Blog Review: WALL-E

Director: Andrew Stanton
Produced by: Jim Morris,Lindsey Collins(co-producer), John Lasseter(executive producer)
Written by: Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon (screenplay), Pete Docter
Starring: Ben Burtt, Elissa Knight, Jeff Garlin

Robot love, isolation, and desecration of earth all come together to make a feel-good Pixar film. WALL-E or (Waste Allocation Load Lifter- Earth class) is a lonely robot on earth who moves trash to try to detoxify the planet in hope that humans can live on earth again. While WALL-E and robots like WALL-E are cleaning up the large toxic landfill that used to be the planet earth, humans are living in a large “space-ship like home” in space getting no exercise and having everything they desire handed to them.
WALL-E the robot seems to have more human qualities than the humans themselves. With his loneliness on earth alone, he is not the heartless robot that is what misconceptions about robots seem to show. His human qualities include making collections of the things he likes, watching Hello Dolly and wanting a little bit of companionship. He’s in luck when a new, shiny and feminine robot shows up on earth. This robot is skeptical of WALL-E and is obviously not in tune to feeling as WALL-E is. Her name is EVE and WALL-E tries to win her friendship and companionship by saving her from a dust storm. EVE soon starts to respond to WALL-E’s sweet and friendly nature. There is a possible romance between the two robots. WALL-E then decides to show EVE his most prized possession, a plant that he found.
Almost automatically, EVE snatches the plant from WALL-E and shuts down, guarding the plant. The audience has gotten the sense that the plant is what she may have been looking for on earth. Then WALL-E concerned with his crush’s state, goes to space with her to try to figure out what’s wrong. The plant is supposed to indicate that earth is now non-toxic enough for humans to live there. The journey soon begins as WALL-E tries to save EVE and humans realize that they can finally go home, despite the grossly obese and greedy state that they are in.
WALL-E is a hear-warming and satisfying film which sparks sense into American audiences about what America is becoming. Even though WALL-E is a robot, he is more human than any of us can imagine. Even though the film has basically no dialogue for the most of it, music is a very important part of the film. The creators are very successful with bringing out emotion in the audience through music and the actions of WALL-E. The film is recommended for children and adults alike. The children will enjoy the graphics and the innocent robot story while both parents and children will learn a thing or two about how we should treat our precious planet earth.