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WALL-E (2 Disc Special Edition) [DVD] [2008]
enlarge	Director: Andrew Stanton Actors: Ben Burtt, Elissa Knight, Fred Willard, John Ratzenberger, Jeff Garlin Studio: Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainm Category: DVD List Price: ~~£20.99~~ Buy New: £6.99 as of 22/11/2009 22:31 GMT details You Save: £14.00 (67%) New (28) Used (10) Collectible (1) from £6.48 Seller: direct_offers_uk Rating: 109 reviews Sales Rank: 84 Format: PAL Rating: Universal, suitable for all Region: 2 Number Of Discs: 2 Running Time: 95 Minutes Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4 Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.5 x 0.6 EAN: 8717418194123 ASIN: B001DR9TNS Release Date: November 24, 2008 Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days


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Editorial Reviews: 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. --iTami Horiuchi/i, Amazon.com

Customer Reviews: Showing reviews 1-5 of 109 1 2 3 4 5 6 ...22 Next » WALL-E February 16, 2009 R. Collier (London, England) 12 out of 13 found this review helpful A beautifully envisioned, beautifully made film, I can honestly say WALL-E is one of those films that warms your heart everytime you watch it. I remember sitting in the cinema the night I first saw it and smiling, non-stop, for the entire performance. br / br /The details within the story are subtle and brilliant, and the way in which the essentially technological objects are transformed into fascinating characters with a phenomenal amount of depth and emotion is astounding. The use of music is also very clever, and complements the impressive sound design perfectly helping create a film that is both visually and aurally stunning. br / br /The extras are also well worth your time, if purely for the fantastic brand-new short BURN-E that fills in an interesting plot-point from the feature film, and gives a lovely bit of back-story that helps establish the beginnings of an entire WALL-E mythology. A truely lovely touch. The second disc also has plenty of fascinating features in which to endulge. br / br /It's safe to say that WALL-E had a lot to live up to, not just in terms of how it would stand within the Pixar cohort, but also in my mind. The trailer made me fall in love, and the film was truly one of those films that managed to excel on all accounts. I really couldn't recommend this innovative, resonant, emotional film any more highly. Quite simply, it's perfect! August 23, 2008 D. Jackson (UK) 77 out of 92 found this review helpful br /WALL.E, while being loved by all the critics, probably won't be as popular with 'everyone', because it's so different from anything Pixar have done before: i.e. for a good 40 minutes of the film, there is almost absolutely no dialogue: therefore some of the younger viewers are likely to loose some interest. It plays out kind of like an extended version of one of Pixar's short films. br / br /WALL.E is basically an adorable little rusty cube. He's been sent down to Earth to clear up all the mess that the humans made- before they left the planet and started a perfect life up with the stars, in a gigantic spaceship. Eventually he meets Eve- a smooth, white, hovering probe with a short temper. An amazing outer-space adventure kicks in after WALL.E discovers life on Earth. br / br /It could be said that WALL.E is totally unpredictable, because sometimes you're never really sure what direction in which the plot is headed. There's not really a voice cast I can comment on, but all the characters -and the few lines of dialogue- are brilliantly believable. In my opinion, it's genius how Pixar have created such emotion between characters through simple eye movements and how fast the characters move. br / br /I'd say that this is probably Pixar's best film; Ratatouille I thought could not be bettered- but clearly I was wrong. WALL.E is able to make even the most stone-hearted audience members laugh and cry in equal measure. It's a classic, obviously. Everything about it touches on greatness: the characters, the landscapes, the quality of animation, the ideas, the imagination... the list is endless. br / br /It's a little film with a big message. br / br /There's a feeling you get at the end of this film, a buzz, a tingling sensation from head to toe: it's called joy. br / WALLE October 2, 2008 C. MacLellan (Glasgow, Scotland) 30 out of 39 found this review helpful Since they crashed onto the scene in 1995 with their debut feature film Toy Story, Pixar have changed the face of cinema and animation forever. No longer is animation seen as a lesser art form, with Pixar becoming both commercial and artistic masters. Their films have been major box office successes, with their eight films to date taking over $4.3 billion at the box office, and critical triumphs, garnering an average of 94% on Rotten Tomatoes. After a slight bump in the road (no pun intended) with Cars in 2006, they got back on track with Ratatouille last year. Not one to rest on their laurels though, here comes Pixar's latest and bravest offering - WALLE. br / br /It's been 700 years since the last humans left the rubbish laden planet Earth and only one 'person' remains - Waste Allocation Load Lifter Earth-class, or WALLE to his friends. It's his job to tidy up the planet for the 'imminent' return of the human race. One day though, he is joined by the highly efficient, but highly