Batteries Not Included (BNI); The Little Mermaid (TLM); Planet of the Apes (PotA):
Adorable Space-Age Robots? (BNI) - Check!
Mindless humans powerless to escape their predicament? (BNI, PotA) - Check!
A home in ruin after spending too much time in outer space? (PotA) - Check!
A precious snowflake seeking a congruent soul... up where they walk, talk and play all day in the sun? (TLM) - Check!
WALL-E is the best parts of each of those movies; the cute robots, the lovesick child and the epic tale of terrestrial dismay. Unfortunately, WALL-E may or may not be as good as one or two of those movies depending on what you're looking for.
The global pollution theme is too big a pill to force down the throats of movie goers, especially the younger audience this movie is designed for, so it gets dished out in small easily palatable doses. Sci-Fi nerds are going to be left wanting more, but then, aren't we always?
The cute factor of the robots is right up Pixar's alley. Is the plot slowing? Insert a little slapstick or a cute emote involving some cute robots. "Awwwwww," goes the crowd. Who doesn't like cute? Even the Grinch couldn't resist the mystical powers of cuteness.
That leaves us with the main theme. Ariel... err, I mean WALL-E lives in his treasure trove where he's collected all the wonderful artifacts from a people he wishes were his friends. He sees a fair prince.. oh, uhh.. EVE (not a prince) and abandons his lesser friend (a Twinkie devouring cockroach... perhaps named 'Flounder') to commit himself to following this 'prince' into her own territory (Axiom). A stranger in a strange land he nearly brings everything to ruin before breaking through and sacrificing for the sake of his 'prince'. The prince broods and the mermaid (WALL-E) has a happy fairytale ending with her prince.
No seriously, this was The Little Mermaid, set in the distant future... except possibly less memorable being that it isn't a musical. Not bad, Pixar, considering what you had to work with... but not a home run either.
Adorable Space-Age Robots? (BNI) - Check!
Mindless humans powerless to escape their predicament? (BNI, PotA) - Check!
A home in ruin after spending too much time in outer space? (PotA) - Check!
A precious snowflake seeking a congruent soul... up where they walk, talk and play all day in the sun? (TLM) - Check!
WALL-E is the best parts of each of those movies; the cute robots, the lovesick child and the epic tale of terrestrial dismay. Unfortunately, WALL-E may or may not be as good as one or two of those movies depending on what you're looking for.
The global pollution theme is too big a pill to force down the throats of movie goers, especially the younger audience this movie is designed for, so it gets dished out in small easily palatable doses. Sci-Fi nerds are going to be left wanting more, but then, aren't we always?
The cute factor of the robots is right up Pixar's alley. Is the plot slowing? Insert a little slapstick or a cute emote involving some cute robots. "Awwwwww," goes the crowd. Who doesn't like cute? Even the Grinch couldn't resist the mystical powers of cuteness.
That leaves us with the main theme. Ariel... err, I mean WALL-E lives in his treasure trove where he's collected all the wonderful artifacts from a people he wishes were his friends. He sees a fair prince.. oh, uhh.. EVE (not a prince) and abandons his lesser friend (a Twinkie devouring cockroach... perhaps named 'Flounder') to commit himself to following this 'prince' into her own territory (Axiom). A stranger in a strange land he nearly brings everything to ruin before breaking through and sacrificing for the sake of his 'prince'. The prince broods and the mermaid (WALL-E) has a happy fairytale ending with her prince.
No seriously, this was The Little Mermaid, set in the distant future... except possibly less memorable being that it isn't a musical. Not bad, Pixar, considering what you had to work with... but not a home run either.
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