Wall-E (Three-Disc Special Edition + Digital Copy) Reviews

• A masterpiece

  
  By A10G4BPT5MGBHY on 2008-06-26
  I am floored. I didn't think it was possible for Pixar to surpass Toy Story, but it has. A sophisticated treat for adults and teens, a cuddly romance for the juice-box set, this comedic science fiction thriller romance (really!) takes the company to a new, more mature level. Filled with artistry, depth, meaning and a lot of humor, WALL-E is a masterpiece. Where Cars was a kid's movie with added adult themes, this is an adult movie with added value for children.
  
  DIALOGUE SCHMIALOGUE
  
  Before I saw WALL-E I had read about the lack of dialogue, and how it might be a risky move for Pixar to make a film with characters that don't talk in a traditional sense. Well, trash that. The most emotionally powerful scenes in this movie are those with the LEAST dialogue. Fully developed and indeed almost human, the two main characters are Wall-E himself (the letters stand for Waste Allocation Load Lifter-Earth Class; there's also a WALL-A) and EVE (Extraterrestrial Vegetation Evaluator), two machines in love.
  
  After about a half hour I was wondering if Pixar could continue to pull off this less-is-more concept for the rest of the film -- then the two robots started playing Pong! Such imaginative screenplay carries the film to what should be a Best Picture nomination. Seriously.
  
  A TOUCHING STORY
  
  WALL-E is a lonely little robotic trash compactor who was left behind after Earth was abandoned some 700 years earlier. He has been methodically cleaning up the trash-ridden planet ever since, and harboring a tiny plant he has found among the garbage. Eve, meanwhile, lives on the immense spaceship Axiom, which is also home to the fat, blob-like remains of the human race. She is a probe robot that flies to Earth to determine if the planet is ready for habitation. WALL-E takes one look at the streamlined, angelic Eve and falls in love.
  
  It didn't take long for me to fall in love with the little robot. As soon as he giggled (after his pet cockroach tickled him) I was hooked. This hardworking rusty guy with his small home full of collected treasures is so poignant. His lonely life is so human. Eve is just as likable, but much more sleek. Near the end comes a heartbreaking moment when a key character seems to lose all personality, all self. So well done, it made me think of how families must feel when a loved one disappears inside him- or herself with Alzheimer's disease.
  
  All ends well, of course. As the credits roll, the artwork illustrates how everyone and everything lives happily after ever.
  
  AN ADULT MEANING
  
  For adults, WALL-E is not so much about a cute little robot as it is about the future of man. What happens when humans become such creatures of the consumer culture, so fat they can't even stand up without assistance, living literally on auto-pilot, that they do nothing but buy cheap merchandise, stuff their faces at the Regurgitated Food Buffet and lie around watching video screens? Can they ever get back to the land and set their souls free? Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young asked that question decades ago; Pixar asks it today.
  
  There is even a sly political reference. Broadcasting a message to the passengers of the spaceship, the CEO of monster corporation Buy 'n' Large -- played in live-action by the inimitable Fred Willard, and named Shelby Forthright -- says they will be continuing on their never-ending, hopeless cruise to nowhere because they must "Stay the course!" Hmmm, haven't I heard a president use that line?
  
  EXTRA TOUCHES
  
  WALL-E has so many wonderful touches! After the little robot is charged using his solar panels, he "turns on" with a sound any Macintosh owner will recognize. The robot's collected objects, much like the thingamabobs of The Little Mermaid's Ariel, are things that are uniquely human: bubble wrap, an iPod, a Rubics cube, a singing plastic trophy fish and -- blink and you'll miss it -- a carrousel horse from Walt Disney World. Especially inspired are the two things on this future Earth that are totally indestructible: a cockroach and Twinkies.
  
  Stay for the credits. Recalling cave drawings, hieroglyphics, Monet and Van Gogh paintings and early computer graphics, the progressive sequence of art within them sneaks in the history of dialogue-free storytelling.
  
  ANIMATED? REALLY?
  
  The look of the movie is hard to describe. In one scene, when WALL-E and EVE are investigating a piece of bubble wrap, you can't tell it is an animated film. It actually appears to be live-action. Likewise, the outer space scenes have the same level of realism as any of the Star Wars movies. The trailing tower of squiggly smoke that's left behind by a launching spacecraft re-creates the Florida sky of a Space Shuttle launch to a T. For the most part, it is only when humans are portrayed that you are consciously aware that what you're watching was generated on circuit boards, not in cameras.
  
  I've seen the movie three times, first in digital projection and then from a film projector. The digital showing was much sharper, which made all the realistic touches far easier to appreciate.
  
  MOVIE REFERENCES
  
  It's obvious the Pixar folks are movie lovers; there are so many cinematic inspirations in WALL-E that I lost count. The "Put On Your Sunday Clothes" sequence from Hello, Dolly! shows up -- literally -- maybe half a dozen times. (Disney World fans may also remember the song as one of the background melodies along Main Street U.S.A.) The Axiom spaceship's computer is clearly an homage to HAL from 2001: A Space Odyssey; that film's signature overture "Also Sprach Zarathustra" plays at a key moment. WALL-E himself combines the purrs of E.T., the attitude of R2-D2 and the moves of Charlie Chaplin. There's a brief reference to Titanic.
  
  OPENING CARTOON
  
  The movie is preceded by a Pixar short, "Presto," that had the entire audience I was sitting with in stitches. Its plot: When a magician neglects to feed his bunny a carrot, an escalating disaster results. It's so nice to start a feature with a cartoon. I wish other studios still did it. (Disney fans will note the magician's hat is similar to the one used by Mickey Mouse in Fantasia.)
  
  SOUVENIR TOY
  
  Might as well budget it in: if you take your kids to see this you're going to be buying a souvenir. Here's the coolest one I've found on Amazon: U Command Wall-E.
  
  Will it ever run out? This continuous font of imagination from Pixar? With WALL-E, it sure doesn't look like it.
  
  

• The 3-Disc edition gives WALL*E the deluxe treatment.

  
  By A42GFMF12V7XR on 2008-08-28
  Not yet listed on the Amazon page, here are the goodies that will be in this 3-disc version:
  
  Standard bonus material:
  director's commentary,
  deleted scenes,
  short film: Presto,
  new short: BURN*E,
  "Animation Sound Design",
  "WALL*E's Tour of the Universe";
  
  Exclusive to the 3-Disc Special Edition DVD:
  more deleted scenes,
  making-of featurettes,
  BnL shorts,
  documentary film The Pixar Story,
  "WALL*E's Treasures and Trinkets",
  "Lots of Bots"
  DisneyFile digital copy.
  
