THE DEVIN'S ADVOCATE: IS WALL-E ENVIRONMENTAL OR HYPOCRITICAL?

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Wall-E’s Green Message May Be Undercut By Its Non-Green Marketing
Published 6/23/2008 by michael at ecorazzi.com :: the latest in green gossip
... According to CHUD writer Devin Faraci, it’s the latter that may end up proving ironic. Amidst the hundred or more movie tie-ins he had to witness as part of a marketing sales pitch, the only environmentally-friendly item the “PRbot” could point out was a post-consumer Wall-E branded Kleenex box. As Faraci pointed out, ...

Wimping on WALL*E
Published 6/24/2008 at Hollywood Elsewhere
... -- a message movie about the lunacy of destroying our planet with fossil-fuel pollutants and whatnot, as well one that points the finger at the evil agents of this destruction. In an article up today, CHUD's Devin Faraci , who's seen the film, has described these bad apples as "corporations, out-of control branding, insidious advertising and rampant consumerism." And yet writer/director Andrew Stanton , oddly, recently downplayed the ecological theme during the film's recent press junket. Faraci has also ...

WALL*E -- hypocritical? too political?
Published 6/24/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (Peter T Chattaway) at FilmChat
... I mentioned this in my last post on the film, where I alluded to something a colleague of mine had said after attending the junket. Now Devin Faraci of CHUD.com has written a full-blown editorial asking whether the film is "environmental or hypocritical": ...

Just Don’t Say the E Word
Published 6/24/2008 by Sasha Stone at Awards Daily 2008
... The marketing for Pixar’s Wall-E has been superb thus far.  They’ve managed to control who saw the film first (which always devolves into a pissing contest) and I have been wondering for a while now about why they were doing this - why was it not being seen by everyone and what were they hiding?  Well, Devin Feraci at CHUD may be onto something when he writes: ...

Fat People Mad about 'WALL-E' and Others Upset Over Hypocrisy
Published 6/27/2008 at RopeofSilicon: Latest Headlines
... are unfairly treated and blah, blah, blah, but then finally gets to his point saying: The neo-cons are also less than thrilled that the president is portrayed by Fred Willard, long Hollywood's leading expert in playing nitwits, and that the film, basically a robot love story, is also an extended, razor-sharp attack on corporate malfeasance and consumer spending run amok. This is an argument that actually has some validity, but I am not sure where it fits in... Devin Faraci at CHUD questions whether the film sends a good message or is really a bunch of hypocrisy. Devin ...

Discuss: Do Politics Belong in Kids Movies?
Published 6/29/2008 by Eric Kohn at Cinematical
Filed under: Animation, New Releases, RumorMonger, Celebrities and Controversy, Scripts, Newsstand, Politics A couple of people have been griping about Wall-E director Andrew Stanton's refusal to admit that his cute little movie about a robot in love actually contains some pretty upfront green politics, but there's a far more polarizing reference in the film than its harmless pro-environment agenda. It's no major plot spoiler to reveal that, about an hour or so into the story, Fred ...

Weekend Box-Office: 'Wall-E' Takes to the Skies
Published 6/30/2008 by Eugene Novikov at Cinematical
Filed under: New Releases, Box OfficeNotwithstanding the best attempts of some to smear Wall-E as being somehow hypocritical or disdainful of consumers, the little robot gave Pixar the third-best opening weekend in its history, behind The Incredibles and Finding Nemo (and roughly tied with Monsters, Inc.). Its $62.5 million take was on par with expectations, though the lack of the usual family film Saturday and Sunday bump suggests that Wall-E attracted an impressive number ...

Fan Rant: Why 'Wall-E' Isn't "Hypocritical"
Published 6/30/2008 by Eugene Novikov at Cinematical
Filed under: Animation, New Releases, Disney, Distribution, Movie Marketing, Fan Rant The media is playing two pointless games of "gotcha" with Pixar's wonderful Wall-E at the moment. Eric Kohn addressed the first -- conservative critics griping about the film's "left-wing" message -- over here. The other, best articulated in this post by CHUD's Devin Faraci and this mind-boggling missive from the New York Post's Kyle Smith, but also showing up in Todd McCarthy's Variety review, is that Wall-E's supposed anti-consumerist bent is "hypocrisy" on account of it's released by ...

The /Filmcast: After Dark - Episode 6
Published 7/5/2008 by slashfilm.com at /Film
The /Filmcast: After Dark is a recording of what happens right after The /Filmcast is over, when the kids have gone to bed and the guys feel free to speak whatever is on their minds. In other words, it’s the leftover and disorganized ramblings, mindfarts, and brain diarrhea from The /Filmcast, all in one convenient audio file. In this episode, David, Peter, Devindra, Adam and Eric Vespe (AKA “Quint“) continue their discussion of Wall-E and its social implications, intended or not. Also a poll question from David sends the uStream chat room spiraling wildly out of control. Have any questions/comments/suggestions? Want to advertise your movie/product/service ...

Movie Review: Wall-E
Published 7/10/2008 by orfilms@gmail.com (slashfilm.com) at /Film
... If that twat Leona Helmsley had seen Wall-E she probably would have left $8 billion to an unkempt robot trash compactor. Or by default Pixar. The nonpareil animation studio’s ninth film is arguably their best, a touchstone for the current culture that will outlive us all and makes its way into lonely, lonely space one day strapped beside There Will Be Blood. I’m not overlooking the “contrarians’” views of the film either; Wall-E is definitely a hypocritical vacuum of sorts, vaulting its strong wake up, ...