"WALL-E" (2008)

I've unfortunately become a pretty hard sell for what makes an enjoyable movie, but I did enjoy watching this movie.  This movie had a nice blend of "I know this story line" and "I dunno.  What's going to happen next?"  And the transition in the end credits was well-done.  It answered my typical "and then what?" questions.  I was surprised that I'd get emotional over a robot, but not when I thought about it further.

The devil likes to say that we're all worthless "junk" infested with sin.  We so desperately want to know that we're worth something, just as we are, that I can see why seeing Wall-E fixed with junk, and it working, would be a touching moment.  It's what we all want inside--to know that "junky" us is worth something to somebody just as we are.  The Good News is that God Does love us for who we are because He created us.  We didn't evolve.  He knit us together and KNEW us before we were even born.  You can't see a "love us for who we are" any better than that.  And THAT'S why Wall-E's "fix" at the end is so satisfying.  We'd like to think that there is hope for all of us.  There is.

Of course, the line in the movie "I don't want to survive, I want to live" must be understood in the context of the movie.  It certainly is a completely different piece of the movie to reflect on.  And I'm not sure that it's a line that's going to get completely unpacked here--at least not today.

It is also intriguing that "art" (in the form of a musical number from Hello, Dolly) is part of the definition of "living"--at least for Wall-E.  He looks to that video/art as his inspiration for "how am I suppose to 'live' my days?"

Two completely incongruent messages that yet fit together within this movie and in further dialogue with each other.  That dialogue is worth spending some time on.  And the movie was an enjoyable one to watch.