WALL-E is simply a masterpiece

Now, that is about as far as I go for reviewing a film; I’ll leave that to the experts (read: Jonathan).  Even so, I just got home from seeing this film and had to drop my two cents.  Now, if you head on over to Rotten Tomatoes, you’ll notice that WALL-E is getting some pretty big acclaim.  Also, if you take what Wikipedia.org says for fact (which, well, is about as close as we’ll get to it on the interwebs), then WALL-E has had one of the most massive budgets Disney has offered.  And, it was well worth it.

The charm of the film is overwhelming.  The visuals are stunning, undoubtedly the best CGI anyone has ever seen, and may actually be unsurpassable.  The script is perfect.  The only flaw of the film added to its charm: there was overt Apple-worship due to the Jobsian conquest of Disney.  In fact, WALL-E and my MacBook have actually made the exact same sound tonight.  Very weird.

The most interesting, and actually delightful, part of the film is that, even though it is aimed at children, it has hugely political undertones.  Picture the Captain Planet PSA’s from the credits but actually effective and penetrating.  And, hell, I was in a theater where the youngest viewer is a teenager.  If you get the chance, you need to see this film.  Or, at the very least, keep checking back on nerdpundit.com as we team up to tackle the sociopolitical underpinnings in the summer blockbusters, especially our cute robot friend, WALL-E!