Wall-E live blog

Full disclaimer: I don't like this movie, but let's see where it goes.

A city covered in trash doesn't seem too far off in the future for the world right now. However, subjecting these little robots to cleaning it up is futile and also seems like slavery. Does slavery count if there aren't humans going the work?

Was Disney trying to make a political statement about environmental care in this movie? Because if they were... I applaud them.

Is there a Disney movie that doesn't include a love story? Seriously? Robot love is just corny. I'm actually laughing right now. HE BUILT HER A STATUE OF HERSELF. NO ONE DOES THAT FOR ME.

Also, why is the woman robot so angry? She blew up those ships for no reason.

This movie is so strange. I find it annoying how much time is filled in this movie with pointless robot love. Can we move along with the plot?

Oh no!!!! He showed her the plant and now she's.... Dead? He held an umbrella for her and even tried to charge her. This is the kind of love real humans can't even manage to show.

I'm very confused on why Wall-E goes to work everyday? No one is forcing him to box up trash. Or at least no one is visibly forcing him.

Why are there so many satellites clustered that close to the earth? And how did Wall-E manage to stay on the side of that spaceship?

It's ironic that the humans have machines to make sure there's no containmenation (dirt) anywhere near them. Also, I don't understand the light up lines of the bots can move without them?

I am deathly afraid of an obese world ruled by screens. The absurdity of virtual golfing is beyond me... It's also scary because we have that on the Wii. Are we on our way to that world? I never want to be so fat that I can't stand and have to wait for a service bot to help me up. Also, drinking lunch out of a cup sounds disgusting. Why does this man need shade in SPACE? And did this lady just say she didn't know about the pool? Really?

I'm guessing the evils of man are: selfishness, gluttony, pure ignorance, and obesity? Just kidding.

Can we really count man as the villain in this movie, though? Considering the fact that the humans don't even see anything beyond the screens directly in front of their faces. The robots are actually in full control of every part of the humans' lives.

The idea of the captain asking the computer define "earth" and "sea" is almost too unbelievable. However, I don't think the humans in this movie could be considered the villains here because of this. They don't want to return to earth simply because they haven't known life anywhere except in space for many generations.

Side note: who taught Wall-E how to shake and hold hands? Oh wait, he does watch a lot of movies on earth; maybe that's where he learned it.

Of course there's a self destruct button.

I am still annoyed by the completely inessential robot love. However, I love the people who have taken down their screens. Their excitement in the purest and simplest things in life, like the starsc is what life is all about it.

"I don't want to survive. I want to live." These are wise words to live by. This monologue by the captain supports my point that the humans aren't the villains because he's trying to get them to return to earth, but the ship won't let them.

Obviously Wall-E is the hero in this story. He works effortlessly to take care of the plant that he found. He even disregards Eva trying to hold his hand so that she will focus on the plant.

So does this mean that the robots are The heroes and the villains? It appears that some are on the bad side while Wall-E and Eva are on the good side. The problem presented here though is whether or not the robots are all competent enough to know what they're doing? Obviously the central intelligence assistant to the Captain is competent, but are the guard robots under any form of understanding? Artifical intelligence movies are hard to decode. The humans also end up assisting Eva and Wall-E in their journey to return to earth with the plant, so they can't be villains.

I guess the humans are the ones who destroyed earth in the first place and that might classify them as being villains of the past (700 years in the past to be specific.)

Aw man, trouble in robot love.

Okay, I don't hate this movie, but I'm definitely not excited that I spent the last hour and a half watching it. That's for sure.