| WALL-E [Blu-ray] [2008] | ![WALL-E [Blu-ray] [2008]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51L9Ojo8jPL._SL160_.jpg)
 enlarge | Director: Andrew Stanton
Actors: Ben Burtt, Elissa Knight, Fred Willard, John Ratzenberger, Jeff Garlin
Studio: Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainm
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:   (18 reviews)
Sales Rank: 68
Format: Pal
Rating: Universal, suitable for all
Media: Blu-ray
Running Time: 95 minutes
Number Of Items: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 6.6 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 8717418178147
ASIN: B001DR9TNI
Release Date: November 24, 2008
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Amazon.co.uk Review
Pixar genius reigns in this funny romantic comedy, which stars a robot who says absolutely nothing for a full 25 minutes yet somehow completely transfixes and endears himself to the audience within the first few minutes of the film. As the last robot left on earth, Wall-E (voiced by Ben Burtt) is one small robot--with a big, big heart--who holds the future of Earth and mankind squarely in the palm of his metal hand. He's outlasted all the "Waste Allocation Load Lifter Earth-Class" robots that were assigned some 700 years ago to clean up the environmental mess that man made of earth while man vacationed aboard the luxury spaceship Axiom. Wall-E has dutifully gone about his job compacting trash, the extreme solitude broken only by his pet cockroach, but he's developed some oddly human habits and ideas. When the Axiom sends its regularly scheduled robotic EVE probe (Elissa Knight) to earth, Wall-E is instantly smitten and proceeds to try to impress EVE with his collection of human memorabilia. EVE's directive compels her to bring Wall-E's newly collected plant sprout to the captain of the Axiom and Wall-E follows in hot pursuit. Suddenly, the human world is turned upside down and the Captain (Jeff Garlin) joins forces with Wall-E and a cast of other misfit robots to lead the now lethargic people back home to earth. Wall-E is a great family film with the most impressive aspect being the depth of emotion conveyed by a simple robot--a machine typically considered devoid of emotion, but made so absolutely touching by the magic of Pixar animation. Also well-worth admiring are the sweeping views from space, the creative yet disturbing vision of what strange luxuries a future space vacation might offer, and the innovative use of trash in a future cityscape. Underneath the slapstick comedy and touching love story is a poignant message about the folly of human greed and its potential effects on earth and the entire human race. --Tami Horiuchi, Amazon.com
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 Best pixar film since toy story 2, maybe better. January 5, 2009
Pixar have created a perfect balance of great comedic timiming and animation with a great with a lot of heart. The sound and picture are incredible on blu ray and my coach shook when i watched it. This is definatly up there with the toy story films for entertainment and great charecters who you really care about. The two animated short films are also very good and i chuckled my way through both of them.
A Blu Ray must own December 29, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Wall.E is by far one of the best Blu Ray feature films out right now and is a great treat for the eyes. As a huge pixar fan myself, I must say this is possibly one of the best pixar films.
The story is simple yet combines both art with entertainment, in a style which harps back the days of silent film. It pushes the boundries of its own genre to a new limit with great sucess in, perhaps the coolest movie robot ever.
The animation is beautifally captured in 1080p/AVC MPEG-4 video at 2.35:1. From owning Ratatouille I knew pixar would make another excellent HD movie and they have.
Extras are a bundle load on this two disc set all mostly shot in HD it includes more pixar short films, BD live and mini games.
For around 16 its worth buying with no plans to release a pixar blu ray box set for a long time.
Beautiful December 28, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I hadn't seen this in the cinema and wasn't really sure to expect. I thoroughly enjoyed every minute of it! The picture looks simply beautiful. The extras are quite nice too. A great Blu-ray.
 Poor Story Line December 25, 2008
0 out of 8 found this review helpful
I was really disappointed with this movie. It had a very feeble story line and was quite boring towards the end. There is only so much you can take of this robot crushing a pile of scrap. I bet it must excite the environmentalists though. The only reason I gave it three stars is that the bonus movie is really brilliant (unless it was the boredom of Wall-E kicking in!). Excellent graphics, great sound, non-existant plot.
 Starts OK. gets steadily worse December 15, 2008
0 out of 26 found this review helpful
If you are a planet hugger and enjoy what is essentially a covert social propaganda film pretending to be entertainment, then this is for you.
I suggest that it is just another Establishment medium trying to lay a subconscious guilt trip on us all so the 'gummint' can condition us for more taxes to clean up the mess that we all supposedly make. We seem to be getting more and more of these politically correct movies.
The quality of animation is quite good at the start. It even has humorous bits. Then it is all downhill. Our family, both kids and adults, were thoroughly bored by the end. Disappointing!
Sorry, not one of Pixar's or Disney's best.
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