We watched it half a year ago and I can’t remember anything from it.
It was quirky and fun to have an Asian-American protagonist (we are so spoiled relative to the lily-white days of the 80’s!). Red pandas are super cute, especially when Pixar-fied. I wish I had a crew to hang with like the girl (moving across the state in 6th grade did not help).
But yeah. Not much here. I’m not sure what “it” should be, but “it” ain’t here. The movie was better than I expected from the trailer but my predominant memory is feeling slightly bored.
It doesn’t hit like the classics like Toy Story or Monster’s Inc., which we just rewatched the other night.
I wonder if one can pinpoint this decline halfway through WALL-E when it went from an avante garde film without words to that silly fat human spaceship.
At some point Pixar chose to pursue technical proficiency over crafting a great story. And the results — both good and bad — are unavoidable.