WALL-E is a 2008 computer-animated science fiction film produced by Pixar Animation Studios. It follows the story of a robot named WALL-E who is designed to clean up a polluted Earth. He eventually falls in love with another robot named EVE, and follows her into outer space on an adventure.
"WALL·E" promises to have everything that we can expect from Pixar -- colorful, vibrant, majestic, imaginative, exciting, touching, beautiful, and most importantly a film with interesting and involved characters. Further, WALL-E is to have very less yet intelligent dialogue, making it a refreshing change from the 'go green' campaigns we're all so used to. The idea of spending so much time without dialogue is appealing to those of us who admire the old silent films, but may be more daunting for those who prefer loud and bombastic action. However, Pixar mitigates this problem by resorting to mechanical noises equated with emotional attributes, limited use of modulated conversation, and amazing sound effects. Most of the characters do not have actual human voices, but communicate instead with body language and robotic sounds, that resemble voices with segments featuring live action characters.
Does "WALL-E" have a message? Sure, an important message – in fact a strong and effective statement against commercialism delivered subtly and beautifully. Wall-E has real world significance and hopes to influence the generation of young consumers to limit its consumption and become better stewards of the environment of the only planet we have.
PLOT
In the not too distant future, Earth becomes so toxic that man is forced to abandon the planet. In the year 2700, the remaining human society lives aboard a massive spaceship called Axiom that circles overhead, waiting for the day when the planet would once again become inhabitable.
Hundreds of thousands of robots were built to clean the trash scattered around earth’s surface. But Waste Allocation Load Lifters – Earth Class units (hence the title WALL-E) really weren’t up to the task, and have begun to break down. And now there is only one WALL-E unit left running. The robot with the help of his pet cockroach Spot, attempts to clean whatever he can every day. But over the past few hundred years, the robot has become lonely and self-aware. Curious about the humans who once inhabited the planet; the robot has amassed a collection of human artifacts which include a Rubik’s Cube, a light bulb, a Playmate portable ice chest, and an old VCR on which he plays a VHS copy of Hello, Dolly!
One day the spaceship drops a sleek new unit named EVE on to the surface. WALL-E falls instantly in love, and unsuccessfully tries to earn her affection. When EVE is recalled, WALL-E decides to follow her into outer space.
This is just a third of the movie, what happens to WALL-E once he gets on board the Axiom, the space ship and finds out what has become of mankind. How — because humans have grown even lazier in the 700 years that they’ve been off Earth — we’re all now just enormous fat blobs who can only move about because we travel in huge floating lounge chairs.
The rest of this amazing motion picture is set in space, where WALL-E runs into some even stranger creatures. Some 700 years after doing what he was built to do, this robot will finally discover what he was meant to do.
CHARACTERS
WALL-E- (Waste Allocation Load Lifter Earth-Class), the title character of the film, as well as other robot characters. WALL-E is a mobile trash compactor, the last operational unit in a massive line created by the Buy n Large Corporation to gather and compact the waste created by the humans who utilized their products. WALL-E is solar-powered and constantly replaces his worn-out parts with those scavenged from non-functional WALL-E units. He can retract his limbs and head into his body and form a cube when he senses danger (though he is armed with a laser beam built in between his eyes, which is mainly used for pieces of stubborn material back on Earth). He may also fold into a cube when he is resting. WALL-E's long and lonely existence has granted him sentience and emotion. His loneliness is soon requited via EVE, a robot that comes to Earth searching for signs of life.
M-O (Microbe Obliterator), one of the maintenance robot who cleans the filth in the ship and inspects incoming shipments for foreign contaminants. M-O is annoyed by the amount of filth on WALL-E, and learns to act on his own accord by following WALL-E in an attempt to clean him.
EVE (Extraterrestrial Vegetation Evaluator), a sleek, ergonomically advanced robotic probe whose main function is to locate plant life in order to determine if the Earth is capable of supporting human life. She is equipped with scanners and a retractable plasma cannon in her right arm, the latter of which she is quick to use or brandish at the slightest provocation. Although initially EVE appears to be an unfeeling, stoic robot, upon meeting WALL-E she soon begins to show signs of light-heartedness, even if his antics annoy her from time to time. Her design was inspired by the sleek, white versions of Apple, Inc. products such as the iPod.
CAPTAIN B. MCCREA, the sole leader and commander of the Axiom who becomes enraptured by the images of Earth as it was before the rise of Buy n Large and therefore assumes dynamism and a leader's position among the humans who re-colonize Earth.
SHELBY FORTHRIGHT, CEO of the Buy n Large Corporation. In the film, a global cleanup project is initiated by Shelby Forthright with much of humanity evacuated into space; the project goes awry when he finds he had underestimated how toxic the Earth has become and he tends to lose hope. Willard is the only cast in this film who plays a live-action character with a speaking role, thus becoming the first ever speaking role in any Pixar film.
John, a human made aware of his surroundings. He becomes the companion of Mary.
Mary, a human made aware of her surroundings. She becomes the companion of John.
Axiom is the space ship.
BRL-A — Parasol robots, one of which has trouble keeping himself closed;
BURN-E — A robot who welds and repairs the Axiom.
COM-T — A robot who types and organizes files, and learns how to wave hands thanks to WALL-E.
D-FIB — Defibrillator robots, one of which cannot control the use of its defibrillators;
GEL-A — Robot stewards who overseas security on the ship.
GO-4 — Head of security and Captain McCrea's second-in-command, but is entirely subservient to Auto.
HAN-S — Robotic masseurs, one of which is overly energetic with little control over his flailing arms.
L-T — Flashlight robots, one of which likes to play in the dark.
NAN-E — Nanny robots who teach and watch over the children on the Axiom.
PR-T — Beautician robots who makes mindless small-talk, one of which tries to make over any object nearby.
SERV-A — Service robots who carry other robots from place to place.
VAQ-M — Vacuum-like robots, one of which is prone to sneezing fits.
VN-GO — Painting robots, one of which tracks paint wherever he goes.
WALL-A— (Waste Allocation Load Lifter Axiom-Class), Trash-compactor robots used aboard the Axiom, similar to WALL-E, though much larger. |
