| MOVIE | | | Advantage? |
| HERO | Wesley Gibson (played by James McAvoy, above) is a scrawny cubicle drone who doesn't realize that his estranged father is one of the greatest assassins in the world. But he finds out pretty fast when a secret society of trained killers, The Fraternity, recruits him to learn some ass-kickin' skills and help save dear old Dad. And yes, there is hazing involved. But no toga parties or sorority mixers. | In a set-up that's seemingly too bleak for a kids' movie, humans have been gone from Earth for hundreds of years, forced to live on spaceships because their homeland got too polluted and trashed out. Our hero, WALL-E, is a garbage-compacting robot who was left behind. The cute little bot has enough heart and determination to potentially save the planet, although we don't want to give anything away [wink]. | McAvoy's character has the coolest transformation, but WALL-E is the purest and most heroic. WALL-E wins this round. |
| VILLAIN | The villain in this movie is pretty much anyone that Wesley and his fellow assassins are running from, running after or planning to kill. And that's all we can say without spoiling everything. | There's no single bad guy (or bot), but the biggest threat to mankind and happiness on Earth is the humans' general apathy toward making a difference. Yeah, we know. Deep. | We prefer villains who are in your face with guns. Wanted takes it. |
| HOT CHICK | Angelina Jolie gives her sexiest, smoothest performance yet as Fox, one of the assassins in The Fraternity who's in charge of training young Wesley. She's excellent with cars, guns, acrobatics and sensual glances. | WALL-E is head over wheels in love the moment he lays lenses on Eve, an explorin' robot (who looks like she was designed by Apple) sent to Earth to look for signs of life. | We love Apple products, but Jolie absolutely sizzles. One more for Wanted. |
| WISE OLD SAGE | Morgan Freeman (who at this point involuntarily excretes wisdom) plays the leader of the assassin group who fancies himself the Miyagi to Wesley's Daniel-san. | WALL-E's Earthly sidekick, a cockroach who somehow comes off as cute, is the film's leader-by-example. Never give up, never say die. He's awesome. | A cute cocka-roach always takes the cake. Point, WALL-E. |
| MESSAGE? | Wesley learns more lessons than the dude in Tuesdays with Morrie. Don't ever settle for a life that bores you to death. Jump into the unknown headfirst. Fight for what you believe in, even if you can't win. Always do what Angelina tells you. | Adorable, optimistic WALL-E shows us that we should always have a little fun, no matter how hopeless existence may seem. Oh, and we should recycle and stuff. | We have to judge by how we felt walking out of these movies. Wanted was more empowering. |
| SIGHTS AND SOUNDS | The stunts in this thing are incredible – literally. But you won't care about believability when you feel the "Whoosh!" of the first bullet. | This is the most gorgeous and realistic Pixar film to date. You'll marvel at it. One small complaint: The child-like voices of WALL-E and Eve can be cloying after a while. | This one's a toss-up. So Wanted wins by one point. See both if you've got the cash, though. |
