negative1 said:
the last few pixar movies been pretty hit and miss for me..
monsters inc-miss, finding nemo-miss, incredibles - hit,
cars - HUGE HIT, ratatouille- miss............and now this....... wall-e.....
it's the first pixar movie that made me ambivalent............it wasn't bad...
but it wasn't very good either...the story was a complete bore, there
was not motivation for anything that happened, and the graphics were average....
no pixar slipped up, and the public (not that i care) also seems to think so,
have you seen the ratings/reviews/box office? hardly a dent..................and
the long term implications don't looks so great either........
Um, really, because aside from Ratatouille, every single Pixar movie mentioned has done $60+ million on opening weekend. Wall-E has the largest budget of the three, but it's only $20 million away from being paid for. It seems that the two biggest things that are killing Wall-E's box office are Hancock and Hellboy 2. I'm sure Batman will utterly destroy it this weekend. I think we're really going to have to wait for the home video market to decide if Wall-E has been a flop or not.
On that note, my wife and I both loved it. My son wouldn't sit still long enough to watch it, but he doesn't sit still for anything except "Ni-hao, Kai-lan", so that's not a very good indication either (he's not quite 2 yet). I thought it was a lot of fun and I thought they did a great job with the robots.
Of all the Pixar movies you mentioned, Ratatouille probably scores lowest on my list, but I still liked it. I've loved every Pixar movie I've seen and I now make it a point to see them just because they're from Pixar. Aside from A Bug's Life and Ratatouille, I own every single movie Pixar has made. Hell, I think I've seen Finding Nemo nearly a hundred times and I still love it. My son loves Cars, but he also really loves cars (toy cars).