Those that know me, know I don’t often use superlatives seriously. I don’t have a favourite restaurant. I have a list of restaurants I like. I don’t have a favourite movie. I have a list of movies I like. So it is no small thing that I am making the following statements.
Wall-e is the best Pixar film that they have made. This is no small thing. The reason why Pixar is so amazing is not because their films look amazing- which they do. . . but because those images are connected to stellar stories and fully drawn characters.
Wall-e is the best film of the year. Ok. I know we’re only six months in, but I haven’t seen anything yet that has knocked my socks off. Have you? And whatever comes along in the next six months will have to do some serious tap dancing to be in the same league.
So yeah. I loved Wall-e. There are many, many reasons.
1. I love a good spork joke.
2. The statements it is saying about our over consumption and our lives being run by the bigger is better Wal-Martishy Corporations.
3. I’m a sucker for a love story.
4. Hello Dolly.
5. Proof that a story is not about clever, snappy dialogue.
6. Proof that a funny and sad sci-fi cartoon about humans destructive (and creative) urge and a love story between robots can work.
7. Hello Dolly.
8. Curious characters.
9. Good old fashioned Buster Keaton comedy.
10. Proof that cockroaches and Twinkies are indeed able to survive anything.
A.O. Scott’s NY Times review is fantastic and there are no spoilers.
