Movie Review – WALL-E

In the distant future, a small waste collecting robot that slowly begins to become sentient inadvertently embarks on a space journey that will ultimately decide the fate of mankind.

Generally kids movies are not my thing. The only time I watch them is when THE NIECE or any other of the semi-related offspring spend time at Casa de Bananaverse. So since their all are here this week, I took the visiting house apes to the movies tonight which is always a mini-adventure to get two nieces and two nephews plus my better half all in the same place at the same time. We all arrived at the Scotts Valley Cinema at 6:25 pm, just in time for the 6:30 pm showing of Pixar’s WALL-E.

It has been a long time since I had been at the movies, so the pricing of $9.25 for adults and $6.75 for children under 11 sent me scrambling for an ATM so I could get popcorn and soda for the group. Jeez, I did not realize the pricing had gone up that much. No wonder I rent movies. And please do not get me started on the popcorn and soda prices.

Pixar’s WALL-E was the almost unanimous choice. THE NIECE announced after the tickets were purchased that she would prefer Get Smart. Tough cookies is all I said.

Basically WALL-E is a computer animated adventure comedy science fiction film produced by Pixar Animation Studios. The overall work from Pixar is another giant step forward in all aspects, lighting, camera work, direction and story telling. It follows the romance between two robots in the future. There is also a strong environment story line, along with the “rogue robot” theme. Most of the characters do not have human voices, instead communicating with body language and sounds that resemble voices. There are lots of sight gags, including the usual Pixar references to its other movies.

The house apes enjoyed the movie, as well as the mature adult in the house. As for me, I am a sucker for computer animation, so I was very happy with the movie, so I give it 4 out of 5 Bananas. It is worth the price of the tickets – even at $9.25…..