Words cannot express how much I love that movie. It’s a huge part of my childhood. I got to see the Nightmare Before Christmas themed Haunted Mansion for the first time ever last year and I loved every second. Jack and Sally I find very relatable: like Jack, I don’t like being stuck in routine and like to add excitement; but, like Sally, I can step back and look at the big picture to decide what could be fun and what could be disastrous!

It’s a fantastic film and one of the first to facilitate my fascination with animation. Consequently, anything stop-motion will always find itself worthy of my attention (Boxtrolls was amaze!).

Yep. Your thing says you have a soft spot for claymation. I recently saw nightmare before Christmas, and it turned out to be one of the greatest films ever made. Do you love that movie? Jack is very relatable. He yearns for more, but still likes current life.

Sorry about that. Walking through an airport while replying is not conducive to comprehensive reading, apparently! 😀

I always loved this film, but that’s largely due to being raised on a diet of nostalgia, sentimentality, and classic musicals like Hello, Dolly!. That trailer was what initially caught my eye for the film – as a writer, I love anything behind the scenes looking at the creative minds that made whatever cool thing is coming next. It’s not a universal favorite, or the first movie people think of when you say Pixar, but I think it’s fabulously original and fun to watch.

Saw burne. It was very cute. I already said I faced the fear, but thanks for encouraging me 🙂

I’m sorry your first experience with the movie was so bad (that teacher should not be a teacher). But I agree this is, as you say, an “adult family film”, on par with NIMH. I would encourage you to try watching it again, but forcing people to face their fears isn’t healthy either.

The obesity issue in Wall-E is handled in a somewhat interesting way: it’s not shamed, but treated as a matter of fact, scientific truth. It’s only directly addressed once in dialogue and handled with a throw-away line: “nothing a few laps around the track won’t fix”. I think I could write a whole ‘nother article about this, not to mention how body weight plays into other films. It’s an interesting topic so I’m not surprised people have a lot to say!

I hope you give the film another try, but if you don’t perhaps take a look at the Pixar short, BURN-E; it might ease you back into WALL-E or not, but it’s cute and takes place at the same time all of WALL-E is happening.

The characters go into 8-bit near the end of the credits. Watching the credits all the way through is totally recommended because it is all extraordinarily detailed.

I love Wall-E’s collection too, and the automation of the Axiom is super cool. I also was kind of stressed about M-O never finishing the dirt trail. I have a headcanon that he went back to the Axiom and finished it even though nobody was there just to make himself happy. It would make a cute short for Pixar sometimes in the future!