Wall-E Review

1. Wall-E was written by Pete Docter and Andrew Stanton. Stanton also directed. The film was released by Disney/Pixar in 2008.
2. The creative technique that they used was very original and daring. Of course they have the ever beautiful Pixar animation and heart-warming Disney touch, but there was one thing about this film that really caught my attention. They had no real dialogue for 90% of the film. This was quite revolutionary for a kid's movie because if done wrong, it can ruin the movie. But in Wall-E, the use of beeps, saying "Waaalll-EEEE," or "EEEVVE," worked perfectly. You knew exactly what was going on and it made sense. Also, Wall-E and Eve's relationship throughout the film really drew me in. From first meeting to clicking to her turning into a vegetable after finding the plant, it was really sweet to see this odd love story unfold.
3. Wall-E was marketed as a kids movie, though it also was for adults. Kids would take it as a fun and entertaining Pixar film, where parents would take the deeper message.
4. Lifestyles and values were a big part of this film. It shows humans as lazy slobs who don't take any responsibility or do anything. They left Earth because it had been left inhabitable, which was their fault, and made Wall-E and the other robots like him clean up their toxic mass of waste, all while they were up in space doing nothing. It also shows how technology is, in a way, distracting and brainwashing us from the real world, and if needed, could possibly take control of us. Also, Wall-E and Eve are literally going against their programing and "directives", or what they were made to do, to experience love. It shows that love is the strongest thing in the world. It's quite beautiful.
5. This message is being sent because they're trying to wake us up before we become lazy fat people who completely rely on machines to do everything for us. If we keep going forward in our instant gratification and technology overload, we could possibly end up like them, except we don't have a space ship to hop into when we ruin the world.
6. Though God is not exactly shown in this film, there is some symbolism. The Axiom robots are completely distracting the people from the real problem and Wall-E/Eve are a savior team of sorts and open the people's eyes. Wall-E even sacrifices himself to put the plant in the machine and send the people back to earth. Though he comes back to life once Eve fixes him back up when they return to earth (hmm, that sounds familiar). And finally everyone returns to earth and as the humans relearn to plant and clean up and flourish, Wall-E and Eve can finally leave their programming behind and are able to experience love. And love is what God is all about.

-Andrew Cortez