WALL·E è la perfezione fatta cinema. Punto. Andate a vederlo.
SU-BI-TO.
Ultimamente la
Pixar mi aveva fatto temere d'aver intrapreso un nuovo corso un po' banale e sempliciotto (vedi
Ratatouille e
Cars, che pure - chiariamo - non erano brutti film in sé), sotto l'ombrello di una
Disney in cronica crisi di idee.
Personalmente, consideravo
Gli Incredibili il loro punto più alto (sì, anche più di capolavori come
Finding Nemo e
Toy Story 2), per la complessità della trama e la maturità dei temi affrontati.
Non lo pensavo superabile, specie viste le ultime produzioni, ma mi devo ricredere:
come film WALL-E è meglio degli Incredibili (forse persino
molto meglio); non che abbia molto senso fare simili paragoni essendo estremamente diversi come stile e genere, e forse Gli Incredibili resta il film che mi riguarderò più volentieri, ma santi numi: se non si fosse capito, WALL-E è uno dei migliori film di tutti i tempi.
La trama (ma perché leggerla? Tanto
DOVETE vederlo
): la Terra è al collasso per l'eccesso di rifiuti, unica - pigra - soluzione trovata è il partire su una flotta di astronavi extra-lusso per una crociera di cinque anni, mentre sul pianeta una torma di WALL-E (piccoli compattatori di rifiuti cingolati) ripulisce il mondo.
Settecento anni dopo la crociera è ancora in corso, e nessuno si preoccupa minimamente di ritornare indietro, troppo impegnati a godersi le comodità di un mondo popolato da robot apparentemente al proprio servizio.
Sulla Terra il piano è fallito, ed un unico WALL-E resta ancora in funzione; nei secoli ha imparato ad auto-ripararsi, e la costante esposizione agli oggetti umani (soprattutto una consunta videocassetta di
Hello, Dolly!) lo ha portato a sviluppare una malinconica solitudine.
L'arrivo di una sonda inviata alla ricerca di segni che il pianeta è di nuovo abitabile, spezzerà la sua monotona routine.
Solitudine, sentimenti e voglia di (e difficoltà a) relazionarsi, WALL-E è una storia d'amore.
Poi... siete di quelli che vogliono a tutti i costi trovare in tutto un messaggio socialmente edificante, che altrimenti Non È Una Cosa Seria
®? Prego, accomodatevi: messaggio ambientalista, critica all'eccesso di consumismo, inaridimento dei rapporti umani e necessità di autodeterminazione. Tutto quel che volete e di cui va di moda
chiacchierare e dichiararsi paladini, e anche di più (impegnandosi un po', qualcosa contro la guerra in Iraq uno allenato lo trova di sicuro). E non lo dico per dare un contentino: tutte queste cose ci sono e sono importanti e bene evidenti nell'economia del film, che però resta una storia d'amore. Una delle più belle mai raccontate, per la precisione.
Sceneggiatura a dir poco coraggiosa (il film è in larga parte muto),
regia superba ed impeccabile, tutto concorre alla creazione di un capolavoro in cui non sposterei una virgola; sono bellissimi perfino i titoli di coda e l'intricatissima società robotica che popola l'astronave.
Oh, e per inciso: si ride anche parecchio, nel caso a qualcuno fosse venuto il dubbio.
Dell'aspetto tecnico inutile anche parlarne: la Pixar sposta di nuovo l'asticella in una gara che da quando è stata fondata è solo contro se stessa.
L'espressività dei protagonisti è qualcosa di commovente.
Ultima raccomandazione:
NON portateci i bambini; ci saranno eccezioni e bimbi che si divertiranno a vederlo, ma non è un film per loro - specie la prima lunghissima prima parte in cui nessuno parla. Certo, un buon numero di gag visive ci sono (anche se molte prevedono un minimo di conoscenza), ma è un film che prevede una certa maturità.
Simpatico il corto del prestigiatore e del coniglio all'inizio, anche se One Man Band resta insuperato.
Voto: da 10 in su. Tenero e toccante, se non vi commuove fino alle lacrime siete il mostro di Dusseldorf!
