Comments on: Blu-ray review: Wall-E

By: Dan

Dan — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 18:05:31 +0000

Holmes – Yes, the closing credits are something special. I only wish I had a bigger TV to watch it on as I’m sure it would be even more impressive.

By: Holmes

Holmes — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 14:30:17 +0000

We have WALL-E on blu-ray as well. I'm constantly awed by how gorgeous it is just to look at, not to mention what a great story it is. Even the closing credits are beautiful! Holmess last blog post..Tough Guy

By: Dan

Dan — Tue, 26 May 2009 23:01:11 +0000

Arjan – It is good isn’t it.

Xbox – Yes, it really is that good. I am planning on being completely honest with these reviews I promise. You’ll see when I come to something that I’m not so keen on.

Gail – We saw monster house the other day, scared me and kerry witless. God knows what it would do to the kids. Was good though.

Simon – It probably has a lot to do with it. Certainly the more live action films we’ve seen on blue ray haven’t had as much punch.

Matt – Not that you’re biased or anything :)

Ed – In the case of Wall-E, completely better. much sharper, it’s like watchig a moving photo rather than a TV screen. In other films I’ve seen it is better, but not as awe inspiringly so. I’ll post more on this shortly.

dadwhowrites – I dunno, but I magine he may be right. blue ray would really come into it’s own on huge massive TV’s where you can see the degradation of a “normal” picture due to the size. Evan and i saw coroline too, it was very good indeed. I have a post about that within me too, if i ever get time to write it.

Kevin – of the two, choose wall-e. it would be cheaper anyhow:)

By: Kevin Spencer

Kevin Spencer — Tue, 26 May 2009 22:02:56 +0000

Hmm. Have never seen Wall-E and I don't own a Blu-Ray player. So in the time it took for me to read your review, I may now be buying both. Maybe. Or, er, not. Well, time will tell won't it? Kevin Spencers last blog post..Receipts

By: dadwhowrites

dadwhowrites — Tue, 26 May 2009 21:15:54 +0000

Actually, I bought a LCD TV purely to watch Wall-E. Interestingly, I was tempted by Blu-Ray but the Richer-Sounds guy reckoned that it didn’t provide more than an incremental improvement on an upscaling DVD player if (as we have) you’re watching on a 32″ screen. So on upscaling DVD on our shiny new flatscreen it really did look amazing – I’d no idea the bug was so detailed.

And the story was wonderful – I’ve never seen an animation like it. Well, not until dudelet and I saw Coraline today which utterly restored my faith in all forms of art at a stroke.

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By: Ed (zoesdad)

Ed (zoesdad) — Tue, 26 May 2009 01:09:27 +0000

I don't get it--is Blue-ray really significantly better than a regular DVD? I mean could you actually tell the difference in a blind test? (Well, not literally blind as then you really couldn't see anything, could you?) Ed (zoesdad)s last blog post..Playground Rule #1---No Bullies Allowed

By: Matt

Matt — Mon, 25 May 2009 19:48:31 +0000

“Blue-ray whoring aside, is it really that good?

I likes me some ‘toons.”

WALL-E is by far the best film of 2008 and one of the best animated films ever. In short, it’s really that good.

By: Simon

Simon — Mon, 25 May 2009 19:28:03 +0000

I remember the first DVD that really impressed me was A Bug's Life, another Pixar film. It was also the first DVD (I think) with a purely digital production cycle. At no point did it exist as film, and therefore suffered no loss in quality from the pristine digital original in Pixar's servers. Wall-E must look incredible for the same reason. Simons last blog post..How it Works: The Baby

By: gail

gail — Mon, 25 May 2009 19:21:35 +0000

I totally agree with you Dan. Wall-E is fantastic in Blu-Ray. If they had them you’d be able to see their nasal hairs!

I’m waiting to see ‘Up’ too. It’s a lot like Monster House by the looks of it – and that’s another good one on Blu-Ray.

Pixar films are great quality on an old fashioned tv but perfect on HD/Blu ray.

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By: Xbox4NappyRash

Xbox4NappyRash — Mon, 25 May 2009 17:26:11 +0000

Blue-ray whoring aside, is it really that good? I likes me some 'toons. Xbox4NappyRashs last blog post..Eeny, meeny, miny moe