Kingcobrasaurus
Since: Dec, 2010
09/20/2011 00:00:00
Win! I salute you!
I, for one, loved this movie. It's Pixar's best film yet, but it's so horribly underrated. It's hard to believe that one would say this about a Pixar movie, but...this Needs More Love!
"Be who you are and say what you feel. Those who matter don't mind, and those who mind don't matter." -Dr. Seuss
PumpkinLore
Since: Aug, 2009
09/21/2011 00:00:00
FINALLY a positive review!
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Wall-E: Teaching Humans How To Be Human
I'm surprised to see that the two reviews for this film are quite negative. Hopefully, this review can provide a different perspective on the film and open new dimensions to the way people see the film.
The film has a few themes going on, such as environmentalism, romance, etc... But, fundamentally, the main theme in this story is finding our humanity. It explores what it means to be human, about finding the essence of your soul.
Wall-E basically is a robot who found purpose in his existence. Even though he has his "directive", which is cleaning up the Earth, we see that he is genuinely interested in the world around him. He explores the massive piles of junk, looking for even more of what his world has to offer. Robots exist because they are made to, but Wall-E exists because he WANTS to.
In contrast, the humans have desensitized themselves from their world. Their eyes are not their human eyes, but the screens in front of them. The big Bn L advertisment voices think for them, the computers work for them. They simply go through the motions of living, and they do not realise what joys are around them (they do not even realise there is a pool right under their noses).
Over the course of the movie, Wall-E helps to open the human's eyes and help them realize there is a universe out there waiting for them, and there is more to the world around us than what the latest fashion gives. He frees people not through violence, but through the honesty of his soul. He shows people that having a fulfilling life isn't having fancy luxuries, but being nice to people out of the goodness of your heart (or CPU).
This is basically what made Wall-E an absolutely superb story. Even though there are many standout things about the film like the visuals, the animation, the cinematography, what was at the core was fundamentally human, and that is ultimately what reaches out of the theatre screen and touches hearts.