  
  

• Great Movie! Horrible customer support!

  
  By ASXTQXYPVW0I6 on 2008-11-19
  I saw this movie in the theatre and LOVED it! I thought it was brilliant. I couldn't wait for it to come out on dvd.
  
  The day of its release I went to Wal-Mart and purchased the special edition as I really wanted the digital copy for my iPod and computer. I get home, insert the digital copy into my computer, only to realize there is no authorization code. I take it back to wal-mart and exchange it. The lady opens it there and again, no code. She explains that 10 other people have been in complaining about no codes and how none of the copies seem to have them. She says I should call disney as they can't be opening every dvd.
  
  I get home and get on the phone with Disney "customer support". What it boils down to is they admitted it was their fault. The girl offers me a sincere apology. So I figure, great the problem will be rectified. Nope. Instead what I am sent via email is a process where by I, the paying customer, must now jump through hoops to get a copy of this code. I have to print out a form, fill it out, go make copies of my receipt and my proof of purchase and then either scan it, fax it or mail them the forms. After Disney receives it, they will mail me a code and I should get it in the mail (7-10 business days later). O_o
  
  Now, while it may not seem to be too much hassle to scan and copy and print; there is no reason why I should have to do ANYTHING after I spent my money and Disney clearly admitted fault. Forgive me if I missed the whole concept of customer service, but shouldn't it be Disney who should be jumping through hoops to rectify the wrong? I paid extra money to have the product when I purchased it; not to take have to do some legging around and then wait almost 2 weeks later.
  
  My advice; if you really want the digital copy buy the regular version for $15 and then hop on iTunes and download Wall-E there. You'll spend about the same amount of money and you'll save yourself a whole lot of time and aggravation.
  
  I hate to give this product a low score as I think this is one of the best movies of all time with a terrific story and great message. But Disney screwed up big time with their customer service on this one. Way to not provide for your customers and then treat them like pirating criminals when they want what they should have had at purchase. It's perplexing. How can people successfully run a business this way?
  
  

• Hello Wall-E!

  
  By A37PV5GMP2ILJC on 2008-07-14
  Hello Wall-E!
  Yes, hello Wall-E!
  It's so nice to see you on the movie screen
  You're looking swell Wall-E
  We can tell, Wall-E
  You'll be going, you'll be crowing
  You'll be going strong
  
  (to the tune of Hello Dolly!)
  
  
  Score another hit for Pixar. This time they take on an abandoned and garbage strewn planet Earth, and the last remaining Waste Allocation Load Lifter-Earth-Class robot, WALL-E.
  
  Short Attention Span Summary (SASS):
  
  1. WALL-E is the last robot on earth
  2. The other survivor is (of course) a cockroach
  3. Like The Little Mermaid, WALL-E has a nice collection of whozits and whatzits galore, including a VHS tape and player
  4. He's into "Hello Dolly!" big time
  5. Amazingly, a seedling grows amidst the wreckage
  6. Humans have moved on to live vegetative existences on huge space ships, but probes are still being sent to check on good old Earth for signs of real vegetation
  7. Boy robot WALL-E meets girl robot EVE (Extraterrestrial Vegetation Evaluator) and invites her back to his place to see his collection
  8. She gets what she's after and departs without so much as a "domo arigato, Mr. Roboto"
  9. What's a guy to do?
  10. Amazing outer space adventure follows
  
  The animation is mind-boggling, dizzifying, and truly innovative, but what really amazed me was the way they were able to make the robots convey emotions using only subtle movements and winks of the lenses.
  
  A little "I Am Legend", "Short Circuit" and "Lady and The Tramp", plus a chunk of "2001: A Space Odyssey", this is a love story, an adventure story, a sci-fi odyssey, and a message to everyone about the importance of recycling and not polluting our planet.
  
  Recommended for the entire family
  
  
  
  
  Amanda Richards, July 13, 2008
  
  
  

• Pixar's Best Since Finding Nemo

  
  By A3CIYAHOSN4F0Z on 2008-07-09
  Pixar's animation is the best in the world. They are the trendsetter & no other animation studio is even close. Pixar is the rabbit and they are the greyhounds.
  
  If Wall-E had a terrible story, it would still be visually fascinating. As it is, the story is completely unique and compelling. Earth no longer sustains life and a lonely trash compactor spends his days making little trash cubes and being kept company by a pet cockroach and a videotape of Hello Dolly. Then a probe droid named Eve is dropped of on Earth to find evidence of plant life. Wall-E desperately tries to connect with Eve and the movie goes from there. Wall-E is, at heart, a love story. The entire first half of the movie is practically a silent movie as Eve and Wall-E talk in little beeps and whistles.
  
  Then Eve and Wall-E are whisked away aboard a spaceship full of the last surviving humans and then the fun starts as they have a series of adventures complete with chases and shooting and near death experiences. I found the second half of the movie less compelling than the first because, by then, the novelty of the idea had worn off.
  
  The second half of Wall-E is much more overtly socio-political and somewhat preachy. Humans are portrayed as monstrously fat, oblivious and lazy because robots tend to their every need. I wonder how they reproduce, seeing as how they are transfixed to tv screens built into their floating chairs and never notice each other. Apparently, in the future physical attractiveness is no longer sought after because it isn't a determining factor in choosing mates. Pixar is trying to make a point about the wastefulness of consumerism and gullibity. However, the movie inadvertently buys into the callous misunderstanding of overweight people as lazy and self-indulgent. I know alot of overweight people who are neither and a lot of thin people who are both.
  
  The other "big theme" in the movie is environmentalism. Wall-E is a very pro human-caused-climate-change movie. Fair warning to the global warming deniers (today's Flat Earth Society members): you are going to hate Wall-E for it's "be less materialistic and selfish & protect and sustain the planet because it's all we've got & we haven't mastered space colonization just yet" message. Interesting to note Wall-E practices recycling in saving spare parts for himself. Get it? Recycling is practical because we are only saving ourselves by doing so.
  
  The animation is literally out of this world, the story is compelling for the most part, the robots have personalities and there is plenty of humor and insight. The earlier Pixar movies are still my favorite but Wall-E is a solid five star movie and even, dare I say it, brilliant in spots.
  
