MRM: WALL-E at 3:50 PM

WALL-E (2008)
Directed by: Andrew Stanton

Written by: Andrew Stanton

Starring Cast: Ben Burtt (Wall-E and M-O), Ellissa Knight (Eve)

Supporting Cast: Jeff Garlin (the Captain of the Axiom), Fred Willard (Shelby Forthright, BnL CEO), Macintalk (Auto), John Ratzenburger (John), Kathy Najimy (Mary),

What's it Rated?: G

Genre: Animated, Space, Future, Comedy

Synopsis: A lone WALL-E (Waste Allocation Load Lifter Earth-Class) Robot, while doing what he does best (clean up garbage) has developed one interesting glitch: a personality. While cleaning up earth, 700 years after humans have left, Wall-E is visited by a probe from the starship Axiom. But when the probe finds what it's looking for, Wall-E is dragged across the universe for the adventure of a lifetime.

My Take: If you're looking for a fun, enjoyable, and humorous movie, Wall-E is for you. It's not the kind of humor you see in a lot of cartoons, which is mainly slapstick, and of course, since the main character is a robot with a three word vocabulary, one liners and puns can't be used to keep the audience laughing. But the "facial" expressions, hand motions, and general attitude of the characters make this movie one of the funniest I've ever watched.

Unfortunately, the entire film is based on an environmentalist/liberal view of Humans: lazy, garbage producing, ozone-destroying bipeds. But once you get past this, It's a great film.

The story is simple, easy to understand, and fun. It doesn't drag a lot in any particular place or feel rushed in others. Like I said, It's simple, and I like it that way.

Story: 9 out of 10

Humor: 9 out of 10

Action/Suspense: N/A

Overall: 10 out of 10

-Graydon L

Pixar animated short: Presto at 2:05 PM

Today Dad took Jonny and I to see Wall-E at the theater (my review on Monday) and, as always, I loved the animated short film at the beginning, and I thought that maybe you'd all like to see it now. It's hilarity with a flourish :-)



Other Pixar animated shorts are: "Lifted", "One Man Band", "Boundin","For The Birds","Geri's Game","Knick Knack","The Adventures of Andre and Wally B.","Red's Dream","Tin Toy","Mike's New Car" and "Jack-Jack Attack"

to go to a Youtube page with a bunch of Pixar shorts, click here

-Graydon L

Really, Really fast machines... at 6:32 PM

My all-time favorite car is the Bugatti Veyron. My favorite machines are jet fighters. No wonder I love this video. check it out:


but just to set the record strait, the Eurofighter isn't the most advanced strike fighter ever, the US Marines' F-35 Lightning is. (the F-35 is the VTOL (Vertical Take Off and Landing) version of the F-22 Raptor which is used by the US Air Force)

Anyway, while we're on the subject of really, really fast machines, check out this other video of a guy taking the Veyron to it's top speed; 253 MPH



very cool :-)

-Graydon L

Want to rate my posts? Now you can! at 8:02 PM

I just found this new thing on Blogger in Draft that I'm really quite excited about. It's called the Star Rating System, and you can see it at the bottom of every post I've ever written. Basically, you just click on the number of stars (out of 5) you think the particular post should get, and the blog automatically saves your entry. Although you can only rate a certain post once, you can always go back and change your "vote" to something different. Check it out, now you can leave feedback, without having to write an entire comment. Enjoy!

-Graydon L