Review #60 | WALL-E

After hundreds of lonely years of doing what he was built for, WALL-E (short for Waste Allocation Load Lifter Earth-Class) discovers a new purpose in life (besides collecting knick-knacks) when he meets a sleek search robot named EVE. EVE comes to realize that WALL-E has inadvertently stumbled upon the key to the planet's future, and races back to space to report her findings to the humans (who have been eagerly awaiting word that it is safe to return home). Meanwhile, WALL-E chases EVE across the galaxy and sets into motion one of the most exciting and imaginative comedy adventures ever brought to the big screen. Joining WALL-E on his fantastic journey across a universe of never-before-imagined visions of the future, is a hilarious cast of characters including a pet cockroach, and a heroic team of malfunctioning misfit robots.

WALL-E, 2008

Story | WALL-E starts afresh, unique in design and story. With almost no dialogue, WALL-E accomplishes something rare, the movie magic. With realistic settings WALL-E conquered new grounds in computer animation. A love story about a lonely robot seemed to far-fetched but Pixar does it again. If rats can cook then robots can fall in love.

The story of a robot in love was totally worth telling. It gives us an emotional punch into our hearts. A rusty robot, WALL-E becomes so lovely and we get to care a lot about him. That’s the power of great story telling.

Art | The production design for WALL-E is one of the most realistic for Pixar. You can see every detail. Making Earth filled with trash and junk makes it more real. The characters designs of robots and humans, on contrary, look less real but they are more or less attractive.

Characters | To make some rusty old robot lovable is something. It proves that appearance don’t matter much than to the heart. The reason why EVE fell in love is because of WALL-E's pure affections for her. Human characters however seemed to lack the brains. They were pictured as dumb and naïve human beings.

Music | The soundtrack for this movie is something to pay attention to. It has its own theme. I really enjoyed listening to it.

Creativity | WALL-E is probably one of the most creative animated movies of all time.

Entertainment | The only downfall of WALL-E is that it fell show of being fun. If I would watch it again I’d probably doze off.

Pixar Animation Studios | Andrew Stanton | 98 minutes

Animation Magic Theater Rating: 96%