one of the most effective openings to a movie ever

Whoever thought to open the movie with this song.....brilliant

back then i didn't realize just how scary the concept of this movie actually was

"We won't come home until we've kissed a girl" *Exactly how Wall-E gets rebooted at the end of the movie*

This is the best opening to a movie ever.

0:43 Took me years to notice that the windmills and nuclear reactors have been built on top of the trash, instead of the trash building up around them. Goes to show just how blind and doomed humanity was before they noticed the sheer severity of the situation and tried to right their wrongs

i can’t believe they made a pixar movie about new jersey

1:08 "And we won't go home until we've kissed a girl" This is the most small, yet satisfying detail they put in when you realise how it syncs up with the story.

It's sad to see this once beautiful Earth, now dark and polluted

2001: A lovable take on Monsters running a corporation 2003: Look at all the sea life living freely 2004: These superheroes are awesome at fighting crime 2006: Look at this awesome race happening. 2007: What a funny situation that little rat is in 2008: THE EARTH IS DEAD AND WE HUMANS KILLED IT Woah Pixar, kind of a change in your opening narratives over the years. Way to get a grim point straight across.

I love how they mix the beauty of our galaxy, the stars, and our sun mixed with the dark ominous tone of the neglected cold Earth to create a very morbid and sharp feeling. The music choice was perfect in my opinion, it reinforced what you were seeing in a way that without music, wouldn't of been possible.

One of the best and scariest openings ever. Except as a kid you don’t understand how scary it is

It's amazing how Wall-e manages to be both an extremely cynical yet hopeful/uplifting movie

*Wall-e is a masterpiece.* *The soundtrack is perfect.* *The romantic story line between* *eve and wall-e is perfect.* *The plot is perfect.* *The robot designs are perfect.* *The robot designs are unique.* *wall-e is the perfect movie*

I still remember being about 19 years old. My platoon had just returned to our barracks after a long hard day of training in Ft Sill. One of our guys went to the PX and bought this movie. It had just come out. 50 hardcore trained men in a barracks watching this movie was just something beautiful. For a hour and a half we were all just kids again.

If the Hello Dolly soundtrack is the only thing to survive the apocalypse I'm ok with it.

I like the possible irony of wind turbines and solar batteries swamped by trash. Renewable energy? Don't matter, the Earth is dead. But the best ironic moment was after credits - the BnL logo, as reminder that this great film is also part of mass-production in our world of consumption.

One of the best kids movies ever created.

me as a kid: mom, my room isnt that messy its fiiiine my room:

It's mindblowing to see this movie and learn that this was produced in *2008* Those space shots are just BEAUTIFUL

"Consumerism. Consumerism never stops..."

This reminds me of Fallout! The old music, the ruined earth, the destroyed city :D

I often annoy my family by making jokes throughout a movie. When I walked out of the theater after seeing Walle I realized... I had watched the entire movie without uttering a single word. THAT is something I'll never forget.

This movie literally predicts the future of mankind.

The garbage covered city could be a perfect Fallout location

This is by by far one of the greatest animated films I've ever seen its just so touching and so true to reality and the romance between Wall-E and EVE is great and the bleak future is just so well done

1:20 A legend still working after 7 centuries.

I absolutely love how this movie relies on feel more than dialogue. I wish they made more movies that followed that.

Guys the song is Put on Your Sunday Clothes from Hello Dolly! ;)

It's 2:45 AM and I'm watching the intro to Wall-E...

Here's the lyrics to the song: Out there There's a world outside of Yonkers Way out there beyond this hick town Barnaby There's a slick town Barnaby Out there Full of shine and full of sparkle Close your eyes and see it glisten Barnaby Listen Barnaby Put on your Sunday clothes There's lots of world out there Get out the brillantine and dime cigars We're gonna find adventure in the evening air Girls in white in a perfumed night Where the lights are bright as the stars Put on your Sunday clothes We're gonna ride through town In one of those new horse drawn open cars We'll see the shows at Delmonicos And we'll close the town in a whirl And we won't come home until we've kissed a girl

this is literally the most unforgettable movie intro ever

i cried a little when i saw this in the theatre as soon as the zoom scene happen and i saw what had happen to the earth

I love this movie. It had such good character development I felt sympathy for a cockroach. That's talent.

