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The best eco-movie of the year — and the worst
Climate Progress — ... ” These lazy, overweight video-addicts — whoever could the moviemakers be talking about? — are less human than WALL-E. Though criticized by some conservatives as anti-capitalist, WALL-E is perhaps best described as one of the most anti-consumption movies ever made. That’s why even Michael Gerson, a Former Bush speechwriter known for his evangelical moralism, loved the movie and saw it as a daring attack on “a culture of consumption.” As much as I loved the movie, I did find an odd disjunction…. Yes, the movie is a brutal satire on “self-involved consumption.” But if we ...

The best and worst eco-movies of the year
Grist - the Latest from Grist — ... Though criticized by some conservatives as anti-capitalist, WALL-E is perhaps best described as one of the most anti-consumption movies ever made. That's why even Michael Gerson, a former Bush speechwriter known for his evangelical moralism, loved the movie and saw it as a daring attack on "a culture of consumption." ...