Pixar’s Wall-E is a joy to watch, set 800 years in the future our lonely Wall-E robot continues to clear the trash-ridden waste land of a long ago abandoned Earth. Imaginative and charming Wall-E is a solar panel for your heart, unfortunately that glow slowly dims leaving you smiling but not enthralled with a tale of robot romance and misadventure.
Wall-E is the sole surviving mute yet adorable robot on a bleak planet Earth. Followed by his seemingly indestructible cockroach sidekick, Wall-E’s life is a mundane repetition of refuse collection. Somewhere in between ET and Johnny 5; Wall-E is curious little fellow that often strays from his directive of creating giant blocks of garbage and collects interesting objects like the odd Rubik cube and the occasional Ipod. Until Eve arrives, a more advanced robot probe searching for signs of life. Infatuated by Eve, Wall-E stumbles into a inter-stellar romantic voyage to find the surviving human race and return home.
Pixar are masters at breathing life into their creation, but the film isn’t as enjoyable as it’s main character. Somewhere along the way Wall-E the robot steals the show and Wall-E the film is just a distraction. Wall-E the film lacks the childhood nostalgia that Toy Story and Monsters Inc delivered in abundance. It’s hard to relate to almost apocalyptic Earth but fortunately Wall-E is there to save us.
One thumb up.
