I took my 4 year old boy* to the cinema (his first time) to see Wall-E. I wasn't really looking forward to seeing it, and at the time I didn't think much of it. Then it grew on me (I have a 'pre-release' DVD...). The whole "polluted earth, fat useless humans" bit is just trimmings to support the story of two characters, Eve and Wall-E. Wall-E is a child. He is lonely. He recognises love but doesn't know love, and has no-one to share life with. When he meets Eve, he behaves as a child: he shows her his stuff, his toys. In order to show love, he must grow and mature. Eve is an automaton, unable to see anything except what she is told to see, but then she sees Wall-E and wants to love. For this, she must grow and mature. THAT is the story of Wall-E. This is one of the most touching and personal Pixar movies to date. I still love The Incredibles best, though. There's an interview with Wall-Es director floating around the Net. Take a look, it's interesting. (*My son loved Wall-E - it has rubbish machines and spaceships. What's not to love? I have built a spaceship out of cardboard for the Wall-E and Eve we have.)

When people have weak arguments, they result to name-calling and personal attacks? It never seems to be based in fact, just subjective nonsense. Take a look at some of the previous posts to see this phenomenon in action.

Of course I've noticed. The name calling is the funniest. I know they've lost the argument when they start calling me 'testicular' or some such rot.

Oh, yes, and I was just called a 'moron' the other day here, too. No other comment. Just that I'm a moron.

It's like recess at an elementary school at times.

Wall-E is a great movie. Sure. It's a different sort of movie than the other Pixar movies, but it's not really a kids movie. It's more of a universal movie... But art is art and everyone will see it differently because they have different expectations. The same applies to graphic design, photography, music etc. Some people like Radiohead's Kid A and some don't.

@testudo

Well, this would be true if you weren't one of those people yourself, but you're one of the stars of that "elementary". In fact, come to think of it, you may very well be in Elementary (always in recess in your case).

I believe the last comment I read from you had the word "imbecile" in it, and I'm sure if we search, we'll find a lot of colorful stuff in there too. From time to time, you make a valid point, but most of the time, your ego and passion for annoyance gets in the way.

Name calling nah......, but --hypocrite-- is very fitting for you :-)