http://www.thestandard.com/node/109096/comments comments feed. en http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/07/03/wall-e-only-best-picture-contender-nerds <!--paging_filter--><p><img src="/sites/thestandard.com/files/u4993/wall-e_logo.jpg" alt="Wall-E logo image" align="left" border="0" vspace="10" width="150" hspace="10" />After seeing <i>Wall-E</i> yesterday, <a href="http://daringfireball.net/linked/2008/07/03/walle">John Gruber's take on Wall-E</a> justified my seemingly irrational love of the film. With a group of family, we had nine children and four adults. The children and I loved it. The other three adults didn't feel that Wall-E was one of Pixar's finest.</p> <p>Web sites are chock full of discussion about the &quot;Easter eggs&quot; in the movie. Did you notice the Leopard wallpaper behind Eve? Did you see the scurrying Apple Mice in the trash heap? Did you recognize the music from <i>2001: A Space Odyssey</i>?</p> <p>Pixar has created a movie with astounding animation (surpassing every movie they've done before, as usual). But beyond that, they've created a movie unlike any other animated feature before it. Departing from their usual buddy-movie themes, <i>Wall-E</i> is a social commentary that just happens to be animated. It also begins with almost 45 minutes of absolutely no dialogue, and an animated cockroach that apparently didn't receive the memo that almost all Disney characters, no matter their species, speak.</p> <p>The other adults, however, disagreed. The social commentary was too heavy. The lack of dialogue felt too slow. And they missed nearly every elbow nudge from the Pixar crew right down to the Apple boot FX that was heard every time Wall-E's charge was complete or he rebooted.</p> <p>Has a digital divide widened the gap between generations even more than assumed? The children recognized many of the in-jokes, even as young as four. And they also agreed it was a great movie. But is this an Oscar contender only for the young and the geeks?</p> <p><b>More news, commentary, and predictions from <i>The Industry Standard</i>:</b></p> <ul> <li>Prediction: <b><a href="http://thestandard.com/predictions/apple-opens-store-second-life">Apple opens a store in Second Life</a></b></li> <li>News: <b><a href="http://thestandard.com/news/2008/06/28/disney-shows-e3-titles-will-earn-it-some-gamer-cred">Disney shows off E3 titles that will earn it some gamer cred</a></b></li> <li>News: <b><a href="http://thestandard.com/news/2008/04/29/disney-enters-programmable-robot-market-its-own-kids-robot">Disney enters the programmable robot market with its own kids robot</a></b></li> </ul> http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/07/03/wall-e-only-best-picture-contender-nerds#comments co:Disney co:Pixar Lifestyle The Industry Standard Wall-E Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:29:07 -0700 Cyndy Aleo-Carreira 109096 at http://www.thestandard.com http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/07/03/wall-e-only-best-picture-contender-nerds <!--paging_filter--><p><img src="/sites/thestandard.com/files/u4993/wall-e_logo.jpg" alt="Wall-E logo image" align="left" border="0" vspace="10" width="150" hspace="10" />After seeing <i>Wall-E</i> yesterday, <a href="http://daringfireball.net/linked/2008/07/03/walle">John Gruber's take on Wall-E</a> justified my seemingly irrational love of the film. With a group of family, we had nine children and four adults. The children and I loved it. The other three adults didn't feel that Wall-E was one of Pixar's finest.</p> <p>Web sites are chock full of discussion about the &quot;Easter eggs&quot; in the movie. Did you notice the Leopard wallpaper behind Eve? Did you see the scurrying Apple Mice in the trash heap? Did you recognize the music from <i>2001: A Space Odyssey</i>?</p> <p>Pixar has created a movie with astounding animation (surpassing every movie they've done before, as usual). But beyond that, they've created a movie unlike any other animated feature before it. Departing from their usual buddy-movie themes, <i>Wall-E</i> is a social commentary that just happens to be animated. It also begins with almost 45 minutes of absolutely no dialogue, and an animated cockroach that apparently didn't receive the memo that almost all Disney characters, no matter their species, speak.</p> <p>The other adults, however, disagreed. The social commentary was too heavy. The lack of dialogue felt too slow. And they missed nearly every elbow nudge from the Pixar crew right down to the Apple boot FX that was heard every time Wall-E's charge was complete or he rebooted.</p> <p>Has a digital divide widened the gap between generations even more than assumed? The children recognized many of the in-jokes, even as young as four. And they also agreed it was a great movie. But is this an Oscar contender only for the young and the geeks?</p> <p><b>More news, commentary, and predictions from <i>The Industry Standard</i>:</b></p> <ul> <li>Prediction: <b><a href="http://thestandard.com/predictions/apple-opens-store-second-life">Apple opens a store in Second Life</a></b></li> <li>News: <b><a href="http://thestandard.com/news/2008/06/28/disney-shows-e3-titles-will-earn-it-some-gamer-cred">Disney shows off E3 titles that will earn it some gamer cred</a></b></li> <li>News: <b><a href="http://thestandard.com/news/2008/04/29/disney-enters-programmable-robot-market-its-own-kids-robot">Disney enters the programmable robot market with its own kids robot</a></b></li> </ul> http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/07/03/wall-e-only-best-picture-contender-nerds#comments co:Disney co:Pixar Lifestyle The Industry Standard Wall-E Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:29:07 -0700 Cyndy Aleo-Carreira 109096 at http://www.thestandard.com http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/07/03/wall-e-only-best-picture-contender-nerds <!