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Post by bima on Aug 31, 2008 6:09:19 GMT -5
Vanessa, you're GOOD!
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Post by Viva la Vida on Aug 31, 2008 15:11:54 GMT -5
More than anything else, the credits montage demonstrate the deep, thorough understanding and genuine respect that Pixar has for art in all of it's embodiments. I wish there were an online video of the credits to watch whenever I fancy until the DVD comes out...
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Post by MidgardDragon on Aug 31, 2008 15:16:08 GMT -5
I share that wish. I'm tempted to smuggle in some sort of recording device on Thursday, but the main reason credits aren't recorded is because the theater staff typically come in to clean during them, and I'd be sure to get busted.
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Post by smkndofpnutdssrt on Aug 31, 2008 16:27:28 GMT -5
You got it! Actually, I wasn't surprised they didn't use any post-industrial movements in the end sequence. Because, if you think about it, the post-industrial age was the precursor to the modern age which led to the information age which led to . . . well, BNL and the Axiom. I think from a historical perspective it makes sense to stop before giving the impression that the whole circle started all over again. If everything stops in with the "post-Impressionism" era, that implies that the final result was a happy, peaceful, pre-WWI era. Like Hello Dolly! I saw the the credits all the way through the first time only because my friend wanted to see them (either that or the BNL logo at the end) and I was waiting for her. I thought they were pretty neat at first, but when I saw the last image with Wall-E and Eve holding hands beneath the tree that was once The Plant, I lost it. I really loved how the epilogue bit as well as the 8-bit animation sequence, they end with Wall-E and Eve holding hands to make a point that buy and large (hah!) this is what this story is all about.
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Post by bkim on Sept 1, 2008 22:08:04 GMT -5
One thing I wanted to add to this, since no one else has mentioned it, is the symbolism behind the oak tree. It's obvious that that last shot is taken quite some time after the events of the film. Plus, oak trees, if I'm not mistaken, symbolize permanence. Therefore, that one shot suggests that WALL-E and EVE's love is permanent, or yet, eternal. *sniff*. But seriously, I think it's such a poignant image and an extraordinarily sophisticated way to end a film which is already one of the most sophisticated I've ever seen.
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Post by smkndofpnutdssrt on Sept 1, 2008 22:17:07 GMT -5
Beautiful, bkim. Beautifully put.
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Post by vanessajoyce on Sept 1, 2008 22:18:11 GMT -5
Ahhhhh . . . . I'd never thought of that . . . but yes, oak trees do indicate that.
Wow . . . I can't wait to watch the credit sequence again and really concentrate on all the details . . .
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