Andrew Stanton, director of WallE
To: Recovering_Democrat
Good film, and I liked it before I read this article.
RD
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3 posted on
07/03/2008 6:05:44 PM PDT by
It's me
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World mag has the best movie stories of any magazine...
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STANTON: Well, what really interested me was the idea of the most human thing in the universe being a machine because it has more interest in finding out what the point of living is than actual people. The greatest commandment Christ gives us is to love, but that's not always our priority. So I came up with this premise that could demonstrate what I was trying to say—that irrational love defeats the world's programming. You've got these two robots that are trying to go above their basest directives, literally their programming, to experience love. Saw it a couple of hours ago, before reading this.
Think he's caught in the very deficient English definition of "love" (the Greeks are far better here), but there's more than "basic programming" involved -- all three (one a late entry) robots are able to "learn," and that is part of the story. Driven home with a sledgehammer shortly before the end.
6 posted on
07/03/2008 6:18:00 PM PDT by
sionnsar
(trad-anglican.faithweb.com |Iran Azadi| 5yst3m 0wn3d - it's N0t Y0ur5 (SONY) | UN: Useless Nations)
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We have 5 grandchildren from 5 to 12, and when my wife and I took them to see this, they seemed a little confused by it all. My wife and I loved it, but the kids were middling in their appraisal.
7 posted on
07/03/2008 6:19:06 PM PDT by
mozarky2
(Ya never stand so tall as when ya stoop to stomp a statist!)
To: Recovering_Democrat
WALL*E = Chock full of green propaganda. People are BAD, BAD, BAD...fat and lazy...polluters/consumers.
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Was Christ an inspiration, or was it Johnny Number 5?
10 posted on
07/03/2008 6:52:32 PM PDT by
GOPyouth
(Osama and Obama are both against President Bush.)
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Well, The Incredibles were chock full of conservative messages.
11 posted on
07/03/2008 6:56:46 PM PDT by
MattinNJ
(I can't sit this election out. Obama must be stopped.)
To: Recovering_Democrat; Shelayne; Quix; Star Traveler; Sensei Ern; Das Outsider; PROCON; ...
God bless Andrew Stanton for having the
courage to “out” himself as a true believer
- a man of faith in Jesus Christ.
**********************
13 posted on
07/03/2008 7:22:54 PM PDT by
Jo Nuvark
(Those who bless Israel will be blessed, those who curse Israel will be cursed. Gen 12:3)
To: Recovering_Democrat
I took my son last week, and I was pleasantly surprised. I was waiting for the enviro-guilt to start and it never did- since the focus was indeed on sacrificial love vs. our tendencies toward selfishness. Great movie, Pixar has a winner.
19 posted on
07/03/2008 7:37:03 PM PDT by
ovrtaxt
(This election is like running in the Special Olympics. Even if McCain wins, we're still retarded.)
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Re:
Pixar director mentions Christ As motivation for film
20 posted on
07/03/2008 7:39:46 PM PDT by
Bender2
("I've got a twisted sense of humor, and everything amuses me." RAH Beyond this Horizon)
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Our two youngest kids, aged 18 and 20 went to see this movie last week. They were pleasantly surprised, and really enjoyed the movie, even despite the ‘over-consumption is bad’ theme that came through the story.
25 posted on
07/03/2008 9:13:23 PM PDT by
SuziQ
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