Wall-E - 8/10
Sure it was great but there were some things about it that I felt knocked it down. The first part of the movie was easily the highlight for me, without any dialogue except for the beeps and buzzes of the robots but as soon as the CGI humans started talking I thought 'Is this really needed?'. I felt the movie could have stood on it's own without having any human dialogue at all.
The second thing is the fact that it used both live action actors and CGI cartoon actors. Didn't work for me I'm afraid. I feel like they should have either stuck with live action actors in fat suits or not bothered at all.
The third and final thing would be like Jayme said, the message was handled too heavy handedly. Again this is a problem I have when the dialogue kicks in. Some guy might as well have walked in the cinema and started shouting 'SAVE THE EARTH' in my face. It felt the humans were just there to hit it home so the kids could understand it anyway.
Still it was a great movie with some strong ideas but it could have been so much more. The first part is quite possibly one of the best sections of American animated cinema I've seen though. Genuinely funny whilst keeping with the meloncholy atmosphere.
First section of the movie on Earth 10/10 and then some. After that 6.5/10.
Sure it was great but there were some things about it that I felt knocked it down. The first part of the movie was easily the highlight for me, without any dialogue except for the beeps and buzzes of the robots but as soon as the CGI humans started talking I thought 'Is this really needed?'. I felt the movie could have stood on it's own without having any human dialogue at all.
The second thing is the fact that it used both live action actors and CGI cartoon actors. Didn't work for me I'm afraid. I feel like they should have either stuck with live action actors in fat suits or not bothered at all.
The third and final thing would be like Jayme said, the message was handled too heavy handedly. Again this is a problem I have when the dialogue kicks in. Some guy might as well have walked in the cinema and started shouting 'SAVE THE EARTH' in my face. It felt the humans were just there to hit it home so the kids could understand it anyway.
Still it was a great movie with some strong ideas but it could have been so much more. The first part is quite possibly one of the best sections of American animated cinema I've seen though. Genuinely funny whilst keeping with the meloncholy atmosphere.
First section of the movie on Earth 10/10 and then some. After that 6.5/10.
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