tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7610074516299275060.post6483830313102451045..comments2024-01-21T11:18:54.087-05:00Comments on Lost in the Movies: WALL-EJoel Bockohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11238338958380683893noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7610074516299275060.post-76619010778914361862009-11-02T18:16:47.885-05:002009-11-02T18:16:47.885-05:00That's a beautiful take on my favorite (and in...That's a beautiful take on my favorite (and in my opinion, also the best) film of last year. It is great how a film as technically advanced as <i>Wall-E</i> is the one that is able to use classical film techniques so wonderfully. It's also fantastic that what could have been ostensibly a kids movie, made me smile more than any movie I can remember. <br><br>I'm sure you were aware, but I'd credit a lot of the on-screen inventiveness to the willingness of the animators to work with Roger Deakins in order to learn about cinematography and apply some of his teaching to the final output. They also watched a good amount of Chaplin and Keaton and perfectly applied that sense of wonder and joy you get from those films to the character of Wall-E.Troy Olsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14843741571724231174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7610074516299275060.post-61488721391260835132009-11-03T14:46:16.149-05:002009-11-03T14:46:16.149-05:00I actually didn't know about the Deakins colla...I actually didn't know about the Deakins collaboration, but it makes perfect sense now that I think about it. One thing that struck me about the movie was how, at times, its use of lighting and even "lens choice" (not literally, but in terms of the image) resembled live-action more than a cartoon. That would explain it! (God, what impressive film of the past few years HASN'T Deakins worked on?)<br><br>Though I'm going out on a limb, as I've still seen very few films from 2008, Wall-E is almost certainly the best of its year, and one of the very best of its decade. I also want to give kudos to it for its freshness - it does not rely on a pre-existing franchise for any major part of its success (as did, say Dark Knight and Lord of the Rings, two other movies that rounded up critical appreciation and major popular acclaim). Not to knock the likes of Gone With the Wind or The Godfather, of course, just to recognize and respect a movie that creates its own mythology and resonance, an increasingly rare feat these days.MovieMan0283http://www.blogger.com/profile/11238338958380683893noreply@blogger.com