Wall-E

After reading very disappointing reviews on the movie Hancock I decided to treat E to the movie he has been asking me to take him to ever since he saw the first preview for it ages ago.

Wall-E

I really didn't know what to expect when coming into this film (but isn't that typical?). All I knew was that it got rave reviews and was supposed to be a cute movie. I would have to agree.
The movie starts out in a desolate New York City which holds more skyscrapers made out of garbage then actual buildings. There are no plants. There is no water. There are no animals. No people. Nothing but a mass of garbage, dust and debris flying in the wind. Then you see the one thing that is still operational... one lone robot doing the job that he was set out to years before. When looking at the mass of garbage I have to admit that I was wondering where all the bugs were, there is one, an invincible pet cockroach that is Wall-E's sole friend on the planet, but other than that the garbage was insect free (which is probably why after 700 years it still exists in its recognizable, totally non-degraded state). The next 15 min or so consists of following this robot around, seeing his day to day routine and his desire for companionship.
This is when the spaceship arrives and Wall-E falls in love.
The next hour or so is the story of what one robot will do for love, companionship and honor.
All in all it was a cute movie, as the reviews stated. There really is no dialogue aside from the continuous "Wall-e!!" and "Eve!!!" which are repeated over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over through out the film (just those words. Alone. Not in a sentence with other words, standing completely alone) To me, it got annoying. To the kids, they didn't even seem to notice.
Like most kids movies, the underlying issue or concern that is being addressed is very present and in this case it was obviously that we, as humans, are destroying our planet and need to do something about it now, instead of leaving our problems for future generations. The "go green" theme was very prevalent but it didnt feel like it was being shoved down my throat in an offensive manner. I would have to say that one of my favorite parts was when the space ship left the earth's orbit and had to push through a sea of satellites which were littering the outer atmosphere of the earth like the garbage on the ground of the earth was. I was surprised that they didn't have the humans settle on a different planet to wreak their havoc on it in the same manner as they did Earth. Maybe that would be too real of a scenario to actually consider...
I will say, however, after seeing the humans in the state they were after 700 years of non-movement I literally ran out of the theatre. Ie: I chased E to the car to feel the blood rushing to my legs, just to get the image of atropic, obese, lifeless masses out of my head!

If you have kids, take them to see it!
If you don't.... maybe rent it when it comes out.

I would give it a 4.75/5 (hey, you cannot get a 5 with only two words in the script, hehe)