Will 'WALL-E' Make Us Greener?

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Good grief. Just let the kids enjoy cartoons.

I remember Toy Story. No political message. Just a fun story about friendship.

This movie was cute but left me feeling "blah" because of the blatant use of bad cliches. I would argue there was a lot of "empty calorie" entertainment in this movie. I'll never get used to liberals thinking everyone else except for them is a mindless organism who needs to be told exactly what to do at any given moment. (Not talking about the robots here.)

I'm off to mindlessly buy excessively large amounts of stuff I don't need....

Bob of NC @ Jun 30, 2008 18:11:26 PM

Chris, none of those were strictly anti-development films. They also didn't come out in a time when green issues were front and center.

I saw WALL-E with my kids the other day, and as for its politics: If only we DID have giant spaceships and Fred Willard for president . . . I don't think ANYTHING could go wrong!

WALL-E sure takes a different view on a Fred Willard presidency than I do, so for that reason I'm boycotting the film.

But if you like great animation and story and stuff like that, I suppose you might want to see it.

Andrew of VA @ Jun 30, 2008 18:05:22 PM

WALL-E viewers

Amazing movie with a great storyline and message. Unfortunately, much of it went unheard in our theater due to overly spoiled kids crying and making noise, and over indulgent parents shoveling buckets of food and candy into their mouths. I would think the message will go unheard to a large portion of our population, specifically the parents of 1-8 year olds who still push around strollers the size of small cars.

On the way out of our movie, I actually overhead two very overweight 'parents' apologizing to their spoiled kids, and telling them they would take them to see the Panda movie. I guess WALL-E will just hit too close to home for some.

Blake of IA @ Jun 30, 2008 18:01:49 PM

I think the fact that a movie geared in large part to children has such a strong environmental message is a good sign. Children are spoonfed so much "empty calorie" entertainment as it is.

Sanjay of DC @ Jun 30, 2008 17:49:05 PM

Umm, if Blade Runner, Running Man, Escape from New York/L.A., hell, even Fifth Element, didn't change our behavior about the environment, then I doubt a Pixar movie will have any effect on our behavior.

Chris of AZ @ Jun 30, 2008 17:33:22 PM

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