Yesterday I went over to my friends place, as per usual on weekends. This week we had planned on going to see Wall-E, having dinner at their place and then generally hanging out for the rest of the evening. Which we did.

Wall-E was incredible. I can't say much without totally spoiling the story for anyone who hasn't seen it so I won't discuss the plot very much. What I will say is that it jumped instantly to one of my favorite Pixar movies, if not the absolute favorite. It's very different from their other movies. While the other Pixar films are aimed at kids with things thrown in for adults, Wall-E seems like it's aimed at adults with some things in there to please the children. I can't imagine this movie keeping the attention of young children for long.

The animation and everything was spectacular and they were really able to get across a lot of emotion in the way Wall-E moved and sounded. The story had a message to get across, but it wasn't overbearing. This truly was an example of animation as an art in moden cinema. GO SEE IT. And the short in front of the movie was my absolute favorite Pixar short ever.

After that we went back to their place after a couple quick stops to pick up a little ball they could stick a ferret in so it can roll around the apartment and stuff for dinner. While the food was being prepared, Jay played a little more Silent Hill 2 (which has finally gotten to the scary parts). We watched Batman: Gotham Knight while we were eating dinner (mmm…spaghetti and meatballs) which was kinda eh. The movie…not the dinner. It's a bunch of little batman shorts with animation from studios in japan. It was…strange and I really don't think the caliber of the people who worked on it managed to show through. A "the whole is less than the sum of it's parts" kind of situation.

After that it devolved into a general hanging out type situation as Wassy wanted to work on her art. I had brought my laptop so I played some City of Heroes while we watched a special on the Galapagos Islands. It was neat. Except for the part about the turtles mating habits. That was disturbing. I also didn't realize that there were penguins that lived on the Galapagos Islands, but there were. And after that discovery I was eagerly awaiting the section where they discuss the penguins…what I got was a brief mention and a little bit of footage when they were discussing the ocean currents that play a role in the climate of the islands. However, fate is cruel. Just after I left they started playing the documentary over again and Wassy sent me an e-mail saying that I had missed the penguin part because they did it right in the beginning. Bah!!!

All in all it was a very relaxing day  

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