WALL-E (2 Disc Special Edition) [2008] | ![WALL-E (2 Disc Special Edition) [2008]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51NEl1OAEKL._SL160_.jpg)
 enlarge | Director: Andrew Stanton
Actors: Ben Burtt, Elissa Knight, Fred Willard, John Ratzenberger, Jeff Garlin
Studio: Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainm
Category: DVD
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Rating:  45 reviews
Sales Rank: 21
Format: Pal
Rating: Universal, suitable for all
Region: 2
Number Of Discs: 2
Running Time: 95 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.5 x 0.6
EAN: 8717418178123
ASIN: B001DR9TNS
Release Date: November 24, 2008
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Amazon.co.uk Review
Pixar genius reigns in this funny romantic comedy, which stars a robot who says absolutely nothing for a full 25 minutes yet somehow completely transfixes and endears himself to the audience within the first few minutes of the film. As the last robot left on earth, Wall-E (voiced by Ben Burtt) is one small robot--with a big, big heart--who holds the future of Earth and mankind squarely in the palm of his metal hand. He's outlasted all the "Waste Allocation Load Lifter Earth-Class" robots that were assigned some 700 years ago to clean up the environmental mess that man made of earth while man vacationed aboard the luxury spaceship Axiom. Wall-E has dutifully gone about his job compacting trash, the extreme solitude broken only by his pet cockroach, but he's developed some oddly human habits and ideas. When the Axiom sends its regularly scheduled robotic EVE probe (Elissa Knight) to earth, Wall-E is instantly smitten and proceeds to try to impress EVE with his collection of human memorabilia. EVE's directive compels her to bring Wall-E's newly collected plant sprout to the captain of the Axiom and Wall-E follows in hot pursuit. Suddenly, the human world is turned upside down and the Captain (Jeff Garlin) joins forces with Wall-E and a cast of other misfit robots to lead the now lethargic people back home to earth. Wall-E is a great family film with the most impressive aspect being the depth of emotion conveyed by a simple robot--a machine typically considered devoid of emotion, but made so absolutely touching by the magic of Pixar animation. Also well-worth admiring are the sweeping views from space, the creative yet disturbing vision of what strange luxuries a future space vacation might offer, and the innovative use of trash in a future cityscape. Underneath the slapstick comedy and touching love story is a poignant message about the folly of human greed and its potential effects on earth and the entire human race. --Tami Horiuchi, Amazon.com
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WALL-E worked for me January 5, 2009
T. G. W. Page (Holywood, UK)
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
Strong film, probably best seen in cinema.
It worked on most levels for me - the robotic romance was just a bit cloying sometimes.
Messages about human greed, servility to technology, environmentalism and also human endeavour delivered very effectively indeed.
Enjoyable - and more than just entertainment.
 A Great, Cleaver Movie January 5, 2009
Degree Student
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
Wall E is simply amazing, i really like all the cleaver messages this movie holds, and how the creators have made a robot that speaks about two words become so lovable, i agree with some people the start can be slow but it allows you to get a understand of Wall E and what the situation is, the robot has plenty of character and i think all in all this is a GREAT MOVIE :)
Basically, a sweet, dystopian sci-fi robot love story... January 5, 2009
fantasy escapist (Essex, UK)
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
Film: From the single word phrases WALL.E and EVE vocalise (alot of their dialogue is limited to beeps and vocoded sentences), it seems to bring them to life really well. The captain of the ship is voice acted really well too.
Although it's inspired from various sci fi films, the film has a uniqueness all of it's own. The funny scenes really did make me chuckle and the sort of plausible dystopian view of life 700 years into the future doesn't preach a green message at you like Happy Feet did, rather plays subtely in the background so it can be read on many different levels.
The animation is absoloutely stunning, especially outer space like the Sun and Saturn's rings. WALL.E's design may not be 100% original (a cross between a robotic E.T. meets Short Circuit's Johnny 5) but for such little dialogue, the character's personalities are shown very well indeed.
Love the score - it really does complete the scenes and the Hello Dolly use is charming and fitting for me too.
Overall: a very sweet lovable child-like robot is brought to life so well and his love for EVE convinces. Sight gags and satirical pokes at our way of life are thought-provoking and the film, as said before can be understood on many different levels without it becoming too much or trying too hard (like alot of animated films that seem to shove references into films firmly aimed at the older adult audience, like Madagascar).9/10
Bonus Features:
Presto: Theatrical Short - hilarious short of a magician and his rabbit.
BURN.E: All New original Short - The off-screen story of what happens to the repair robot who gets locked out of the ship by WALL.E and EVE.
Animation Sound Design: Building Worlds From The Sound Up - Very interesting and insightful doc about the challenges the team faces in making sounds for the film.
Deleted Scenes:
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'Garbage Airlock' - role reversed with WALL.E being the one to save EVE after going down the garbage chute.
'Dumped' - very brief scenes with an alternative way that EVE finds the plant for her .'directive'.
Audio Commentary by Director Andrew Stanton ON/OFF - an actual really good, informative listen of the problems, changes and joys of making the film. 6/10 for this one disc Rental edition DVD.
ecological January 5, 2009
Nenad Kastratovic (serbia)
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
the movie is beautiful, the music is magnificent and even the package is cute!
though, it is all paper, including the soundtrack cd case... all i secological about this ;-))
Simply amazing January 2, 2009
trundler (england)
1 out of 5 found this review helpful
Ok. I know this film wasn't everyones cup of tea, (the overall pace may put some people off) but for me this was a wonderful film, and once again Pixar push the boundaries in animated film. They have created another artistic masterpiece (albeit a slightly cold and lonely looking future vision of earth). There is a long period of time where there is hardly any dialogue. For me, this wasn't a problem as I don't feel there has to be talking to tell a story. My attention was grabbed by the bleak animated world created by Disney Pixar, and the way wall-e interacted with his environment and Eve. I feel it is a very clever film-maker that can produce a film that has hardly any speaking and still grab the attention of the critics and the cinema-goers. The film definitely makes it point about waste/recycling well without losing sight of being entertaining at the same time. My girlfriend was particularly impressed with the reference to the space litter, and felt it was good that they had put that in the film. If anything I did feel the film meandered along a little bit halfway through, but this is a minor point, and I felt it got back on track strongly very well.
Is the film worthy of an oscar nod for best picture? I feel it is. I am not sure it would win but in my opinion this is the best work that has been produced by Pixar. Beautifully created, funny, thought provoking in parts and a great central character. It would be excellent if this animated gem could follow in the footsteps of beauty and the beast and be recognised for what it is at the academy awards.
Overall a wonderful film that was a joy to watch.
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