The Dads review the latest offering from Pixar, Wall-E. And where better to discuss a family movie about robots falling in love than in a minivan? Will this blockbuster be a billion dollar machine? DadLabs Ep. 347 Daditude.

Daddy Owen: Hey welcome to Daditude. We just watched Pixar’s newest movie WALL-E at the Alamo Draft House here in Austin, Texas and now we are going to give you the mini-van review. Today’s Daditude is brought to you by Baby Bjorn. Thoughts on the movie we just saw. We just drank beer while watching it at the Alamo Draft House. What did you guys think?
Daddy Clay: I think it was a little weird we went to go see the first screening of the movie in Austin and there weren’t any children there.
Daddy Brad: There were a lot of 40 year old middle aged men a dark movie theater which is usually means something completely different.
Daddy Owen: Yeah.
Daddy Clay: The Apocalypse has never been so cute.
Daddy Owen: The movie deals with everything from yeah the Apocalypse to eco-destruction of the earth to consumerism as a soul and body destroying aspect of our civilization. And it makes it really cute as a love story between two robots at the same time. That’s freaking cool. Like the evolution of man is discussed and yet at the same time there is a five year old going “Yeah! This is wonderful.”
Daddy Clay: He is the last remaining robot in the world and he is finally joined by this sort of egg shaped, I don’t know vibrator looking-
Daddy Brad: Eva!
Daddy Clay: Robot and I mean not that I know –
Daddy Brad: Eve was hot.
Daddy Clay: what that looks like but and suddenly he falls in love and he follows her all over the universe to try and rescue her. And at the same time she is trying to sort of rehabilitate or recycle the earth.
Daddy Owen: Right basically at this point humanity is on a space-wide, universe-wide cruise ship.
Daddy Clay: I was sitting next to Owen during the film. And I could tell Owen was-you were into because he was –boy the waterworks-it was a little embarrassing.
Daddy Clay: Because you guys were crying like the whole time.
Daddy Brad: I had some hot wings.
Daddy Clay: Not just the –a little like but he sobs the heaving.
Daddy Owen: I have a soul I am sorry you didn’t bring yours along with you.
Daddy Clay: It was distracting I couldn’t watch the movie because I kept wanting to hand you a hankie.
Daddy Owen: I think it’s enough of a story that I think Arden, I am not going to take her to the theater because I think it would freak her out the explosions and everything. But I think there is enough there that she is going to be amused. And there is enough, a little slap stick. There are some great slap stick scenes. I think kids would love it.
Daddy Clay: If you’ve got a kid that is over five years old you should take them to see WALL-E.
Daddy Owen: Yeah. One of the cool things I liked about this movie was in real way it insulted its audience. I mean not in story but by saying this is what you are. You guys are becoming these blubbery things that cannot even walk anymore. You are devolving into these fast food slurping creatures who are mindlessly entertained. I was like this is great.
Daddy Clay: How is that like me?
Daddy Brad: It is a beautiful movie.
Daddy Clay: What are you trying to say?
Daddy Brad: But you are all glutton and it’s pretty much stamping you as a gluttonous.
Daddy Owen: I have got to say watching it at the Alamo Draft House where we could eat and drink beer while simultaneously watching how people are eating and drinking. It was great.
Daddy Brad: I had 11.
Daddy Owen: I’ve seen a lot of movies this summer. I give this a thumbs up. This is a great movie and I cant wait for Arden to be a little older to watch it.
Daddy Brad: I would say it’s a great movie. I loved it. But I think it’s going to go right over the heads of most kids under the age of 10 in about 20 minutes.
Daddy Clay: I think it’s a movie you should see with your kids who are 5 or 6 and older because of the visual beauty of the film. The fact that the message is challenging and definitely because it sort of challenges this idea of consumerism. But I don’t think it is going to be a hit. I think most Americans are going to find it to be too challenging and too scary for the young kids. And I think they are going to stay away. I think globally this movie is going to do maybe $500 or $600 million. It’s not going to do the kind on Nemo money.
Daddy Brad: Yeah $600 Million sucks.
Daddy Clay: But that’s what they want. They are talking about a billion dollar movie. I don’t think this is going to be a billion dollar movie.
Daddy Brad: I think it’s a cult flick.
Daddy Owen: Okay so there we go so that’s the minivan review from us here at Dad Labs. It looks like we say the movie is great but might possibly not lure in the children in the numbers they want. They will be watching The Hulk.
Daddy Brad: Yes.
Daddy Owen: So thanks for joining us for another Daditude. We’ll see you next time.
Daddy Clay: Thank you Baby Bjorn and thank you Alamo Draft House.