Just when I thought it might be safe to see this one, I step into a theater full of kids.WALL-E is a lone robot left on an abandoned Earth covered in trash. He roams around the dead planet, compacting piles of garbage and stacking it high. He has a cockroach as a friend, but WALL-E is still lonely and longs for a "female" companion. Enter EVE. She pops in to do some scans of Earth's surface, searching for vegetation. WALL-E falls instantly in love with the beautiful, shiny new robot. After finding a thriving plant, EVE goes into lockdown mode till her ship comes back to get her. WALL-E, unable to let go of his soulmate, hitches a ride that takes him to a ship in outerspace where all of mankind has been hiding out for 700 years until Earth's cleanup was complete.
I have to admit, I wasn't too impressed when I saw the trailers for WALL-E. It seemed like a whole lot of hype for an animated children's film, which I'm not one to go ga-ga over anyway. So I avoided it like the plague.
Then I heard all the excited chatter after the rest of the world saw it. I still refused to share a theater with small children though, so I decided to wait, and when I realized my local mutliplex had WALL-E down to one show a day, I figured it was safe to check it out before it left theaters. I was wrong.
I walked into a full house Sunday afternoon, and miraculously managed to tune the little tykes out and concentrate on the film. I found this quite easy to do, actually, because WALL-E is exceptionally engrossing with its spot-on social commentary of the human race to its exquisite animation. When I can be captivated by a film that has virtually no real dialogue until 40 minutes or so in, then I've found something special.
WALL-E works on more levels than I thought capable for a fun, summer kiddie flick. It kept the children happy with WALL-E's constant physical antics and tried to give us adults a wake up call with the direction our society is heading. Who knows how many adults really got it, though.
I don't normally care for movies that beat their messages into their audiences, but I can't stop admiring WALL-E on all levels.
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I'm sure all the adults who were not distracted by their children got the message. It's pretty hard to miss. I loved the movie as well. It worked on so many different levels.
Being able to "tune the little tykes out" says a lot for the quality of this movie. I'm right there with you on kids at the theater.
I think someday, when I own a movie theater, I'm seriously going to put an age limit. I'd say no one under 14. I think the adults will be flocking to beat down my doors.
What a fantastic idea.
I'm not saying kids shouldn't be allowed to see movies (quite the opposite), but it would be lovely to have an "adults only" venue. Like an Adult Swim, but for movies.
I've thought about that too, Rachel, but I think kids bring in so much money that it probably wouldn't be successful. Never know, though.
Sounds like you had the same pre-thoughts as me going in. I might not have seen it had it not received praise from the whole world. I was glad I listened. It's up there as one of my top 3 movies of the year...
The only thing I fear about having an "adults only" movie theater is that some may confuse it with an "adult films only" movie theater:)
It's been awhile since I had seen a Pixar film in the theater. I think Finding Nemo was the last one actually. I usually just wait for the dvd and the quiet of my own living room. I got sucked in by the praise for this one though, and I'm not sorry.
I like the idea of an adults only theatre.. there are a few around here, referred to as LUXE or Premium Cinema. Generally costs a bit more, but you have to be 21 to get into them. Nicer seats, real food (more reasonable prices for it too).
That being said, I would have seen WALL*E in any theatre. One of my favorite movies of the summer!!!!
Intermission at Work - Joe
Joe: I would certainly pay extra to have the pleasure of a child-free movie experience. The audacity of some people amazes me. A woman brought a baby, not even a year old, to see the 10:00 pm showing of "Wanted" on opening night. The baby actually behaved fairly well, but as loud and busy as the movie is, anything could set off a baby. Some folks are just dumb.
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