Set almost a millennia into the future, it is the story of a garbage strewn, uninhabitable Earth abandoned by its population for a plush life in a space cruiser.
To clean up the mess while the humans are away, hundreds of bots were deployed but have gradually shut down.
WALL-E (Waste Allocation Load Lifter - Earth Class) is the last of his kind and has developed a flaw in his programming — a personality.
In between his bold efforts to sort out the planet singlehandedly, he collects trinkets from the junk and listens to show tunes.
With only a spritely cockroach for company, he longs to meet a kindred spirit until the slick robot EVE (Extraterrestrial Vegetation Evaluator) arrives on the scene, looking for signs of life...
Almost harking back to the silent movies of the past, the first half features only the beeps and whirrs of our robotic protagonists.
While the second is a play on the bland corporate lifestyle that is slowly but surely infiltrating our lives and a haunting reminder of the environmental damage we are causing the planet — a strange message for a film made with Disney money.
What gels WALL-E together though, is this unlikely love story that will melt every heart (despite the fact our two heroes don’t have one).
Once again, Pixar has set another milestone in animation standards with characters the kids will adore and a message strong enough to make the adults love it too.
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