Wall-E

Wall-E is one of the most entertaining disney cartoons. It is super simple, yet very intriguing because although the noises Wall-E makes are few they really get through what he is feeling and what he is experiencing. I love Wall-E because it’s a childs movie but hold the focus of many adults. One thing I love especially about Wall-E is how the role of sexes are reversed. For example EVE is a the female robot but seen as the robot that is strong and protects Wall-E she has the job and the authority in the relationship, whereas Wall-E is seen as helpless and for lack of better words a damsel in distress. I think that it’s such a small concept that is overlooked, yet its very important to see the gender roles switched in a modern day film.

Wall-E in some ways is a coming of age movie. He is this little robot all alone and he has to grow up and become an adult in order to save the people of planet earth. He has a daily routine like many young children do, but the minute he gets put into the real world he realizes he has to grow up in order to be the robot society and EVE need him to be.

I love the scene where Wall-E and EVE are dancing out in space. The “filming” down in that seen is so dynamic yet elegant at the same time. It’s a great scene especially because as we go from looking at EVE and Wall-E outside being harmless and dancing, inside they are seen as rogue robots thats are causing an uprise and lots of trouble within the society on the ship.

It’s a cool comparison how they use the computer as controller of the ship, and it’s sort of the same as 2001: A Space Odyssey. In that the computer has a program it is suppose to follow and the minute that one person or something makes it seem as if the program isn’t going to be followed through with it overrides all other controls to itself. Same thing happens in Wall-E with the captain and computer.

I love the fact that we got to watch an animated movie because it is such a big part of the movie corporation. Many people associate animated movies with just childrens movies, and it’s true that Wall-E is a childrens movie, but it also has a lot of concepts that only adults or more mature audiences would understand. Animated movies present real problems in a friendly way. Instead of showing hard hitting rough graphics of a real world issue, it brings it up in a simple yet creative way.