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ailbheWe went to see it!
I bought tickets about 7 o'clock last night and Linnea and I headed off shortly after ten this morning, delayed briefly by the total disappearance of my wallet. We got to the cinema, collected the tickets, popped out, got cash at a cash machine, went in again, bought popcorn, and found our seats.
Linnea found the noise of the trailers overwhelming - they are very loud - and I had to go and get the seats and leave our stuff, and go back for her, so that she could keep her hands over her ears. But after the trailers she settled in nicely to watch the film and eat a bucket of popcorn the size of, as I have mentioned before, her own head.
She was quite happy initially, but became slightly anxious when EVE arrived and cried when the spaceship left Earth - "They are LEAVING!" - which surprised me. She was on my lap by that point so I was able to cuddle her and tell her that they would come back.
We both enjoyed it. Her favourite part was when they found the plant, and the scariest part was when WALL-E was broken.
I basically liked it, but.
This is, at least in part, an anti-obesity movie. Which, ok, it's a thing. Passive, mindless consumerism leads to boredom and laziness and obesity. But I didn't like that part, for lots of reasons.
There was a bit which completely freaked me out. I mean shocked me.
WALL-E initiates and carries on a romantic relationship with a character who is basically in a coma. Ew! Ew ew ew! While EVE is deactivated awaiting collection by the ship, he woos her, brings her around places, takes her to romantic locations and watches sunsets, and forcibly engages in physical contact he didn't dare to attempt while she was conscious! I was disturbed by this!
But it's ok, because when EVE found out, she was charmed and fell in love with him in return!
HELLO WHAT IS WRONG WITH THE WORLD?!
I bought tickets about 7 o'clock last night and Linnea and I headed off shortly after ten this morning, delayed briefly by the total disappearance of my wallet. We got to the cinema, collected the tickets, popped out, got cash at a cash machine, went in again, bought popcorn, and found our seats.
Linnea found the noise of the trailers overwhelming - they are very loud - and I had to go and get the seats and leave our stuff, and go back for her, so that she could keep her hands over her ears. But after the trailers she settled in nicely to watch the film and eat a bucket of popcorn the size of, as I have mentioned before, her own head.
She was quite happy initially, but became slightly anxious when EVE arrived and cried when the spaceship left Earth - "They are LEAVING!" - which surprised me. She was on my lap by that point so I was able to cuddle her and tell her that they would come back.
We both enjoyed it. Her favourite part was when they found the plant, and the scariest part was when WALL-E was broken.
I basically liked it, but.
This is, at least in part, an anti-obesity movie. Which, ok, it's a thing. Passive, mindless consumerism leads to boredom and laziness and obesity. But I didn't like that part, for lots of reasons.
There was a bit which completely freaked me out. I mean shocked me.
WALL-E initiates and carries on a romantic relationship with a character who is basically in a coma. Ew! Ew ew ew! While EVE is deactivated awaiting collection by the ship, he woos her, brings her around places, takes her to romantic locations and watches sunsets, and forcibly engages in physical contact he didn't dare to attempt while she was conscious! I was disturbed by this!
But it's ok, because when EVE found out, she was charmed and fell in love with him in return!
HELLO WHAT IS WRONG WITH THE WORLD?!