Wall-E (DVD)

A review of the film only, Wall-E was produced in 2008 and released on region 2 DVD the same year. Seven hundred or so years from now, the planet is in a sorry state. Over-population and consumption of the Earth's resources mean that it is no longer habitable and has long since been abandoned. Amidst the dust and rubble of a famous American city, a lone, forgotten little figure scurries along the streets continuing his programming to collect trash. Wall-E (Waste Allocation Load Lifter Earth Class) has outlasted all the other robots assigned to this task, his only company is a small insect and his collection of 'treasure'. But for Wall-E, everything is about ...  Read the complete review

Welcome to our not-so-very-distant future. Earth has finally been overrun with our rubbish, and mankind has taken to the stars - a cruise, say the advertisements, a pleasure holiday, while back on Earth robots will clean up the mess in time for our return. Fast forward 700 years, and Earth's rubbish problem has yet to go away. Worse, the cleaning robots left behind have all succumbed to time - all bar one. Meet Wall-E: the last Waste Allocation Load Lifter (Earth-class) left on the planet. The film's opening scenes show us Wall-E's life, of collecting rubbish from the giant mounds, compressing it, and building sky-scraper-sized towers out of it. The ...  Read the complete review

"What should I get her for her birthday?" was the question that arose this past week when my daughter's seventh birthday approached. I suggested cinema vouchers, which her grown up half sister decided was a fabulous idea, but she never got around to getting the actual tickets. Instead, she opted to treat us all out to the film of said seven year old's choice, which was Wall-E. This was more than fine by us, as the advertisements showied an appealing Number Five like creation and we knew it was a product of Pixar, who so far had not steered us wrong. We looked forward to gorgeous CGI animation and a rollicking good story, so what did we get? ...  Read the complete review

We have had this DVD sitting in the 'to watch' pile now since Christmas so I decided to take advantage of having the TV to myself and sit and watch it. The film starts off by us meeting a robot who collects and condenses rubbish on planet Earth called Wall E. He is alone as all the other robots have rusted and stopped working. We can see that the Earth is absolutely covered in rubbish and there are no people living here now. Wall E has a friend is the form of a bug who keeps him company. Wall E spends his day looking for useful items which he takes back to his home and stores. One day when he was working as usual a space ship comes to Earth and ...  Read the complete review

Every so often a childrens movie comes along that I really want to see, 'Ice Age' was one, I'm desperate to see 'Up' but last night I finally got to watch 'Wall-E'. This was a film that some of my friends had talked about some time ago saying that it was fantastically funny - and I would certainly have to agree with them. Story The scene is set in the far distant future mankind has had to abandon earth because of the fact the whole surface is covered in rubbish meaning life is no longer sustainable on the plant. The villain of this particular part of the story is a company called 'Buy N Large', although this really could be a crack at any of the ...  Read the complete review