Wall-E

I watched Wall-E this afternoon, after being let down by a number of past animation films I wasn't aspecting much from it. The studios have got to ... well good at animating these days and they think they can churn out an animated film with no storyline or thought behind it and we will like it anyway for the pretty effects.

But after getting 5 or so minutes into Wall-E I knew this was different. I actually laughed a few times...yes I do laugh. It was such a simple idea, a small trash compacting robot, the last one left on earth going about his business each day. Because it was so simple and with no dialog in the first act it was more about the character, and not the animation. The character Wall-E was brilliant, he had so much personality to him, and to achieve this with no dialog was nothing less than brilliance by the studio.

I found myself completely drawn into the movie the whole way through, there wasn't a stage were I thought it was getting thin at any point. Again I think this is down to it being so simple of a film. It didn't try to be something it wasn't, it didn't go for the oblivious gags a jokes that other animations go for ... such a 'Shrek' yeah didn't that one get old soon?

Although Wall-E lands himself getting beaten up pretty bad a few times through the movie you just knew he was going to be alright in the end, which is just fine for a kids movie, I wouldnt aspect anything less to be honest. I wouldn't want anything less from a animated film. You watch these movies to lift your mood and make you smile and laugh, which is exactly what Wall-E does.

Overall a perfectly crafted animated film, which has made me think twice before reffering to toy story being the best animated film ever.