I just watched a preview for the upcoming new Disney movie Wall-E. Wall-E looks like Short Circuit, but the movie is not a rip off of the old classic but instead a new sci-fi movie that kids will love, at least that’s what it looks like to me. The preview doesn’t give away much, but from the looks of it, Wall-E has been alone for 700 years and now he finds some friends. I assume the friends are other robots or something, who knows. All I know is that I will probably going to see this movie. My four-year-old daughter will love this movie. I think I will show her the trailer, but she won’t understand that it doesn’t come out in the theatres for another six months. I guess to build hype about the movie they want people to be anticipating it. I guess that worked for Seinfeld’s Bee Movie. After doing a little more research, thanks to wikipedia, I discovered the premise of the movie. It’s about Earth becoming abandoned and left with poor little Wall-E to clean up. The clean up program failed and Wall-E was left all alone. Poor little thing, but don’t dispair, he falls in love.This movie was written before Toy Story and was one that kept getting put on the back burner. I guess the best come last. It sounds like a cute story. They say it’s not about science fiction so much as the story about the relationship of this little robot and a larger one.
Wall-e, the new Short Circuit?
January 9, 2008 · 6 Comments
Categories: Kid · future · movies
Tagged: animation, Disney, movies, preview, short circuit
6 responses so far ↓
Barry Gordon // January 20, 2008 at 7:35 pm |
There is so much “feel good” about this movie even only after a teaser and a little hype. The musical overature that builds and builds into a warm and wonderful crescendo harkens back to a decades past when the parents and grandparents of today were simpler and bouncier tunes on the radio and movie soundtracks.
WALL-E is Johnny 5, R2D2, Huey, Dewey and Louie (Silent Running) and much more.
This observation is only superficial because it comes from the teaser trailer which lasts only several minutes.
Walt, your “heart” is alive and well in the creative geniuses at Pixar.
I predict much love, heart-warming moments and a few tears to be shed in another blockbuster masterpiece from – Pixar!
Hosanna // May 15, 2008 at 5:50 am |
you…are…a…moron…
b // July 2, 2008 at 3:25 pm |
oh and when he charges in the sun, he makes that bong sound. totally not original. its so obviously the mac sound! jeez.
oh and the bad guy being hal 9000 really original…
man pixar just stole all kinds of things.
shucks.
Natasha // July 11, 2008 at 2:00 pm |
b – pixar is owned by steve jobs (ceo of apple) who sold pixar to disney. Of course they’re going to use mac sounds like the start-up sound. They own them after all!
HAL – yes, agreed but surely that’s a nod to Kubrick?
Can’t wait to see this film!
Richie B // July 14, 2008 at 7:51 pm |
The story isn’t the issue. The character that we all grew up to love and have affection for it totally ripped off by the Wall-e character. Shame on them. Hope Spielberg takes them to the cleaners
Richie B // July 14, 2008 at 7:57 pm |
sorry not Spielberg, John Badham