We haven't seen the movie, but might if we ever get into
the big city. While the message might be a good one the
irony is that it is produced by Disney, and as pointed out
in a recent AlterNet article "Disney is the world's
premier vertically-integrated entertainment and
merchandising machine. Already the market is crowded with
WALL-E toys and other crap, much of which will eventually
wind up in landfills".
Reminds me of the beautifully produced, and eye-opening
coffee table book "Material World" which shows mostly
through photography how people around the world live by
taking an average family's picture with all their
belongings in front of their abode...Africans having a
couple of bowls and a goat, Russians having a handful of
precious and well-maintained items, and then some family
from Dallas, Texas with plastic crap and tons of stuff
spilling out and engulfing the cul-de-sac on which they
live. The book was apparently popular enough but I was
disappointed when the publisher started producing
calendars...more crap for consumers.
It seems we can't even get a good message across without
ruining it with the very stuff it opposes.