0:41 notice how there's a few windwills built on the gigantic pile of trash. That means that humans didn't even think about trying renewable energy sources until it was too late for them.

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Like at 0:11 with the trumpets in the back and it just shows those two planets and the sun is just something I will never forget this opening is awesome

The first 26 seconds has to be one of the most beautiful movie intros in cinematic history. 0:30-1:15: I agree with the analysis in the description. The fact that this song gradually fades out into a distant echo makes it even more memorable, much more so than if it had reached its natural conclusion or ended abruptly. I feel like it helps signifies humankind (and most o life's) gradual departure (or extinction) from Earth, and evokes a melancholic atmosphere to this sad scene of our planet.

The way they opened up a Pixar movie with such a disgusting, filthy environment is amazing. Like for a lot of kids this was the first look at environmental destruction they saw

1:09 That part where the music becomes more difficult to hear always gives me goosebumps for some reason. I hope I'm not alone.

Disney/Pixar should definitely do more space themed animations. I dont give a fuck if it's A Space Odyssey for kids. I'm just dying for more SPAAAAACEEE!

I knew I was in for something within the first minutes when I saw this movie. Then when I saw Wall-E on dead Earth I cried. The first part of this movie I cry every time. It was one of my favorite movie going experiences.

Fun Fact: This movie was the very first movie that I ever got to watch at an actual movie theater. I remember seeing the teaser for this movie back in 2007, a year before the film's actual release. When I first saw WALL-E's design, I instantly fell in love with him. He had such a charming and unique personality, even if it were just through the trailers. I literally begged and pleaded with my dad to see the film next year in June of 2008, which was the month of the film's theatrical release. I had never gone to a cinema prior to WALL-E's release: before, I had just watched all of the movies we owned through our DVD releases. While watching the movies at home is a great experience, it did not have the same charm as actually going to a movie theater to see it on release. This was the movie that I wanted to see the absolute most that year, and by God I waited patiently for that movie to hit its June 2008 release window. And when the day of the film's release finally arrived, I kept begging and pleading for my dad to take me to my local movie theater. And as such, a few days after the film releases, we get in the car, and drive to a nearby city next to the small town I live in. We currently have two movie theaters that are close to us: Galaxy 10 and an AMC Classic theater which used to belong to Carmike Cinemas. But, there was a 3rd movie theater as well, in the same city that our Carmike theater was located in. It was right next to our local Hastings store (may Hastings rest in peace). A while later, that movie theater in particular was closed permanently and eventually was replaced with a Dollar Tree grocery store. While I can't remember the exact name of the theater, I remember that's the one we went to. Anyways, we pull up to the theater, get our tickets, and sit in the chairs in the theater, waiting for the previews to start. I kid you not, I could NOT stay seated as my body was full of excitement. This was the first movie I was ever going to see in an actual theater. In my eyes, this was going to be an absolute memorable moment in my life. And when the previews started, I got more excited. I literally was jumping around in the seat, and my dad had to literally get me to stop and stay still, seated in the chair. And then, the film finally started, and I just sat there, watching the film, not saying a word. I sat there and watched in awe as I listened to WALL-E's very limited type of vocabulary, and as he fell for Eve, who he refers to as Eva. I was getting emotionally attached to the characters in the theater. And when WALL-E was crushed, oh man, that shed some tears. That felt like a punch to the gut. And when we finally walked out of the theater, I said I loved the movie and couldn't wait for its DVD release. We eventually got the movie on DVD when it finally had its physical release on home media, and I have watched it God knows how many times at this point. Nevertheless, I will never forget this film for being the first film I ever got to see in a movie theater. I have seen a lot of films inside cinemas now, but before WALL-E, I never saw a single movie of any kind in the cinema. That was the turning point. This film truly had a cultural impact on my life, and it was a truly amazing experience to get to see it in theaters. A part of me wants Disney to do a theatrical re-release of WALL-E as an anniversary celebration so I can relive that experience all over again. =)

Wall-E is turning 10 Years

This might be my favourite opening scene from any movie, ever. There aren't many films that manage to set up the tone, story and message so smoothly, so gorgeously and so expertly. It's managed to age perfectly in every way, too.

