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WALL·E (2008)
Best Pixar Movie yet, and coming dangerously close to perfect.
A robot who picks up garbage on a deserted Earth. Virtually zero dialogue. A message regarding pollution. A true recipe for disaster. But in a move surprising no-one, Pixar has made it work, and work it does. It's truly a brilliant movie, with virtually no issues to bog it down. The plot revolves around Wall-E, a dinky little robot which goes around picking up garbage, from which he salvages a few things. A rubics cube, a spork, a plant; all interesting things which Wall-E finds and keeps. He also watches an old copy of "Hello, Dolly" which he finds endlessly amusing, to the point that he reenacts a dance scene with a garbage can. But Wall-E wants someone to love. And thats the true plot that guides this movie. Wall-E falls in love with an apple-ish robot named Eve, and the movie chronicles their time together. I suppose you could go anywhere for informed opinion about how great this film is, but I wanted to go over some of the faults found, namely pacing. Do not let these comments throw you off. This film has virtually no repetitive moments at all, and Wall-E more than makes up for it with its titular main character, who invokes immediate sympathy and trust. Wall-E is so good because of the pain you feel for the little robot, and the fact you can identify with him. He's the everyman whose fallen for the supermodel, and when him and Eve get closer you really feel a connection. Well it's late, but I must urge you to see this movie. It carved itself a hole in the top ten movies of all time (top 5?) for me, and it's very nearly perfect. Hilarious and charming in good measure, Wall-E really is the best time you'll have at the movies all summer.
Shopgirl (2005)
How could anyone bear to watch this?
I simply do not understand how other people on this site could have given this score above, say, oh, a three. As a comedy, it fails; it isn't at all funny. As a drama, it fails; you are never given any reason to connect with the characters, and the so called twists (Steve martin sleeps with some random woman, Jeremy returns to town in a new suit) don't do anything to alleviate the mind crushing boredom. As a romance, it fails; the main characters are essentially shag partners, not really romancers. The acting was bearable, but it was just so BORING. Nothing happened throughout the whole movie, and other than that, nothing was explained. Why did Steve Martin take a like to the shopgirl? Indeed, why should we care? It was narrated towards the beginning of the film that this girl had value; which put me in the mindset of her getting a better job and putting her life back on track, not working at the EXACT same job, the only difference being her new sex buddy Steve Martin (who by the way, could easily be the girls father). The one liners are awful, and it is just so mind numbingly tedious. The people who claim that this is the best film they have ever seen are either clinically insane or have exceptionally poor taste. One of the people who reviewed this claimed that it was "a continuation of Steve Martins bitter humour," which it clearly wasn't, as there were no jokes. At least not funny ones. Steve Martin needs to loosen up and stop appearing in poor mens children comedies, and absolutely mind numbingly terrible romances. Add to it a non-ending and you've got yourself the worst movie of 2005. Edit: Saw a little of this a few weeks ago, (August 08) and it's still just as shite.