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I don’t think I’ll ever quite get all the love for WALL-E. “A meaningful masterpiece that offers as much food for thought to adults as it does to children”? Really? I guess since the quoted statement doesn’t specify how much food for thought is offered, this could be true.
I looked back to Alan’s original post on the film to see if my lack of excitement for it is perhaps reaction against all the overflowing abundance of good will we’ve endured for the last sixth months (culminating in outrage over being “slighted” by the Academy). Apparently, my feeling then is as it is now. The first half of the film was phenomenal (for the genre) and the second half was a a candy-corn cliche shoehorned in to give the film child-appeal.
The film, once it hit its stride, had little more to offer the thoughtful viewer than that episode of Yogi’s Gang episode “Mr. Waste”, in which Yogi and pals meet Mr. Waste—who introduces himself as Mr. Plenty—who encourages our heroes to stay on his island and use everything as much as possible. The gang are happy thinking they found a paradise, but…. Sure there was some small lesson that was banged over our head (in both Yogi’s Gang and WALL-E), but anything thought provoking comes from thinking about things other than the overt points intended.
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