Sunday, June 29, 2008

WALL-E: 'It's the Seven Hundredth Anniversary of Our Five-Year Cruise'

In the company of my son and oldest daughter, I have seen "WALL-E."

It won't replace Shakespeare, but it's a very good movie.

You probably know the basic story line of the Disney/Pixar release by now: An automatic trash compactor gets left behind when humanity leaves Earth; WALL-E and his pet cockroach meet EVE, a high-end robot on a secret mission; WALL-E falls in love.

WALL-E is a movie with A Message: Don't Litter. Recycle. Be careful with the environment. Also, don't live a strictly online life of chatting on the couch, or you'll become like the passengers and captain of the Axiom, floating around on their anti-gravity lawn chairs.

The Message of WALL-E is delivered with all the subtlety of a pile-driver: but in a fun way.

One of my favorite lines in the movie are the captain's "We've got to go back...I don't want to survive, I want to live!"

A good story: and ultimately, an optimistic one.


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My son got one of those free watches they were giving away for the first few showings.

He's rather pleased with his. Although it's far from the highest-quality time piece, it does have a band that's embossed with the likenesses of WALL-E and EVE.

Finally, WALL-E is dedicated to Pixar storyboard artist Justin Wright, who made quite an impression in his 27 years of life.

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