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I saw it on Sunday, I have to say I'm inclined to watch it again, it's that good! I'm so glad that Pixar have at least tried to do something else than make another animal the next funniest thing...Cars wasn't so much a hit, but this definately works. The lack of dialogue, for the most part, serves the animation well to to convey emotion and reaction.

The critism I heard mostly when walking out....including my date....was that nobody really cared much for the "environment" theme...and it never really occured to me before, but the messages in Disney-Pixar movies have never been so overt. And, as mentioned before, it's not just a kids movie and the studios have acknowledged this...but then you ask, whose benefit is it for? The baby whose understanding will be limited to the animated antics, the impressionable youngster, the ignorant adult...all and everyone else? I'm not against the issues and messages that Wall-E convey, and in no way does it detract anything from an excellent film, but I do kinda feel it could've been less political for a universal film - it didn't affect me when I was watching it....in the end, take it out and you don't have much of a plot anyway.

I havent come across any fatist issues when discussing the film with anyone....but then again I haven't discussed it with any overweight people, or saw any in the cinema coming to think of it. I can probably see why some people may take offense, but it would be rather case in point...