WALL·E

“I don’t want to survive, I want to live”  For my birthday, I decided to rewatch what is easily one of my favorite animated films of all time. WALL•E.  The animation in this is absolutely stunning from ridiculously massive trash structures to the tiny stars in the dark/rich sky. The music choices from the movie “Hello, Dolly!” Feel perfectly fitting throughout this film. Despite having very few words, WALL•E is a beautifully expressive character from his happiness down to his sadness. The future earth that WALL•E lives in is empty and haunting of the fact that it could be earth in our very own future. Also despite having very few words, EVE is also a beautifully expressive character from her determination for her “directive” down to her strong emotions leading her to gradually love and care about WALL•E. The human citizens on the ship are a great representation on how much of a negative impact the world has been on humans in a way by making them lazy and lost in advertisements and advanced technology. The captain on the ship was a great character that changes for the better when he discovers many great things earth has made as a planet. As for the villain, it was pretty great with having clear but evil motivations against the humans. The amazing but simple plot and rich storyline makes it easily one of (if not) Pixar’s very best that’s all told within just less than 100 minutes. And the ending does a spectacular job of saying a important theme while being a happy ending for WALL•E and EVE. My interpretation of the theme at the end is that earth may not be good at all now but it’s not too late to try and help change it for the better of all humans alike. This film never fails to make me laugh and cry with WALL•E and EVE’s relationship and appreciate every piece of detail along the way. WALL•E is one of the reasons why I truly believe that animation is pure cinema.