I love how the music and the galaxy and stars go so perfectly together in the beginning, and it creates a very charming intro, and then it shows our deserted Earth filled with garbage and remains of what once was beaming with life and civilization, and yet the happy music still plays. What’s even more ironic is the music describing a world that is completely different than the world you’re being shown. It really shocked me the first time, and it’s quite unsettling if you think about it. This intro is so cool but it fills me with a deep sense of sadness. Like... this really could happen. The Earth can become such a barren wasteland, populated by robots that live on forever, endlessly sorting garbage left behind by humans who have been long gone. Overall, this movie really makes you think...

Put this into perspective. The film takes place in around 2800. Humans have been evacuated from the planet since 2105. That’s only 97 years after 2008 (the release of Wall-e) and 82 years from now!

Responding to your description: I think the 50s/60s is chosen because of the smuggness and self righteousness of the time. Gaining TVs, plastic, microwaves, etc en large made people pretty optimistic about the future and pretty smug about where they were now. Fast forward and we see the negative effects of all this single use plastic and other inventions which werent earth friendly at all. Its an easy place to point to as the beginning of the rapid decline. Though I think its more accurate to look back at all the industrial revolutions and similar points in history, its admittedly an easy and modern symbol to point to that transition period where consumerism grew so rampantly as though resources were infinite.

That is one seriously tough roach. He gets run over at least twice in this movie and survives a point-blank laser blast.

My favorite Disney/Pixar movie. Actually, one of my favorite movies overall.

Wall-E predicted the future, who agrees?

Unironically one of the best films ever made. Ever. Truly a masterpiece.

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This movie is the key reason why i love post-apocalyptic and space sci-fi themes ♥

I can just imagine being at the Cinema in 2008 watching as how one of the best movie intros ever is being played right in front of you.. for the first time.

Whenever I hear the first 3 seconds I get chills with nostalgia. Best intro ever

Fallout: The movie.

So....this is what's gonna happen in the future?

I love how cheery the music is while Earth is depicted as an absolute hell hole

Back when I was a kid, I looked at this opening scene as if it were beautiful. The mountains of garbage and rusted human technology were comical to me, and paired with the song, the whole thing just emitted this aura of joyfullness that a child is naive enough to pick up on. But now that I'm older, I realize just how ominous this opening scene truly is. Gorgeous, but terrifying nonetheless.

“You need to clean your room.” “It’s not even that messy.” My room:

I feel sorry 4 wall.e being left on earth for 7 centuries. Stupid auto not letting the humans return to Earth and repair the damage the earth is now. I hope this never happens in the real world. 🙁

0:28 Earth after Starlink fails :(

This movie was garbage Get it? Wall e collects garbage. Anyway, this was always my favorite movie.

honestly im not sure if all the water dried up or if its just so poluted that it turned dark gray

0:25 bro I like this part so much idk why

I just love how there is minimal logos. It's just disney and Pixar logos, and also there's no humongous title after the intro. It's just a lot more satisfying to look at.

I'll never forget how hard this opening hit the first time I watched this movie. WALL-E is without a doubt one of the great cinema masterpieces.

Literally the best opening in a movie ever, and I loved this movie

Love how the flyover of the city at the beginning is an homage to the opening scene in West Side Story. Brilliant.

Saw this on opening day when I was a little kid. Came out the same day on my birthday.

Got this movie for Christmas in 2008 at my grandparents house. Watched it later day and fell so in love with this movie.

I love WALL-E. After re watching it after many years, I can say its one of my favorite movies ever. But there is one thing that has stuck with me. I am not sure what to call it or if anyone out there cares as much as I do, but, the idea of a ruined city, vast open areas and a song playing in the distance. This idea was gifted to me by WALL-E and I haven't been able to find a lot similar to it since. What first sparked this vibe to me was the song "Aftermath" by Caravan Palace. But that part isn't a huge part of the song. I found it again with "In the Garden" by Red Vox and here am. If anyone out there knows about this depressing, lonely feeling and has a name for it, please tell me where to find more.