dangerous, Extra-terrestrial Vegetation Evaluator, or EVE, who takes him on an adventure he, and the human race, will never forget. br / br /WALLE is taking big risks and pushing the boundaries, not just of childrens' cinema, but of cinema full stop. How do you to keep an audience engaged with a film when there is no dialogue for the first 40 minutes? Andrew Stanton, the man responsible for Finding Nemo, and his team have done this by creating in WALLE a funny and charming character, with a bigger range of emotions than some of the actors currently seen on screen. WALLE draws the audience in with both his big eyes - based on those of Lenny the binoculars from Toy Story - and beeps, which comes courtesy of Ben Burtt, the man responsible for breathing life into R2D2. These convey a huge range of emotions, from the fascination of finding a new piece of 'junk', to the fear of an approaching storm, to the loneliness he feels each day when he returns to his dock. br / br /But there's nothing pretentious about WALLE - he's just Joe Average. He works 9-5 and hates the alarm going off in the morning, but there's nothing he likes more than to kick off his tracks and watch a film (an old VHS copy of Hello Dolly!) after a long day at work. What makes WALLE most endearing though is the amazement and intrigue with which he treats the littlest things, such as his first encounter with a fire extinguisher, and seeing his collection of 'junk' back in his dock, where he frets over whether a spork should go in the spoon or fork section of his collection. br / br /Detail on both the small and big scale has always been important to Pixar and this quality is maintained in WALLE. The large backdrop to the early part of the film is stunning. The influence of cinematographer Roger Deakins is clear to see on planet Earth, which has been turned into a dry, barren dustbowl. This is paired alongside the crisp, bright, sleek space-ship which humans now call home. This juxtaposition continues though to the design of WALLE, a bruised and battered mini-transformer, forced to repair himself with the parts of his fallen comrades, and EVE, a robot which Apple would be more than happy to call one of their own. br / br /Despite how their films look though, story telling is still at the heart of what Pixar do, and WALLE is no different. Stanton and fellow script writer Jim Reardon's have a lot to say about consumerism, ecological conservation, love and the difference between being alive and living, with tips of the cap to sci-fi classics including 2001: A Space Odyssey, Aliens and Silent Running, making it at times a dark and thought-provoking film. But this is never at the expense of entertainment, with the film full of sharp wit that'll keep both adults and kids entertained and, at its core, a heart warming relationship between the two star-gazing lovers. br / br /Once WALLE has taken off into space with his new companion, the film does shift gear slightly, when he encounters a space-ship full of rolly polly humans who are now completely reliant on technology for their every need. Although not as stunning as the earlier parts of the film, this part is key to the essence of the film. There are constant claims that technology, be it clunky WALLE or sleek EVE, is bringing people closer together. But the humans which WALLE encounters in space have become so overly reliant on technology that there are now emotionally detached from each other. Ironically though, it does take a robot to remind humans that being alive is not the same as living. br / br /So, the Pixar Express (predictably) rolls on with a piece of cinematic genius that is both beautiful to look at and a complete joy to watch, with WALL*E bound to become one of the greatest achievements in film history. PURE artistry January 24, 2009 R. Wood 6 out of 7 found this review helpful Having seen such unequalled masterpieces like Toy Story, Toy Story 2, Monsters Inc., Finding Nemo and The Incredibles, I rather naively believed that I'd seen it all. That there was nothing else that Pixar could deliver. br / br /Going to the pictures to see WALL-E made me realise that I HADN'T seen it all, and most likely never ever will. Pixar takes everything to a whole new level here. The CGI, the storytelling, the presentation goes BEYOND all their previous works. It's totally unlike anything they've ever done before, and the result is a true work of art that shouldn`t be dismissed. br / br /The setting is future Earth. It's now a polluted, rubbish-tip of a wasteland that the human race has abandoned. The only life-form left is a remarkable, reliable little waste-disposal robot labelled WALL-E. He's the very last of a failed clean-up operation and has been on his own for 700 years. He's still going after all that time, though, and has developed a personality and a great curiosity for all things human. But he's also very lonely. br / br /That all changes when a sleek-search robot codenamed EVE comes to Earth to carry out her `classified' objective. Soon, WALL-E's desire for companionship turns into a true outer space adventure that will uncover so much about the Earth and the human race. br / br /Now, if it's Pixar, the CGI goes without question. You can always count on it to be faultlessly beautiful. However, the animators have TRULY surpassed themselves with WALL-E. Things like the polluted landscapes, dust, rubbish, rust/decay, the way robotics work, the sun's rays, the beauty of the cosmos etc is just absolutely