Wall-E is love

I've finally watched this movie, and I must say, it was amazingly cute. Both Wall-E and Eve were really sweet. Moreover, I can easily imagine humanity turned into what was shown here. Another fact that I liked was that there was no real evil. I'm so tired of stories that are centred on fighting with an unspeakable evil!

Here, Wall-E is the last remaining cleaning robot that collects trash on Earth. People left their home planet many centuries ago because of the pollution. During his long life Wall-E develops a personality, a naive and simple one, but still. And then one day a space ship appears to drop a robot, a new and shiny one, that has to collect an information about the condition of Earth. Wall-E falls in love with her at first sight. She (her name is Eve) initially sees him as a piece of junk, but eventually develops some sort of a "feeling" for him. Wall-E presents to Eve his treasure - a tiny green plant he found among trash. And then we find out that Eve's mission was to find a life form. Now, having found it, she must return to the space station where all the humans live. Wall-E decides to follow her. So, the adventures begin.

This story kept me interested from the beginning till the end. All the characters, even the human ones, are pretty loveable. Somehow the fact that people don't see anything around them, looking only at their computers is similar to my own thoughts about us hiding behind our music players, books and laptops and not seeing the real world.

The animation is just perfect, but I didn't expect anything else from Pixar. However, I wouldn't say it's a movie for a big screen. Thre is nothing epic in it.

London

I'm currently in London, and a couple of days ago I "discovered" Soho. It's not my first visit here, and I walked very close to it many times, but on Saturday we finally went "inside". I must say I fell in love with its insanity. When a gay strip-bar is standing between a posh restaurant and a drug store which is followed by a Chinese take-away buffet and a manga shop, it's not your normal street. When an old unpretty woman is sitting under a sign "Hot Horny Girls" (she's selling tickets, but anyway), it's not your normal street either. And that's fantastic.

Sex and the City

A couple of days ago I've watched "Sex and the City" movie. Surprisingly, I enjoyed it a lot. It's surprising because I haven't watched the series, not even one episode, and I was afraid that I wouldn't understand anything. I've read the book, but it's a collection of short stories about characters mostly not shown in TV/movie adaptations.

So, what we have is a story of four women in their 40th. Only one of them is happily married, one is not-too-happily married, one is not going to marry even though she lives with her man-friend for 5 years and one who gets married in the end of the movie. So, yes, it's all about being married. :) And it's also about the importance of sincerity in our life.

To be honest, I just don't know which character seems more appealing to me. Carrie is too obsessed with her wardrobe and brands. If her obsession was "tamed" by years, I'm afraid to imagine what it was before. Samantha is too obsessed with sex. Yeah, I know, it's in the title of the movie, but sometimes she goes too far. However, of the main four she's the most interesting character. Charlotte is too loud, and her voice is horrible. Also I hate people saying "I won't eat here, it's not made in America (or any other place)" while being in a 5-star hotel abroad. Miranda is a cold fish with wrong priorities. I think, the best character after all is Louise. She knows what she wants and she goes for it.

The story itself consists of few smaller stories. Samantha is trying to realise what she actually wants in this life. Charlotte lives in her ideal world with her ideal family and tries to show to her friends that such ideal life can exist even in New York. Miranda is crazy about her job and doesn't see that her husband is very unhappy. Carrie is planning her wedding as if it's not for herself and Mr Big, but for being published in magazines. Of course, in the end everyone is happy, but there is a long way before they get there.

All in all, this movie is a good thing to watch. Now I want to see the TV series as well...