WALL-E

 

WALL-E (Animated) — Pixar makes the most complete animated movies in Hollywood.  Part of Disney, Pixar creates memorable films because of the meticulous use of computer animation and their understanding that the audience extends beyond kids.  WALL-E carries a message about the need for mankind to protect its natural resources, but it never preaches.  It just brings you two lovable characters, the machine left on Earth to clean up the mess we all left behind when the planet was abandoned (WALL-E, standing for Waste Allocation Load Lifter – Earth-class), and the probe (EVE, short for Extra-terrestrial Vegetation Evaluator) sent by the descendants to check on Mother Earth.  When WALL-E hitches a ride back to the EVE’s Mother Ship, the story begins.  The descendants are all pampered, technology-dependent, fat couch potatoes who have long since given up on getting back home more than 700 years later.  But their leader is confronted with evidence of the first signs of renewed life on Earth thanks to WALL-E and EVE.  He also realizes that he and the Mother Ship have really been controlled by a machine/computer (in another era, it was called HAL), and the drama plays out then.  I suppose the movie is unique because it has almost no dialogue and relies on visualization and imagination to occupy the 90+ minutes.  On the International Movie Data Base (imdb.com) readers’ reviews, this movie is getting scores that place it in the top 20 of all time.  It is very good but it’s not as great as many the classic animated features or the CG-dominated mega-hits (this is a direct descendant from Finding Nemo, A Bug’s Life and Toy Story) of recent years.

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