I saw WALL-E last week and let me tell you- It was fantastic. I know it's been getting amazing reviews and was the top movie at the box office when it premiered, but I feel like I need to add my two cents. It's actually kind of hard for me to write about it, because I would probably have to write a novel to really capture everything... so let's just write a blog entry about it, shall we?So, WALL-E was awesome. He's a junky, clunky, lovable robot who was abandoned on Earth for 700 years or so collecting the trash and rubble the wasteful Earth inhabitants have left behind. Much like Ariel in The Little Mermaid, WALL-E travels around collecting trinkets and knick knacks of unknown origins and displays them in his own little museum. He's probably the cutest robot to come around in a long time.
EVE, the white robot, comes to Earth in search of plant life but, along with finding a tiny seedling, finds a new friendship with WALL-E. When her mission to bring the seedling back to the fat Earthlings waiting in deep space, WALL-E tags along for the ride. Don't want to give too much away, so I'll quit with the summary and just make some notes.
The film was cute and adorable and incredibly bleak at the same time. WALL-E and the other robots were adorable, but the bigger back story of the movie is the fact that Earthlings have trashed the planet and have to move into outer space to get away from the garbage. In space, their lives become even more lazy than before; leaving them all morbidly obese and confined to hover chairs. They are all so distracted by their viewing screens and meals in a cup that they don't even notice the amazing universe around them. Symbolism for how we can act today, or depiction of what our world could be like tomorrow?
There were hilarious moments of humor and slapstick comedy, and moments of complete sadness and hopelessness. Who knew that one tiny robot could make you feel so many emotions all at once. WALL-E was great. Go see it.
And as a side note- The WALL-E website has a ton of fun videos and interactive games and missions. You can also create your own little robot and play games with him (or her.) Check out my robot. Pretty cool, right?
Did you see WALL-E? What did you think?