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post #1 of 59
6/28/08 at 12:04pm
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Saw it last night. Phenomenal. Go see it.

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post #2 of 59
6/28/08 at 12:13pm
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Saw it last night. Phenomenal. Go see it.

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Thanks for the review. I haven't seen a bad word about it yet.
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post #3 of 59
6/28/08 at 1:29pm
Really looking forward to it.
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post #4 of 59
6/28/08 at 2:59pm
man is truly evil...dark dark dark...no, no wait a moment. consumerism is root of all evil. well, isn't the capitalist sytem the real root of ALL evil? this from folks living in most consumer driven and truly hip county in the usa ( marin, ca). drive by pixar lot and look at autos parked there. enough of the preaching please. the topper... watch machines in love, while humans sit sucking sustanance from a tube. note the punishment of mankind, oh so well deserved. i for one felt so very cleansed (much like the high colonic so popular in n. calif) after the movie. nothing new here. same old same old. man's greed, glutonmy and heart of darkness theme. next up for pixar; machines live in happy humanist-less humans- world where artificial intellegence (crowd sourced, of course) based central planning produces "just enough" of everything deemed "just so" from totally recycled materials. stars avatars looking very much like al gore and mrs laurie david (shortly after her divorce from funny man larry) living in solar powered mansion and jetting around the universe in hydrogen craft proclaiming virtues of humanless existance. cameo appearence by cherly crow avatar peeing with virtually no tp thus saving the planet from landfill mess.
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post #5 of 59
6/28/08 at 4:08pm
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man is truly evil...dark dark dark...no, no wait a moment. consumerism is root of all evil. well, isn't the capitalist sytem the real root of ALL evil? this from folks living in most consumer driven and truly hip county in the usa ( marin, ca). drive by pixar lot and look at autos parked there. enough of the preaching please. the topper... watch machines in love, while humans sit sucking sustanance from a tube. note the punishment of mankind, oh so well deserved. i for one felt so very cleansed (much like the high colonic so popular in n. calif) after the movie. nothing new here. same old same old. man's greed, glutonmy and heart of darkness theme. next up for pixar; machines live in happy humanist-less humans- world where artificial intellegence (crowd sourced, of course) based central planning produces "just enough" of everything deemed "just so" from totally recycled materials. stars avatars looking very much like al gore and mrs laurie david (shortly after her divorce from funny man larry) living in solar powered mansion and jetting around the universe in hydrogen craft proclaiming virtues of humanless existance. cameo appearence by cherly crow avatar peeing with virtually no tp thus saving the planet from landfill mess.

I think there's a difference between appreciating the merits of a film and disagreeing with its ideological tenets. There are a number of films, especially from immigrant directors like Capra, that are criticized for painting a rosy picture of America that wasn't real, but still stand out as exceptional films.
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post #6 of 59
6/28/08 at 5:25pm
I loved it! I knew I would since I'm a sucker for sci fi and post apocalyptic settings. For a Disney movie it was very romantic, and the scene where Wall-E had no memory of EVE made me sad because it reminded of alzheimer's . I laughed several times during the little cartoon with the magician and bunny they played before the movie started.

A few things to note:

-The hanger where EVEs ship arrives is modeled after Space Mountain.

-Wall-E has the Apple start up sound, and Ive, apple designer, collaborated with Pixar on the design of EVE.

-I suspect two morbidly obese people in my theatre must have been very self conscious, especially the one with a huge drink and tub of buttered popcorn.

-The ship reminded me of Disney Land, probably not the association they were going for.
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post #7 of 59
6/28/08 at 5:34pm
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Originally Posted by dpw View Post
man is truly evil...dark dark dark...no, no wait a moment. consumerism is root of all evil. well, isn't the capitalist sytem the real root of ALL evil? this from folks living in most consumer driven and truly hip county in the usa ( marin, ca). drive by pixar lot and look at autos parked there. enough of the preaching please. the topper... watch machines in love, while humans sit sucking sustanance from a tube. note the punishment of mankind, oh so well deserved. i for one felt so very cleansed (much like the high colonic so popular in n. calif) after the movie. nothing new here. same old same old. man's greed, glutonmy and heart of darkness theme. next up for pixar; machines live in happy humanist-less humans- world where artificial intellegence (crowd sourced, of course) based central planning produces "just enough" of everything deemed "just so" from totally recycled materials. stars avatars looking very much like al gore and mrs laurie david (shortly after her divorce from funny man larry) living in solar powered mansion and jetting around the universe in hydrogen craft proclaiming virtues of humanless existance. cameo appearence by cherly crow avatar peeing with virtually no tp thus saving the planet from landfill mess.
I liked the cuteness, but at the same time I agree with this hilarious and barely-coherent review. To anybody who has seen the movie, I would also like to point out that there are at least ten variants of the WALL-E figure alone.
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post #8 of 59
6/28/08 at 6:01pm
Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaalleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
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post #9 of 59
6/28/08 at 6:17pm
Going to watch it later today - looking forward to it!
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post #10 of 59
6/28/08 at 8:00pm
So, will my kids like it as well (they're 5 and 2)? I've seen really good reviews and am looking forward to seeing it myself, but I'm slightly concerned that it is geared toward adults.
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post #11 of 59
6/28/08 at 8:04pm
I'd say they will love it. The robots are really cute and funny.
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post #12 of 59
6/28/08 at 8:30pm
Not for the Fat or Conservative, apparently.

Now I HAVE to see it!!
http://defamer.com/5020076/everyone-...ans-fat-people
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post #13 of 59
6/29/08 at 11:36am
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Thanks for the review. I haven't seen a bad word about it yet.

I guess Hollywood was due for a blockbuster that wouldn't be a complete flop this summer.
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post #14 of 59
6/29/08 at 11:39am
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Not for the Fat or Conservative, apparently.

Now I HAVE to see it!!
http://defamer.com/5020076/everyone-...ans-fat-people

Son of a bitch.... I guess I'll just have to Netflix it in 9 months.
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post #15 of 59
6/29/08 at 3:08pm
Ugh, when we go to the theater it was sold out for the rest of the day except the last showing at around 11pm (we got there at around 4:30). Watched Get Smart instead, which was actually a lot better than I expected. Well, there's always next week.
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