On the bus ride back (yes I rode the bus to Seattle) from the Sounders FC game on Saturday, I got the opportunity to watch Wall-E as the in-drive movie. So instead of seeing the fantastic Eastern Washington scenery - namely people in Wenatchee dressed like witches - I got to see Pixar work its magic again.
Basically they could make a movie about anything and it would be great. They could animate the Washington Nationals with computer graphics and it would win some sort of Oscar awards.
Anyways, one reason I really liked this movie was a key theme they touched on. One that's probably a little more big picture that previous Pixar movies.
In order to illustrate my point, my buddy Colin and I were at Panda Express the other day when he told me "You know, it's a proven fact that people in America are actually getting stupider" ... and right on cue, I got on the wrong side of the line to get food.
But it's true, people are getting more isolated, stupid and less active because of technology. We're wasteful, thoughtless and completely reliant on our machines. I couldn't live without a computer or a cell phone - I'm pretty sure I would go insane.
Wall-E shows us pretty much what happens when humans let machines automate everything. It's not a Matrix-esque disaster, but let's just say that those Discovery Channel documentaries on the 900-pound man are a reality. For everyone.
With the main robot characters being drawn out and explored so deeply - without them uttering so much as a sentence of dialogue - I've got to say that I was pretty impressed.
I give it an 8/10. The counts include: What I'm going to look like in about five years, the first robot love scene in cinema history, the only time I've rooted for a cockroach, scenery that blows "The Day After Tomorrow" away and no reference to John Travolta or Scientology.
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