WALL-E (2008)
Country: US
Technical: DeLuxe Technicolor/2.35:1 98m
Director: Andrew Stanton
Cast: animated
Synopsis:
Long after Earth is an abandoned heap of clutter, a waste disposal droid dutifully follows its directive to compress and stockpile the garbage littering the city, at the same time hoarding the odd trinket it finds collectable and mooning over old Dick Van Dyke musicals. When a shapely probe from an unknown mothership lands looking for signs of life, the stage is set for an adventure which will have at stake nothing less than the return of the human species to its home planet.
Review:
Shades of AI and ET hover in the background but this Pixar entertainment has enough novelty in its garbage drone idea and enough topicality to more than warrant its acknowledged success. The animation is now heart-stoppingly good, particularly in the takeoff from Earth sequence and the space ballet with the fire extinguisher. Daringly the humans have so far evolved into indolent blob people that one barely feels them worth saving (the classic final HAL-style confrontation of human and artificial intelligence leaves a few questions unanswered). In the end, though, this is kid's entertainment and if it makes them more aware of the consequences of their actions, so well and good.
Country: US
Technical: DeLuxe Technicolor/2.35:1 98m
Director: Andrew Stanton
Cast: animated
Synopsis:
Long after Earth is an abandoned heap of clutter, a waste disposal droid dutifully follows its directive to compress and stockpile the garbage littering the city, at the same time hoarding the odd trinket it finds collectable and mooning over old Dick Van Dyke musicals. When a shapely probe from an unknown mothership lands looking for signs of life, the stage is set for an adventure which will have at stake nothing less than the return of the human species to its home planet.
Review:
Shades of AI and ET hover in the background but this Pixar entertainment has enough novelty in its garbage drone idea and enough topicality to more than warrant its acknowledged success. The animation is now heart-stoppingly good, particularly in the takeoff from Earth sequence and the space ballet with the fire extinguisher. Daringly the humans have so far evolved into indolent blob people that one barely feels them worth saving (the classic final HAL-style confrontation of human and artificial intelligence leaves a few questions unanswered). In the end, though, this is kid's entertainment and if it makes them more aware of the consequences of their actions, so well and good.
Country: US
Technical: DeLuxe Technicolor/2.35:1 98m
Director: Andrew Stanton
Cast: animated
Synopsis:
Long after Earth is an abandoned heap of clutter, a waste disposal droid dutifully follows its directive to compress and stockpile the garbage littering the city, at the same time hoarding the odd trinket it finds collectable and mooning over old Dick Van Dyke musicals. When a shapely probe from an unknown mothership lands looking for signs of life, the stage is set for an adventure which will have at stake nothing less than the return of the human species to its home planet.
Review:
Shades of AI and ET hover in the background but this Pixar entertainment has enough novelty in its garbage drone idea and enough topicality to more than warrant its acknowledged success. The animation is now heart-stoppingly good, particularly in the takeoff from Earth sequence and the space ballet with the fire extinguisher. Daringly the humans have so far evolved into indolent blob people that one barely feels them worth saving (the classic final HAL-style confrontation of human and artificial intelligence leaves a few questions unanswered). In the end, though, this is kid's entertainment and if it makes them more aware of the consequences of their actions, so well and good.