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Incredibles, The (2004)
Incredibili, Gli
Regista: Brad Bird Scrittore: Brad Bird Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi, Thriller, Animation
Valutazione: 8.1/10 (117177 voti) [#162 nella top250]
Durata: 115 min
Paese: USA
Lingua: Spanish, English, French
Cast:Trama:Mr. Incredible (A.K.A. Bob Parr), and his wife Helen (A.K.A. Elastigirl), are the world's greatest famous crime-fighting superheroes in Metroville. Always saving lives and battling evil on a daily basis. But fifteen years later, they have been forced to adopt civilian identities and retreat to the suburbs where they have no choice but to retire of being a superhero and force to live a "normal life" with their three children Violet, Dash and Jack-Jack (who were secretly born with superpowers). Itching to get back into action, Bob gets his chance when a mysterious communication summons him to a remote island for a top secret assignment. He soon discovers that it will take a super family effort to rescue the world from total destruction.
Trivia random: When Buddy first meets Mr. Incredible, he has put on a hero mask and filled in the area around his eyes with a blue marker. A similar technique was used in all the Batman films to make the eyes of the actor more visible against the black mask.
Citazione random: [a captured Mr. Incredible is begging Syndrome to call off the attack on Helen's jet]::Mr. Incredible: No! Call off the missiles. I'll do anything!::Syndrome: Too late! Fifteen years too late.
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
WALL·E (2008)
Regista: Andrew Stanton Scrittore: Andrew Stanton,
Pete Docter Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Romance, Sci-Fi, Animation
Valutazione: 8.7/10 (79455 voti) [#31 nella top250]
Durata: 98 min
Paese: USA
Lingua: English
Cast:Trama:In a distant, but not so unrealistic future, where mankind has abandoned earth because it has become covered with trash from products sold by the powerful multi-national Buy N Large corporation, WALL-E, a garbage collecting robot has been left to clean up the mess. Mesmerized with trinkets of earth's history and show tunes, WALL-E is alone on Earth except for a sprightly pet cockroach. One day, Eve, a sleek (and dangerous) reconnaissance robot, is sent to earth to find proof that life is once again sustainable. WALL-E falls in love with Eve. WALL-E rescues Eve from a dust storm and shows her a living plant he found amongst the rubble. Consistent with her "directive" Eve takes the plant and automatically enters a deactivated state except for a blinking green beacon. WALL-E, doesn't understand what has happened to his new friend, but true to his love, he protects her from wind, rain, and lightening, even as she is unresponsive. One day a massive ship comes to reclaim Eve, but WALL-E, out of love or loneliness hitches a ride on the outside of the ship to rescue Eve. The ship arrives back at a large space cruise ship, which is carrying all of the humans who evacuated earth 700 years earlier. The people of earth ride around this space resort on hovering chairs which give them a constant feed of TV and video chatting. They drink all of their meals through a straw out of laziness and/or bone loss, and are all so fat that they can barely move. When the auto-pilot computer, acting on hastily given instructions sent many centuries before, tries to prevent the people of earth from returning, by stealing the plant, WALL-E, Eve, the portly captain, and a band of broken robots stage a mutiny.
Trivia random: The protocol that AUTO is programmed to follow is A113, a reference to the animation room at the California Institute of the Arts, where many of the Pixar animators studied.
Citazione random: Mary: [Mary is looking at the stars outside the Axiom while other passengers pass idly by] Oh! So many stars! Ah.::[she sees WALL-E and EVE flying around outside.]::Mary: Oh! Hey! That's what's-his-name!::[backs up, bumps into John]::John: Hey! What the-?::Mary: Look! Look look look!::[she shuts off his chair and screen, making him aware of his surroundings]::John: Huh? What?::[sees WALL-E and EVE]::John: Hey... I know that guy! It's uh, uh... Wally! That's it! Hey - Wally! It's your buddy John!::Mary: [simultaneously] Hey! Hi, Wally!::[John casually puts his right hand upon Mary's.]::John: [looks down, somewhat surprised; looks up at Mary, smiles] Hi.::Mary: [smiles] Hi.
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
Toy Story 2 (1999)
Toy Story 2 - Woody e Buzz alla riscossa
Regista: John Lasseter,
Ash Brannon Scrittore: John Lasseter,
Pete Docter Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Animation
Valutazione: 8.0/10 (88076 voti)
Durata: 92 min
Paese: USA
Lingua: English
Cast:Trama:While Andy is away at summer camp Woody has been toynapped by Al McWiggin, a greedy collector and proprietor of "Al's Toy Barn"! In this all-out rescue mission, Buzz and his friends Mr. Potato Head, Slinky Dog, Rex and Hamm springs into action to rescue Woody from winding up as a museum piece. They must find a way to save him before he gets sold in Japan forever and they'll never see him again!
