Wall-E: i will never doubt pixar again

i saw wall-e twice in theaters. both times it was great. i rented it on blu-ray last week and finally watched it last night with The Girlfriend. first off, blu-ray could be the end of me. holy shit is that stuff amazing. it's like heroin for the eyes, without the crippling addiction. blu-ray exists for action movies and movies with sweet special effects. certain movies do not need to be on blu-ray format. for an idea of what does and does not need to be viewed on blu-ray, i've compiled a list:

Blu-Ray Acceptable:

1. the dark knight (this deserves special placement because it's just that badass)
   
2. any comic book/superhero movie
3. any michael bay/john woo movie
4. any movie where there are more than 5 CGI landscapes, characters, explosions, etc.
   
5. dvds of concert footage (is this out on blu-ray yet? if not, it needs to be.)
6. horror movies
   

Blu-Ray Unacceptable:

1. any romantic comedy
2. any movie starring meryl streep
3. any movie involving the holocaust (unless it also falls into one of acceptable categories)

Blu-Ray Toss-Up:

1. porn (i'm curious what HD porn looks like...)

as you can see, wall-e falls into the 4th "acceptable" category, and rightfully so. wall-e looked amazing on blu-ray. considering that 20 years ago CGI was laughable at best, it's downright scary just how good they've gotten. they still can't do humans for shit (see, e.g., the piece of trash known as beowulf), but in a few years they'll have it nailed. i could not believe how good wall-e looked. the attention to detail definitely paid off...

as for the movie itself, i'll never doubt pixar again. finding nemo was great, toy story was great, the incredibles was great... but could they really pull off a movie about a robot love story with very little dialogue? answer: fuck yes. watching that movie, you felt for the characters, even though they never really spoke. voice (or in this case, robot voice) inflection was all you really needed to convey emotion, and the geniuses at pixar did it again. being that this review is of a movie most of you have already seen, i won't spend too much more time extolling the virtues of this movie, so i'll just go to my favorite scenes.

1. when the massaging robot destroyed all of the guard robots, was panting, and then bashes the last twitching robot. classic.
2. anything involving the ship's captain, especially when he does the little eye-bulging look at the autopilot. such a simple thing, and yet, enough to make me crack up.
3. the ending credits. amazing song by peter gabriel, and the rebuilding of society from scratch as depicted by evolving artwork was genius. i think that one was lost on a lot of people, and that's a shame...

i can really watch wall-e over and over again (as can my 2 yr old nephew). the story never gets old, and that's the true mark of a good movie. i still laugh at the same jokes and gags as i did the first time i saw it. years from now, i'll probably still be laughing...

Wall-E - absolutely amazing