BURN·E (2008)

hyped garbage

How sad is this?

Fantastic!

It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

I first saw this short when I rented 'WALL-E' a few years ago and while it was initially forgettable apart from BURN-E being locked out, two further viewings since recently owning the film gave me a better understanding of what the short's about.Basically the short is about BURN-E's several failed attempts at fixing one of the exterior lights on the Axiom whilst taking place alongside different parts of the film in a similar manner to 'Jack-Jack Attack' tying in with various scenes in 'The Incredibles.' The opening shot of WALL-E running his hand through the rings of Saturn whilst clinging onto the ship destined for Axiom is beautiful as is the segment of WALL-E and EVE dancing in the sky to gorgeous music. Shortly afterwards they fly back inside the Axiom and cause BURN-E to be locked out, thus making it the best and most memorable part that ties in with the film. Not only was the sky-dancing music a treat to the ears but also BURN-E humming 'Song Of Joy/Ode To Joy,' which was used as the closing theme. I did find this short a tad rushed due to it taking place alongside several scenes of 'WALL-E,' but it has a lot of the same elements as the main feature and the usual metallic textures.Overall this is one of the best feature-related Pixar shorts that is only just above par with 'Dug's Special Mission' and 'Jack-Jack Attack.' 8.5/10 to round up to IMDb's 9/10 rating.

BURN-E is a short extra film that was packaged with the DVD of WALL-E. The film takes place during the climactic chase scene in WALL-E but instead of featuring Eve and WALL-E, a new robot (BURN-E) is the star.BURN-E is a maintenance robot whose job involves replacing lights on the exterior of the ship. When one is broken, BURN-E hops into action but again and again he loses the lights and must go back and get more. Then, once his job is complete, he's locked out of the ship and must try to find some way back to his little niche in the ship.This is a good film to watch with WALL-E as it gives an alternate view of what's happening during the full-length film (sort of like the JACK-JACK ATTACK short that was included with THE INCREDIBLES). However, don't expect magic--it's only a decent short and it won't change your life if you miss it. Speaking of magic, the short PRESTO is also included on the DVD and is a vastly superior and much funnier short.

This short feature - that comes on the DVD and Blu-ray disc of WALL-E (2008) - tells the background story of Burn-E (Basic Utility Robot Nano Engineer), a persistent little robot whose job it is to replace light posts on the exterior of BnL's Axiom spacecraft, which houses Earth's people while robots such as WALL-E (Waste Allocation Load Lifter-Earth-class) clean up the mess they left behind on their planet.It's an amusing story that takes place during the feature film, though Burn-E's existence is only briefly shown as a robot frustrated that WALL-E and EVE (Extraterrestial Vegetation Evaluator) have entered the portal from which he'd exited, which causes it to close (effectively locking him out of the Axiom). This same scene transpires about half way through the short.In this featurette, Burn-E is called to action when a light post needs replacing: 'he' retrieves a replacement post and 'runs' down a long track interior to the Axiom before he arrives at the aforementioned portal (which opens so that Burn-E can get to the location of the missing post); the robot then attempts to install a new post by welding it into place. However, various 'accidents' occur which cause the replacement post to 'escape' and drift into outer space, so Burn-E has to repeat the process of retrieving a new post, after which he attempts to complete the task again and again unsuccessfully.Though Burn-E's persistence is eventually rewarded, it's only temporary!

When an external light by a docking bay is reported as faulty, a Basic Utility Robot Nano Engineer (BURN-E) unit is dispatched to resolved the issues. It is a simple task that the robot is programmed for and is essentially the reason it exists, so it is a very straightforward job. However, with the arrival of Wall•E on the ship, a simple job immediately gets a lot more difficult than it should be.I saw this little film on the DVD of Wall•E, which I'm sure was the Christmas present of many kids this year and I'm equally sure that many adults were happy to buy it as the film is easily good enough for them to watch as well. The customary short film on Pixar releases generally picks up a side character from the main film and does a new story with them as the focus. In this case that is sort of true because the short actually looks back at the final third of the main film and essentially retells that but does it quickly and by focusing on a very minor character. That character is a robot we see being locked out by Wall•E and EVE after their dance in space. This device is clever to a degree but it didn't totally work for me as I did feel like it was giving me too much of the film again – but this was a problem that only came after I had thought about the film again because, during watching, it isn't an issue.The reason for this is twofold. Firstly, Wall•E is such a great film that I didn't really mind seeing clips from it again as part of this, but this is not the main reason it works. The main reason is the high quality of the new material. The joke is simple (robot is continually frustrated in his attempts to fix light) but it is played out very well by not just having simple pratfalls or physical humour. As with the main film, we are easily drawn to this little robot and the main "directing" computer that assigns him his task because of how well they have given them human characteristics. We see frustration, embarrassment and impatience (love the change in the action of handing Burn•E a new light pole) and they all make us recognise this character. As we are drawn to like him, we laugh more when the jokes come because we have been charmed into loving the film. Of course it helps that it is funny and indeed it is very funny right down to the punch line.A slightly different short from Pixar then, but not a lesser one by any means. It is charmingly delivered with the high standards of the main film and delivers several good laughs even though it is essentially one joke repeated. A welcome find on the DVD.