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There is a road from the eye to heart that does not go through the intellect.
-G. K. Chesterton

Monday night I watched on of the best romantic comedies I’ve seen in years. There was just something different about it, that made it stand out.

It wasn’t based in New York, Seattle, Los Angeles, San Francisco or Alabama.  The main characters didn’t include a wedding planner, book store owner, ad executive or magazine writer. They weren’t unhappily engaged only to meet fall in love and get married in one week. They didn’t hate each other upon meeting, to later unwillingly and unwittingly fall in love.  There wasn’t a baseball game, wedding ring, crazy in-law, or even a sailboat. In fact, there wasn’t even really any talking.

There were simply two robots.  The least “human” of objects, expressing the most human trait, love. The story is told in tones of “voice” and in their eyes. Their eyes being the only human trait they carry.

The story isn’t a new one; A sweet, but lonely guy meets a beautiful girl.  He wins her over, not with brains or braun, but with charm and determination. While it may take EVE, the object of his admiration, most of the movie to fall for him, it only takes the viewer the first 5 minutes.

The visuals are absolutely beautiful and Pixar’s best yet.  The soundtrack is perfect. The film is the definition of heartwarming.

Wall-E is one of my favorite movies in years and definitely one of Pixar’s best.  If you haven’t seen it, go soon.