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Last night we went to see Walle. We actually had a little more fun than usual and went to the drive-in to see it. It was a curious movie. They do an excellent job of building personalities around what should be emotionless non-personal things such as a garbage collecting bot and a bot that incenerates whatever distracts it. If you have small kids, this is a must-see. If you don’t have small kids, borrow a couple, it’s worth seeing one time for sure.
However, the message I left with after seeing the movie perplexed me. Basically, if you boil it down to its simplest message, it suggests that if man destroys Earth, all we have to do is take a 700 year vacation and Earth will fix itself. Not really the message I expected from Hollywood. Other than that muddled political message, it’s a very entertaining film and I imagine me and the boy will go see it again. Three thumbs up!

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