Pixar just can't miss. Even their worst movies are better than average compared to a lot of the slop that's put on the screen year after year, but Wall-E is really quite superb, even for Pixar.
It centers upon Wall-E, which is basically a moving garbage compactor left to clean up Earth after all the humans have left it a dusty, discarded mess for some 700 years.
The real beauty of the movie is in its elegant use of simplicity. The protagonists barely speak half a dozen words, using them over and over and over in believable ways which betray personality. Juxtaposed against these wonderfully human robots, the real humans of the movie can be taken as a stark warning of a possible future in which consumerism has destroyed the Earth and our entire species is left to wallow in paradise.
The message is a rather frank one, and I'm sure some will grumble about it, but I think they see the coal and not the diamond inside. Wall-E and EVE have become two of my favorite Pixar characters, bar-none. The movie has comedic moments, sappy moments, and simply stunning/beautiful moments. It's a well-done symphony set to screen, and if you are, or ever have been, a fan of Pixar's films, go see it.
You certainly won't be disappointed.
It centers upon Wall-E, which is basically a moving garbage compactor left to clean up Earth after all the humans have left it a dusty, discarded mess for some 700 years.
The real beauty of the movie is in its elegant use of simplicity. The protagonists barely speak half a dozen words, using them over and over and over in believable ways which betray personality. Juxtaposed against these wonderfully human robots, the real humans of the movie can be taken as a stark warning of a possible future in which consumerism has destroyed the Earth and our entire species is left to wallow in paradise.
The message is a rather frank one, and I'm sure some will grumble about it, but I think they see the coal and not the diamond inside. Wall-E and EVE have become two of my favorite Pixar characters, bar-none. The movie has comedic moments, sappy moments, and simply stunning/beautiful moments. It's a well-done symphony set to screen, and if you are, or ever have been, a fan of Pixar's films, go see it.
You certainly won't be disappointed.