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Comment on Wall-E by samunsted

samunsted — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:45:10 +0000

Having just seen this film, I would have to dispute your Pixar rankings. I would have to do this anyway because it is in my nature but I would have to argue that this is a far finer film that Ratatouille. Although hugely enjoyable and moving, Ratatouille lacks any of the visual flair shown here and is stuck down by a dull central human character in Linguini. Despite being unable to form full sentences, Wall-E is more compelling throughout his film. And the cinematography they use here and the sheer imagination on show elevate this well above Monsters Inc, Rataouille and maybe even The Incredibles for me (the last one is a very close call though). Great review though.

Cheers

Comment on Wall-E by Armont

Armont — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 21:22:39 +0000

I just listened to a Terry Gross interview with Andrew Stanton on a Fresh Air podcast. Very interesting to hear the directors rationale behind the film. Although I’ve not seen Wall-E yet, I too may wait for the DVD, post hype and hopefully an HD version. IMHO-the only way to truly enjoy animation of this type.

Adam, I would only switch your first two picks from the perspective of art direction. The attention to detail in Ratatouille is even better than Incredibles but I’m an artist so I geek out on that stuff.

Cheers.

Comment on Vantage Point by Joe Yang - foreign film critic

Joe Yang - foreign film critic — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:38:46 +0000

Sorry you had to suffer through this movie! It reminds me of how disappointed I was with THE SENTINEL with Kiefer Sutherland.

Man, it’s a shame that Eduardo Noriega was a part of this dreck. I really like that guy. At least Dennis Quaid sort of came through- but we’ll see when he stars as General Hawk in the GI JOE movie…

I already made plans to avoid VANTAGE POINT, and because of your review, now I know I made the right choice! (And knowin’s half the battle)

Comment on Wall-E by becauseweloveit

becauseweloveit — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:00:37 +0000

Great review!
I like your Pixar list–isn’t it amazing how they always put out good films? The one film that everyone loved that I just could not get into was Ratatouille. It was weird for me because I like Patton Oswald, I like cooking and I understand why the movie is so good, but I could not help but be bored out of my mind. I can’t explain it.

Comment on Vantage Point by becauseweloveit

becauseweloveit — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:53:08 +0000

Thank you for this review–now I will never have to see this film. I, too, thought the concept for the film might be interesting or might be cheesy, and so have been torn on actually going for it. Now I don’t have to.

Comment on Wall-E by Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 04:44:01 +0000

what, no mention of the oscar talk?

Comment on In Bruges by dan katz

dan katz — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 04:09:18 +0000

Not having any desire to see this film, I suppose I shouldn’t even offer a comment, except to say that the expiration date on “Hitmen as just plain guys” conceit pretty much ran out right after “Pulp Fiction.” I don’t think I know any hitmen, but my suspicion is that anyone who could kill a complete stranger for money is the worst kind of sociopath (is there a “best kind”?), and, and, if I were an idiot like Jeffrey Lyons or Roeper, I might say something like “the recent trend to make them sympathetic is a symptom of moral and artistic bankruptcy.” - when, in fact, it’s just a cheap device that’s been done to death.

Comment on Wall-E by Adam

Adam — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 20:35:59 +0000

1) Patrick - I never saw “Short Circuit” so I have no idea.

2) Funk - It’s not really that lazy fat people caused the Earth’s demise, it’s more that a corporation and the laziness of all humanity did, and that laziness eventually caused everyone to get fat.

3) Heidi - It is anti-corporate, but not so much that it is a focus of the movie. Also, if you want to see Pixar movies in theaters, I recommend going to later night showings — no kids generally in those. I saw Wall-E during the day and there weren’t any problems, but for the last few pixar movies I can remember seeing in the theaters (Incredibles, Cars, Ratatouille, Finding Nemo) I saw it at night with a adult crowd.

Comment on Wall-E by hmks

hmks — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 19:48:01 +0000

My 3 year old neice had to be physically removed from this movie because she was very bored.

I have not seen it. I avoid seeing “kid” movies in the theater because of the aforementioned kids. After a boy threw up near us in “Monster’s Inc” I pledged to stop attending kid films.

I will watch this one on DVD, mainly because of all the hype.

I too have heard several reviewers mention how this movie is anti-corporate in a very obvious, in-your-face way. Did you notice any of that? I think it’s sort of funny because I’m sure Walmart will get the rights to sell the DVD…

~Heidi
http://www.HeidiTown.com

Comment on Update/mini-review of Get Smart by hmks

hmks — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 19:42:49 +0000

Again, I respectfully disagree.
Call me shallow, but I enjoyed “Get Smart” (and you can read why at http://www.HeidiTown.com)

I am a huge fan of Steve Carrell and thought he was brilliant as Max Smart. I never watched the original show - many people who did enjoy the television show didn’t enjoy the movie - which is sort of interesting.

~Heidi