So it's only a masterpiece?
Yes, WALL-E is as good as everyone says it is. The real question in my mind, though, far more important than merely larding it down with superlatives, is how does it compare with Pixar's other works of genius?
Having only seen it the once, I'm skeptical of making any rankings too solid at the moment, but at this point I'd have it tied for first with Ratatouille, ahead of Toy Story 2, which is in turn ahead of The Incredibles.
(The real fun, of course, begins when you try to integrate the Pixar rankings with the Ghibli rankings - even on a purely visual level Ratatouille and Spirited Away are frighteningly close to each other in excellence. But that's a post for another time...)
Having only seen it the once, I'm skeptical of making any rankings too solid at the moment, but at this point I'd have it tied for first with Ratatouille, ahead of Toy Story 2, which is in turn ahead of The Incredibles.
(The real fun, of course, begins when you try to integrate the Pixar rankings with the Ghibli rankings - even on a purely visual level Ratatouille and Spirited Away are frighteningly close to each other in excellence. But that's a post for another time...)