Trivia random: After Rex jumps out of the car in Al's Toy Barn to chase after the Zurg help book, he runs to catch the car. Mr. Potato Head views him in the review mirror - a reference to Jurassic Park (1993) when the T-Rex chases the crew in the jeep.
Citazione random: Woody: Jessie, let go of the plane!::Jessie: What? Are you crazy?::Woody: Just pretend it's the final episode of Woody's Roundup.::Jessie: But it was cancelled! We never saw if you made it!::Woody: Well, then, let's find out together!
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
Finding Nemo (2003)
Alla ricerca di Nemo
Regista: Andrew Stanton,
Lee Unkrich Scrittore: Andrew Stanton,
Andrew Stanton Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Animation
Valutazione: 8.2/10 (120205 voti) [#152 nella top250]
Durata: 100 min
Paese: USA
Lingua: English
Cast:Trama:Life along the Great Barrier Reef is full of dangers when you are a tiny clown fish. And for Marlin, a single parent determined to protect his only son Nemo, there are constant fears and anxieties. When, on his first day of school, Nemo defies his father and swims off alone to investigate a boat, he is suddenly scooped up by a diver as Marlin helplessly watches. Marlin turns desperate as he frantically swims off in search for his son. As he passes a school of fish he bumps into Dory, an agreeable blue tang with severe short-term memory loss, who offers to help. Together this aquatic odd couple set out on an impossible mission, finding themselves in troubled waters and contending with such hazards as sharks, deadly angler fishes and a forest of jellyfish. Meanwhile, in a dentist's office overlooking Sydney Harbor, Nemo has landed in a fish tank that is home to a colorful group of characters who want to initiate him into their gang. When word of Marlin and Dory's ocean adventures gets back to Nemo, he is so thrilled to learn of his father's search for him that he becomes motivated to move forward with a daring escape plan of his own.
Trivia random: John Lasseter considered Danny Elfman to score the film. When he turned it down Hans Zimmer was asked, but he turned it down as well.
Citazione random: Lobster: ...and it was like wicked dark down there. How's it going Bob?...
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
Stanton, Andrew (I)
Nome di battesimo: Jr., Andrew Christopher Stanton
Data di nascita: 3 December 1965
Ultimi lavori: Trivia random: Joined Pixar in 1990 as its second animator and ninth employee.
Citazione random: We were always frustrated that people saw CG as a genre as opposed to just a medium that could tell any kind of story. We felt like we widened the palette with Toy Story (1995) but then people unconsciously put CG back in a different box: 'Well, it's got to be irreverent, it's got to have A-list actors, it's got to have talking animals.'
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
Hello, Dolly! (1969)
Regista: Gene Kelly Scrittore: Ernest Lehman,
Michael Stewart Genere: Romance, Comedy, Musical, Family, Romance
Valutazione: 6.7/10 (3440 voti)
Durata: 146 min
Paese: USA
Lingua: English
Cast:Trama:A matchmaker named Dolly Levi takes a trip to Yonkers, New York to see the "well-known unmarried half-a-millionaire," Horace Vandergelder. While there, she convinces him, his two stock clerks and his niece and her beau to go to New York City. In New York, she fixes Vandergelder's clerks up with the woman Vandergelder had been courting, and her shop assistant (Dolly has designs of her own on Mr. Vandergelder, you see).
Trivia random: Also in the original musical, Cornelius Hackl and the Widow Molloy sing "It Only Takes a Moment" in the courtroom during Horace Vandergelder's trial; in the movie, however, they sing "It Only Takes a Moment" in Central Park. The entire arrest and trial sequence was dropped for the movie version.
Citazione random: Dolly Levi: Hello! Hello there, how are you? Oh Hello!::Horace: You know too many people.::Dolly Levi: Total strangers!::Horace: Then why do you greet them?::Dolly Levi: It makes me feel good to have so many friends.::Horace: Oh, say hello for me too then.::Dolly Levi: I already did.
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
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