moomoobunnylips	Jun 30th, 2008 08:18:14 PM
Wall-E is an interesting movie. There are many brave storytelling aspects to it such as not really having an traditional evil protagonist. The robots weren't bad, they were just doing what they were programmed to do by the administration that realized that they had screwed up. The robots did not 'consciously' sabotage the trip back to Earth. I liked how the captain, bearing the weight of 700 years of gutless decision making, had the fortitude to make the right decision and go back to Earth because humanity couldn't run from their responsibilities forever. But I'm amazed that no one has brought up the ending. I think Pixar really screwed up the end. Wall-E's memory should have been left erased. It would have been a bitter sweet, fitting ending. The climax was rightly the Captain returning the ship to Earth. Everything else was denouement. Perhaps a hint that Wall-E remembered some of his past and could, with time, return some of his memories; like a stroke victim, would have been a better ending. The ending completely ruined an excellent film. Totally gutless. Welcome to Hollywood.
Is Kurt really gone now? by LlGHTST0RMER	Jul 1st, 2008 12:49:58 AM
That's too bad, really, because I found the fucking funniest thing ever: http://tinyurl.com/4kn2gr . I swear, this might have been his trump card in our little spat, but if this really is him, it's WAY more hilarious than if he just borrowed the name! PS: He never even answered any of my questions! Douche.
And now, looking back at this TB, I see Half Vader... by LlGHTST0RMER	Jul 1st, 2008 01:01:45 AM
...was way ahead of me. He recognized the name; I didn't. Points for the Semi-Darth.

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