How good is WALL•E? Well, get that Oscar ready.
So my four-star review of WALL•E didn’t convince you that Pixar’s latest and possibly greatest effort is worth your hard earned money. The 93 on Metacritic and the 97 percent ripe on the Tomatometer didn’t do it either.
How about this? The little robot that could, which had second biggest June opening weekend of all-time, has an even bigger claim to fame. It jumped to #9 on the IMDB.com Top 250 today. That is huge. It’s The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon huge. Looks like WALL•E is going to be sticking around longer than just through the summer.
With reviews, box office and popular appeal like this, it’s time to start asking ourselves if we don’t have an Oscar contender on our hands. The Academy is still licking its wounds after February’s art house extravaganza, which resulted in the lowest rated Oscar ever. Nominating a blockbuster like WALL•E for Best Picture should allow it to regain some credibility in the eyes of the American public.
Between the WALL•E raves and the deafening buzz for Heath Ledger as the Joker in The Dark Knight, this summer may prove to be the most fruitful season for Academy contenders since Saving Private Ryan stormed onto the scene in July 1998. We’ll find out just how fruitful in 7 months when the nominees are announced.
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