Wall·E

Directed Andrew Stanton

Written by Andrew Stanton and Jim Capobianco

Big business kills the globe, obesity, mass forms of instant communication, and zero human interaction.  Sounds like a bleak future, right?  But fear not, after 700 years there is still someone who cares about this planet and who wants nothing more than to be loved.  Wall·E.  This "Hello Dolly" fan has a nice little life for himself here on earth.  He gets up, charges his battery from the sun and goes to work, recycling, but not before feeding his pet cockroach a twinkie.  He is the last of his kind that is trying to clean up this mess left here by the humans.  But in steps EVA.  Sleek little robot who comes to earth to find if anything is or can grow in the barren wasteland of what looks like Manhattan.  As our "silent movie esqu" love story starts to unfold, our little antagonist starts to believe he will finally get his movie musical ending.  So he gives EVA what any love struck guy would give a beautiful girl, gifts.  One of them being a plant, the one thing she was looking for.  This causes her to shut down leaving Wall·E alone once more.  

This is where the movie really grabs you and lets you know how caring and sweet Wall·E truly is.  He doesn't know what happened to EVA and stays by her side until the "mother ship" comes back to take her to the surviving humans, who are all uber obese and have zero contact with one another.  And our hero follows her straight there.  He has many bumps along the way and you see that everyone that he "bumps" into is somehow changed by him.  As if they woke up for the first time, humans and robots alike.  Overall this is a great tale about love, compassion, and overall, taking the time to care for this earth and all things big and small placed on it.  It is never to late to start to care for something and plan to make change happen. The devices and mode of storytelling are so simple and so powerful, that the use of dialogue is almost non existent, making it a great movie for all ages.  Over all I give this movie the Pot of Gold at the end of the Rainbow!