Wall-e

[BigHandMan]

Originally Posted by Bradford

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.

I took my almost 6-year old and her best friend, same age. They loved it, as did I. Terrific film.

 

[Steve B.]

I didn't like it, despite the ideology, which is very much close to mine.

Hackneyed cutesy.

But my 8 yr. old loved it, and that's what counts.

$40 for the movie and snacks?

Blockbuster's 34.99 for total access is lookin pretty good right now.

 

[bob_gnarly]

im 21 and thought wall-e was quite exceptional

 

[bkk]

Originally Posted by Steve B.

$40 for the movie and snacks?

Blockbuster's 34.99 for total access is lookin pretty good right now.

This is why I rarely go to the theater. I've got a better video and audio system in my house, and I can cook better and cheaper food. What's the point of going to an overpriced place with loud/obnoxious people and terrible food? The only real advantages to going to the theater are seeing a movie as early as possible and the fact that you're getting out of the house.

 

[Shraka]

I doesn't come out for TWO AND A HALF MONTHS HERE!

What the hell? I thought Australia was over being months behind on movies!?

 

[shoreman1782]

I enjoyed it. Thought Fred Willard was pretty funny, and liked the implication that with 700 years of gluttonous atrophy, humans would essentially look like computer-animated characters

A question we immediately considered--how was the plant growing with no sunlight?

Much has been said about allusions--to ET, Star Wars, etc., but I have seen nothing (I havent really looked) linking Wall-e to his most obvious antecedent--Johnny 5!

Somewhere Steve Gutenberg is crying.

 

[sho'nuff]

i want to go see it now.

all the previews for Wall E were pretty lame i thought. but now my curiosity is piqued.



i have blockbuster online rental membership for the past year now:


for only 19.99 a month, i get

3 rentals i can choose out simultaneously (from convenience of computer)
mailed out to me,
when i return them i just return them to the store,
each rental returned gets me a free IN-STORE rental.

so basically,
i have a continual influx of movies, while Netflix you have to wait while you return the movies via mail.

plus, i get e-coupons all the time from blockbuster.

 

[Steve B.]

Originally Posted by shoe

i want to go see it now.

all the previews for Wall E were pretty lame i thought. but now my curiosity is piqued.



i have blockbuster online rental membership for the past year now:


for only 19.99 a month, i get

3 rentals i can choose out simultaneously (from convenience of computer)
mailed out to me,
when i return them i just return them to the store,
each rental returned gets me a free IN-STORE rental.

so basically,
i have a continual influx of movies, while Netflix you have to wait while you return the movies via mail.

plus, i get e-coupons all the time from blockbuster.

I started at 17.99 for the same pkg, and they've raised the price twice and now I'm at 34.99. Sounds like I'm getting the shaft.

 

[sho'nuff]

Originally Posted by Steve B.

I started at 17.99 for the same pkg, and they've raised the price twice and now I'm at 34.99. Sounds like I'm getting the shaft.

wow.
yes, it started at 17.99 for me as well. then they raised the price to 19.99 a few months ago without even warning me.

i guess i will be expecting 34.99 as well?

 

[rdawson808]

Originally Posted by Steve B.

I didn't like it

You don't like kittens and puppies either, do you? Sheesh, some people.

b

 

[gdl203]

Saw Wall-E yesterday. Really liked it (and no Conne, not only because of the massive use of Hello Dolly footage

). But.... am I the only here who saw more than a couple "similarities" with Mike Judge's Idiocracy?

The whole vision of the future, mountains of trash, giant Cosco/BNL, etc.... some of the shots were almost straight from Idiocracy

 

[dusty]

Originally Posted by gdl203

Saw Wall-E yesterday. Really liked it (and no Conne, not only because of the massive use of Hello Dolly footage

). But.... am I the only here who saw more than a couple "similarities" with Mike Judge's Idiocracy?

The whole vision of the future, mountains of trash, giant Cosco/BNL, etc.... some of the shots were almost straight from Idiocracy
I was thinking that the whole time. Man I love that movie. "Hey, a couple of us guys were wonderin', uh, if we could go family-style on her."

 

[samblau]

I really enjoyed it! Best movie I have seen in a while...of course all I have seen recently is Wall*E and The Zohan.

 

[finch]

I took my 3yr old to see WALL-E this weekend, both of us thought it was great!

 

[Brian SD]

Originally Posted by gdl203

Saw Wall-E yesterday. Really liked it (and no Conne, not only because of the massive use of Hello Dolly footage

). But.... am I the only here who saw more than a couple "similarities" with Mike Judge's Idiocracy?

The whole vision of the future, mountains of trash, giant Cosco/BNL, etc.... some of the shots were almost straight from Idiocracy

That's exactly what it felt like for me. A more watchable Idiocracy.