In the end of the movie the humans rebuild earth and start LOSING weight.

Really I dont know why people are being extremely offended of this movie. IT IS JUST A MOVIE! Movies are not real. (and if you think so you need to get outside a actually live a life)

I understand the concerns of overweight people, and some are valid. Not every person is overweight due to eating. A classmate of my children was born with a rare condition where her body does not make muscle. She also does not ever have the sensation of being full. Thankfully, her parents have discovered the cause and have her in treatment. No cure. Just treatment.

That said, I didn’t take the portrayal of overweight humans as a bigoted comment on fat people, but an extended result of our increasingly sedentary lifestyles. Yes, if you consume food and do not exercise, you will gain weight.

The message I got from the movie was that we need to get up from our computer monitors, get out, and interact with each other and the world.

Did everyone miss the lines about people doing everything virtually (golf, etc.)? Did everyone miss the lines about the characters not even realizing that the ship had a pool because they were always interfacing with the screen directly in front of them?

Would we have bought this social commentary if all the humans were fit and trim? How does a person lie around in a chair their entire life doing everything virtually and not gain weight?

Let’s all simmer down.

secondly, the people are not evil. as a matter of fact, the captain of the ship, who is very fat, becomes a sort of hero at the end. basically the people may be fat, but are only lazy because they are basically following their ‘directives’, [to be plugged into their electronics all day, and eat when the ship tells them to, move when the ship tells them to, etc.]. yes, one man does fall out of his hover chair, and can’t get up on his own, but this is more because of his initial shock of being ‘unplugged’ so to speak, than being fat. later on in the movie when people fall out of their chairs, they get up on the own. the real evil factor here is the corporation buy ‘n’ large. they have brainwashed humanity into thinking that they are worthless, and stupid. [BTW, it is mentioned about degenerative bone loss at one point, for people who don't know about it.]

there is a nice scene when two of the people, [the man from earlier and a women], start a relationship. very nice to see indeed. the people are shocked to find out that they can walk, think for themselves, and have relationships. [from babies they were basically put into hover chairs, and raised by robots, this is why they had never learned to walk before]. auto the ships autopilot is buy ‘n’ large’s evil force on the ship. [reminiscent of 2001: a space oddessy, even the music from it plays at one point, LOL]

the whole point of the movie is to stop just following your ‘directive’, be yourself and start truly living. as the captain says; “i don’t want to survive, i want to live!”

/MAJOR SPOILER BELOW/

evil auto electrocutes wall-e at one point with his taser. the captain fights auto, nearly getting zapped himself, and triumphs over auto. the end of the movie with wall-e and eve is amazing. the humans have taken over their own future, and start a new life on earth, no longer dependent on electronics.

/SPOILER ENDS/