Wall-E

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We took the kiddies and saw it this afternoon, and we loved it.

Presto was fantastic. Wall-e was simply brilliant.

Spoiler:

To my surprise, our 4 year old was far more interested in the early Earth scenes than she was once they got on the ship. She really "got" the simple situational humor, but the more frantic action scenes didn't hold her interest.

Now, our 10 year old said it wasn't the movie she thought it was going to be but she still really liked it. Which brings me to wonder how well it is going to play to average America. I loved this movie for it's originality as well as the endless clever references, but what worries me is the kind of comment I got from a guy behind me in the ticket line. He said he didn't really like it and his daughter (I'm guessing she was 2) was squirley for a good half of the film. When I pressed him for more of an explanation he said, "Well, it is just kind of sad." I'm hoping he's not indicative of the greater population, because this movie is special and I'd hate for it to not have the special consideration it deserves.