Dubbed "the most defining film of our time"....

No. I refuse to believe that an animated film, let alone a Disney film can be the most defining film of our time, and if it was, the film industry is in a sad sate indeed.

Wall-E however was a fantastic film. So good in fact that i feel Disney Pixar films have redeemed themselves after the atrociousness of Cars and Ratatouile or whatever it was, and the slight inadequacy of Incredibles. Yes if Disney Pixar films were M.Night Shamyalaskajskaslan Cars would have been the equivalent of the Happening.

But Wall-E has possibly rivales my appreciation of Finding nemo and Toy Story. Firstly it is a mainstream Pixar film which is essentially a Sci-Fi so first impressions are of course good.

The film opens with some quite breathtaking scenes of a kind of Post-apocalyptic world, showing a city with sky-scrapers, but they are not all buildings. Some are piles of rubbish. I likes that imagery. And who has staked all of those. well the suriving member of the Wall-E design of robot of course. And secure in my mascilinty, i am proud to say, even though made up of pixels, and he had no face, he was cute wasn't he. Lets all give a big AWWWWWWW for poor old lonely Wall-E. Whose curiosity and inquistiveness when it came to picking up random objects from the heaps of litter was both "adorable" and amusing. In fact the first 10 minutes or so, before the girly robot turned up were probably, especially visually, some of the best in the movie.

It also provided a good social commentary on what the world could turn out like, if we don't stop being so wasteful and polluting (he says while using a computer which uses electricty which produces CO2 emmissions, but not my fault i was more than happy to continue my film diary on paper, but anyway lol).
I thought the way the film used live action, real people in the screens was quite cool also.

Yeah so the girly robot turned up and the "love story" began. And although i went in sceptical, i guess it was just about an effective "CGI-Robot-Sci-Fi-Rom-Com".
What I really liked about the film was that there were loads of kids in the audience, and there were hardly any moments where they all erupted in an annoying laughter. Basically this was not a kids film. (In fact the most child appealing bit was the mini film before it, which was actually quite funny).

Yes so Wall-E follows her about a bit, like a typical teenage boy who is naivly in love with a better looking and more sophisticated model than him (they are robots remember) and basically stalks her). And then they get a bit friendly. But not just friends. The kind of friends that if they were at a party together and they had both consumed a tad more alchol then they should have, their inibitions would be lowered enough for them both to get up to some "monkey business". So yeah they're progressing along the romantic storyline all nicely, and then, to flatter a girl - he gives her a plant. A plant growing out of a boot. No wonder she shuts down on him. I mean he lives in a glorified shed, and gives her a plant. Anyway so he gets struck by some lightening, and gets all up set by this.

(oh and i forgot, who got really worried when they though Wall-E ran over his little bug friend lol).

Until one day (an unspecified amount of time later), the ship comes back. And Wall-E runs all the way back to EVE.... awwww. And hangs on the side of the ship through a long journey in space, which you have to wonder, was this added in the plot as an oppurtunity for PIXAR to demonstrate their really good CGI skills.

Now one of the best bits of the movie for me was when they get on the ship with all the "humans". I think this film provided a great bit of social commentary here, how everyone was Rick Waller size and plugged in to technology. Especially the bit where two men were floating in their chairs and talking to each other through the computer, but they were right next to each other. And how when Wall-E knocks off two of them, a man and a woman, they start to see life for what it really is. Which suggests that we should all abandon the technology to experience real life. Much like that new really "deep" Persil advert with the robot in the rain that only becomes human once he has experience a bit of real life, in the form of dirt - but its ok because persil will wash it out.

Another good bit is when we see all the people floating in their chairs entering the "economy". You have to see the film , but once again a great piece of social commentary.
We are introduced to the computer that controls the whole place, which of course is a rip off of the computer from 2001 a Space odyssey, which is a nice little bit of intertextuality, once again another aspect of the film aimed at the older audiences.

(groans) i'm tired. So i can't be bothered to continue right now. So ill finish soon lol.
The captain becomes a hero and gets off his fat ass. He realises that just like the plant in the boot the Earth just needs people to take care of it. Maybe a reference to the Christian idea of Stewardship there lol. Errr, yeah Wall-E nearly dies, but of course there was no suspense because, after all this was a disney pixar film so no one can actually be seen to die (ok maybe there was a little bit of suspense and worry for poor old Wall-E).

They get back to Earth, a fat captain beats the evil computer. And Eve fixes Wall-E.
But wait. Wall-E after his mass reffitting seems to have some kind of amnesia. Oh no. Will a disney film have an unhappy ending that may shatter the hopes and dreams of all those children watching. Surely not. And of course it didn't. He remembered her thanks to a Anaphoric reference to some scenes earlier in the film and they finally got to hold hands ahhhh. Nahh but I was happy for them really.

However quite possibly the best thing about this cinematic experience was my first viewing of the first HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 3 TRAILER WHOO, Mr Dutaut will hate me for that lol.

But no in all seriousness a fantastic, enjoyable, funny and suprisingly (you know them being robots made of CGI, and there be not much dialoue, a very emotional film), and i'm sad that it ended.

However a message to you, Disney Pixar: I DO NOT WANT TO SEE WALL-E 2, BEING ON THE LIST OF MY FRIEND DANIELS BLOG POST ENTITLED "SEQUELS THAT SHOULD'NT HAVE BEEN MADE, BUT WERE". YES YOU DID GOOD, BUT DO NOT CASH IN A SEQUEL.

