Some time ago I wrote a – well I wouldn’t say truly harsh – blog post dealing with the ongoing “hype” that seems to be waging on regarding 3D cinema. Although I kept my fingers off my keyboard since then I nevertheless continued to think about this topic. And after a long time I think I finally found a valid argument to add to the discussion.

Ten “Plot Holes” and Errors in Wall-E

by Gunther Heinrich, 25 Jan 2009 in The Movie & Me

If you don’t find an error in a movie you simply didn’t watch it.

Over the years of movie going this is one of the things I concluded. In most cases there is always an error in a movie. And if you didn’t spot anything you simply paid no attention to what’s going on.

WALL E for me is such an example in both ways. For one, when I watched it the first time I simply didn’t spot all the small and bigger errors in this wonderful tale. I simply loved every bit of it. Now that I finally had the time to watch it again on DVD I’m wondering if my brain was working at all during the first time.

So after the movie finished I started thinking. Are there any errors or plot holes? The result I came up with is the following list of ten “plot holes” and errors in WALL E…

Some of you might remember the good old times ten or twenty years ago. Those were the times when all kinds of special effects in movies were so obvious you were able to count them without problems.

Well, times surely have changed.

Before I show you the proof of this remark, I present you a funny little game: try to find the effects in the following two images from the movie THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON. Ready? Go:

The Last Post

by Gunther Heinrich, 31 Dec 2008 in The Movie & Me

…of 2008.

You didn’t think I would stop now, would you?

Well, the year 2008 was quite interesting and sad at the same time. All the different Top Lists popping up everywhere remind me that another year has passed. But what a year it was.

Top 10 Movies of 2008 I did not see

by Gunther Heinrich, 27 Dec 2008 in The Movie & Me

You know, there are tons of Top Tens of Those and Top Tens of Others. Even I cannot prevent this on my site all the time because it is nevertheless easy stuff to create. So, I hereby present you a list of various movies that pop up in almost every Top Ten list but which I did not see (in no particular order):