Disney-Pixar's newest computer-animated comedy/adventure WALL-E is a post-apocalyptic, inter-galactic, love story between two robots from different sides of the cosmos.
WALL-E, short for Waste Allocation Load Lifter Earth-Class, has been dutifully cleaning the uninhabitable Earth for 700 years. He keeps himself entertained by collecting valuable pieces of rubbish and building skyscrapers from garbage until he becomes infatuated with the ever-sleek search robot Eve.
A romance ensues, as WALL-E follows his beloved back to her home—an enormous luxury ship that is maintaining humans who have become round and immobile from bone density loss caused by their own self-indulgence. It is soon discovered that the robots have the key to the future of the human race.
Academy Award-winner Andrew Stanton ( Finding Nemo ) wrote and directed WALL-E. Stanton joined Pixar in 1990, contributing to the production company's well-earned reputation for creating heartfelt and humorous animated films such as Toy Story and Monsters Inc. that are entertaining for children and adults.
WALL-E has a surprisingly strong environmental message, geared to a young generation who will no doubt face these harsh and important realities. This theme is presented with sensitivity, humor, and powerful visual images that linger in the mind long after the movie has ended. However, at times the movie felt redundant and dragged.
I definitely had the full Disney experience, watching the film at Hollywood's legendary El Capitan Theater with a state-of-the-art digital production and a live stage show, Disney's Flight of Fantasy, which is playing June 26–Aug. 27.
The children in the audience burst out in spontaneous glee upon seeing the live dancers, and were delighted as their favorite characters from the movies--Buzz, Woody, Jasmine, and Mickey--were projected on the background screen. Best summing up the event, was a 10-ish-year-old girl standing outside the theater on Hollywood Boulevard's famous 'Walk of Fame' who beamed," It was AWESOME!"
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