  
• No one talks about the style
  By A2K96D0HC9FD3W on 2008-09-03
  Previous reviewers of this amazing film have confined themselves to the plot. Someone should mention the fact that half of the film is a black and white silent movie. How much is communicated with no sound (by a machine, no less). Once humans are "back in the picture" the style changes completely. And how about the fact that the machines have to "teach" the humans how to be human. These Pixar people truly are sophisticated filmakers of the highest order.
  
  
• An Imaginative and Heartfelt Masterpiece
  By A26X2TG93OTXVU on 2008-10-12
  Though there have been some exceptional movies so far this year there but there have been few which I would call a classic. With WALL-E, things have just changed. WALL-E isn't only the best film of 2008 so far, it is a pure masterpiece. From start to finish, the film wraps you in utterly delightful charm and humanity. WALL-E is a piece of inventive beauty and wonder unlike any other that you will see at the cinema this summer. I absolutely guarantee it.
  
  WALL-E (voiced by Ben Burtt) is the last operating robot on Earth. As for the human race, they left 700 years ago, when the huge amounts of self-produced trash caught up with them. WALL-E's task is to clean up the planet for the return of the humans. However, after being left on his own for so long, WALL-E has developed a personality. He is curious about many of the items that he finds whilst compacting trash, such as an old tape of the musical "Hello Dolly!" But he is also becoming lonely, which is understandable for someone who only has a friendly cockroach for company.
  
  However, all of this changes with the arrival of EVE (voiced by Elissa Knight). Thought EVE is initially hostile towards WALL-E, this doesn't stop him from becoming smitten with her and trying to connect with her. However, EVE has come to Earth on a classified mission. Once that mission has been completed, EVE shuts down and waits to be taken back from whence she came. When her transport arrives, WALL-E can't bear to lose his friend and sneaks aboard. His search for EVE brings him into contact with the remainder of the human race, who have been taking refuge on a huge spaceship and who have become excessively reliable on machines to supply their every need. They don't even walk. However, WALL-E's arrival sets many events in motion which may help the human race to return to normality...
  
  First of all, WALL-E's animation is flawless. However, as with the rest of the film, there is also a sense of risk and bravery which adds extra dimensions to the glorious animation. The first moments in the film, which show us the beauty of the stars before swooping down to gaze upon a barren and deserted Earth, are so detailed and emotionally engaging that you are immediately sucked into the tale without any hesitation. Even when the story becomes more traditional (that is in no way an attack on the film), the creativity and power of the film's visuals never falter.
  
  The main focus of the plot is on the growing affection between WALL-E and EVE. This is one of the most moving romantic relationships in years. No, they're not even human. But watching the initial conflict of EVE's determination and WALL-E's innocence slowly mix into love and companionship is magnificent. The scenes between the two characters on Earth are simply wonderful, perfectly paced and confident in the set-up of this unusual couple. However, the best scene comes in the second half, when WALL-E and EVE dance through space together. Everything in this scene is perfect, the comedy of watching WALL-E propel himself through space by use of a fire extinguisher, the lovely visuals, Thomas Newman's marvelous score and the interaction between the two characters. When WALL-E looks likely to float off into space after the fire extinguisher runs out, EVE flies in and scoops him up in her arms. This scene is pure cinematic genius. Overall, there is a humanity and grace of execution in the relationship between WALL-E and EVE which elevates it far beyond the emotional impact of other romantic relationships.
  
  The term of "cinematic genius" can also be applied to the iconic character of WALL-E and the fantastic direction by Finding Nemo director Andrew Staunton. Staunton shows that he is willing to inject some risk into his movie-making if it makes a better film. This decision pays off magnificently here. Staunton has lovingly constructed this film with invention, depth and bravura, and in doing so has crafted a piece of movie making which is likely to go down as at least a family classic. Not only will children be enthralled by the sheer brilliance of this film, but other audiences will also be open to its bewitching magic.
  
  As for WALL-E himself, he is one of the most original movie creations in years. Speaking in sequences of robotic speech (bleeps, whirs, etc.) with only small moments of mechanical dialogue, the filmmakers have still managed to create one of the most human characters of the year. By mostly using his eyes, the animators are able to flawlessly display WALL-E's emotions. In one scene, his eyes droop with sadness when EVE calls him Wally. When he panics or is happy, his eyes rise in an outburst of emotion. The life that the filmmakers are able to find in such simple mannerisms is incredible. Even the beeps and whirs, provided masterfully by legendary sound designer Ben Burtt, increase an already rich and lovable character to terrific heights. The character of WALL-E is just superb, as is the rest of the movie.
  
  WALL-E has just raised the bar for future animated movies. Pixar Animation Studios has already crafted many animated classics. WALL-E joins them without question. The visuals are compelling, the characters are endlessly endearing and the story is told with beauty, wit, imagination and humanity. I couldn't have asked for more.
  
  
• Great Film, HORRIBLE Packaging From Cheapo Disney!
  By A2438O8I1ROCMC on 2008-11-19
  I loved the film, but after buying the 3-DVD set at FYE for $29.99, I opened it to find that they went with the STUPID, STUPID, STUPID cardboard sleeve keepcase. What is with these "clever" suits who think they have discovered "sliced bread" and releasing these worthless cases which ONLY lead to SCRATCHED DVDs and annoyed customers! Wake up Disney, ya CHEAP B*ST*RDS!
  
  
• Huge Disappointment,Tediously Boring,and Ugly To Look At!
  By A1NNDELI6HMWV0 on 2008-06-30
  After seeing the amazing Kung Fu Panda 2 weeks before,I had high hopes that 6 yr. old granddaughter,her Dad and I were in for another treat going to see this,boy were we in for a MAJOR letdown!
  
  WALL-E doesn't even come close to KFP's production quality on ANY level!There is almost no story to speak of,nor dialog,for that matter which consists entirely of Wall-e saying Eve's name and Eve saying WALL-E's name!
  
  There are maybe 4 cute actions in the entire movie.
  
  We went to the 7:30PM show and the theater though packed,was mostly very quiet. None of the laughter throughout,like at the showing of Kung Fu Panda,where it seemed everyone was being thoroughly entertained.In fact,I suspect that many like my granddaughter,had fallen asleep,and I couldn't keep from yawning the last 40 minutes.
  
  This film is not entertaining or even remotely interesting,and it is incredibly UGLY to look at!
  
  Warning Spoilers Ahead:
  
  
  Earth is nothing but an enormous uninhabited garbage dump,and the space station that WALL-E follows Eve to by stowing away on her rocket ship is full of morbidly obese humans who are so fat(nothing to do because everything is automated) that they can no longer walk so they fly around in motorized chairs.
  
