From NetFlix:

In a futuristic world, human beings have destroyed Earth and evacuated the planet, leaving the cleanup to an army of robots they’ve programmed to do their dirty work. Due to a mishap, the dutiful WALL-E is the only one left. But with the arrival of a female probe named EVE, the monotony of WALL-E’s existence is broken — and he experiences love for the first time. Andrew Stanton directs this Golden Globe- and Oscar-winning Pixar tale with a sci-fi twist.

Not everyone loves animated films. In the hopes that I could get interested I gave the film a try. WALL-E is built on at least two questionable premises: the earth becomes an uninhabitable junk heap, AND humans abandon earth to live a life of robot-served bliss on a space station. (With regard to the first premise, there is a 2008 documentary called “Life After People”.) Without giving anything away, the conjectured resulting state of those blissful humans is amusing (but I don’t accept the idea that every human would accept the bliss and its consequences). Finally the glorious triumphant end of the film seemed entirely bogus to me.

Much detailed hard work went into making WALL-E. The eye candy alone kept me interested for at least half of the film. But toward the end I was squirming waiting for it all to be over. Enough with chasing robots, electronic traffic control, etc.! Maybe I am just too old for a mini-Star-Wars-clone. And I wonder how a pre-teen or teen would react to this film appropriate for all ages.

As an alternative, try an animated film by Hayao Miyazaki such as “Spirited Away”.

Hopefully someone out there will disagree with me.