WALL-E Good Movie!

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If you have not done so by now, I suggest you see WALL-E. Especially if you have kids. The latest high-tech animation from Pixar does not disappoint when it comes to quality in picture, storyline and character development. I have to say that I went in to the theater a skeptic because of the trailers I have seen did not lead me to believe that this would be a solid movie. I came out a believer. The main character, a robot, is alone on a trash ridden, desolate, disgusting version of Earth that we have destroyed and left until is is cleaned up for us to return. Trash is everywhere. Piles, mountains worth. WALL-E spends his days just scooping and compacting it into little blocks that he stacks and litereally creates skyscrapers out of them. Which of course creates the overwhelming visual message of what humans could possibly do. We soon learn that WALL-E actually has a personality and is not just a piece of machinery. He has created a vast collection of trinkets that he comes across through his line of work. Very reminiscent of all of us on some level. His loneliness is apparent and he longs for emotional attachment. He gets his opportunity when a strange and scary visitor from the sky lands on Earth. EEV (not sure of the spelling) turns out to be a probe sent to Earth to look for signs of sustainability. She finds this when WALL-E gives her a single little seedling he found growing. She takes the plant and immediately goes into some lock-down which concerns WALL-E. His commitment to her is obvious and he stays by her side waiting for her to awaken from what he thinks is lack of battery power. Before too long, the ship comes back to take EEV. WALL-E hitches a ride back to the mother ship in which we discover where the human race has been for 700 years. They are fat, mushy, confined to levitating chairs and waited on by thousands of robots and technology tending to their every lazy need. Eating dinner from cups with a straw. Sitting in chairs watching t.v and chatting through a network. Not face to face. Millions of people look exactly the same. Fat and lazy. An interesting statement to say the least. WALL-E and EEV spend the rest of the movie trying to save the human race by getting the plant to the captain of the ship, who we discover is suddenly interested in learning about dance and how to grow food. Of course there is a Hollywood ending. There usually is, and that's fine. The theme in the story is a good one. What could and would happen if we don't stop consuming ourselves into oblivion? There is a fine line when filmmakers try to utilize animated films in pushing an agenda. Anyone remember Fern Gully? Horrible. A blatent attempt to force an idea onto the viewer, and a bland film to say the least. My kids had no idea what the movie was about, and kept saying such. But WALL-E works. My child turred to me halfway and said, "Why is everyone so fat?" I think that alone means the filmmakers made their point.