“Behind the Scenes” is an exhaustive collection of short documentaries talking about certain aspects of the movie. "The Imperfect Lens: Creating the Look of WALL·E" dealt with how Pixar wanted to make the film look real. So they used movements to mimic camera focusing and jostling. This type of camera work is especially noticeable in the first act. There are numerous times where the camera turns and focuses like a live action camera would.
"Animation Sound Design: Building Worlds from the Sound Up" looks at how the sounds of Wall-e were born. I never knew so much went into sound design. Years were spent just getting the sounds of WALL·E and EVE right.
"Captain's Log: The Evolution of Humans" is by far the best behind the scenes feature. Here we learn that before the humans in WALL·E were actually human, they were first green blobs of goo. The plan when WALL·E was first conceived was to devolve humans so much that they were intelligible blobs. Obviously the filmmakers didn’t go with this idea, but those green globs look oddly like the ones found in the short before Ratatouille called “Lifted.” They never come out and say it, but I think they used the characters in that because they spent so much time on them they needed to use them somewhere.
Ending Thoughts
When I first saw this film it touched me. I’ve seen it about six times now, and each and every time I’m fascinated by the amount of emotion a little robot can show. WALL·E should be nominated for best actor as far as I’m concerned.
Pixar has the uncanny ability to take a story and make it something that sticks with us forever. They have bridged the adult/child gap with every film they’ve made, and here it’s no different. WALL·E is universally loved by kids and adults. It is a movie that deserves to belong in everyone’s home movie collection. Oh, and did I mention the high definition presentation of WALL·E is out of this world, literally?
This set contains anything and everything a fan could want, and it’ll keep you and your family entertained for years to come. At least until we have to leave Earth, but even then you’ll still be able to take it with you.
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