BURN·E

Like Wall-E, Burn-E has his flaws. Robots should be capable of repetitious acts that they do flawlessly, but they are also the product of human development. What is cool here is an almost human persistence as Burn-E continues to try and try again. I don't know that any new ground was covered. It was fine.

While Wall-E is chasing Eve around the space ship, as told in the Pixar movie of that title, what else is going on? That's a big ship, filled not only with enormous, lazy humans, but lots of robots working hard to make them happy and to keep the place running. This short subject form Pixar tells the story of Burn-E, a welding robot aboard that ship, who has to deal with all the problems that Wall-E creates.

Well, he has to try, anyway, because that's his job. He's assiduous about doing his job, even when it becomes impossible.

Animated in the same style as the feature, this excellent short cartoon first saw light as an extra on the DVD release of WALL-E.

Having absolutely loved WALL-E, I was all for seeing the short film that came with it. Burn-E is just as good as the movie it featured with, and while not quite in the same league as Geri's Game, Knick Knack, Jack-Jack Attack, Presto and One Man Band, it is one of Pixar's better short films to me. The animation with beautiful colours and atmospheric backgrounds is amazing, the music is haunting and understated and the story has an enchanting atmosphere to it. Burn-E may be a one-joke short, but seeing as the joke itself is funny, it works brilliantly. Burn-E, like WALL-E, is not just endearing but there is a very human side to him which makes us identify with him all the more. In conclusion, beautifully animated and enchanting, this is a great short film and perhaps one of the better one-joke animations I've seen. 9/10 Bethany Cox

The adventures of BURN-E, a robot on the same ship as WALL-E and EVE. BURN-E's main job is fixing damaged machinery. He pretty much spends his entire day welding (hence his name). His daily routine is severely disrupted due to WALL-E and EVE's romance, as this causes all sorts of mishaps with the spaceship. Not only are his work and routine disrupted but one such mishap results in him being locked out of the spaceship. From there all manner of adventures ensue.

Cute, sweet short, made in conjunction with the movie WALL-E (2008). A nice little add-on to that great movie. An interesting plot with a great punch-line at the end.

Poor Burn-E He just wanted to fix the Light from the Ship It keeps Failed all the time. I laugh about it! This was a COMEDY MASTERPIECE!