  The Pixar Short shown before the film far surpasses WALL-E!
  
  This is one that should have gone direct to video,because I sure wish we had saved our money and waited to rent it on DVD. It isn't worth an outing to the theater,IMO.
  
  
• PIXAR'S MASTERPEICE! CHECK FOR DEFECTIVE DISCS?!
  By A1ER6IYOMM8VCT on 2008-11-20
  Once again Pixar proves to be a giant among it's peers! 'Wall E' is nothing short of amazing and steps outside it's "kiddies movie" boundaries with this smart and endearing Sci-Fi love story! While the film is short on dialogue, it does not suffer from having nothing to say! It's amazing(there goes that word again!)how much is said without the use of "words" in this beautiful and poignant film.
  
  Not since R2 D2 stole the show in 'A New Hope' has a little robot had so much character and charm. Wall E says little, but his feelings are so well conveyed you won't miss one heartbeat! Besides having many great and lovable characters, the animation is truly breathtaking. The story may be a little too deep a satire for small children to truly understand, but they will fall in love with the characters anyway.
  
  This is one of the greatest Sci-Fi films ever made bar none! It's a monumental achievement on every level and Pixar should be very proud of their new baby!......It's just fantastic! I can't wait to watch it again and I will this weekend. The 3 disc set is wonderful with so many great treasures to uncover and a beautiful DVD transfer to boot. Wall E is nothing short of spectacular and it should be up for Academy Awards across the board!
  
  ****ONE SIDE NOTE**** My copy had problems playing for the first half hour or so, I'm waiting for a replacement to see if it's an isolated case or the entire batch of DVD's is bad, I will add the information once I know more, it would be tragic if this fantastic movie's release is defective by design!
  
  ****DVD UPDATE**** I bought a single disc edition and it played perfectly, I am going to buy another 3 disc edition to see if I it's defective. I will add when I know more.
  
  ****NEWEST DVD UPDATE**** I received my replacement for the 3 disc and it is defective as well! I guess I'm going to keep the single disc. Too bad. The 3 disc has some great material on it.
  
  The defective disc does play perfectly in some of my DVD players while not so well in my home theater Denon 3910 machine!? I have had this problem with only a hand full of discs,
  
  1)Casino 10th anniversary
  2)Hammer box set(Evil Of Frankenstein)
  3)Rodan(new 2 disc edition released with War Of The Gargantuas which plays perfectly?)
  4)Wall E (3 disc version not sure if the 1 disc version has the same problem?)
  
  I hope Disney is going to correct this problem and offer replacements.
  
  
• Wall-e is truly a work of art and Pixar at its best!
  By AIRHRV3D8X4J1 on 2008-06-28
  I just got back from seeing Walle, and I was blown away on how good it was. I can say this is one of the best movies I have ever seen. Not since E.T. has a movie taken me on such an emotional (close to tears) roller coaster ride and I'm a grown adult. It amazes me how a movie with such little dialogue can just take you on this emotional journey and bring out that kid in all of us. I will not go in to what this move is about because I don't want to ruin it for anyone, but I will say Walle is sure to become the next E.T. for this new generation. If you want to see a family film at its best check out (this sure to become a classic) Wall-e.
  
  
• Terrible message in movie
  By A3MFOSSEZRKQBY on 2008-08-14
  Wall E starts out fine but in the second half a message that is dangerous and just wrong comes across. The message is that fat people are lazy and stupid. Every human character in this movie is grossly obese and lazy. They stay in recliner chairs that hover and move around so they don't have to. They are so lazy, they don't even eat their food, they drink it instead. Then they are portrayed as dumber than dirt when their captain tells them they can grow pizza plants on earth. They are so excited to grow pizza plants, they wobble and waddle out of their chairs to follow the captain. It is sickening and untrue. If Pixar or Disney showed a race of people the way they show fat people the movie would be banned.
  
  
• Some Of Us Are Better Now Because We Have Been Broken, We Have Fallen Apart, And We Have Been Repaired So Many Times In Our Past
  By A2VK365XEVCYC8 on 2008-08-16
  Sometimes we learn to repair ourselves.
  
  Sometimes it takes external forces to repair us.
  
  I didn't expect to cry while watching Pixar's new film "WALL-E" today, but I did a couple times. Pixar continues to keep making great films. I give it 5 out of 5 stars.
  
  Here are some of the ideas I implied from watching it:
  
  We're defined by the memories we keep and the memories we share with others.
  
  Some of our greatest assets are the memories we save and share.
  
  Some of the best parts of us are things we have not created by ourselves.
  
  Some of the best parts of us are the quality recycled parts of others that we've gathered along the way and incorporated into ourselves.
  
  You could live in the best place in the universe, but if you are alone, you are alone.
  
  You could live in the worst place in the universe, but if you are with others working with you, you can create the best of worlds.
  
  We are defined by who we've allowed to hold our hand.
  
  We are defined by those who have chosen to stay beside us during difficult times.
  
  For many of us, our primary directive is not simply to pursue promoting a purpose or a place, but also to promote the pleasures of people close to us and in our community.
  
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  Stepping back and looking at the broader metaphors and themes of the primary characters in this story:
  
  Wall-E was a robot programmed and built to gather everyone else's garbage by consuming it, taking it inside himself, then compacting it into a smaller box. With such a narrow build design and purpose, most, if not all of the other Wall-E robots fell apart and ceased to exist. Seeing the arc of their existence as simple garbage collectors who then shaped their refuse blocks in to orderly piles and walls (hence the name "Wall-E"), the Wall-E droids eventually died off as they stayed within their initially programmed purpose and did not learn to adapt and repair themselves.
  
  Wall-E, at some point in his existence, took on broader purposes and followed his curiosities, becoming a collector of the best parts of whatever he admired in what others had thrown away or left behind. He found value in what others considered worthless and disposable. And instead of following his programmed directives and crushing everything he encountered into smaller boxes for disposal, he decided to separate out and save any items he encountered that showed signs of caring and ingenuity.
  
  Instead of simply gathering and breaking things down into smaller and uniform boxes to fashion larger groups of boxes and boundaries, the cognitive breakthrough Wall-E discovered was this: He could do more than simply box and compartmentalize. Instead of simply following his basic programming, he instead taught himself how to filter and preserve. He taught himself how to create new and functional items from what others considered to be old and disposable.
  
