Hollywood Unoriginality Ratio: WALL-E

mariomario
edited July 18 in Movies and Shows
WALL-E was so cool! Incidentally, I went and saw WALL-E on opening night with some friends at, uh… damn, I have no idea what theater we went to, as someone else bought the tickets. I do know I was in San Mateo though! That ought to count for something.

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  • hlavcohlavco
    edited July 2008
    'Definitive rodent movie'? I preferred The Rescuers Down Under. How can you compare France with Australia?
  • mariomario
    edited July 2008
    I guess I meant "the definitive rodent movie of the last year or so." I agree that The Rescuers Down Under was totally rad. I'm also a fan of The Great Mouse Detective.
  • deku12345deku12345
    edited July 2008
    The next Pixar movie is Up, and it comes out next year on May 29th. They probably are going to run its trailer in front of Bolt or something, even though its not made by Pixar. They have their next few movies all planned out. You can see the list of them in the upcoming section here
  • mariomario
    edited July 2008
    Pixar got the rights to John Carter of Mars?!? Holy shit!!
  • hlavcohlavco
    edited July 2008
    deku12345 wrote: »
    You can see the list of them in the upcoming section here
    Cars is getting a sequel? Awesome! I thought I was the only one that liked that movie.
  • Amoeba BoyAmoeba Boy
    edited July 2008
    That does seem odd. I never saw Cars but it got some of the lowest ratings of any Pixar movie and made the third least money. I'm still pulling for a sequel to The Incredibles.
  • mariomario
    edited July 2008
    I'm guessing Cars had good toy sales. That movie seemed tailor-made to sell toy cars. I haven't seen it yet either, but I think I'll Netflix it soon.
  • BevinDeezlBevinDeezl
    edited July 2008
    mario wrote: »
    I guess I meant "the definitive rodent movie of the last year or so." I agree that The Rescuers Down Under was totally rad. I'm also a fan of The Great Mouse Detective.

    I really do love both of those movies...

    But I think my favorite "definitive rodent film" (though it IS an adaptation) would have to be The Mouse and the Motorcycle.
  • Professor MacJakeProfessor MacJake
    edited July 2008
    I think you're all forgetting a little film called The Witches
  • BevinDeezlBevinDeezl
    edited July 2008
    Ah, crap! You're so right.

    Another rockin' adaptation.
  • mariomario
    edited July 2008
    I had no idea that was made into a movie! I loved that book!
  • hlavcohlavco
    edited July 2008
    Was that the one with the kid that turned into a mouse?

    That book was good, but the end was weird cause the kid's all "How long do I have to live?" and the grandma's like "Probably as long as I do." So, like, five years or something.
    Mario wrote:
    I'm guessing Cars had good toy sales. That movie seemed tailor-made to sell toy cars. I haven't seen it yet either, but I think I'll Netflix it soon.
    They're STILL making toys from that movie. I actually bought some... if they were in-scale with my Hot Wheels cars, then it would be amazing, but unfortunately they're too big. I hope the sequel uses more *real* cars... I like trying to spot 'em.
  • BevinDeezlBevinDeezl
    edited July 2008
    mario wrote: »
    I had no idea that was made into a movie! I loved that book!

    Yup...Angelica Houston is the witch. Creepy. I think if I remember correctly, the mice are done using stop-motion esque work...?
  • mariomario
    edited July 2008
    Both are now in my Netflix queue! Rockin'!
  • Professor MacJakeProfessor MacJake
    edited July 2008
    Huzzah!
  • geokogeoko
    edited July 2008
    mario wrote: »
    I guess I meant "the definitive rodent movie of the last year or so." I agree that The Rescuers Down Under was totally rad. I'm also a fan of The Great Mouse Detective.

    American Tales? Anyone?

    And yes, Witches was cool. I have that on DVD in fact. The one time in my life I went to a Wal-Mart, they had it for 4.99. couldn't resist.
  • hlavcohlavco
    edited July 2008
    Pff. Mice don't wear pants.
  • mariomario
    edited July 2008
    Also, it's called An American Tail. Y'see Rudy, it's a pun.
  • BevinDeezlBevinDeezl
    edited July 2008
    What about the sequel- An American Tail: Fievel (sp?) Goes West?

    I think I prefer that one to the original...
  • ReallyCleanSocksReallyCleanSocks
    edited July 2008
    Did somebody say Go West!?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39KZ2afBtLU


    AMERICA FUCK YEAH
  • BevinDeezlBevinDeezl
    edited July 2008
    Wow, I...

    ...um...

    ...I don't know how I feel about that video.

    I'm going to stop talking about it now.

    Another mouse/rat adaptation: The Secret of NIMH. It was a good one.
  • Blob-Of-EvilBlob-Of-Evil
    edited July 2008
    ReallyCleanSocks wrote: »
    Did somebody say Go West!?


    Most kick-ass macys commercial ever. Period.
  • hlavcohlavco
    edited July 2008
    BevinDeezl wrote: »
    Another mouse/rat adaptation: The Secret of NIMH. It was a good one.
    I watched that in my fifth grade class, I think. I remember it was pretty good, but I don't actually remember much about it.
  • BevinDeezlBevinDeezl
    edited July 2008
    It was about a mouse widow whose son is sick, and needs help. She enlists the aide of a group of rats who were part of an experimental project called NIMH and they have super intelligence and whatnot. I always liked it myself. If I remember correctly, the book was good as well...
  • geokogeoko
    edited July 2008
    i'm still goin' with An American Tail. it's teh bwst.
  • mariomario
    edited July 2008
    The first film was certainly a lot darker than the second, and I think the art style was a lot better. On the other hand, I think I liked the musical numbers in Fievel Goes West better, and Jimmy Stewart was awesome.

    However, WALL-E was better than all the rodent movies mentioned.
  • geokogeoko
    edited July 2008
    Does Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles count as a rodent movie, what with Splinter and all?
  • mariomario
    edited July 2008
    Yes. In which case, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2: The Secret of the Ooze was totally radical.

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