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Yup, time for another round of Wall-E links:

Rotten Tomatoes: Wall-E
Rotten Tomatoes: Wall-E Forum
Pixar Planet: Blog
Pixar Planet: Wall-E Forums and review links
Pixar Blog (unofficial)

I thought this was a pretty fair, somewhat negative review. It seems to capture the sentiments of most people I know who came out of seeing Wall-E with mixed feelings:

Once WALL-E and Eve arrive on the ship, the story doesn’t have much distance to travel, but ways are found to stretch out the experience - and that’s where “WALL-E” goes wrong. The film loses touch with the poignancy and profundity of the Earth scenes and becomes gimmicky, slapsticky and cute, with a glossy sheen in contrast to the grit of the opening.

However, the movie does right itself, and the power of WALL-E as a character, the poetic figure of the robot drawn to human splendor, remains powerful throughout - and Pixar’s loveliest creation.

Well actually this review was fairly positive overall. Not sure what my friends thought. The only rotten reviews on RT are pretty non-specific in their criticisms or just had an anti-Pixar axe to grind anyway.

Here are some forums threads with interesting comments:
RT Official Anticipation/Reaction Thread
CHUD Post-Release Thread

To kick-off Convention week in a spirit of unity, the DNCC, in conjunction with the Democratic Party’s Faith in Action (FIA) Initiative, will host an interfaith gathering on Sunday, August 24th, beginning at 2:00 PM at the Wells Fargo Theater located in the Colorado Convention Center.

This is the first time a celebration of this nature has been part of a Democratic National Convention and is symbolic of the Party’s desire to bring multiple communities together under its “big tent.” The gathering will include clergy of different faiths, Party leaders, elected officials and local community leaders. Speakers and musical guests will be announced later this summer. The event will be open to the public.

Not sure how I feel about this. On the one hand, it’ll be great to supplant the hold the religious right has on the Republican party by doing this. As long as on the liberal side of things we can come to the same side on various issues like poverty, the environment, evolution and the civil liberties, while maintaining our various religious beliefs I think this can be a good thing. The whole “culture of life” thing is amazingly short-sighted and a naked attempt at divisive politics, when life involves so much more than just making it out of the womb. But the devil is often in the details, I wonder if the means by which different people can come to believe that we are stewards of the earth and each other can affect how such policies are carried out.

A good time had by all!