  In a world of loneliness, he became a preserver of the best qualities of cleverness, engineering, resilience, and love. He collected fire, color, song, self-growing plants, indominable bugs, costumes, shiny objects, puzzles, dance, imagery, and everything else that might someday help others to recreate a new and beautiful world out of the world he knew was dying around him . . .
  
  . . .a world he knew he could not rebuild better alone and on his own.
  
  Wall-E realized he too would crumble and become disposed if he did not regularly re-create parts of himself, protect himself, and protect the best parts of others he discovered along the way.
  
  Eve, a representation of feminine intelligence, power, determination, investigativeness, nurturing, and creation, comes along looking for signs of healthy and natural life. When she finds it, she takes it inside herself, protects it inside of her with a hardened and narrow resolve, like an egg shell around a growing embryo.
  
  The intelligence of both characters is revealed as they adapt to the needs of everyone around them and take on more and broader purposes than the simpler and basic purposes for which they were originally programmed and designed.
  
  
• Worst Pixar Movie Ever
  By AVLW8Y8D3WJLT on 2008-10-31
  It's almost useless to rally against this movie, but its rather gross in its portrayal of obese people. It also incorrectly links obese people to environmental problems. As was displayed by many newspapers, it is not fat people who pollute, but thin and wealthy people. Most overweight people are middle class, with the majority of poverty level being overweight. These people create the least amount of waste in our society. They own less cars, less property, less stuff and pollute less.
  
  Children are unable to understand such nuance and will think be given the message that fat people are to blame for what is the fault of all humanity.
  
  If Disney wanted to make a social commentary, they should have created a movie about an overweight family living below the poverty line whose overweight because the only food affordable to them is low nutrition, high fat, chemically packed food. It would have at least been a social commentary on a problem that's actually real.
  
  
• Cute Cautionary Tale.
  By A2SRT262WG2WH6 on 2008-10-22
  Spoilers deluxe!
  
  I really really really don't know what the big deal about Wall-E is all about. Well, that is not completely accurate. I understand some of it. Wall-E is a silent movie, basically, where you have a love story with an anthopomorphized robot who is old and junkie (Eg. Charlie Chaplin's 'Tramp') and a flashy new robot, and this is the story that wins most people over. Sure, this is entertaining. And, this is what I understand, why a lot of people enjoy the movie, but even this romance is stilted. The problem being, no real dialogue for over half the movie. It was a bold move, but to me it doesn't sell. You can get tired of the pantomime pretty quickly, at least if you are me. You simply cannot communicate beyond a primal level without words. You can convey emotion, but emotion devoid of words seems somewhat shallow. It is good for a laugh, or a cry, or a flash of outrage, but the logical half of your brain gets bored quickly. I mean, it is like watching Road Runner. How many times can the coyote fall off the cliff and be captivating? This is just like that. How many goofy situations can cute little Wall-E get himself into trying to court the cute new robot?
  
  Even if the romance at some points is interesting, they stretch it a little too thin.
  
  But this is my point. This is a CAUTIONARY TALE! Just like Planet of the Apes tells its tale of apocalypse, Wall-E tells his story of a world gone globally warm, and over polluted, where the humans have had to evacuate. And, the humans, once evacuated, continued their over dependence on technology until they were like giant infants. Is this supposed to be funny? We scratch our heads. Once the initial sobering moments wear off, then what do you have?
  
  To me, this is where the story gets conflicted.
  
  I mean on one hand you have a very "human" pair of robots who develop a romantic attachment to each other, as unrealistic as it may seem, which you find "cute." But the whole point of this movie is to say that we are over dependent on technology, so technology should be kind of bad. Yet, technology is so cute, how can we live without it? So, we again scratch our heads.
  
  Then you have plant life found on earth, which is good, but you have a bunch of people who are physically unfit, uneducated, who do not have the capability to take care of themselves, nor the inclination. When they decide to take control of the electronics which have enslaved them and send the ship "home" to earth, do you cheer or cry? You know that it would be impossible for them to "farm" and they would have to be dependent on their ship for food, so why would they ever even attempt the backbreaking work of farming? Keep scratching our heads...
  
  Or are we supposed to cling to the hope that we can get rid of all technology and garbage and somehow start over? Could we really turn back the clock?
  
  The answer, unlike Wall-E, is not cute, sweet, or funny, and I don't know how to answer that question. And, once you get to this conclusion, you have to sit through the film, to its predictable climax already realizing how hopeless it is, but knowing that the film will end with hope. And then, after you have finished checking your watch for the upteenth time, you think, what a stupid way to end.
  
  I am left with many more questions than answers.
  
  Maybe I can't like this movie because it is about global warming, and pollution, and over dependence on technology, and I am concerned about these things. Maybe, I should just sit back and look at it from Wall-E's job security point of view. I guess I was too creeped out looking at an empty planet for too long for such a long time with only two robots for company. Maybe it was one of the best movies I have ever seen, in a way, I just had a hard time finding the humor in it after a while, because it is entirely too sobering.
  
  
• Even Pixar films I'm not crazy about are among the best movies around for kids and adults
  By AS558SNWF1DXG on 2008-11-02
  Here's yet another fine, fine film from the Pixar geniuses.
  
  It's whimsical.
  
  It looks beautiful and perhaps even more, it sounds beautiful.
  
  It's moving, even when there's no dialog, which is frequently the case. Lovely in its storytelling enough to make a viewer care about a cockroach.
  
  And it has a noble message which is: The earth will be a bad place to live if we keep messing it up.
  
  That's a highly worthwhile sentiments for a major motion picture to put forth and underline (um, somewhat repeatedly). But perhaps somewhere in the world's multiplexes was the child who, duly inspired, might grow up to save the planet and us along with it.
  
  So, a good movie. But you don't need me to tell you that because it's got a 96-percent FRESH rating from Rottentomatoes, which means only 4-percent of all the registered critics in circulation didn't like it.
  
  Salon's Stephanie Zacharek said, "The picture feels weirdly and disappointingly disjointed ... something that starts out as poetry and ends as product," and while I'm still positive on the subject of "Wall-E," I think she's onto something there.
  
  So I have to drop just a couple of notions, and they are ....
  
  1) I am 96-percent positive on "Wall-E" ... while he's on Earth, when the movie is wry and wistful, cautionary yet happily optimistic. Once our little Woody Allen-esque load-lifter stows away to the starship Axiom ... it falls to more like 65-70-percent.
  
  2) I would've found Wall-E's pining for Eve a lot more touching if the story had given us just a little more time between them, just a little more connection. They do start to form a bond before she's, er, called away, but they're not there yet. And he follows her to her workplace and causes trouble? As it is ... Wall-E could conceivably be seen as a kind-hearted interstellar ... stalker, sorta, albeit facetiously.
  
