Blu-ray Review HTF BLU-RAY REVIEW: WALL-E (1 Viewer)

[Southpaw]

Actually Carlos would need the Panny 55 in order to use multichannel analogs on his receiver.

 

[Adam Gregorich]

Good catch! Thanks Jason. The 35 has 2ch analog out, the 55 has 7.1 analog out.

 

[Neil Joseph]

Watched it twice already. I agree with the score of 5 all around. great story and my favourite film of 2008 also.

 

[CarlosL]

Hey guys!

Thanks for the help! It's good to know that at least I can listen to WALL-E in stereo for the time being...I guess it's time to upgrade the ol' receiver into the 21st century.

 

[Brent Hutto]

The TV advertisements are billing Wall-E as being "From the Studio That Brought You Finding Nemo and Cars..."

Are they kidding me? Cars? I guess the ad-writers think Brad Bird is chopped liver and The Incredibles isn't worth mentioning. I think Wall-E is Pixar's best work to date and find mentioning it in the same breath with Cars to be a joke.

 

[Ensign Eddie]

At least the ad is factually accurate.

I love Cars. However, I understand why it's not everyone's favorite.

 

[TravisR]

Cars was a massive hit. The merchandising has generated more than $1 billion so it's very popular with little kids.

 

[Ensign Eddie]

Big kids, too!

 

[TravisR]

^ I love Cars so you can count me as one of those big kids too.

 

[Edwin-S]

Personally, I like CARS better than WALL-E. CARS is totally underrated. WALL-E was pretty good too, especially the first half. I'll be getting a copy when the price comes down to something reasonable.

 

[Mike Frezon]

Well, if it was up to me, I'd advertise it as being "From the studio that brought you Toy Story & Toy Story 2..." (see sig pic...)

But, that's me...and that's why they still make both chocolate and vanilla.

 

[Aaron Silverman]

If I hadn't already mentioned it in 27 different threads, I'd pop in and say that Cars is a CRIMINALLY underrated movie.

Bear in mind also that a lot of young kids who are interested in Wall-E probably haven't seen The Incredibles, which came out four years ago and was aimed at an older age group to begin with (or, more accurately, wasn't aimed at a young age group -- remember, it was rated PG and featured some heavy material).

Incidentally, as the father of a 3-year-old who would have the movie on infinite loop 24/7 if I let him, I will say that those of you without children probably have no idea of the amount of tie-in merchandising they've done with Cars. You know that TV commercial that shows a room where EVERYTHING has a Pittsburgh Steelers logo on it? That's NOTHIN'!

 

[Stephen_J_H]

I take it your 3-year-old is already clamoring for the Screaming Banshee toy?


I agree that Cars is criminally underrated. It improves with repeat viewing like another underrated Pixar effort: A Bug's Life.

 

[Brian L]

I hear you.

I have been buying the Hot Wheels sized Cars diecasts since before the movie came out. Damn hard to find certain cars. I have had to resort to e-bay and other web merchants and paid obscene prices to get certain vehicles. And some of those hard to get cars become easy to find, yet others dissapear altogether.

Damn you PIXAR! Damn you John Lasseter! ;-)

Brian

 

[Chuck Mayer]

That merch is a BIG reason why Cars 2 is getting made in the next 3 years.

The merchandise alone from Cars 2 will fund every decently performing wild idea Pixar has for the next half decade. And I love Cars as well. It ain't their best, but it's still great.

 

[Southpaw]

Yup, I agree with the past few comments regarding Cars. Very underrated Pixar film that gets put down for reasons I just don't get. I've certainly grown to love it over multiple viewings. So many little hidden gems sprinkled throughout.

Getting back to the Wall*E disc, what does everyone think about next year's offering, "Up"? (Short trailer on the disc) Intriguing is about all I can say about it as I really have no idea what it's about. But I think that's the idea...

 

[Southpaw]

Double post

 

[Southpaw]

If you are a fan of Wall*E, you have got to listen to Andrew Stanton's Cinexplore commentary. It's full of interesting tidbits and is very, very informative.

 

[Ron-P]

Watched this on Blu, the disc is fantastic, great A/V but sadly a very below average film. Quite boring actually, I had trouble staying awake. Pixar films just keep getting worse and worse with each passing one. There was just nothing exciting, emotionally engaging or funny. I should have stuck to my guns and not bothered with this. No more Pixar films for me until Toy Story 3.

 

[nyrB]

Why is it that almost *nowhere* is there any information that BD Live isn't available on the blu-ray discs sold in Canada? The only way I found out was by actually going to the store today and looking at the package. Even amazon.ca shows a package with a "BD Live" logo. And what's up with Disney not allowing Canadians access to BD Live anyhow? If you can get BD Live on Casino Royale and Iron Man in Canada, why can't you get it on Disney discs like Sleeping Beauty and Wall-E?