Wall-E: Disney Genius!

I finally saw Wall-E today! 3 weeks after its release ... phew!

I LOVE DISNEY. Who else could pull this off but Disney? Create a 90-min film that trips back to Charlie Chaplin days - no dialogue! Oh well, there were some here and there but mostly throughout the film, voice was non-existent.

I love the "good ol' days" theme. The film begins with a short, a feature so characteristic of all Pixar movies. The clip is styled in old-fashioned Disney cartoons format, but in 3D. Then, Wall-E shows Eve his collection of "artifacts" from about 1,000 years back (see, Wall-E is set 700 years after 2110) like the bulb, the VHS, the Rubik's cube and ............... the BUBBLE WRAP! Ooohh ... the simple joys of the good ol' days \(^_^)/

The soundtrack was simply awesome and I commend whoever found and inserted the clip of that Julie Andrews movie that taught Wall-E about love and holding hands as an expression of love. Despite the lack of dialogue throughout most of the movie, I was never once bored. The emotive soundtrack complements a straightforward script which reminds the audience that sometimes, life really isn't all that complicated at all. Why let the machines rule us? Why not just revel in the simple joys and be content and remain focused on what is instinctively significant, just like Wall-E has done?

Yes, I am not ashamed to admit that I was moved to tears at some points. I was connected to the story, the characters, their experiences, Wall-E. And his love of Eve from a different world. Can this really work? Well, it's fiction but still, if one stays focused, the goal may soon be within grasp. Like how Wall-E has always wanted to hold Eve's hands ... and he'd never give up till he's achieved just that ... even in spite of a motherboard change, he remembers ... hehe ...