  3) So we have the fictional retail behemoth Buy-N-Large, clearly patterned after Wal-Mart and big box stores like Best Buy. I find it charming that the good folks at a little mom-and-pop operation like Disney will warn us about the dangers of massive, omnipresent corporations and the wasteful folly of excessive consumerism.
  
  I feel certain, too, that in about six or seven months time you will be well-notified of your ability to purchase the double disc "Wall-E" DVD at those very same retail chains....
  
  4) Over-eating and obesity is a huge, active issue. But as I watched the movie have laughs at the lazy, bloated passengers of the Axiom, I found myself worrying about the big boys and girls in audience, too young to make their own nutritional decisions, who might think the movie was teasing or even bullying them. And I wondered if the movie's creators had considered that possibility and shrugged it off. And I worried that I might be navel gazing just a little too much. It's always possible.
  
  5) The end was a cheat. It was lazy. Worst of all, it was dishonest. Those big guys ain't gonna grow no plants. As presented by the movie, they're not the right people and that ain't the right place. They are the hippies in "Easy Rider," and they will try to grow corn in sand.
  
  6) Lastly: The opening scene -- Wall-E happily buzzing around a wasted city to the tune of Michael Crawford singing, "Put on Your Sunday Clothes" -- is one of my favorite scenes of the year. Absolutely.
  
  
• GREAT movie, LOUSY packaging
  By A36PX388QLQZ4C on 2008-11-20
  I loved the film. Loved it.
  Those consideriing buying the 3 disc special edition should be wary. I havent had the trouble some others have had with the discs themselves. the packaging SUCKS. BIG TIME SUCKS.
  
  Its very difficult to remove the inner sub-sleeves (I wont call them cases) from the outer package (again I wont call it a case) the first time without accidentally ripping the sleeve apart. The die-cuts on the sleeves want to grab one another and the outer package. Children will almost undoubtedly end up tearing the sleeves and probably the outer package apart just trying to get the sleeves out of the package to watch the disc.
  
  After buying so many dvds & dvd sets in nice molded plastic cases, to get a cheap cardboard case, and a poorly designed one at that, is very disappointing (especially when compared to the other Pixar dvds in my collection. Wall-E deserved much better, and Disney owes its customers replacements.
  
  
• Decent movie, but far from Pixar's best.
  By A3NM0RAYSL6PA8 on 2008-06-29
  WALL-E is visually stunning. The folks at Pixar have elevated computer animation by several very large notches, and created a world that is simultaneously hyper-realistic and stylish. The result is immersive and beautiful. That, in my opinion, is the towering achievement of WALL-E. As for the rest, including the story and characterizations, it's a good film, but not great, and much more a film for children than adults. And that's disappointing, since the really great animated films have worked on two levels, and brought a degree of sophistication that could please any adult. Not so WALL-E.
  
  As an aside, it is worth noting that WALL-E stands head and shoulders above the lousy computer animated movies churned out by its competitors. In fact, compared to most of the popular movies this summer, it is far more intelligent and original. So, comparatively speaking, WALL-E is well worth the price of admission and sending a signal to Hollywood that there is an audience for intelligent films and solid storytelling.
  
  WALL-E suffers most from dragging on. It felt bloated and unnecessarily long, particularly given the straightforward story. The result is that much of the movie after WALL-E departs his home is repetitive both in beats and tone. I kept wanting the movie to get to the point, which was, unfortunately, completely predictable. Now, I don't expect children's movies to be entirely unpredictable. After all, we're talking about an audience that probably needs as much of the familiar as the unfamiliar. But, I kept waiting for WALL-E to get to the clearly telegraphed point. It, eventually, did.
  
  There were some truly tender moments between WALL-E and Eve. And, unlike some other Pixar efforts, like Finding Nemo, human beings, while generally disgusting, are given a glimmer of character and decency. I like having children's movies paint human beings as capable of redemption, and WALL-E at least does that.
  
  To me, the best part of WALL-E was the opening short subject about a magician and his hungry rabbit. Delightful, unpredictable, and vastly more satisfying that WALL-E.
  
  Given the amount of gushing over this movie, you'd think folks were starved for decent movies. Truth is, they are. We all are.
  
  
• Love Story for the Decade
  By A27UKKI20195TN on 2008-08-26
  This is an old fashion love story for the decade and the main characters are not even human but machines. This is a fun-filled movie the entire family will enjoy sitting down and watch.You have all the elements lonely guy[come on folks] who meets a gal and falls in love. We all saw the movie and know what it's about and here we have two characters who share the same quality feelings for one another as we humans do and have fun watching Wall-E try and hold Eva's hand [for a lack of a better word] throughout the movie as seen on his favorite video tape.
  The one thing I couldn't figure out or didn't understand is that here we have Earth with a massove garbage problem and didn't know what to do with but could make spaceships to take all of mankind into space. What...they didn't know how to make recycleing plants like we have today.So they go into space to pollute it but thats another subject.
  If there's a video you need in your collection it's this one, romance, comedy and laughter throughout the movie.
  I've seen the movie over a dozen times and it never gets old just more loveable.
  
  
• dvd skips
  By A1JJQDNXL9IGIK on 2008-11-18
  I love the movie, but this dvd skips straight out of the box. There's not a scratch on it and it skips on both of my dvd players.
  
  
• A vision of post- apocalyptic love
  By AL5OEDM8TPTKV on 2008-06-28
  Pixar can do so many things, and do them so well. They can take children's toys and bring them to magical life. They can take a fish with a gimpy fin and make him a superhero. They can take a souped up automobile and make him take the easy road. And they can take a mouse and make him the top chef. How they ever managed to take two machines, one which is a glorified garbageman, and make them fall in love is simply beyond me. They are the true magic makers of our time, and paired with Disney, they are in the business of making a series of movies that, 50 years from now, will be considered classics.
  
  Wall-E spins the tale of a plucky, musical loving robot whose only job in this world, literally, is to rake up garbage and make them into little square boxes. Spending his days doing that, Wall-E works until sunset when he gets to go home, remove his treads, and watch a little Hello, Dolly. That is, until he meets another robot, a svelte white examination robot named Eve. She's there on a mission, which unfolds very delicately, allowing time for the scared and timid Wall-E to approach her and try to woo her with his life.
  
