We took the boys to Wall-E this weekend and I was pleasantly surprised with the movie. Going into the theater, I really had no idea what the movie was even about- I usually leave this type of stuff up to the hubby. All I knew is that it had a little robot in it.

While the boys got a little antsy during the middle, they also liked the movie. I am positive that they missed the “hidden” message, until I brought it up upon returning to our car.

It was so refreshing to find such a movie out that casually brought the idea up to a younger audience about learning to reduce and reuse what we have. For those of you who haven’t seen the movie, the basis behind it was that humans over populated the earth with their trash and had to go into outer space until robots cleaned up the disgusting mess. In our throwaway society, this possibility of this happening seems fairly viable.

The other message that was thrown into the movie was geared towards our technology driven lifestyles. It, like the trash, went a bit overboard, but of course that is necessary to make a point. The humans in the movie become so secure with all the automated things doing everything for them and making things sooo much “easier” that they don’t even know how to walk and become disgustingly obese.

Hats off to Disney/Pixar for making such an entertaining, responsible, and educational movie!

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When listening to NPR this morning, I heard that the President is going to be giving a speech to the House and Senate calling them to pass a surveillance bill. Although it is about a slightly different law, it got me thinking about a movie I watched this past weekend.

One of the reasons I choose to watch the movie Rendition, was because I enjoy Reece Witherspoon. She definitely did not disappoint me in this movie. She gave a solid performance and was encouraging to see playing a strong woman, instead of just a silly heart sick one.

At times the movie was a bit confusing as it jumped around a bit and really packed in the amount of information being covered. This also lead to at times it being a bit stagnant. The suspense was wonderful, though, and my hubby and I were constantly trying to guess how everything all fit together.

The other thing that was kind of difficult to watch was the torture. There wasn’t anything too graphic about it or anything, but I think the idea in general is hard to imagine.

Meryl Streep’s character made my blood boil. The scary thing is that there are people in our government who are similar to this character. They have been given power and are not respectful to their constituents with that responsibility.

While I do believe desperate times call for desperate measures, I also believe in the idea that our country was founded on- the balance of power by checks and balances and a right to a fair trial.

This movie clearly illustrated what can and already may have happened when we abandon those ideas that this country was founded on. If nothing else, I was reminded of how important it is to have trust worthy, and humble people run our government. (Just something to think about when we are casting our votes here in the upcoming months.)

Overall, I am really happy I watched the movie. It got me thinking and I like movies that do that. I also recommend movies that do that, which is why I suggest this movie be added to your “to be watched” list. I doubt you will be disappointed.

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