WALL-E (U)
Director Andrew Stanton
WALL-E - Ben Burtt
EVE – Elissa Knight
WALL.E is a great film… if you’re taking a younger sibling. I went to see it with my little brother (who was all hyped up about it from all the advertising) and he thoroughly enjoyed it. I, on the other hand sat there and marvelled at the animation… yeah a great story line if you’re a kid but not the moist entertaining film I’ve ever seen.
There’s a massive ecological message/warning to it which the whole film is centred around. But, what is the film about? I hear you ask. It’s all about what could happen to Earth if we keep producing as much waste as we do. WALL.E the main character is a robot who was left behind when all the humans evacuated the planet and he was left to carry out the clean up operation. His repetitive routine goes out the window when a slim lined, sophisticated robot lands on Earth. As he tries to impress this new arrival, EVE, he remains oblivious to her real objective – find a plant on Earth so all the humans can return. EVE gets taken back to the space station where all the Humans live and WALL.E tags along. As he explores the space station whilst looking for EVE he comes across the Humans. They haven’t walked at all in generations and all their food comes in McDonald’s type milkshake cartons. Any way in the end there is a race to see if the captain of the space station can beat a rogue robot or if he can send everyone back to Earth.
So all in all a bit of an adventure which would be good if it wasn’t animated, but as it’s a children’s film it had to be shown in a simpler way; therefore taking something away from it.
The animation was very good but since it’s a Pixar film you wouldn’t expect anything less. My favourite character is the Captain. You’d think he’d be a really pro-active guy but like all the other humans he just sits around all day in a hover chair and only does the morning announcements. The best bit of the film, by far, was when he was learning about Earth (he’s never been there and doesn’t know anything about it). He researches simple things like dancing and grass.
There’s no talking for the first half of the film except “WALL.E” and “EVE” because there’s no humans in it but you can get the gist of what the two robots are saying through vocal expression and how WALL-.E’s eyes move.
If you’re into animated films you’ll almost certainty like WALL-E I just disagree with the format that it was put in. Younger viewers will like it even if they don’t get the message behind it.
By the way, does WALL-E look like Johnny Five from Short Circuit or is it just me?
