Wall-E Phooey!

Rating- 2 stars

I had a lot of expectations for this movie but the reality didnt match up. I usually go by the Rotten Tomatoes rating before I see a movie but I think 90 odd % for this long winded spiel was not deserving. The movie seemed more like a documentary film on man's destructiveness, giant corporate greed, yada, yada, yada and oh yeah, two robots hitting it off which somehow doesn't do it for me!!

The first half was very drab with a derelict Earth with mounds of trash fashioned into skyscrapers. There is only one waste compactor robot who functions on this deserted terrain and that is Wall- E who has developed sensitivities and feelings, although how or why, nobody knows. He collects human oddities and unusual objects. The reason Earth has become toxic for life is because all us wasteful humans generated so much trash that we start living on giant spaceships since Earth becomes toxic for living beings. Needless to say, the movie didnt have much of an impact on the movie-goers judging by the trash in the cinema hall, strewn around after the movie :-)

The second half shows us a glimpse of how humans live as glorified couch potatoes zipping along on chaise lounges and sipping all their meals in a plastic glass, which just makes me think "How American!!"

The rest of the movie is about which will triumph- wanting to return to Earth and nurture it or continue to live in obese splendour. You can guess the rest of it.

Sure- the message was great but it doesnt need 90 minutes to get the point across.
The movie might have been more interesting if it was more tightly scripted. I could have drifted off to sleep and woken up for the last half hour to have understood the whole scenario.