I really liked WALL-E. A lot.

Yesterday ended up being a really short day at work. I drove about 80 miles to go to a client site and fix their computer. It turned out to be a very minor thing, not the tradgedy they described on the phone, and I was out of there after about an hour. Suddenly, the entire day was ahead of me, and I had no real plans. No one expected me at the office, so I decided there was no real reason to go there. Nope, I being the responsible adult that I am played hooky and went to see a movie, don't tell anyone.

I went and saw WALL-E, the latest Pixar creation. I have to say, it was every bit as good that I had hoped it would be. It seems to me that Pixar just knows how to make a great movie.WALL-E is by all accounts a children's movie. Or, a 'family' movie, if you prefer. It is, on the one hand, a movie designed to sell a product, or products. Tickets, shirts, toys, etc. It never feels that way though. It never feels like it's pandering to it's audience. The movie is funny, not at the expense of any one else, but because it's just funny. It's not a movie that is filled with fart and poop jokes, or the kind of humor that pokes fun at cultural differences.

And yet, WALL-E is hilarious. And it also feels very genuine. Here is a CGI robot that doesn't speak, and yet is able to express emotion better than most actors. As much as I've been inpressed by Pixar's previous work, WALL-E blows it all out of the water. It was an amazing film and I'm glad I went to see it. 10 small robots cleaning up foriegn contaminants and learning to break the rules out of 10.