tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18745582.post2134633551011468204..comments2023-05-27T10:50:20.637-05:00Comments on Literatrix: Wall-eJennifer Snowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00039865566870992465noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18745582.post-86769990739137709592008-07-07T15:28:00.000-05:002008-07-07T15:28:00.000-05:00Thank you for the message and the discussion. I w...Thank you for the message and the discussion. I was one of those people who saw it and was planning on blasting it for the anti-capitalist premise that was evident in the background. <BR/><BR/>But I was having a hard time coming up with a coherent statement of the problem. I have continued to mull it over and consider the good points. The "shaking up of the status quo" as you put it and the plight of the primary characters and narrative. But I continued to think that I should find the fundamental flaw and expose it. Then you did it for me. <BR/><BR/>The flaw was my own. Dropping the context and trying to condemn the work because it was set in a man-made trash heap. Of course overlooking the actual story.Kevin McAllisterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16218972523996416560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18745582.post-79516976887563743332008-07-02T16:49:00.000-05:002008-07-02T16:49:00.000-05:00Actually, I think it's more a demonstration that p...Actually, I think it's more a demonstration that people are incapable of thinking in terms of essentials, especially where it comes to art. It reminds me of what Ayn Rand said in her Introduction to Ninety-Three when she quoted what various art historians said about the novel: "The fact is that Ninety-Three is NOT a novel about the French Revolution. To a novelist, a background is JUST A BACKGROUND."<BR/><BR/>In order for Wall-e to be an environmentalist movie, it would have to have an anti-man premise as well as a huge pile of garbage. Instead, the movie is very pro-man, and sees the garbage as a temporary, transient obstacle that can be cleaned up instead of some permanent horror that no one can deal with.<BR/><BR/>If you want a viro movie to boycott, stay away from The Happening. Wall-e is well worth the price of admission.Jennifer Snowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00039865566870992465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18745582.post-31800738441021006792008-07-02T13:56:00.000-05:002008-07-02T13:56:00.000-05:00I'm glad I read this post and the comments. Every...I'm glad I read this post and the comments. Every review I have seen has taken the strongly enviro/anti-capitalism angle, and I was dreading it, knowing that my kids would want to see it some day.<BR/><BR/>Perhaps the fact that all the reviews tout the movie as a condemnation on how bad we humans are is more of a testament to their own crappy sense of life?C. Augusthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05860759500684485756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18745582.post-56239622456505802582008-07-02T13:44:00.000-05:002008-07-02T13:44:00.000-05:00Hey Jen. I just wanted to make something clear ab...Hey Jen. I just wanted to make something clear about a not-so-significant part of your review.<BR/>Brad Bird is a quasi-Objectivist, and he's made a few Pixar movies himself ( The best, actually. Ratatouille and The Incredibles ) However, he had no association, as far as I know, with Wall-E. <BR/>I haven't yet gone to see it. I'm sure it will be great. Besides Cars, Pixar hasn't let down yet.The Motorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11286524432064932736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18745582.post-86253990659027749982008-06-28T20:10:00.000-05:002008-06-28T20:10:00.000-05:00Just came back; I was grinning almost as much as I...Just came back; I was grinning almost as much as I was after seeing Iron Man. It seems like it's going to go in an environmentalist direction, but instead it's about the human spirit, about living with risks and challenges, sort of like Brave New World.<BR/><BR/>The ruin of the world was monopoly, not capitalism.<BR/><BR/>Stay through the end credits.BlueNighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13059674637335099721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18745582.post-4447570297894450052008-06-28T19:29:00.000-05:002008-06-28T19:29:00.000-05:00Well, we loved Speed Racer, so I think we're a go ...Well, we loved <I>Speed Racer</I>, so I think we're a go for <I>Wall-e</I>! I guess every animated movie (or movie based on a cartoon) can't be <I>The Incredibles</I>, eh?Jenn Caseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07849654785544313839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18745582.post-19535893033400168522008-06-28T18:40:00.000-05:002008-06-28T18:40:00.000-05:00There isn't a single SUV or any mention thereof in...There isn't a single SUV or any mention thereof in the movie anywhere. Instead, there's just a big mountain of trash and a big full-service "we'll take care of you" sleazy company.<BR/><BR/>If you liked Speed Racer (and I did, too), you won't have any problem with Wall-e. The fact that humans left a machine to clean up their trash doesn't come across as evil, just as kind of pathetic, like the humans weren't capable of doing it themselves.<BR/><BR/>Fortunately they gradually redeem themselves during the movie and the pictures that show during the end credits are a great testament.Jennifer Snowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00039865566870992465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18745582.post-16465148054374851752008-06-28T17:50:00.000-05:002008-06-28T17:50:00.000-05:00Glad to see your review. My 6 year old is dying t...Glad to see your review. My 6 year old is dying to see it, and I've been groaning over the environmentalist angle that keeps popping up in other reviews I've read. Something about SUVs ruining the environment?<BR/><BR/>Anyway, it's reassuring to hear that that isn't the main theme of the movie. With such a strong theme of virtue, it will be easy to discuss that with our son and focus on that, instead of the viro stuff.Jenn Caseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07849654785544313839noreply@blogger.com