My colleague and old Vietnam War buddy Jason King has already reviewed this film, but just like everything else in our long, bitter, and often violent rivalry, my version in better.
If Pixar put a notch in their belt for every hugely successful film they've created, that belt would start to look a lot like mine did after my senior prom. But with Wall-E - unlike my actual prom night - I don't have to repress the painful truth with a series of flattering lies to make it sound tolerable. This was a very satisfying film, with action, humor, sentimentality, and even a message that they were able to deliver without coming across as preachy or self righteous (take a note, Happy Feet!). Jason was right to feel a little something something for Eve...A woman with no mouth and a cannon on her arm - and who only speaks to say your name - is a rare jewel indeed...(I'm sorry ladies...please don't picket in front of my house!)
Anyway, my one complaint was that I think all the people aboard that spaceship were morons for giving up their perfect life! That's how I try to live EVERY DAY, but to be in a society where doing nothing is not only acceptable, but actually encouraged?! Man, we should be so lucky!
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I think you're right. This movie was able to avoid being preachy, unlike the abysmal atrocity, Happy Feet. But I think that I'm further along than you are in living the "ideal life" exemplified by the humans on board the AXIOM. I'm already 350lb's and stare at a computer display all day! Eat your heart out Jon!
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