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2008.10.30, 12:31 PM | #21 |
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I have nothing to lose by watching Wall*E 'late', on DVD. 4:3 and 16:9 editions of the DVD/Blu-Ray will have the same total amount of vertical/peripheral vision because Pixar is batshit crazy about adding or subtracting detail to make each version equal. So I could watch 4:3 with VLC overlays & deinterlacing, on my super-awesome monitor, and enjoy it with my good speakers just as much as anyone would enjoy staring at a big 16:9 screen from further away.
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2008.10.30, 04:10 PM | #22 |
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Wall-E was cute, but I wouldn't say that it's the best movie so far this year. The Dark Knight beats it imo, and there's at least another movie I enjoyed more (Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist, although I doubt it would get a nomination).
However, I'm all for Wall-E breaking the "animation category" barrier to compete in the Best movie category. |
2008.10.31, 11:54 AM | #23 |
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Third best in your book is still pretty good =p I don't think anyone can (or should) try justifying Dark Knight vs. Wall-e, but I'm sure most will agree these two are superb mainstream movies of the year/ever.
Back to Shinji, I'm not saying mainstream movies should be considered superior to arty-farty movies. I'm saying arty-farty movies shouldn't automatically be considered superior to mainstream movies. An arty-farty movie would be any super-dirgey period piece, any Oscar nominated Keira Knightley movie, or most Cohen Brother movies (tho i'm thinking more along the lines of Hudsucker Proxy and Raising Arizona; I like these movies so i'm not saying all arty-farty movies automatically suck tho) I thought No Country for Old Men was boring as SHIT tho.
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2008.10.31, 12:26 PM | #24 |
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^ O come on now, I liked Pride and Prejudice.
I still haven`t seen Wall-E. I know I`ll love it, like all Pixar cartoons, but I just never feel like putting myself through a 2 hour cartoon where the main hero/creature/abomination of nature barely speaks.
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2008.10.31, 12:44 PM | #25 |
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They speak alot tho, its just not necessarily dialog. Actions speak louder than words :eng101:
And like I said, I don't mean they're necessarily bad. I have been meaning to see Atonement, but keep missing it.
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Atonement is a good film, it looks (visually) like an Oscar winner but doesn't really belong there. Your enjoyment will depend on how you connect with the main characters.
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2008.10.31, 03:08 PM | #27 |
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Yep, Atonement is great. Tho I can't say Keira really helped it, it's more the movie itself.
Thanks for clarifying your opinion Jihad, I can say I agree with it now I still haven't watched No Country for Old Man, nor There Will Be Blood, but from what my friends told me, they are terrible. I don't know, I really wasn't looking forward to the Cohen's movie, because I just don't like Cohen movies, but after watching Burn After Reading... I'm tempted to watch NCfOM. Seriously, Burn After Reading, from my short memory span, is the best 2008 movie I saw, yet. I was really surprised at how good it was. I hope I can watch Wall-E and Dark Knight on their release year... EDIT: Oh, good thing I vote every time I watch I movie. Here you can see the list of votes, ordered by year, and it seems I only watched 3 good 2008 movies. Don't think too much about my rating system... The main rule is "Would it be painful to see it again?", then I think a bit about their "value for me", and then I give stars accordingly. And yes, I totally enjoyed Indiana Jones 4 and I'm such a fanboy. Last edited by ShinjiPG : 2008.10.31 at 03:16 PM. |
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WallE still hasn't even been released into the cinema here yet! Maybe I'll be able to watch it come December.
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When I first went to watch WALL-E at theaters last year, it was shown around 2pm, so it was aimed for kids and their parents. And it really isn't a movie for kids as stated here before.
I was able to enjoy of the movie perfectly, even if I could easily hear the dads and moms behind me explaining what's going on, and kids keep on asking the same things. Too bad I don't own big white screen in my home to watch that movie, because it doesn't get justice on the small tv screen. Well obviously I own the DVD now. I guess there won't be coming a movie for a while which will beat WALL-E The Oscar nominations were published last week and if i remember WALL-E got 3 or 5.. and seriously, it really haves the chances to win those all (what else WALL-E fanatic, with no sense of realism, could say?) |
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I watched Wall-E with my son the other day. He had seen it with his grandmother and I was curious, since my one friend told me it was awesome.
I watched it and I was like...dude...this is adorable and the effects of ppl living their lazy lives, always distracted and just seeing how ppl would be(esp since that is where we are headed) and i just loved it i was almost crying at parts.
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