I may be the only person on the planet that doesn’t think WALL-E is the “best reviewed film of the year.” (Actually, Lisa’s review would even be more harsh.) Perhaps we’ve all been a bit brainwashed by the perfectly admirable environmental message. Don’t get me wrong, the first third(?) of the film is very daring with little dialogue, and in many ways I wish that had never ended. WALL-E to me, was pretty much a mechanical ET with an equally limited vocabulary. (And for Brad Bird, I’ll take the Iron Giant.) Yes the images were great. Yes there were some humorous bits, particularly the depiction of humans that no longer have to walk. But what happened to the story? The message was very clear, but some how the story got lost in all of it. Everything Pixar does is good, but contrary to popular opinion, this was not their best film.