Took The Wife and Littledoo to see Wall-E at the cheap movie theater by our house yesterday. I’m generally a fan of the Pixar movies, and this one wasn’t bad. Not as good as The Incredibles or anything, but it was fun taking the big guy to the movies. Here’s one of those things that you don’t know unless you have kids: they have booster seats at the movie theater. Even the cheap movie theater. I got a huge kick out of watching him perched atop his seat, happily stuffing popcorn into his face as fast as I would let him.

If you’ve never had the experience, I highly recommend going to see a little kids’ movie in a theater packed with the under-6 crowd. Their responses, gasps, laughter, and running commentary are infinitely more entertaining than even the best MST3K episode. Well, except maybe the one with Gamera.

The best part of the movie was right at the end. Wall-E has been badly damaged, and his robot girlfriend Eve has to rebuild him out of spare parts. Wall-E reawakens, but does not recognize her, or have any memory of his former quirky personality. He methodically rolls out of his home, and in the process crushes his cockroach sidekick beneath his treads without so much as a pause. It is a very sad scene, and the whole theater was silent, except for the Littledoo, who burst out laughing at tremendous volume. He thought it was hilarious.

I love having a boy.