  What follows absolutely blew my mind, both in it's complexity of messages and its shear entertainment value. Wall-E takes us into a future that may seem ridiculous on the screen, but you question, after only watching for a few minutes, how close we are to seeing that future here on Earth. I won't write any spoilers here, but as you laugh at some of the funny sights you see halfway through this remarkable film, you also are half-wondering at what point will this be us ... and is it already?
  
  The brilliance of the animation is a sight to behold. Pixar grows with every picture it makes, and Wall-E is a technical achievement of the highest order. The attention to detail is phenomenal, and literally awe-inspiring. As Wall-E shovels piles of trash around, the dirt and dust and filth look real. In fact, that is the beautiful irony of this film. In a movie about robots, we find some essence of what it is to be human, what makes us tick, and what makes our planet more real than we know. We should be better people to heed the message of Wall-E, and learn from it.
  
  I highly recommend taking everyone in your family to see this film. It's the cinematic event of the summer.
  
  
• A Robotic Love Story with Themes That Do Compute
  By A3EE0H0NWQ9QVL on 2008-07-01
  As original as Pixar's `Wall-E' is, two films came to my mind. One is a quaint science fiction movie from the seventies, 'Silent Running' starring Bruce Dern, about a lone scientist who keeps the last forest safe on a vessel in outer space. Significantly, that film had the first robots in memory with two definable personalities, even a few years before 'Star Wars'. The other film is '2001 - A Space Odyssey,' a science fiction classic that upped the quality of science fiction on the big screen and provided the big budgets we now take for granted. In that film there was a space station run by a computer with a mind of its own creating a real human disaster and mutiny within the wastes of space. Unabashedly, they even use some of that soundtrack here.
  
  Entering 'Wall-E' I was impressed by the animation and the fluid action scenes. There are still plenty of new tricks to celebrate in this film, but the real chemistry comes from its two main characters. This time we follow the titled character (Ben Burtt), a dirty, worn robot who works like a trash compactor at the city dump. He gathers metal refuse and crushes it on his insides only to spit out building blocks for more city structures. We learn quickly about his personality when he goes home to a storage room like structure where he likes to unwind his circuits and watch an old videotape of `Hello, Dolly! Widescreen Edition'. A cockroach is his only companion, one of the few signs of life among the bleak city skyline. Partly endearing, partly a nuisance, some heart comes to the movie as we see him follow Wall-E around like a pet dog.
  
  Enter a space rocket. It's a source of fear and fascination for Wall-E who's never seen such a thing. Out of the alien craft comes a probe; one that mechanically searches the data of everything it meets and destroys anything threatening on its sensors. As the tape gives him new meaning, he overcomes his fear and tries to meet this new robot, whom he learns to call "Eva" or "Eve". Wall-E tries to impress her using anything from bubble wrap to egg beaters; his clumsiness showing his softer side. Love blossoms, but is not received until one day the rocket returns and picks Eve up. Determined not to let a good thing go, Wall-E attaches his mechanical arms to the ship for dear life as he discovers a "brave new world" of comfy humans on a displaced technological "cruise ship" sent out for a five year journey. Chaos ensues when Eve returns with a plant found in her inner workings after Wall-E gave it to her as a gift. It doesn't fit the cruise control they're accustomed to.
  
  Without being heavy handed or cynical, `Wall-E' charms us with its contrast. We get all the themes implied here, but we receive it in such a glowing way, it never leaves the residue of desolation the movie so warmly, yet desperately, persuades us to leave behind. Although the movie is received differently by children and adults, there's plenty for everyone to appreciate in this wholehearted movie offering.
  
  (Anyone familiar with 1981's 'Heartbeeps,' starring Bernadette Peters and Andy Kaufman, knows that this movie idea has been done before. Without the careful care of Pixar's craftmanship and imagination, 'Heartbeeps' demonstates that, in the wrong hands, these movie ideas can sometimes bring disastrous results.)
  
  (More traditional is "Presto," which continues Disney's admirable throwback to fine pre-feature animated entertainment.)
  
  
• WALL·E - Blu-ray Info
  By AHABFECTNE15I on 2008-11-12
  Version: U.S.A / Region A, B(?), C(?)
  Aspect ratio: 2.35:1
  MPEG-4 AVC BD-50 / High Profile 4.1 / High Profile 3.2 (BonusView)
  Running time: 1:37:25
  Movie size: 22,75 GB
  Disc size: 30,73 GB
  Average video bit rate: 23.47 Mbps
  Subtitles: English SDH
  Number of chapters: 32
  
  DTS-HD Master Audio English 4149 kbps 6.1 / 48kHz / 24-bit / 4149kbps (DTS-ES Core: 5.1-ES / 48kHz / 24-bit / 1536kbps)
  Dolby Digital Audio English 192 kbps 2.0 / 48kHz / 192kbps
  Dolby Digital Audio English 192 kbps 2.0 / 48kHz / 192kbps
  
  Disc One:
  
  #Cine-Explore
  #Geek Track
  #Presto (5m:15s)
  #Burn-E (7m:19s)
  #Sneak Peeks
  #BD-Live
  
  Disc Two:
  
  #Robots
  --Treasure & Trinkets (4m:54s)
  --Lots of Bots Storybook
  #Humans
  --Axiom Arcade
  --Wall-E's Tour of the Universe (50 seconds)
  --Bot Files
  --Deleted Scenes (23m:8s)
  --Behind the Scenes (1h:19m:32s)
  --BnL Shorts (8m:45s)
  --3-D Fly Through
  
  Disc Three: DVD Digital Copy
  
  
• Don't buy this if it's a surprise--the packaging has "Wall-E" all over it!
  By A39UGOW9QB8WHC on 2008-11-20
  The movie is great, but Amazon packages it in a mailer that says "Wall-E" in three different places! It also says "Disney" all over it, so I guess it's great for promotion, but I can think of reasons that buyers would not want the contents of their Amazon mailers labeled with what's inside. Guess whose kids figured out a Christmas present when they got the mail today?
  
  
• 3 Stars From a Pixar Fan
  By ARIDN94LOCQFD on 2008-06-27
  Pros: The animation is outstanding even by Pixar standards. The love story between the two main characters is cute and even though they are robots you end up almost believing it could happen. The secondary characters are shallow but add good comedy relief. Wall-E is an extremely lovable character which was pulled off very well especially considering Pixar gave him nothing to say but his own name.
  
