tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338557.post1006457406070894398..comments2023-08-18T04:37:47.001-04:00Comments on Byzantium's Shores: chronicling the misadventures of an overalls-clad hippie: Rats, Robots and Retirees, oh my!Kelly Sedingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10704114189919711467noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338557.post-45994627064472519862009-12-20T22:32:56.626-05:002009-12-20T22:32:56.626-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338557.post-5566832472656256962009-12-18T15:51:06.914-05:002009-12-18T15:51:06.914-05:00Though i agree with you on some parts of your post...Though i agree with you on some parts of your post - <a href="http://www.disneycarstoys.net" rel="nofollow">Disney Cars</a> World being a human enviornment without any visible purpose , and the lack of a refined ending to WallE's ending - Pixar movies still provide the goods.<br />The stories continue to provide some of the most magical moments in animation movies without being a mind blowing masterpiece.David Orlevhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06580084543077741412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338557.post-54649545877591646902009-12-16T13:34:55.909-05:002009-12-16T13:34:55.909-05:00I'm not going to disagree with you, exactly. ...I'm not going to disagree with you, exactly. The big confrontation could indeed have been whittled down, a la Neal Stephenson, to "After that, it was just a big chase scene."<br /><br />That said, though, I think that transformational moment that Carl has upon seeing the last pages of Ellie's scrapbook would have made any kind of sense absent his abandonment of Douglas, the dog, and the bird.<br /><br />And the physical climax of the movie is not the conclusion; the emotional conclusion is the moment when Douglas is presented with his badge, and Carl, rather than Douglas' largely absent father, stands with him.<br /><br />Cheesy? Perhaps. But, it was strangely affecting and emotionally resonant for me.redsneakzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03601491021519995930noreply@blogger.com