Add my name to the list of WALL*E enthusiasts. It’s almost certainly the best-done computer animation film made to date. I’m a big fan of Pixar, but they’ve raised the bar several notches with this one.

It’s a brilliant, beautiful movie, from the opening shots of WALL*E’s towers of compacted trash and the long near-silent scenes of his daily life to his courtship of EVE (I love strong female characters…) and his tending of her when she shuts down. Their ballet-in-a-vacuum is terrific, and so are the concluding scenes.

The re-evolution of the human characters is amusing, and the soundtrack is exceptionally well done. I didn’t care for Fred Willard — a walking smirk as an actor — or the political humor, which will get dated quickly. But that’s no biggie. This is a great movie, with a heart, a soul, and a brain.

Never mind the animation ghetto; WALL*E deserves an Oscar nomination for best film.