Friday, September 12, 2008
Wall-E (warning spoilers!)Or pronounced wally, but whatever.
I was never one for animated films, from the classic Toy Story to Finding Nemo or The Incredibles. In fact, when I went to watch this movie with Hong, Mx and KL yesterday this movie was perhaps on the bottom part of my list. I certainly didn't want to watch Money No Enough 2 again, neither had the thought of watching Wall-E crossed my mind. I was more onto the likes of Death Race, which looked somewhat appealing. But Wall-E had the best timing of all the movie selections there so what the heck, we watched it.
The movie begins in a dystopian setting on earth, where buildings and streets are deserted, everything is in a mess, and the air reeks heavily of a post-apocalyptic incident. Scene by scene slowly unfolds as what could happen to earth in perhaps a few hundred years, when the enviroment is unable to take our ways of pollution and it eventually becomes impossible to survive but that's another story.
There we meet our non-speaking protagonist, WALL-E, which stands for Waste Allocation Load Lifter - Earth Class, but you probably didn't need to hear that. 700 years after the evacuation of earth when it was deemed that toxic levels were far too high for human beings to live in, our little friend is the only robot left. He somehow meticulously manages to do his intended duty, yet at the same time slowly developing a sense of curiousity, having a crash course on love by watching the 1969 musical "Hello Dolly" and having to find himself struggling for the need for companionship and on how he interprets showing love to someone, wanting to hold his significant other's hands.
He does have a companion, but of all things, a cockroach. It brought out some light hearted disgust but at the end, it was a clever use of metaphors that really pictured the cockroach as a faithful dog, willing to follow his master where ever he may go, yet having a reasonable amount of stubborness one would expect a dog to have.
Finally, a ship lands and releases a probe called EVE (Extraterrestrial Vegetation Evaluator) which basically means that her job is to find plant life that would show that earth has healed itself and conditions are suitable for human living again. Rather typical story of boy meets girl, boy falls in love with girl, girl tries to ignore boy and kill him. But after basic introductions, things are finally in place and what follows after that is a journey of one's search for love, and what one is willing to do to get it, even for that special moment, a mere sign of love just by holding hands as well as a dark story of human error and how we can take our enviroment for granted.
Pixar and Walt Disney has perhaps made one of the best animated films of all times in my opinion. A romantic comedy with doses of action yet cleverly injected with many humourous moments and strong moral backings has just won my heart over to make me a life long fan of this film and to even make it a classic for generations to come.
While there are quite a few questionable plot twists, such as having the plant mysteriously disappeared from under EVE's nose (if she had one) the original idea of the film certainly over rides it and promises to warm your heart fully, leaving you to think of WALL-E's pursuit of love or how far the extent of the evils of materialism will kill this earth long after the movie has ended.
Out of 10, I give it 9/10. But what about the standard of animation you might ask? Considering it's from Pixar, I would expect nothing less. Thought provoking, touching, and with a sense of humour if you think about it long enough, just makes a teardrop fall and a small smile formed.
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Well, my first attempt at a review, somewhat.
This movie really touched me, to the point where I could almost feel like crying. The way he relentlessly tried to show her his affections, to the point where he was crushed and she finally realised that he was trying to tell her he loved her really made me think of my own situation. If I'm gone, one thing I would really want is to have her know that at least I tried to be someone for her, that I tried my best to make sure she was taken care of and happy. I can say that I've failed at this, which was one of the main things bugging me before I enlist. In a way, I feel really happy for our little friend and EVE, even though it's fiction and somehow it breaks me apart to know that I was unable to touch her heart the way he touched hers.
Somehow I feel it's too late, since I'm going in next Monday anyway.
I'm sorry Eleanor. I can't say that I've tried my best to give you that smile on your face, and for as long as I live this regret will forever be embedded in me. I had so many places I wanted to bring you, so many places that had good food that I'm sure you would have loved, and so many things that I wanted to give you or just share with you, and I couldn't even do a single one of them. In all my life I have never felt so useless, so vulnerable, so weak.
For that I'm sorry girl. I can only wish for those things, but incapability had somehow gotten the better of me, and I can never forgive myself for that.
Eleanor, I'm in love with you girl. I really am. Maybe the timing was really wrong, maybe the way I acted was just plain stupid, maybe you never had any feelings for me at all. But that doesn't change the fact that you are the one whom I thought of 1st in the morning when I wake up and the person whom I eagerly waited for your sms-es. Just yours.
Nothing more I can say now, just to hope for the best.. I guess.
I'm going to miss everyone as well.
I love you guys, from my mum to my bros to my friends. Without you guys, I probably would have done something really really stupid long ago.
Argh. 2.50am. Im out.
nitez all.
//1:51 AM//
