weekend movie roundup

1) Mirrors

intriguing first half , but lost it half way through. they turned what could have been an interesting contest of wills between the hero & demon into a fistfight; PLUS including the obigatory hollywood explosion. what a disappointment, which the twist ending nonetheless sadly failed to save. 2.5/5

2) Wall-e

no one else but Pixar could have made us root for, and emphatically make us believe that two robots could fall in love. as much a cautionary tale as am electronic love story, this film works on many levels as only a Disney/Pixar collaboration can successfully pull off.

the ending conveniently left off what will happen to the original space-service droids + wall-e once humankind returns to rebuilding human civilization once again; as the ever-evolving technologically adept man develops newer and advanced models, what becomes of the older, redundant but still sentient droids?

as the master computer Auto did, would they not want to continue to live on instead of willfully powering down to 'serve' mankind better? ah, shades of The Second Renaissance ;) 4.5/5

3) Star Wars: The Clone Wars

fun, action-packed story but it won't advance the Star Wars storyline much (make that at all). basically an extended, cgi-fied tv episode, this'll make star wars fans swoon, give ordinary cinemagoers one half-hour plus of mindless entertainment & nothing much else. the only reason i watched it was to see more footage of the clone troopers & the walkers (my fav part in the star wars universe) in action. 3/5