but god damn that was a good movie.

it's hard to get much better than the first 30 minutes of this movie. i actually loved the tonal shift when we got on board the Axiom, but it did get a little heavy-handed and sloppy in a few bits (*SPOILER* - the "I don't want to survive...i want to LIVE" line was a little cringe-worthy).

but that's extreme nit-picking in a BEAUTIFUL, expertly-crafted movie.

(*SPOILER*)

when i saw the first video of the real humans, i thought i'd have trouble adjusting to the cgi humans later on, but somehow it worked (even with the cgi man-baby and video of a real human in the same shot).

as others have said, i don't really know where Pixar goes from here. if Brad Bird's PG-13 "Raygun" ever comes to fruition, that might be the only thing that tops the audacity of "WALL*E".