Wall-E

The latest offering from Pixar is yet again a wonderful piece of animation that entertains the heart as well the brain and that everyone can enjoy.

As always, the realistic panoramic views of the metropolis of waste are breathtaking, the kind that make you wonder if what you’re watching is indeed computer generated or rather real photography.

Wall-E the robot has a sweet “soul” whose curiosity and desire to learn bring him to collect all sorts of human artifacts that we take for granted but that look interesting, useful, or simply beautiful to him. He’s also a hard worker who takes his duties seriously and doesn’t give up simply because the goal seems unattainable. Of course, this is also simply part of his programming.

Anyway, his world is turned upside down by the arrival of Eve, a much more advanced model than his, and a female robot. She’s on a mission and doesn’t have time to spend with Wall-E, but eventually he’ll conquer her as simply and assuredly as he conquers us.

But don’t be fooled by Wall-E’s childlike simplicity of thought. In fact, he’s the character that displays the most human of emotions among the last remaining members of our species.

A great screenplay, superb animation, and effective direction impart on this movie the highest of qualities. The most beautiful and amazing thing is that there are very few spoken interactions for the vast majority of the movie. The first 45 minutes or so see no conversations at all and yet are spellbinding, which is all the more impressive in an age when screenplays often turn out to be the weakest links of the movies on the market.

A great movie for the entire family and another hurray for Pixar. Don’t miss it.

Grade: 8.5