So we decided to see Wall e yesterday. I have to say that Pixar did it again. When the first trailer came out I must admit that it didn't impress me. "How could a robot shaped like a box be a leading character in a movie and keep the audience in their seats?", I thought at the time. As the ad campaign for the movie continued I, and I'm sure everyone else, started to see the humanity and personality of this robot.
What struck me the most about the movie is a pretty direct message that they were laying out. (Caution: may contain spoilers) First of all, the world had become overrun with waste and garbage that all the humans had to leave the planet and live in space while robots like Wall e clean up. I believe our society has become wasteful and unsanitary and this movie is showing us a possible outcome of this disordered behavior. The other is that the humans living in space have evolved into a race completely reliant on convenience. So much so that their bodies have adapted and turned into obese, boneles organisms. They didn't even know how to walk. I know, I know, this image is quite far fetched, but the message is clear. So much focus on convenience has its side effects.
Those were just two things that I wanted to say about this movie. Not to mention the storyline of Wall e's and Eve's relationship and the rise of the reject robots. I'm looking forward to the DVD release and getting a copy.
Only Mac fans out there would have noticed that when Wall e was fully recharged the sound that followed was the startup sound of an Apple Computer! Alright, you got me. I'm a geek. Let's break it down:
