No - I'm in the clear minority on this, but it was way overrated and too predictable. If anything, Ratatouille was a better Pixar piece, and they already had their chance. The only way I see it having any shot at the prize is if the rest of the competition truly sucks, which I guess is a pretty big possibility, judging by the major let downs already this year.
Nevernude
· 1 year ago
the dark knight for best picture oscar.
ddog
· 1 year ago
i do whole heartedly believe wall*e deserves a shot at best picture but i do fear the film as you said may get its vote split and if it does get a nomination in both categories it will have zero shot at winning the BIG prize .
Please dont kill me and go after my future children but i do believe that wall*e was better than the dark knight. Dark knight was a fantastic movie and i love it but overrall i do think wall e was better and deserves it more.
D Train
· 1 year ago
Wall-E is brilliant, Best Picture for sure.
Davebaxter1989
· 1 year ago
Well do you believe it's one of the best 5 films of the year? I do so I therefore believe it deserves its nomination.
Nate
· 1 year ago
Certainly not if it steals a spot from the Dark Knight. I stand by my original review, it's not that great
Adam Sweeney
· 1 year ago
Not just no but hell no. Yes, Wall-E was cute and left you feeling warm inside. But that doesn't make it worthy of a Best Picture.
Am I the only person who sees the same story in every Pixar film created? Person finds friend or family member, said friend or family member gets lost, and then they rejoin and learn a heartwarming lesson. The end. Cars, The Incredibles, Toy Story 1 and 2 are just a few examples. Wall-E was good but it had about as much complexity as a Paris Hilton autobiography. The Dark Knight is a superior film in every imaginable.
Davebaxter1989
· 1 year ago
@Adam
This isn't Wall-E V The Dark Knight (Although if Wall-E was the last alive on earth it seems he won). Also I can see what your saying about Wall-E but you surely see your in the minority and must accept the terrible stigma of not liking something a lot of other people do.
Jeremy M
· 1 year ago
Wall-E was a good movie, but I dont think it was the best of the year.
TL
· 1 year ago
I have no problem with a quality animated film getting a best picture nod. If it's good, it's good. Cartoons aren't just for kiddies anymore. Wall-E was a wonderful film. Ratatouille was best picture worthy too, IMO.
Besides, i would much rather see a movie that was released to a wide audience that people saw and enjoyed get nominated than some "prestige" film a studio releases in Nov/December in limited release before the deadline just to get a nomination.
I think the big test will be if Dark Knight gets a best picture nomination. If DK gets the nod, then perhaps in the future more mainstream films the people like will be considered too.
Rita
· 1 year ago
I think Wall E deserves its shot at Best Picture - but then I would have said the same for a lot of Pixar's films.
Filmfan
· 1 year ago
I came here to root for Wall-E for Best Picture, as it was easily one of the top 5 movies of the summer, if not top 10 for the year - but now that I re-consider, what wowed me was the technical aspects, rather than the story: the cinematography and "realisticness" of the CGI. I agree with Harold - that overall, Ratatouille was a better film than Wall-E. Perhaps the Academy will realize this, and give it to Wall-E as an "honorary" Oscar (like how they did with Alan Arkin the year he won for Little Miss Sunshine) - but most likely not. I'll be more than satisfied if Wall-E wins the Best Visual Effects, along with the Best Animated Feature, Oscar.
As for the Dark Knight, I think it deserves anything but Best Picture - absolutely a nod, but at this point, the picture I think deserves Best Picture is Synecdoche, NY.
Ratter
· 1 year ago
Wall-E, as good as it was, is not Best Picture material. Compared to previous winners, Wall-E falls too short.
Adam Sweeney
· 1 year ago
@David You're right, I may be in the minority of those who didn't find Wall-E to be the greatest film ever made. But a Best Picture candidate should have complexity, not a rehashed story that has been passed down the Pixar family tree. And when did being in the minority become a terrible stigma? A lot of people saw Saw V last weekend, I didn't. Is it a terrible stigma to have missed that film? Definitely not.
And yes, The Dark Knight and Wall-E are in competition against each other. Every film that is submitted for Best Picture consideration is in essence competing for the honor. They are two completely different films, yes, but so were The Departed and Little Miss Sunshine when they were both considered for Best Picture.
Stick Wall-E in the Best Animated Picture category please. I liked the film but it pales in comparison to many other previous Pixar films. Don't go Al Pacino and hand them an award thay should have possibly won years ago.