--paging_filter--><p><img src="/sites/thestandard.com/files/u4993/wall-e_logo.jpg" alt="Wall-E logo image" align="left" border="0" vspace="10" width="150" hspace="10" />After seeing <i>Wall-E</i> yesterday, <a href="http://daringfireball.net/linked/2008/07/03/walle">John Gruber's take on Wall-E</a> justified my seemingly irrational love of the film. With a group of family, we had nine children and four adults. The children and I loved it. The other three adults didn't feel that Wall-E was one of Pixar's finest.</p> <p>Web sites are chock full of discussion about the &quot;Easter eggs&quot; in the movie. Did you notice the Leopard wallpaper behind Eve? Did you see the scurrying Apple Mice in the trash heap? Did you recognize the music from <i>2001: A Space Odyssey</i>?</p> <p>Pixar has created a movie with astounding animation (surpassing every movie they've done before, as usual). But beyond that, they've created a movie unlike any other animated feature before it. Departing from their usual buddy-movie themes, <i>Wall-E</i> is a social commentary that just happens to be animated. It also begins with almost 45 minutes of absolutely no dialogue, and an animated cockroach that apparently didn't receive the memo that almost all Disney characters, no matter their species, speak.</p> <p>The other adults, however, disagreed. The social commentary was too heavy. The lack of dialogue felt too slow. And they missed nearly every elbow nudge from the Pixar crew right down to the Apple boot FX that was heard every time Wall-E's charge was complete or he rebooted.</p> <p>Has a digital divide widened the gap between generations even more than assumed? The children recognized many of the in-jokes, even as young as four. And they also agreed it was a great movie. But is this an Oscar contender only for the young and the geeks?</p> <p><b>More news, commentary, and predictions from <i>The Industry Standard</i>:</b></p> <ul> <li>Prediction: <b><a href="http://thestandard.com/predictions/apple-opens-store-second-life">Apple opens a store in Second Life</a></b></li> <li>News: <b><a href="http://thestandard.com/news/2008/06/28/disney-shows-e3-titles-will-earn-it-some-gamer-cred">Disney shows off E3 titles that will earn it some gamer cred</a></b></li> <li>News: <b><a href="http://thestandard.com/news/2008/04/29/disney-enters-programmable-robot-market-its-own-kids-robot">Disney enters the programmable robot market with its own kids robot</a></b></li> </ul> http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/07/03/wall-e-only-best-picture-contender-nerds#comments co:Disney co:Pixar Lifestyle The Industry Standard Wall-E Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:29:07 -0700 Cyndy Aleo-Carreira 109096 at http://www.thestandard.com http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/07/03/wall-e-only-best-picture-contender-nerds <!--paging_filter--><p><img src="/sites/thestandard.com/files/u4993/wall-e_logo.jpg" alt="Wall-E logo image" align="left" border="0" vspace="10" width="150" hspace="10" />After seeing <i>Wall-E</i> yesterday, <a href="http://daringfireball.net/linked/2008/07/03/walle">John Gruber's take on Wall-E</a> justified my seemingly irrational love of the film. With a group of family, we had nine children and four adults. The children and I loved it. The other three adults didn't feel that Wall-E was one of Pixar's finest.</p> <p>Web sites are chock full of discussion about the &quot;Easter eggs&quot; in the movie. Did you notice the Leopard wallpaper behind Eve? Did you see the scurrying Apple Mice in the trash heap? Did you recognize the music from <i>2001: A Space Odyssey</i>?</p> <p>Pixar has created a movie with astounding animation (surpassing every movie they've done before, as usual). But beyond that, they've created a movie unlike any other animated feature before it. Departing from their usual buddy-movie themes, <i>Wall-E</i> is a social commentary that just happens to be animated. It also begins with almost 45 minutes of absolutely no dialogue, and an animated cockroach that apparently didn't receive the memo that almost all Disney characters, no matter their species, speak.</p> <p>The other adults, however, disagreed. The social commentary was too heavy. The lack of dialogue felt too slow. And they missed nearly every elbow nudge from the Pixar crew right down to the Apple boot FX that was heard every time Wall-E's charge was complete or he rebooted.</p> <p>Has a digital divide widened the gap between generations even more than assumed? The children recognized many of the in-jokes, even as young as four. And they also agreed it was a great movie. But is this an Oscar contender only for the young and the geeks?</p> <p><b>More news, commentary, and predictions from <i>The Industry Standard</i>:</b></p> <ul> <li>Prediction: <b><a href="http://thestandard.com/predictions/apple-opens-store-second-life">Apple opens a store in Second Life</a></b></li> <li>News: <b><a href="http://thestandard.com/news/2008/06/28/disney-shows-e3-titles-will-earn-it-some-gamer-cred">Disney shows off E3 titles that will earn it some gamer cred</a></b></li> <li>News: <b><a href="http://thestandard.com/news/2008/04/29/disney-enters-programmable-robot-market-its-own-kids-robot">Disney enters the programmable robot market with its own kids robot</a></b></li> </ul> http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/07/03/wall-e-only-best-picture-contender-nerds#comments co:Disney co:Pixar Lifestyle The Industry Standard Wall-E Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:29:07 -0700 Cyndy Aleo-Carreira 109096 at http://www.thestandard.com