[FrankR]

I watched an interview with Ron Howard the other night in which he was talking about his movies; a reocurring theme in the interview was his - and other directors' - penchant for including a "message" in their movies. I think that is what has torpedoed the movie industry.

What happened to good old entertainment for entertainment sake? Are movies produced only to reinforce the gibberish kids are being taught in public schools?

We get enough dosage of gay rights, civil right, global warming and every other cause imagineable on the TV every night, it would sure be nice if there was a place we could go...say, the movies...to get away from the "indocrintation".

[IYAS9YAS]

I disagree about WALL-E. It was certainly set in dystopian times, and there have been many good movies set in dystopian times, but the movie is all about the character and his interaction with his love interest.

[lnzog]

I took my little brother and sister to see Wall E and it made me so mad, I spent the entire ride home un-indocternating them. Humans are not all stupid pigs that want to destry the environment!

[paltz]

I just don’t think Sean Penn is a good actor. I keep seeing the retarded character he played in “I am Sam” in his other movies...including Milk. I just don’t see Penn having an eclectic range.