Wall-E Review

At midnight Friday morning I was secreted snugly away in a seat in my local movie theater, eagerly awaiting the first showing of Pixar's Wall-E, even though I was scheduled to be into work at 6:30 AM the next morning. Well, masochistic as it might be, the entire experience was completely worth it, and I'd do it again in a heartbeat.

I'm not going to sit here and get long-winded with a synopsis of Wall-E, there are thousands available that are really just a few clicks away. The crux of the matter is simple: Is this is a good movie? In a word, yes.

In more than one word, Wall-E is an animated masterpiece. It's easily the best-looking CGI movie ever released, and it should be considered a landmark both for that reason and for its powerful storytelling and narrative. The entire first 30+ minutes of the movie is told with absolutely minimum dialogue. The robot characters speak in simple beeps and one-word sentences--but this movie proves that actions truly speak the loudest. Wall-E--the main character--is a suitably lovable and curious robot who's sole job in life is to compact the trash that litters an abandoned Earth. He might well be the cutest character Pixar has ever concieved, and simply watching him scavange for old remanents of Earth's society and attempt to court his love interest EVE, made me want to go "Awwww...". He's that cute.

There's alot more to Wall-E than cuteness, a sweet robot love story, and beautiful animation, however. Pixar seamlessely weaves a cautionary tale of environmental negligence and destruction, as well as corporate brainwashing and human sendentariness. Much has been made of the irony of a film published by Disney with such a huge marketing push calling out corporations, but that sort of ironic thought accomplishes little more than getting in the way of enjoying the best movie this year, and quite possibly the best movie Pixar has ever made.

Absolutely go see Wall-E, I can't imagine anyone at all regretting it. 10.