Wall-E

Tonight I had the pleasure of seeing the new film Wall-E by Pixar.  I have to say, even throughout the years, Pixar seems to always get things right.  From start to finish, including the very funny short film in the beginning, which stars a magician and his infamous "pulling a rabbit out of his hat" trick, the film is, in one simple word, moving.  The music, which basically consisted of old jazz tunes, alone made me feel emotions that were weird for a children's film.

 I don't want to give away too much, seeing as it is opening weekend (and nobody wants to have a film spoiled the first few days it premiers) and I always hate reviews that go more into the story than into everything else.

This movie hides a very eye-opening message of what could happen to our home planet if we continue on this path we are following today, and it isn't very hidden.  The atmosphere is littered with satellites, the ground is a huge dumping ground of waste and smog, and the only "living" creature still alive is a cockroach.  But we meet Wall-E, a smart robot initially designed to help clean the planet, along with comrades who lie motionless amongst the rubbish.  We find that he keeps random interesting objects in a makeshift home and he loves the musical Hello Dolly.  For someone who loves old musicals and movies from that time period, it gave me great satisfaction to see the combination of the old and the new.

On a normal day, strange incidents regarding a light and a rocket suddenly occur, and we meet the new robot, EVE, a probe looking for life, who just so happens to be the object of affection for Wall-E after first sight.  From there, the audience is jetted off to the modern human civilization, run almost completely by robotics, who have no understanding of anything besides videochatting and moving around on hovercrafts.  I don't want to give any more than that away, mostly because I want people to see the movie and not find out the ending.  You have to see this.  It is one of the greatest Pixar films I have ever seen, and I love Pixar films.  There isn't one that I have hated so far.