Day 118: Chicken Little

After becoming the laughing stock of the town because nobody believed him when he said the sky was falling, Chicken Little (Zach Braff) tries to fit in and make his Dad (Garry Marshall) proud of him. But when the sky starts falling again, he needs his Dad’s support but he just doesn’t believe in him.

When it was obvious that the ‘sky’ that was falling was actually a panel that can take on the properties of its surroundings I thought the film was going to go all Truman Show. That would’ve been better, I think. Don’t get me wrong, I do love some aliens and these ones were cute but I’d have preferred it the other way. Imagine if the whole town was a set and everyone in it had no idea they were being watched, I just love that idea. But I suppose that’s probably not what a Disney film about a tiny chicken would really be about.  I did like the storyline about Chicken Little and his Dad. It’s not enough to love someone, you’ve got to believe in them too.

5/10

Day 74: WALL-E

Earth has to be abandoned because there’s so much rubbish everywhere. Humans are sent off to live on huge spaceships while robots set about cleaning up the world. 700 years later it seems like there’s only one robot left and his name is WALL-E. He still does the job he was built for but he also spends time discovering things that interest him. And when a new robot, EVE, comes to Earth, he falls in love.

So this is one of the cutest films ever and whenever I watch it I can feel my heart swell with how adorable it is. When he’s watching the film and he holds his own hands, I just start crying at how cute it is but at the same time how sad. Another robot lands on Earth and he falls instantly in love with her. He watches as she flies around and enjoys herself and of course he loves her, he hasn’t seen anyone like that before. She says his name and he just loves it, then she giggles when he tries to say hers. He takes her back to his house and shows her things that he’s found but when he gives her the plant she shuts down. He is worried and looks after her the entire time, he even holds an umbrella over her while it’s raining and he gets soaked and hit by lightning. Then he takes her to watch the sunset and tries to hold her hand. I can’t deal with the cuteness, just not at all.

Her ship comes back for her and he won’t leave her alone and tries to make sure she’s alright. When she is powered up again, she tries to hide him because it’s not safe but he is just happy that she’s OK again. She tries to put him in an escape pod so that he’ll be safe but he won’t leave without her. And when he gets zapped into space she takes off after him without even hesitating. The pod explodes and she thinks he’s dead but then is so happy to see him fly past her. They dance amongst the stars, and when their foreheads touch there’s a zap of electricity and he gets all dizzy.

It’s totally alright to be crying because two robots love each other, isn’t it? Absolutely fine, nothing dumb about that at all.

10/10