Computer, define animation: Wall.e

i just watched wall.e
it is amazing, astounding, inspiring, truly truly truly, one of the best animation films i've seen.

it just, blew me away.

if you do animation, if you do acting, if you do story, this is one of those you really need to watch. it's so laid down for you to feel. not stick in your face kinda comedy or soppy drama but,..
i sat down, not expecting much. And they didn't give much according to Hollywood's standards, according to perhaps mass appeal standards, but it is so simple so powerful.

as an animator, i mean, i was awed. i was touched, i was totally inspired.
imagine this.
can a box with eyes make you cry? or a white ipod lookalike cylinder with just 4 pairs of default eyes? its...awesome.

every step of the way i was wondering, how the hell are they gonna portray tat on a box?! if i were given any of those shots in e film, i cldn't even start.
they made it look so simple.
no whambam explosions in your face, or a spectacular array of color or french allure (ala Ratatouille), no fast cuts or crazy action sequences, just plain simple, film at one of its best.

i read a review online, and it stated that if wall.e was done by any other studio other than Pixar, even disney, wall.e wld have a heroic voice, the cockroach will be a wisecracking sidekick with wisdom in the form of pop culture metaphors...and it wld just be another animation film.

But Pixar, thank you (: for making me inspired and excited and beefed up abt doing and upping my standards. No mediocre for Clara, i want to be wonderful.

i'm not gonna be just another animation film. not just another cute robot character. You don't see the animation behind it, the thoughts, the acting. You're so wrong if you think its just some cute animation and another film.

i mean, animation doesn't only mean Horton kinda thing. it doesn't mean the bodies of the characters have to do things humans can't. being exaggerated, being over-animated is one thing, but the subtle, small things are wads really powerful. anyone can animate an outwardly shocked or angry character, but to put out a msg across with just a hand gesture, that is astounding acting and genius of animators via a box called wall.e and an oval called eve.