Waiting to watch UP!

I can’t wait to watch UP! The movie trailer can be viewed here:

"UP" trailer (click to view trailer)

This is the story line of “UP” the movie:

By tying thousands of balloon to his home, 78-year-old Carl Fredricksen sets out to fulfill his lifelong dream to see the wilds of South America. Right after lifting off, however, he learns he isn't alone on his journey, since Russell, a wilderness explorer 70 years his junior, has inadvertently become a stowaway on the trip.

The 2 main characters: Carl and Russell are very much interesting to me after viewing the trailer because of the following reasons:

1) They are cute.
2) They are funny.
3) I love how life like they are as animations.
4) Carl’s character and Russell’s character somehow don’t match and this makes me wonder how they can put up with each another.
5) Basically they are made by PIXAR, one of the BEST animators!!!

This is how the characters from the movie look like:

Carl - cute grandpa

Russell - the cuter wildness boy

Dough - the brown dog

Kevin - the birddddddddy

Can’t wait to watch this show! It will help me to decrease the stress I have after my exam! =(

“UP in Singapore Cinemas opening 7th August 2009”

WALL-E

i caught WALL-E two days ago.

so what is it about? :

The year is 2700. Planet Earth is one giant trash heap, and an incompetent corporation called Buynlarge has the contract to clean up the mess. Buynlarge sent thousands of robots, called Waste Allocation Load Lifters - Earth Class, to do the job but unfortunately they all broke down over the past 700 years. Save for one.
The last robot has developed a few bugs of his own. This Wall-E became self-aware and curious about humans. He, along with his pet cockroach Spot, has amassed a bizarre collection of human artifacts including a VCR and a VHS tape of Hello Dolly!, which he watches incessantly. Wall-E toils away at his thankless (and endless) job until another robot, named Eve, suddenly arrives. Wall-E follows this new robot around like a little puppy and, when she finally leaves Earth, he finds a way to tag along. Which is where the real fun starts.

read more about it at : HERE and HERE

extract from wiki:

"Walt Disney Pictures released it in the United States and Canada on June 27, 2008. The film grossed $23.1 million on its opening day, and $63 million during its opening weekend in 3,992 theaters, ranking #1 at the box office. This ranks the third highest-grossing opening weekend for a Pixar film as of July 2008. Following Pixar tradition, WALL-E was paired with a short film titled Presto for its theatrical release. It has achieved highly positive reviews with an approval rating of 97% on the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes. It is currently a strong contender for a Best Picture nod."

read a review online and i agree to it:

the movie combines love story and sci-fi into an intergalactic adventure that will remain as a classic film. Only after watching this you’ll find the true meaning of ’silence is gold’.

So what does all the robot names mean?

WALL-E — Waste Allocation Load Lifter Earth-Class

EVE — Extraterrestrial Vegetation Evaluator

BRL-A — Mobile umbrella robots, one of which has trouble keeping himself closed
BUF-4 — A cleaning robot that polishes the EVE probes
BURN-E — A robot who welds and makes repairs on the Axiom
COM-T — A secretary robot who types and organizes files; he learns how to wave, from WALL-E
D-FIB — Defibrillator robots, one of which cannot control the voltage in her paddles.
GEL-A — Robot stewards who oversee security on the ship
GO-4 — Head of security and Captain McCrea's second-in-command, but is entirely subservient to Auto
HAN-S — Robotic masseurs, one of which is overly energetic with little control over his flailing arms
L-T — Flashlight robots, one of which likes to play in the dark
NAN-E — Nanny robots who teach and watch over the children on the Axiom
PR-T — Beautician robots who make mindless small-talk, one of which tries to give a makeover to anything nearby
REM-E — Robotic rodents modeled after computer mice, which inhabit the Axiom waste dump. The name is alluded to, ironically, the main character of Ratatouille
SERV-A — Service robots who carry other robots from place to place
SPR-A — A cleaning robot that sprays and rinses robots with water
VAQ-M — Vacuum-like robots, one of which is prone to sneezing fits
VN-GO — Painting robots, one of which tracks paint wherever he goes. The name is a play on "Van Gogh"
WALL-A — (Waste Allocation Load Lifter Axiom-Class). Trash-compactor robots used aboard the Axiom

movie teaser: