WALL-E (2008)

After 700 years of doing what he was built for - he'll discover what he's meant for. 

GENRE
Animation/Adventure/Family

STORYLINE
In the distant future, a small waste collecting robot inadvertently embarks on a space journey that will ultimately decide the fate of mankind.

DIRECTOR
Andrew Stanton

MY REVIEW
Pixar never ceases to amaze me. Toy Story, Cars, Finding Nemo, Ratatouille are some of the brilliant films they have given us in the recent past. Wall-E definitely belongs to this list. An unusual, out of the world love story with a message for humanity portrayed so beautifully.

The year is around 2800, Earth is wrecked covered with garbage due to Mass consumerism and the megacorporation Buy N Large. Buy N Large had planned to clean Earth with the help of waste collecting robots while sending humans on a spaceship meanwhile. The robots fail and Earth is abandoned. Wall-E is a small waste collecting robot and is the only surviving robot living on Earth along with his cockroach friend. Eve is another robot sent to Earth to check whether Earth is sustainable for life or not. With the help of Wall-E ( who by the way falls instantly for her) she gets the much needed proof. But they dont know the troubles that lie in their respective future.

Wall-E and Eve

To an extent you can call Wall-E a silent film. With negligible dialogues and a well supported backgrounfd score this movie delivers. The story is brilliant and quite innovative. Many movies show Robots as some emotionell creatures creating troubles/ assisting humans based on their commands. This story is well ahead of that time. Robots have emotions, they make their own decisions and like humans some are good while others are bad. The way Wall-E hesistant at first expressess his love through various acts of kindness aimed at iimpressing eve and the way eve ignorant at first finally reciprocates her love for Wall-E seems human like.

The seory is not basically about love. Its also about giving humanity a message. The after affects of mass consumerism taking it toll on Earth's environment is highlighted here. Humans are shown ignorant to such an extent that in the future they dont even know what earth is. They are obese, never using their feet, always on some kind of flying bed/ Seems as if they are  hypnotized by the BnL corporation.

The Ignorant Humans

The background score plays an important role in this movie as well. It supports the story and the emotions really well. It basically maintains the flow and conveys the emotions to you. 

Whether you consider animated movies childish or not, this movie is a must watch for all.

MY RATING 8.5

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