0:18 Just noticed that the space dust faintly resembles the Axiom.

This is the Earth in the year 2805 and I really really hope it won't end up like that 😔 please don't leave Earth no matter what, this is the message for our future generations

This song fits so well with a space theme it's insane

I like how Wall-e's intro is done. It's almost like Marty's introduction in Back to the Future. They show the outer space in the beginning and then cut to earth all desolate and empty and all there is is garbage piling up and no signs of civilization. But low and behold, someone is still on the planet. It's revealed that the only being left on the planet is a little robot wheeling around the world cleaning up the trash. When Wall-e is introduced, only his wheels are shown. Then the back of him appears. Then when he puts down the trash cube, his face is fully shown for the first time. I just feel that the opening shots of space and the now desolate earth just show how far Pixar has gone over the years and how underrated they are as a studio.

This video should be called "Time machine", because brings you back of more than 10 years, but also 700 years in the future. I love this movie!

God I love this intro, it will never get old.

It took me going to see “Hello, Dolly” live to realize this was the intro song to Wall-e. What a classic!

This could only be more brutally ironic if they went with _Mr. Blue Sky._

Man, I really love the sci-fi genre and I think that WALL•E is the first sci-fi I ever liked and introducing me to other sci-fis such as Portal and Dead Space, But honestly, WALL•E is very special and smarter than any sci-fi I ever looked at They really managed to tell the audiences to understand what's going on with a few dialogue, and with the help of music and little expressions too, And also they managed to tell the audience to keep protecting the earth without wasting environments without involving aliens and monsters, unknown things out there in space, Which it's unique. And one more thing a robot being main character for a sci-fi story is kind of a rare considering many humans is the main characters of most sci-fi story, WALL•E is the masterpiece sci-fi ever Pixar created and yet Pixar can't and never will ever made another movie that will be good as much as WALL•E even as yet they tried to make Lightyear.

Nuclear power plant is Three Mile Island, the city skyline was I though New York City, but it's actuality Virginia Beach or a futuristic Chesapeake Bay city. The shipyard in the movie is in Chesapeake Bay. The wind farms are in the rural hillsides of Pennsylvania and West Virginia and Maryland. So ultimately Wall-E takes place in the Mid-Atlantic US.

0:03 Wall-E (2008)

I love movie openings like this that provide such brilliant contrast between beauty and tragedy.

We rarely get movies that includes pollution.

This is actually pretty dark/depressing when you come back to it as an adult

Today marks 15 years since the release of the best Pixar movie, imo and it looks like it hasn't aged a day.

Happy 15th Anniversary!

This movie was not just for kids but for everyone. We should protect our Earth.

I've seen this Pixar animated film about few times and it's absolutely fantastic. I'd say it's one of the best Pixar films I've ever seen! It is one of my favourite Pixar films of all time. Also my favourite characters are Wall E, EVE and M-O. I remembered seeing this at Movies @ Dundrum in my home city, Dublin, Ireland twice in summer 2008. I was 18 in the year 2008. A part of this intro can be creepy especially when it shows WALL-E treading several "dead" or inactive WALL-E units and music. This may be unsettling to some viewers.

Andrew Stanton, we salute you and your team's efforts at making one of the greatest animated movies of all time, and we thank you for this impactful message about what Earth could become if we don't take care of it

When I saw this in the theater, I cried at this scene. I'm half Apache, for as many generations as there have been settlers my people have feared this.

Words can’t express how happy my sisters and I were once we heard this song start playing. We grew up on musicals like Hello Dolly, but we darn sure weren’t expecting to hear it in Wall-E. Pleasant surprise.

I’m glad this movie was a part of my childhood. It’s a unique movie with a great story and soundtrack.

Now this is how you open a film! The juxtaposition of the upbeat music with the dystopian backdrop, pure genius.

This, in my opinion, is the greatest movie to exist. I'm receiving so much nostalgia from this video. The film is simple and yet a great idea. Pixar should do more movies like this and not bs films like "The Good Dinosaur".

1:02 you cant even tell if it is real or animated!!

Poor Earth seeing it destroyed makes me feel uncomfortable 0:20

This is literally the only one I can watch over and over just beautiful film