We have not yet seen WALL-E, the latest in Pixar movie magic. But we plan to, eventually. (maybe when it hits the cheap seats. Do the math. First run movie X 7=$$$) This quote, by the film's screenwriter and director, Andrew Stanton, piques my curiousity even more. For the entire interview, go here.“Well, what really interested me was the idea of the most human thing in the universe being a machine because it has more interest in finding out what the point of living is than actual people. The greatest commandment Christ gives us is to love, but that’s not always our priority. So I came up with this premise that could demonstrate what I was trying to say—that irrational love defeats the world’s programming. You’ve got these two robots that are trying to go above their basest directives, literally their programming, to experience love.
“With the human characters I wanted to show that our programming is the routines and habits that distract us to the point that we’re not really making connections to the people next to us. We’re not engaging in relationships, which are the point of living—relationship with God and relationship with other people.”
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I certainly wish I had read your blog BEFORE we went to see Wall-E yesterday! This is a much better approach! I found the movie deeply depressing... an accurate assessment of our Super-Size-Me feeding frenzy, lack of thoughtful leadership, continued suppression of individual freedoms and separate identities (mob mentality), and the apparent lack of concern for the garbage which people leave strewn around the world. It was a major idea of "we are our own worst enemies!" The only glimmer of hope came at the very end, so it was redeeming in that sense, but I do not want to see it again! I hope others see it with the vision which you quoted. XOXOXO, Mom
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