  Cons: One of my concerns of having Disney own Pixar is that Disney will end up ruining them. And it looks like Disney's agenda has crossed the line, that's why this gets 3 stars. The movie is one long sermon on man destroying this planet. If you adhere to Al Gores "An Inconvenient Truth" you'll probably love this movie but if you don't the preaching may get a bit old. While in the end there is hope (man made) it's not enough to pull this movie from the left wing propaganda.
  
  Pixar needs to return to a good storyline that's entertaining, without the social commentary. Don't we get enough of that already? Let children be children and stop feeding them lies to scare them into submission. Even the obvious effects of obesity and lethargy, although true in many cases, doesn't have to be touted in a family picture.
  
  The Pixar Short "Presto" which was shown before the feature gets 5 big stars. Very very funny and clever.
  
  
• One of the best films of the year yet
  By A257VR85JUMSYE on 2008-06-30
  I wasn't planning on watching this movie. Another animated feature film for the kiddies, a ton of good reviews, ho-hum. Well, this past weekend, I decided to check Rottentomatoes, a movie website that tallies the average of over a hundred critical reviews and gives a percentage: Iron Man got a 93% (excellent!). Wall-E got 97%! Ok, so maybe I should see it. I went with my brother, and sat in a crowded theater with more kids than adults. Wow, was I blown away! Yes, the visual effects and animation were state of the art, but we've come to expect that. What I couldn't foresee was how human the animated robotic protagonists were, and how well-told the story is. The litmus test of a great children's movie seems to be that it is very appealing to adults, that adults leave the theater, drive home, and talk about it with their friends and family. This movie is one grown-ups will love, quite possibly the first children's animated movie that adults will admire even more than their kids. It is THAT good! And the romance between the two lovable robots will set a standard that most live action movies with a romantic theme wish they can achieve.
  
  This is a great environmental movie too, one that Al Gore "An Inconvenient Truth" doesn't come close to matching. Imagine this, a children's animated movie that's truly hilarious, sad, thoughtful and heartbreaking, mature, romantic, and with a social conscience that doesn't pander. One of the best movies I've ever seen. Five stars isn't enough for a film that brought tears to the eyes of a few full-grown men (mine included, ok, I admit it!) You must see this film in a crowded theater, and watch for the applause at the end from the audience.
  
  
• Good movie bad packaging
  By A1S2W5UYTV2AKB on 2008-11-20
  I Love this movie to death, but every copy i bought(i have bought seven of them. NO JOKE!)simply would not play! i beleve that the paper mix they are useing is some how hurting the disc. I am going to rent it from netflix to see if there is a diferance.
  
  
• Haven't seen the movie yet, the product package is garbage
  By AZXPY4KSWPDFE on 2008-11-25
  This review is for the Single Disc DVD edition... box/packaging.
  
  The DVD is housed in 100% cardboard/paper with no plastic at all. The box is flimsy with the disc sliding into a scratchy cardboard sleave.
  The middle insert wouldn't pull out cleanly because of a flap of cardboard they put in it with a security chip on it (this got ripped off immediately.) The middle insert doesn't even fit in the outer box correctly. It is an embarrassment to put this nasty paper box on my DVD shelf.
  
  I expect way more from Disney.
  
  
• Magical Movie presented on a Defective DVD with Poor Packaging
  By A30KD5371NUI8J on 2008-11-30
  I never ceased to be amazed at the greed of the movie studios. "Wall-e" is a home-run for Disney and they rush out defective DVDs packaged in cheap cardboard. Should you be lucky and receive a disc in perfect condition, it won't take long for serious scratches to accumulate. Its obvious that Disney executives don't give a damn regarding customer satisfaction.
  
  After having received and returned two defective discs in succession, Amazon will not ship me a third. I get a refund but not a replacement. So, I'll wait a few months for reports stating that the defective disc problem has been resolved and then purchase another copy of "Wall-e". I'll also purchase an empty jewel case to replace the cheap cardboard package. Nice.
  
  Regarding the people who will mark my product review down simply because they feel that a review should be limited to a pure evaluation of the movie - I say too bad. Although I love this movie, I hate the way Disney has cranked out so many bad discs with read errors. I also don't buy into Disney distributing the product in a cheap package under the banner of "going green." If you were fortunate enough to receive a perfect copy of Wall-e, then how nice for you. My review does not disrespect this excellent movie - it only gives an honest evaluation of a poor manufacturing and packaging process. Their quality control is sorely lacking. Consumers should be aware of this problem. Too many people have purchased this defective product. We paid our money - we only wanted to enjoy this fine movie. Peace.
  
  
• What A Profound Cautionary Tale!
  By A3DGVB3T5QJNRE on 2008-06-30
  Wall-E is a surprisingly good film. It's touching, humorous, imaginative and quite subversive. Something you don't see too often in a children's film!
  
  I think this brilliant film makes three very important points. First, robots will someday become sentient (self-aware) akin to Data from Star Trek or Hal from 2001: A Space Odyssey. What makes Wall-E so interesting is that a simple maintenance robot becomes self-aware, unlike Hal or Data, which are the most advanced technology known within their respective worlds. Granted, Wall-E's sentience took place over a 700 year period, but it makes one think if someday this could happen in the real world!
  
  Another important insight is the current plague of obesity Americans and many other technologically advanced nations are facing. What I found so fascinating was how, taken to an extreme, the "Couch Potato" lifestyle would play out in human evolution. Amazingly, humans were literally losing the ability to walk! The toes were even starting to disappear! If machines do all the manual labor, nothing will be left for us to do but engage in shallow conversation over a television-like screen while eating liquid fast food!
  
  What brilliant satire! The message is clear! People need to get outdoors more often and enjoy life. Get off the computer, shut off the T.V. and leave your Cell Phone in the glove compartment! Don't let technology rule your life or make you sick!
  
  But I save the best to last! Wall-E is first, and foremost, a cautionary tale about wrecking the environment. Through the eyes of an adult, I found this film to be profoundly sobering. In Wall-E's world the Consumer Culture has literally consumed the planet making it uninhabitable. People were so focused on a throw-away economy and vapid entertainment, eventually nothing was left except one sentient maintenance robot struggling to find a purpose. The stupidity and ugliness of the human race is juxtaposed by the beauty of Wall-E's determination to enjoy his existence.
  
  What an amazing and poignant story! My hats off to Pixar for attempting to warn us about sustainable living and protecting the environment in the process!
  
  If I could recommend one book, which I actually finished the day before I saw Wall-E it's: The World Without Us. I consider this book to be one of the best non-fiction books I have read in my entire life. I can't recommend it highly enough!
  
  
  
  

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