I finally saw Wall-E!

Man!

You know, I pride myself on having this cool, calm and collected robotic exterior, but all that broke down while watching this film. It’s the one movie I’ve seen in years to have simultaneously made me feel tragic hopelessness for the human race and then amazing hope for love and life (doesn’t that sound so cliche?) … I definitely teared up more than once.  I mean, his feeble attempts to hold EVE’s hand? Ohmygod, so cutesie.  I wanted to bawl (or at least, cry silently) when EVE was looking through her security videos and she sees how determined he was waiting for her, unflinching as he shields her from the rain, and all the other little things that had gone on while she was “off”.

And, oh my Jesus monkeys.

The part where EVE attempts to fix Wall-E at the end, putting a new chip in him, new eye parts … and then he WORKS but his entire memory is GONE, and he just flat-out ignores this wonderful, caring android who has such fond memories of HIM – that was just so beautiful and so moving.  The way it builds up their entire “relationship” and love for one another is so powerful that this scene could have made me into a quivering mess if I weren’t sitting right next to my mom in the theater.

Seriously, though. GREAT movie.

It can be said that some of the deepest and most powerful things can be done through actions alone – and this movie is testament to this.  There is rarely any verbal communication between Wall-E and EVE, besides warbling out eachother’s names and some other bits that are clearly human language but not essential to the story.  It’s just amazing how so much can be felt when so little is said.

So yeah, Wall-E was an amazing movie.  I’m just glad I went when there weren’t a ton of little kids asking “why’d he do that? What’s that? Is that a space ship, mommy?” because, well, kids.

On another note, I saw the new Batman movie, the Dark Knight.
And… I honestly didn’t find it all that amazing.
I mean, it was decent, though Batman sounded like Duke Nukem with a deeper voice so… who can take that shit seriously? The Joker was awesome though. There was SO much hype around it what with Heath Ledger’s death, and I think he really shined in this final role.  Best portrayal of the Joker, really.  Some parts were just downright creepy, and I enjoyed the cynicism of the character.