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ricevermicelliWe took my elder niece to see Wall-E last night, and had a good time. Among other things, if you order a Shirley Temple at Friendly's, they give you a straw that changes color in your cold drink. Rockin'.
The movie itself was also good (although it would have to work a lot harder to live up to the color changing straw). There were a lot of scenes that reminded me forcibly of what it is like to visit my Granddad - he is not there, most of the time, and you just talk and hope that somehow, something connects. Someone at Pixar clearly understands what it is like to care for someone with dementia.
I found the movie surprisingly optimistic about humanity, but left the theater feeling that, despite the feel-good illustrations running alongside the credits, the humans were doomed. It's one plant, folks, and pizza does not grow on trees. In my head, most of these people die of heart failure in the crushing gravity, and most of the remainder starve before figuring out that willow herb is not food and pizza does not grow on trees. I am a big cynic, and I know that at least one Jamestown colony failed because the settlers were drinking saltwater. I can see why they didn't go that way. It's not the fairy-tale ending they were shooting for, and I'm pretty sure that you lose your G rating for putting images of organ failure and saltwater dehydration over the credits.
The movie itself was also good (although it would have to work a lot harder to live up to the color changing straw). There were a lot of scenes that reminded me forcibly of what it is like to visit my Granddad - he is not there, most of the time, and you just talk and hope that somehow, something connects. Someone at Pixar clearly understands what it is like to care for someone with dementia.
I found the movie surprisingly optimistic about humanity, but left the theater feeling that, despite the feel-good illustrations running alongside the credits, the humans were doomed. It's one plant, folks, and pizza does not grow on trees. In my head, most of these people die of heart failure in the crushing gravity, and most of the remainder starve before figuring out that willow herb is not food and pizza does not grow on trees. I am a big cynic, and I know that at least one Jamestown colony failed because the settlers were drinking saltwater. I can see why they didn't go that way. It's not the fairy-tale ending they were shooting for, and I'm pretty sure that you lose your G rating for putting images of organ failure and saltwater dehydration over the credits.
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Date: 2008-07-04 05:52 pm (UTC)