More movies....

Summer always does this to me. The weather is better. I want to get out and it is easy to go to a movie only there is nothing to see. So I turn to kids movies--Wall-E.....did you see it? It has gotten over the top reviews - the best Pixar ever!! I saw it and I liked it but my daughter didn't. Now you have to understand something, I am the one with all the opinions, my daughter isn't but I knew almost instantly she was not happy. She fidgeted in her seat, shifting around and when it ended, she bolted up the isle. We are a family who sits and watches credits. Anyone who does this knows they sometimes give you a little more information or even a laugh. But the rule was not being followed that night. Jill was up that aisle and out of the theater.

I was hesitant to ask but I finally did. "What did you think of the movie?" Her answer was astonishing and I thought for a minute, she had turned into me. "I hated it," she said. And then, she gave all the reasons. Wall-e was not "cute." He was dirty, made out of ugly trash and did nothing all day except make squares of trash. The people in the movie, she felt, were depicted as fat lazy Americans who did nothing to save earth. This was not a good message and worse was the one delivered by the feminine presence, Eve.(interesting name) She was perfectly shaped, pure white, glowing but if startled, her arm became a weapon of mass destruction. As my daughter went on and on with what she believed were very subtle, but terrible messages this movie was delivering, I had to stop and think about what she said. I realized her opinions were real giving me pause about this movie. I thought again about women in movies and realized that even in a cartoon, the feminine presence was deadly. Interesting. Think about it and talk amongst yourselves.