Wall-E

Wall E




Pixar has clearly sold their souls to the devil. No-one has successive hits like they do unless you've bartered with Beelzebub. With such a reputation to uphold, will Wall E be the exception that proves the rule? A downward blip on an otherwise upwards spiral?

Wall E is a cute little robot fashioned from equal parts Johnny Five and ET. His thankless job is to clean up the long deserted planet Earth, Compacting the endless trash into small cubes and piling them. You can tell from the first sight of the sky-scrapers of rubbish that he's been busy for the last 700 years.

He keeps himself entertained by watching old Michael Crawford musicals on a self-made Television. Singing and dancing along with the tunes. His only friend is a frisky little cockroach who follows him around like a pet.

One day a massive ship drops off a gleaming white pod nearby and Wall E goes to investigate. The pod opens up into another more highly advanced robot called Eve. Wall E is smitten. He follows her around and tries to impress her.

Upon finding a solitary plant sample Eve calls her ship and the two robots are taken into space. Its here we find out what happened to the human race. They're fat bloated consumers with the minds of children. Robots have taken care of their every need for 700 years and it shows.

I had my reservations about this film despite the glowing reviews I read EVERYWHERE. I figured it would be too cutesy and steered towards kids. Boy was I wrong.

I remember a scene from Pixar's Ratatouille that sums up my feelings about this film. It's the scene at the end where the Food Critic remembers what it was like to really love food. He remembers what it was like to be a child again. That's how I felt. I was so invested in the characters of this film that I forgot I was watching a film. It was like watching ET for the first time.

When ET got sick and you were sure he was going to die, it was no use telling you, "It's just a film." You still brimmed with tears. That's the effect Wall-E has.

I think the main draw of the character is that, no matter how much we may feel sorry for Wall-E, he never feels sorry for himself. He's a Trier, no matter what the odds. It's his inspiration that spurs the other characters to go that extra mile.

The animation is so slick in this film that they merge real life footage into it seamlessly. Pixar have outdone themselves again. They're really going to struggle to top this, but if anyone can, it's them.

Verdict 10 /10
Trying to remain impartial is impossible, I loved it.