Wall-E

So Pixar has come out with another movie. These are always great to see in theaters, for they are always good. Wall-E is no exception. A fun enjoyable movie about a love sick robot, left on earth to clean it up. Complete with a delightful cameo by Fred Willard(in the flesh) this movie is great.

The first 3rd of the the movie is virtually dialogue free(think of what THE ONE would be without the dog) Unless you count the words Wall-E and EVA. Even though the beginning is a tad slow it still works great to develop the two robot characters(and one lone cockroach) and helps to make the ending more enjoyable.

Once things go to space the movie steps up in typical Pixar fashion(like when the entire family gets in the mix in The Incredibles) more delightful characters are introduced, and mayhem and plot ensues.

(rant and minor spoilers follow.. consider yourself warned)

One thing I was really worried about, was PIXAR going political in a kids movie. Earth in shambles, a bunch of overweight humans, and a mega corp that runs everyones lives, there is a lot of statements there that could of been turned into some moralistic movie message that Hollywood just loves. Me however I am frankly sick of having some rich Hollywood idiots try to tell me how I should live my life. Pixar however dials it way down. The moralistic messages are not brought to the foreground, instead the love story stays the main focus, and when all is said and done the movie doesn't really bash humans, instead we are turned into co-heroes of the film, which was quite nice.

(rant over sorry)

Wall-E is defiantly a must see movie, even if you don't have a kid to drag with you to the theater

WANTED

(pretty spoiler free)

Graphic Novels used to be an Untapped resource for the movies. Now though studios are finding that half their work is already done for them, in storyboarding, dialogue, and location conception sketches. However this is not the case for wanted. A Graphic Novel about a company of assassins that kill superheroes, this story was taken away in favor of a much more conventional fair.

WANTED is a movie that suffers from one serious flaw. All the coolest action is in the Movie Trailers. Now don't get me wrong the action in the trailers looks sickeningly cool. However, after 5 or 6 viewings it's no less cool, it has just gotten old, and when it happens in the movie you are like yup I saw that already whats next, but there is very little next.

I think the director or editor screwed up a bit in the movie, for I figured out one major plot twist quite early in the movie, due to one certain shot that didn't really need to be in the movie. And since the plot point is what the entire movie hinges on, it really was a let down to have it figured out so early.

Jolie is great in the movie, being herself, and not supporting any ridiculous accent that you see half the time in her films. The main character is quite annoying in most of the movie, he never really pulls of the baddass that is needed for the end. I think a stronger lead say Ewan McGregor(5 years ago) or even Giovanni Ribisi would of done this movie a lot of good. Morgan Freeman using some colorful dialogue was laugh inducing(seriously the whole theater burst out laughing), but I think that was the point. He did a good job, his big pay off scene though didn't have as much as a punch as I expected.

All and all the movie was alright, I felt quite disconnected the entire film though mainly because of the lack of conviction from the main actor, and the plot point I figured out quite early. Kim however found it quite fun and enjoyable, for your typical action fare.