WALL E Spoilers Don't read if you haven't seen it.

Bret writes: I thought it was excellent, too.

But I really wish they hadn't brought up the possibility of Wall-E's memory deletion at the end if they weren't going to follow through on it.

I truly think WALL-E would have been a much stronger movie had Pixar decided to let the robot die. It would have been a terrifically moving tragedy.

But Pixar opts to merely tease us with that possibility, then slap on the same old, fake, Hollywood, feel-good ending.

Don't even bring it up, Pixar! If you're just going to pussy out of it ...
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Bret,

I totally disagree. The entire message of Wall E is one of hope, survival and optimism. There would be actually no point to having Wall E die. Following your line of thinking they should have let the humans die, too, or the lone plant for that matter. As disturbing as the movie is the filmmakers clearly believe we can survive, we can live but we have to make tough decisions and work hard. Killing WALL E would do nothing to underscore that message. It would simply leave moviegoers depressed and that is not what they want to do. They want to challenge us and inspire us but not "kill" us. Wall E is a metaphor for us. We are Wall E. We are the solution. We need to take care of the planet. We need to learn to love. We need to connect. We need to survive. The sick joke of the movie is that the most human characters in the film are the robots. It takes robots to teach us how to be human. The filmmakers clearly have dark concerns on their minds but they aren't pessimists. The movie is not about death it's about life. Humans are sick, the planet is sick, but we arent dead yet.

I could go on and on...

Clearly Chaplin and Broadway musicals were a huge inspiration for this story. Both of those genres tend to end happily. Killing Wall E would have betrayed the source material. It would have mocked the very thng it wants to be. No one dies at the end of Hello Dolly! Chaplin is a survivor! Wall E is not Shakespearean, it's musical comedy. It's not Greek tragedy it's a romantic fairy tale.

Bret, would you want Cinderella to spend her life cleaning houses and never get a prince? Do you really want to see Jack get killed by the giant? Do you want Roy Scheider and Richard Dreyfuss to get eaten by the shark??? What would a massage be without a happy ending? Happy endings are not created by pussies for pussies. Happy endings inspire us, they give us hope. The happy ending in Wall E is a perfect ending to a perfect movie.

Now let's discuss the worst movie of all time:

The Crappening by M . Night Shamalong

Truly, the worst film of the year but possibly the decade. Unbelievably awful. Every shot, every line, every moment, every performamce; awful, awful, awful. Have you ever taken a shit that was so long you thought it would never stop coming out of your ass. That's what this movie is. Just when you think the shit will stop more shit keeps coming. It's a shit feast. Anyone into scat will LOVE it!

In a way though, it's good news for the Shamalong. He will never make a film as bad as this ever again. It's simply not possible.