Right there i told you.
Now only a few days to BATMAN THE DARK KNIGHT. can't wait. Shame Heath ledger didn't turn up at the world premire and say it was a PR stunt like we were all secrety hoping though.

Anyway back to Wall-E, i give it a 8/10 - which is the highest rating i will give a film that doesn't actually ahve real people in it. I'm gald Disney Pixar films have been redemmed.

My Two favourite films of the year so far.....

...based on cinematic merit and not laugh out loud entertainment.

1. Cloverfield - Abrams ingenuisly marketed monster movie, using unknowns and handheld camera to enhance the audience's experience. Special effects used beuatifully and not just chucked in anywhere like Michael Bay would have done.

And although he didn't suceed in creating a new Godzilla for America, it was a pretty cool monster:

A SIDENOTE - Something quite special - while writing this i just caught my first televised trailer for Batman - The Dark Knight........ Hetah Ledger RIP.

2. No country for old men. Yes the chavs in the audience did moan with boredom, thinking that they would see a action packed film. Instead they had to wait and look forward to every time Javier Badem shot his pump, gun thing - still not sure what that is. But what a great movie. Nothing more to say really. And those of you that did not like the ending. Shame on you, you obviously did not follow the film that well. So for those of you that didn't like/get it is for you to watch again!

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Possibly the most entertaining Film i have watched all year!

Before saturday the 12th july I would have said that in terms of pure emotion in this case (laughter) the happening was the most entertaining film to be released this year, followed closely by Forgetting Sarah Marshall.

And bear in mind Forgetting Sarah Marshall was hilarious with Russel brand playing himself. And The Happening, well once again i refer you to my good friend Dan's blog. Enough Said.

But now i have seen MAMMA MIA! I want to go again, how can i resist it! (see what i did there).

Firstly it is quite important i feel to mention that, you should not see this film at the Cinema if you have an "old person Fobia". i don't know if there is such a thing, but just a warning, most of the audience have been receiving the benefits of a pension for atleast 10 years.
One may assume that this made the cinema experience, well a little mundane and a little drole. But oh no, those folks were cheering, laughing, clapping and singing to the songs. Ironically the best cinema audience i've ever been with. In fact a search goes on for one member of that audience that some of you will know about (and no that person does not receive a pension).


Now admittedly the first 5-10 mins were a bit grimmacing, with the too girly for me song - which starts with "I had a dream", by the girl that looks like the student that dated Ross in Season 6 of Friends (the one that had Bruce Willis as the Dad). Anyway.
Then we were introduced to her dodgey insignificant to the plot and anyone watching. And for some perculiar reason one of them was Scottish. And then in a powerpoint like fashion the main titles come up, but never fear after this short time you will love it. However you do have to contend with the firends guest star, and her scottish friend and co, seemingly getting excited, by reading her mum's sex exploits from a diary, of course to their own muscial stylings of Abba song Honey honey.

Meryl Streep is obviously frustrated with being on her own from teh moment we see her, worn out, singing about how she wants money money money. Oh and i can't remember all the songs, but the one where donna starts singing it - i think Dancing Queen, mayble and everyone follows her and 100s of menapausal women running down cobbled streets (thats where julie walters sprained her ankle or something) is funny.

However the defining moment in the film for me is when the three potential dads join the story. James Bond (pierce Brosnan), "the err bumbling British fool" (Colin Firth) and some other guy.
This is where the manliness starts in this film to the extent that you don't have to worry about being acused of being gay anymore, well not really cos Colin Firth turns out to be gay, and pierce Brosnan singing - well its rare that something is so funny that two strangers can talk about it across the aisle in teh cinema screen, as i and the girl opposite to me (actually someone our age lol!). It was hilirarious.

Errrrr well its was funny i can't remember much of it actually lol but i assure it was fantastic. The funniest bit though had to be Julie Waters rendition of "take a chance on me". (which she improvised most of this scene). So funny. The whole audience woke from their comas and came alive in a unison of laughter.

And make sure you all stay at the end of the film, for renditions of dancing queen and Warterloo, where you can grimace at james bond and colin in Abba style spandex tracksuit things lol.

Ok no comparison to Dans' review of the happening i know but im doing this damn yearbook, i'm tired and i did actually enjoy the film lol.

Simon, the search for the Mamma Mia girl continues lol.

And on a scale of gear grinding,
Mamma Mia, my friends, did not really grind my gears.
However the insignificant Scottish friend and the dodgey use of zooms, with sound effects at one point, did.

COMING SOON TO A BLOG NEAR YOU

Do you know what really grinds my gears, well Mamma Mia did not. Fantastic, full review coming soon - in the meantime here is an entertaining and slightly unique look at M Night Shamaylan's hit movie - The Happening. The rumours say that his film has already been tipped for an oscar!

http://wackywavininflatablearmflailintubeman.blogspot.com/2008/07/film-review-happening.html

Its funny!!

Do you know what really grinds my gears:
I have been forced to enter the blog world by my films studies teacher, and i have now joined the ranks of the blogging community, which means i'm sure, i will enter a few blogs, then forget and never use this, just like myspace.com.
And that my friends is what really grinds my gears.


I guess at least it saves some trees.

Ahhh hell no!