Davebaxter1989
· 1 year ago
@Adam Yeah I see where your coming from but The Dark Knight V Wall-E comment came from a lot of people saying an approximation of the following;
"Wall-E shouldn't be nominated The Dark Knight should instead"
I think both should and if they do THEN it's on between the robot and the caped crusader. And I suppose the stigma is more about ALMOST universal love that some films get that if you don't like your kind of seen as odd for it even though everyone will have one (I smell a list that would cause a looot of debate). An example would be my mother who I advised to see Iron Man and she said it was terrible and as such I kicked her in the face - I jest I merely don't trust her taste in films at all anymore.
Leon
· 1 year ago
The next person who says that the dark knight will win probably has 'blonde ambition' in their DVD colection.
Wall-e for sure.
Diego
· 1 year ago
Yesssssss! Wall-E for Best Motion Picturee!!!!!!!!!!!!
All Comments
If anything, Ratatouille was a better Pixar piece, and they already had their chance.
The only way I see it having any shot at the prize is if the rest of the competition
truly sucks, which I guess is a pretty big possibility, judging by the major let downs
already this year.
Please dont kill me and go after my future children but i do believe that wall*e was better than the dark knight. Dark knight was a fantastic movie and i love it but overrall i do think wall e was better and deserves it more.
Am I the only person who sees the same story in every Pixar film created? Person finds friend or family member, said friend or family member gets lost, and then they rejoin and learn a heartwarming lesson. The end. Cars, The Incredibles, Toy Story 1 and 2 are just a few examples. Wall-E was good but it had about as much complexity as a Paris Hilton autobiography. The Dark Knight is a superior film in every imaginable.
This isn't Wall-E V The Dark Knight (Although if Wall-E was the last alive on earth it seems he won). Also I can see what your saying about Wall-E but you surely see your in the minority and must accept the terrible stigma of not liking something a lot of other people do.
Besides, i would much rather see a movie that was released to a wide audience that people saw and enjoyed get nominated than some "prestige" film a studio releases in Nov/December in limited release before the deadline just to get a nomination.
I think the big test will be if Dark Knight gets a best picture nomination. If DK gets the nod, then perhaps in the future more mainstream films the people like will be considered too.
the summer, if not top 10 for the year - but now that I re-consider, what wowed me was
the technical aspects, rather than the story: the cinematography and "realisticness" of the
CGI. I agree with Harold - that overall, Ratatouille was a better film than Wall-E. Perhaps
the Academy will realize this, and give it to Wall-E as an "honorary" Oscar (like how they
did with Alan Arkin the year he won for Little Miss Sunshine) - but most likely not. I'll be
more than satisfied if Wall-E wins the Best Visual Effects, along with the Best Animated
Feature, Oscar.
As for the Dark Knight, I think it deserves anything but Best Picture - absolutely a nod,
but at this point, the picture I think deserves Best Picture is Synecdoche, NY.
You're right, I may be in the minority of those who didn't find Wall-E to be the greatest film ever made. But a Best Picture candidate should have complexity, not a rehashed story that has been passed down the Pixar family tree. And when did being in the minority become a terrible stigma? A lot of people saw Saw V last weekend, I didn't. Is it a terrible stigma to have missed that film? Definitely not.
And yes, The Dark Knight and Wall-E are in competition against each other. Every film that is submitted for Best Picture consideration is in essence competing for the honor. They are two completely different films, yes, but so were The Departed and Little Miss Sunshine when they were both considered for Best Picture.
Stick Wall-E in the Best Animated Picture category please. I liked the film but it pales in comparison to many other previous Pixar films. Don't go Al Pacino and hand them an award thay should have possibly won years ago.
Yeah I see where your coming from but The Dark Knight V Wall-E comment came from a lot of people saying an approximation of the following;
"Wall-E shouldn't be nominated The Dark Knight should instead"
I think both should and if they do THEN it's on between the robot and the caped crusader. And I suppose the stigma is more about ALMOST universal love that some films get that if you don't like your kind of seen as odd for it even though everyone will have one (I smell a list that would cause a looot of debate). An example would be my mother who I advised to see Iron Man and she said it was terrible and as such I kicked her in the face - I jest I merely don't trust her taste in films at all anymore.
Wall-e for sure.