When I rented Wall-e, I thought I was in for a light hearted movie about a cute little robot. Good wholesome, brainless Disney-PIXAR fun. What I didn’t expect was a movie that focused on Americans and our increasing problems with laziness, wastefulness, and obesity. It paints the picture of a world overflowing with trash, where we’ve created robots to basically do everything for us. Humans are fat little orbs who chat on computers and never really look at one another. In their own little hover bubbles, they suck down liquid cupcakes and lead a boring existence in space, because Earth has been turned into a giant trash heap.
If you’re at home on social security disability because you’ve gotten too fat to get out of your computer chair, then this movie is a wake up call for you. I was amazed by the amount of depth in this little cartoon movie. Of course it was still cutesy and fun, with a love story about two robots, and adorable sound effects from the little robot with the big heart. Still, it had amazing insight for an animated movie, and really hits home considering our current habits as a wasteful, lazy, and drastically overweight population. I think a lot can be learned from the overall message of this movie. Plus, it was just fun to watch!

I have to admit, when I saw the previews for I Love You Man, I thought it would be a movie about a guy’s friend who turns out to be a royal jackass, and who tries to ruin his friend’s upcoming nuptials.
What I didn’t expect was a funny, lighthearted comedy about two guys becoming friends, a true Bromance if you will.
I really liked this movie, and I would definitely see it again. So many funny quotes, and of course Paul Rudd and Jason Segel were great. I’ve been a Paul Rudd fan since the days of Clueless, and Jason steals the show on How I Met Your Mother as the lovable Marshall. When the two of them got together, the friendship sparks flew.

I liked that this movie didn’t choose a side in terms of the sexes. In a lot of romantic comedies, either the men are evil aside from the hero, or the women aside from the love interest. There were a lot of possibilities for the fiancee in this movie to be a sterotypical bitchy chick, and it really would have ruined the  movie for me. Instead, she was an understanding woman who let her man be a man. Something that a lot of women out there don’t seem to be able to do. It was a silly, fun movie that was perfect to watch with friends, and if you haven’t seen it, I highly recommend it.