Wall E

[Greg_phpbb3_import1]

First off, I didn't want to go. After the child experiences from Kung Fu Panda, I didn't want to see another kid's film quite this early.

Then when the movie started with mounds of garbage everywhere, I was eerily reminded of the klunker idiocracy.

Fortunately, I did not heed either warning.

Wall E was a great film. It was strange how the plot resembled that of idiocracy, almost giving the same message. And it is a message film. It's amazing that I knew so little of the plot and was pleasantly surprised by the surprising nature of the plot. Who knew Pixar was going to be that subversive?

It's about earth's last robot. It's about what happened to all the people. It's funny and beautiful and has great tie ins to classical musicals.

I liked it and I need to see it again. I'm curious what kids will think about it, since they are deemed by the national media to be beneath it's plot.

Go see it.

[Drunk Monk]

I concur with the glynch. I wound up liking this film a lot more than I thought I would. The film took a sharp left turn in the middle that was very satisfying. Great homages to 2001, Silent Running, Star Wars, et.al. Amazing how far they could go with so little dialog. Better than most actors nowadays. Fred Willard's "stay the course" was hilarious (he never got beyond his Jerry Hubbard character in Fernwood Tonight but that's cool). T laughed her head off. My mom liked it too. My dad seemed to like it. I wondered if it made more sense since there was so little dialog. Great animation style. T & DM still liked KFP more, but W-e was a close second. So far, these are my two fav flicks of the summer rush.

The big bummer was the damn multiplex at Vallco couldn't get their act together and focus the film, so we missed the beginning of the signature Pixar short. The extra bonus was that T walked away with two free Wall-E watches.

[Drunk Monk]

The short that comes swith the dvd is quite good - too short, very pixar.

[Greg_phpbb3_import1]

So, Kung Fu Panda wins the best picture at the Annies. The Annies are voted on by the animators. Wall-E wins the academy award which is voted on by the animators? Huh?