Calling WALL•E, the new Disney/Pixar film, “brilliant,” the Austin American Statesman’s Dale Roe reports:
Pixar and Apple computer head Steve Jobs’ influence is seen here: Not only did Apple whiz Jonathan Ive consult on the design of the film’s love interest [EVE], one of the trinkets WALL•E has collected is a relatively clunky, first-edition iPod. And when WALL•E boots up, there’s that familiar startup chime. That’s right … WALL•E is a Macintosh!
Full review, 5 stars out of a possible 5, here.
Claudia Puig’s USA Today review of WALL•E, 4 stars out of a possible 4, is here.
The Chicago Sun-TImes’ Roger Ebert raves here.
Apple’s WALL•ETrailer page is here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Brocktoon” for the heads up.]
MacDailyNews Take: Of course WALL•E is a Mac, he’s still working after 700+ years!
Hoping Zune Tang, a fictional, satyrical character, has not reproduced, is one thing.
But personal attacks like the one on shen are uncalled for.
The massive list of positive reviews from Casadians was a great rebuttal to not impressed’s bullshit review.
Don’t tell me, let me guess, Ho, ho, ho is also not impressed.
money talks,
Some call it mass hallucination, some call it delusional thinking, others call it a special gift, but, for sure, only fabois can “see” WALL•E’s Apple logo.
Meh ripoff of Short Circuit, nothing to see here …
“Meh ripoff of Short Circuit”
Riiiiiiiiiight. It sounds like you haven’t seen either movie.
Nice troll attempt however. Two and a half stars.
@ @ Ho, ho, ho
Pffft. Charming, another ethically-challenged fanboi hypocrite. Where were your high moral standards when your fellow fanbois used outright profanity and even more hostile denigrations and defamations?
You see to be a credible moralist and ethicist, you must be completely unbiased and impartial. Instead, you are a dishonest, prejudicial, and contemptible twit masquerading as a poor facsimile of a digital preacher.
Am I making myself clear, you pathetic cretin?
Who are these dorks that crap on kid movies. It is EXTREMELY difficult to create movies that can three generations can sit together and laugh and enjoy. Cartoonish for the kids, adult jokes, take home messages….the writers are brilliant and the computer graphics are out of this world.
….and although I am glad it is Pixar that makes these, the company itself is not important.
Clearly these dorks do NOT have kids snd should have their man-card taken away at first opportunity.
Buster,
“Clearly these dorks do NOT have kids…”
Any animal can breed, so what?
Wee Wee has given up on telling us how stupid we are for using Macs and has just fallen to simple name calling.
I’m glad that no one is responding directly to her anymore.
She reminds me of a persistent anti-Mac troll that used to be on the Yahoo forums.
Pixar films have achieved a wondrous form of immortality. Their work is transcendent enough to be watched by children and their families 500 years from now and still evoke deep emotions, lessons learned, and resonance with universal stories. These movies tap into a mythic level of underlying experience. To craft such timeless works of art is a gift to humanity.
3D Danny, man from 2020,
“I’m glad that no one is responding directly to her anymore.”
Gimme a, D.
Gimme a, I.
Gimme a, M.
Gimme a, W.
Gimme a, I.
Gimme a, T.
What’s that spell? Denny!
What’s that spell? Denny!
Why are you stating the “obvious”, Denny? Are your fellow fanbois unable to perceive the “conspicuous?”
Just can’t hold back, huh, Denny? Just can’t keep your fingers off the keyboard, eh?
Mustn’t…touch…keyboard…but….must…respond…the…force…is…is…overpowering….aaaahhhhh!
You’re too transparent, Denny, sucked into the black hole of fanboi idiocy. Gawd, you fanbois give me hours of entertainment.
Thank you!
Saw the midnight showing, loved it, and laughed every time he made that noise.
Wall-e is just another overpriced and underpowered Mac.
Got to admit, one of the best scenes in the movie “The Last Mimzy” was when the Feds X-rayed the stuffed bunny rabbit, and found an “Intel Inside” logo.
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@Wow
It’s also the last working computer on earth.
“So put that in your straw Trebek and S-huck it! S-huck it long, s-huck it hard! S-huck it!“
–Sean Connery
“Of course WALL•E is a Mac, he’s still working after 700+ years!”
Yes, and if it’s anything like what happened to Apple in K-12 education, everyone in the future world now smirks about how much WALL-E units suck because *everyone* can see they are ALL rusty and outdated. Nevermind that they’ve been through 10 lifespans of other equipment.
(Haven’t seen the movie yet but looking forward to it).
HMCIV:
It’s also the last working computer on earth.
WALL•E is a fictional film of a make-believe cartoon character in an imaginary world. How do you not understand that the film is not a docudrama?
If it’s not a real story then I don’t need to make real arguments, and I don’t need to back them up with real quotes from real actors.
And if Zune Tang isn’t a real personality then I don’t need to feel real bad for real heckler who’s probably real popular around real people.
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HIghly recommended! I saw Wall-E at a midnight show opening day and the place was packed with everyone from adults, teens, and even a few kids.
Everyone seemed to really enjoy the movie – no matter what age group, plus lots of people came with 8 or 10 of their friends to see this. Bodes well for the Box Office earnings for this movie.
Graphics are seemingly so real that you forget you are watching an animated movie, but rather it feels like a real filmed movie instead. Wall-E and Eve “communicate” via beeps and noises, but it “really seems” they are talking to one another, and we (the audience) can understand them.
Give this film a try with the whole family, with friends or a date, and I believe you won’t be disappointed!
“He, he, he.
HMCIV:
It’s also the last working computer on earth.
WALL•E is a fictional film of a make-believe cartoon character in an imaginary world. How do you not understand that the film is not a docudrama?”
how do you not understand that we *do* understand? empathy short circuit on you?
“Adam
Graphics are seemingly so real that you forget you are watching an animated movie”
just watching the trailers and podcast clips on my AppleTV and i already thought about that. several of the scenes are disturbingly real. It is hard to imagine where the rendering can go from here….
shen,
how do you not understand that we *do* understand?
Very often I discover that “you” don’t.
empathy short circuit on you?
I reckon that I cannot get obsessed over a fictional film of a make-believe cartoon character in an imaginary world.
“Brilliant.”
Indeed, Just got back from seeing it, and it was glorious.
Well done, Pixar.
“I reckon that I cannot get obsessed over a fictional film of a make-believe cartoon character in an imaginary world.”
That’s because you have no vision, imagination, or love in your life.
Congrats.
I saw the movie today and it’s not just the Mac startup sound that is used: they use the Mac beep sound a couple places too. Also, there’s a cool shot of an ancient touchwheel iPod (still working, of course).
And if you look closely, there’s a very quick shot of some robotic “mice” that scurry away and I swear they look just like Apple computer mice complete with tails (pre-“Mighty Mouse”)!
I’m sure there’s much more, too. There is TONS of stuff going on in the background throughout the amazing film. The level of detail is insane.
ChrissyOne:
That’s because you have no vision, imagination, or love in your life.
vision: I can certain see that you can conjure all sorts of unsubstantiated nonsense.
imagination: I infer that you are conceited, irrational, biased, and ludicrous for presuming to know everything about persons you have never met.
love: What do you know about love?
Is this what you mean?
That’s because you have no vision, imagination, or love in your life.”
H-a-r-s-h ChrissyOne!
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