astounding. When I was watching the film, it was all animated/presented in a way that was just so realistic and life-like. Even things like the camera shots/focus were expertly pulled off. br / br /And if that wasn't impressive enough, WALL-E turned out to be a film that incorporated live-action sequences as well, featuring actual actors in front of the camera. The way it blends with the CGI is just so seamless and adds another dimension to the rich storytelling. NOTHING feels out of place here. br / br /But the reason why Pixar are the undisputed masters of this sort of thing is not just because of the imagery. The plots that they write to go with the animation are equally renowned. There is just so much to WALL-E's story. It incorporates so many different aspects of storytelling in such creative, intricate fashion. For instance, the first half-hour is virtually the equivalent of a silent-movie. There's no dialogue whatsoever in this part of the film, which relies on actions, expressions and the setting to tell the tale. And it works fabulously, making the movie so captivating. It reels you in and doesn't let go, proving that actions speak louder than words. br / br /As things progress, the viewer becomes exposed to such a wonderful cast of human and robot characters, so much philosophy and a perfect representation of the best and worst aspects of humanity. Not only that, but there's also some absolutely brilliant humour throughout, which is typical of Pixar films. It evokes so many emotions and makes you realise that there is hope at the end. Plus there are some absolutely brilliant homages to br /classic sci-fi films, such as 2001: Space Odyssey. br / br /WALL-E himself is such a wonderful character, deserving of enormous sympathy. He's also an unlikely hero that's impossible NOT to love and root on for. EVE is a polar opposite but just as easy to fall in love with. Both are treated with such great development and how they both convey their emotions is wonderfully executed. It's a love story that is just so plausibly conceived and executed, which is testament to the film's artistry. br / br /And finally, the end credits. This normally wouldn't mean anything to anyone, but these really do deserve just as much praise. When they roll, it perfectly symbolises the evolution of mankind through the telling of wonderfully animated cave-drawings, Egyptian markings, and paintings in the style of Monet and Van Gogh. It adds even more power to the film's ending. Also, Peter Gabriel's "Down to Earth" is a fantastic closing song and there's a brilliant recap done in the style of retro computer graphics e.g. old school Nintendo. It all rounds off something that can be called a perfect film. br / br /As for the DVD package, it's a two-disc set that folds out and has a beautifully embedded foil cover. There are some outstanding special-features as well that fills the set up quite nicely. There's an audio commentary with director Andrew Stanton, a look at the Sound Design, trailers, the in-depth documentary "The Pixar Story", some great deleted scenes, live-action "BnL" shorts, "Making Of" featurettes, a "Lots of Bots" storybook (which is good for kids), a "Bot Files" database (profiling the characters in the film) and WALL-E's Treasures and Trinkets, a collection of hilarious mini-films. br / br /All these extras are fantastic, but really, the ones that you SHOULD check out more than any other are the animated shorts. Starting with Presto, this is the theatrical short that accompanied WALL-E in the cinemas. The premise is a magician trying to pull the classic "rabbit-out-of-the-hat", only the rabbit won't cooperate until he's had his carrot. And BURN-E is the all new animated short that tells the tale of a repair-bot cursed with bad-luck, who was just trying to do his job throughout the course of the film. Both these shorts are absolutely hilarious and are five-minutes of utter perfection. br / br /WALL-E is one of those things that's easily on a par with Toy Story, Finding Nemo, The Incredibles and the rest of Pixar's masterpieces. It is simply a phenomenal film that will appeal to kids, adults and all animation lovers. Do not hesitate to own it. Pixar Animations is Disney's best January 30, 2009 Collector (Vienna, Austria) 4 out of 5 found this review helpful Again, Pixar moves on to breaking new barriers in 3D animation movies. Not only that Wall-E manages to tell a touching and absorbing story without spoken dialogues (at least throughout the majority of the film), the photo-realism of most of the pictures is incredible, without trying to reprduce reality shots, but offering visions of what might be in not too distant future and of course allowing the leading characters with their minimal physical features to gain tremendous expressiveness. br /The special collectors edition not only contains "Presto" one of the very best ever short films by Pixar that was run as supporting film in the cinemas, but also a complementary short film "Burn-E" that shows the travails of a small maintenance robot in a plot that takes place simultaneously to Wall-E's adventures who consequently appears in the distance from an unseen angle. br /"The Pixar Story", an hour long documentation on Disc 2 recounts the companies history from Toy Story until now is essential to watch for fans of (computer) animated films and lets pioneer John Lasseter get some of the credits he deserves so much. 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