I might start by saying that, unlike most movie-goers, I'm not a great fan of the film "Wall-E" at all. But at the same time, I always love a me a decent animation movie and there's some from Pixar that I genuinely enjoy, such as the Toy Story films or the first 15 minutes from "Up". So "Burn-E" shall have his fair chance. And as expected, I was not too wowed by this 8-minute short-film. The animation is good as in every Pixar film, but the story was so messy that it was occasionally even hard to see what exactly was going on. Maybe it was primarily directed at very young children who don't really need a plot to enjoy a movie if the animation is decent and the scenes are funny enough. Not that they actually were. "Wall-E" lovers will probably like it more than myself and enjoy the central character, who looks much more futuristic than Wall-E, all the gimmicks included and cameos from Wall-E, Eve and the obese humans. Admittedly the end sequence including "Freude schöner Götterfunken" made it up for me a bit. It's such a great composition.
The film is voiced, written and directed by Angus McLane, who will soon have his first feature film out, a TV movie sequel to the Toy Story franchise. Hopefully, it won't be as underwhelming as this one.
The film is voiced, written and directed by Angus McLane, who will soon have his first feature film out, a TV movie sequel to the Toy Story franchise. Hopefully, it won't be as underwhelming as this one.