Wall-E...

...came out today in the UK.

...knocked my socks right off (not literally, that would be silly).

...paints an astonishingly powerful picture of a future that's the inevitable result of unsustainably high levels of consumption. There's images in the first half hour that are literally breathtaking in the sense of desolation.

...is also incredibly romantic and achingly sweet, yet never clichéd, forced or obvious.

...makes holding hands seem like the most wonderful thing.

...never, ever, ever gets dull.

...makes you appreciate the colour green and the freshness of nature when you've taken it for granted all your life.

...is the best film Pixar have ever made.

...needs to be seen by myself a second time (at least) to write a remotely coherent review.

...pushes computer animation film-making to a point which frankly blows my mind, and leaves other CG animation feature efforts stumbling feebly like cheap straight-to-video guff (Fly Me To The Moon and Space Chimps, I'm looking at you... and frowning).

...is the closest a mainstream movie has come to silent cinema in decades.

...made my eyes well up on three different occasions, which is some sort of record.

...is a masterpiece, a true work of art that transcends animation and cinema.

...should make sales of Hello Dolly leap (well I'll be, it was Michael Crawford).

...must be seen at the cinema. Must must must. The level of detail in the visuals, the use of sound, the sheer spectacle and scale of it - not an inch of cinema screen is wasted.

...ends happily, but there'll be points when you can't imagine how it will.

...is at least the equal of the Iron Giant, which is insanely high praise.

...made me so glad I was watching it with my girl and holding her hand.

...could well be the best film I've ever seen. But I've got to go again. And again. And again.

...should be seen by every man, woman and child on this little planet. Including you.