metal sonic's №1 fan — I love WALL•E (2008). and not just as in "its so...

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I love WALL•E (2008). and not just as in "its so cute" way, but also critically, too. it's such a different movie. there have been movies centered around climate change, centered around robots, and centered around romance, but never before has the three been combined. additionally, WALL•E and EVE are so emotionally expressive, without using words. Pixar relies heavily on non-verbal communication and they're so good at it. there's only a handful of words ever spoken by WALL•E and EVE, and yet they are so emotionally expressive.

furthermore, they use the fact that WALL•E can repair himself for dramatic effect. when WALL•E dies, normally that'd be it for that character, but EVE manages to repair him. but then, oh no, he no longer has emotion and forgets everything. but then after a while, he finally recalls EVE and becomes WALL•E again in a dramatic twist.

also the commentary on both climate change and increasing dependency on technology is very eye-opening. what happened in the movie is actually not improbable to happen in real life, sans the hoverchairs, the robots with expressions, the sheer amount of garbage on Earth, and (hopefully) how one company basically rules the world.

I also find it an amazing contrast on how different WALL•E and EVE are, and yet they can communicate to each other, not with words but rather with expressions. WALL•E is (likely) over 700 years old, uses older tech, rusty, and complicated, whereas EVE is (likely) basically brand new compared to him, uses newer tech, clean, and simple.

finally, I love how much they exploit minor details in the bot's designs. WALL•E's tape deck is such a minor thing but is used for dramatic effect, like when he plays it to attempt to bring joy to a situation where he is dying. another example is his trash compactor, used as a storage bay for several scenes.

I rate this movie 9/10. it gets a point off because, despite the amount of emotion and drama in the movie, WALL•E is the only character with a lot of depth. all the other ones, including the cockroach, don't have much depth. we don't know much about EVE, the cockroach, the captain, Auto, etc.

however make sure you take all this with a grain of salt, I have little to no idea what the hell I'm talking about.