WALL·E (2008)

Réalisateur:

Andrew Stanton

Scénaristes:

Andrew Stanton (original story) &
Pete Docter (original story) ...

Date de sortie:

27 juin 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Aventure | Famille | Romance | Science-Fiction

Accroche:

An Adventure Beyond the Ordinar-E

Intrigue:

In the distant future, a small waste collecting robot inadvertently embarks on a space journey that will ultimately decide the fate of mankind.

Plot Keywords:

Robot | Plant | Future | Rescue | Cockroach

Récompenses:

Won Oscar. Another 44 wins & 38 nominations

Avis des utilisateurs:

More Than 1st Rate Animation. More Than Even 1st Rate Pixar. A First Rate Movie by Any Standard

Ensemble

Ben Burtt	...	WALL·E / M-O (voice)
Elissa Knight	...	EVE (voice)
Jeff Garlin	...	Captain McCrea (voice)
Fred Willard	...	Shelby Forthright - BnL CEO
MacInTalk	...	AUTO (voice)
John Ratzenberger	...	John (voice)
Kathy Najimy	...	Mary (voice)
Sigourney Weaver	...	Ship's Computer (voice)
reste de la distribution par ordre alphabétique:
Kim Kopf	...	Hoverchair Mother (voice)

Autre(s) titre(s):

WALL-E (USA) (alternative spelling)

Durée:

98 min

Pays:

USA

Langue:

Anglais

Couleur:

Couleur

Rapport de forme:

2,35 : 1

Son:

DTS-ES | SDDS | Dolby Digital EX

Classification:

Ireland:G | Australia:G | UK:U | Netherlands:AL | Brazil:Livre | South Africa:A | Canada:G | Iceland:L | Singapore:G | Malaysia:U | USA:G (certificate #44354) | Finland:K-3 | South Korea:Tous | Hong Kong:I | New Zealand:G | Argentina:Atp | Peru:PT | Sweden:Btl | France:U | Switzerland:0 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:0 (canton of Geneva) | Mexico:AA | Denmark:7 | Norway:7 | Portugal:M/6 | Philippines:G (MTRCB) | Germany:o.Al. | Czech Republic:U

Société:

Pixar Animation Studios

Anecdotes:

The teaser trailer contains part of Michael Kamen's score for Brazil (1985). Michael Kamen was going to score another Pixar film, The Incredibles (2004), but died before he could.

Goofs:

Considéré à tort comme goofs: WALL-E did not find his plant inside a closed refrigerator through which sunlight could not penetrate. Although it was behind a refrigerator door, the door had been removed from its hinges and was propped up against the corner of the fridge. WALL-E cut the door with his laser simply because it was too big for him to move as one piece.

Guillemet:

[first lines]
Voice in commercial: Too much garbage in your face? There's plenty of space out in space! BnL StarLiners leaving each day. We'll clean up the mess while you're away.

Connexions De Film:

Référencé sur Your Friend the Rat (2007) (V)

Bande son:

Don't Worry Be Happy

More Than 1st Rate Animation. More Than Even 1st Rate Pixar. A First Rate Movie by Any Standard

Wall E

A square-bodied, binocular-faced, wide-eyed, little robot named Wall E lives potentially one of the loneliest lives imaginable. He is the only remaining inhabitant of earth, machine or organism (that is save a cockroach he adopts early on). Day in, day out, he continues the dutiful task he was beset by his creators: compact garbage in an attempt to clean up the now deserted earth, which has become an endless desert of waste. Eventually his several hundred year routine is interrupted by the landing of a spaceship that sends out a sleek, white chrome, advanced robot that's mission is to search Wall E's wasteland home for signs of life. That probe's name is Eve...and instantly Wall E is smitten. So begins a touching story of romance only Pixar could create, that soon launches to an unexpected journey (one I will not ruin, as some reviewers are) that whisks us off to a world and adventure that like the best of this studio's work, captures our imagination and never lets go; culminating in something original, captivating, and sublime.

That's the setup of Pixar's latest marvel; an animated juggernaut to rival their 'Citizen Kane', "Toy Story". Andrew Stanton ("Finding Nemo") directs the first few scenes, in which the adorkable main character shuffles aimlessly and collects human relics, with a quiet mystery; it spookily evokes the lost world in which we are shown, even as it slowly builds Wall E's character.

Then comes Eve, and Stanton continues to use this careful pacing to maximum effect. As Wall E and Eve develop an affection for one another, the film doesn't get cheap, cutesy 'aws' by trying to make you go "oh how adorable. They're cartoons and they like each other". It earns your empathy. Their courtship comes at an elegiac pace that makes it believable. Through careful nuance, a nice easy build, Wall E and Eve's romance is the most genuine, pure, real-feeling and emotionally absorbing love story in...well a long time in American cinema.

The real miracle here? It's all accomplished without a word of dialogue. Wall E has tremendous emotional affect; it communicates visually, and spectacularly so. The sound department here deserves special recognition: with almost no words until we reach the culmination of Wall E's adventure (and even here it's sparse), we the audience are never in doubt of what is happening or what the characters are communicating. People, it takes a lot of talent to make that happen. This isn't just a great animated work, or even just a great Pixar thrill ride. This is simply just spectacular film-making. Period.

Speaking of visuals, where "Toy Story" created a look that appeared thoroughly (and appropriately) plastic, the animation in Wall E looks spectacularly mechanical. It's almost...real; a beautifully rendered photo-realistic world. Combined with a wonderful original music score, old music tracks that sound Kubrickishly eerie in the early scenes (and speaking of Kubrick, there's a great reference to another sci-fi classic "2001: A Space Odysey", with a villain reminiscent of Hal and...a gag using the main theme is all I will say), and a phenomenal use of physical comedy (Wall E is something of a little, mechanized Charlie Chaplin or Buster Keaton) and emotive sound effects, as I keep mentioning, "Wall E"'s universe continually evokes massive emotions through minimalist techniques.

Whoever said Pixar has to make a bad movie sometime just because is wrong. They can continue to make marvels forever as far as I'm concerned. This studio has proved they can accomplish anything: including whisk us off on a ride that has great humor, marvelous visuals, a subtle warning about consumerism, and the most genuinely touching romance this century has yet scene in a movie...all with virtually no speaking. Wall E is a beautiful love story, a witty kids movie, a successful experimental motion picture, and even a classic sci-fi flick. Now the question is do I dare use the "M" word? Well...I'll let you decide. 10/10