Pixar has always delivered trumps when it comes to quality animation. What sets them apart from other big time studios creating animated films is that they dare to be different. More importantly they understand that story plot will always win audiences more than simply casting Hollywood celebrities voicing animated characters. Admittedly Pixar are not impartial to using celebrity voices themselves but at the core of a Pixar film is the story and that's what captures our imagination.
With Wall-E, they have produced a full-length animated feature that goes to a new level. Why? Because for normal big budget animated features, the formula has always gone down the path of hiring celebrities to voice the characters but in Wall-E, dialogue is kept to a minimum. The emphasis is on the animation but more so on the sequence of events that shows the personality of an environmentally focused robot who's artificial intelligence has allowed it to evolve. The lack of dialogue may not be to everyone's tastes but if you allow yourself to be open to the film, Wall-E will capture your imagination.
Equally important is that I found myself caring for this little guy's plight and the fact that the film offers both laughter and tears shows to me the strength of the story and the ability for Pixar's gorgeous "eye candy" to be more than just something sweet but actually evoke emotions in the viewer. The only other animated films I can think of that go as deep into characters' souls is Hayao Miyazaki's but Pixar goes one step further by creating an inanimate object (in Wall-E) with a soul. The most poignant moments are when there is no speech and to take a term from an equally fantastic Pixar film of the past (The Incredibles), Wall-E shows you don't have to be "super" to be special.
With Wall-E, they have produced a full-length animated feature that goes to a new level. Why? Because for normal big budget animated features, the formula has always gone down the path of hiring celebrities to voice the characters but in Wall-E, dialogue is kept to a minimum. The emphasis is on the animation but more so on the sequence of events that shows the personality of an environmentally focused robot who's artificial intelligence has allowed it to evolve. The lack of dialogue may not be to everyone's tastes but if you allow yourself to be open to the film, Wall-E will capture your imagination.
Equally important is that I found myself caring for this little guy's plight and the fact that the film offers both laughter and tears shows to me the strength of the story and the ability for Pixar's gorgeous "eye candy" to be more than just something sweet but actually evoke emotions in the viewer. The only other animated films I can think of that go as deep into characters' souls is Hayao Miyazaki's but Pixar goes one step further by creating an inanimate object (in Wall-E) with a soul. The most poignant moments are when there is no speech and to take a term from an equally fantastic Pixar film of the past (The Incredibles), Wall-E shows you don't have to be "super" to be special.