Our world is filled with specialists. We go to specific stores for specific things. Movies are the worst for specializing. Its almost impossible for everyone to be happy any more. I stood in line for another movie the other day and listened to the mom in front of me try to figure out which movie to see. It turned out she decided on two. Two movies. One movie wouldn’t satisfy her four children - only two would do. Wall-E is the rare exception. It is perfect. And I know folks will want to knit pick with me. But my response to these jaded skeptics is: go see it again. Its perfect. Wall-E is funny, intelligent, engaging, visually stunning with an incredible story and moral. Perfect. This is it. Take everyone you know. Everyone. Take the day off, take the family and go see Wall-E. The only problem you'll have is where to go for lunch. But in the end Wall-E is worth calling in sick for.
Saturday, June 28, 2008
Wall-E
Our world is filled with specialists. We go to specific stores for specific things. Movies are the worst for specializing. Its almost impossible for everyone to be happy any more. I stood in line for another movie the other day and listened to the mom in front of me try to figure out which movie to see. It turned out she decided on two. Two movies. One movie wouldn’t satisfy her four children - only two would do. Wall-E is the rare exception. It is perfect. And I know folks will want to knit pick with me. But my response to these jaded skeptics is: go see it again. Its perfect. Wall-E is funny, intelligent, engaging, visually stunning with an incredible story and moral. Perfect. This is it. Take everyone you know. Everyone. Take the day off, take the family and go see Wall-E. The only problem you'll have is where to go for lunch. But in the end Wall-E is worth calling in sick for.
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I just saw Wall-e for the first time today at the dollar theater. I was absolutely struck by the similarity between the social themes of Wall-E and the social themes of Daniels Quinn's "Ishmael".
ReplyDeleteYou call the movie both 'moral' and 'perfect', and I notice you have "Ishamel" listed among your 'top books' in the upper right.
I've found another blogger who says Wall-E is "almost daniel quinn like. read the story of b or ishmael by him if u liked this movie" at:
http://www.demonoid.com/files/details/1623965/3876110/
Do you think Quinn's books and Wall-E share similar themes?