Sci-Fi Favorite of the Week: Wall-E
Children's movies are some of the most under-appreciated genres in film. There are some amazing
movies out there that were made for children, and adults can absolutely appreciate them, too. One of my favorites is Wall-E, a Pixar film from 2008.
Wall-E has some of my favorite themes and ideas from science fiction. It's set in a future where humanity is forced to live aboard giant cruise-ship like space crafts because they have left Earth wasted and in ruins. Wall-E-- a tiny trash compactor robot-- is still on Earth trying to clean up all of the trash left behind when humans abandoned Earth. When Wall-E finds a sapling, another robot shows up to collect the very valuable baby tree-- and it's robot love-at-first sight! The two robots, and the human captain of one of the ships, work together to help the Earth that they left in ruins years before.
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| This is Wall-E, looking especially adorable. (Image Source) |
movies out there that were made for children, and adults can absolutely appreciate them, too. One of my favorites is Wall-E, a Pixar film from 2008.
Wall-E has some of my favorite themes and ideas from science fiction. It's set in a future where humanity is forced to live aboard giant cruise-ship like space crafts because they have left Earth wasted and in ruins. Wall-E-- a tiny trash compactor robot-- is still on Earth trying to clean up all of the trash left behind when humans abandoned Earth. When Wall-E finds a sapling, another robot shows up to collect the very valuable baby tree-- and it's robot love-at-first sight! The two robots, and the human captain of one of the ships, work together to help the Earth that they left in ruins years before.
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| This is the captain. He seems bad at first, but he is one of the ones to help out Earth at the end! (Image Source) |
Despite being set in a future with a lot of negatives (the Earth is in ruins, the humans are lazy and live off of junk food, etc), Wall-E has a positive outcome. I love sci-fi that shows the unstoppable courage and tenacity of humanity. Even though Wall-E doesn't seem to be a movie about this, it turns out that it is. In the end, the lazy and over-weight humans strive to restore the Earth to its original format and right their wrongs.
A lot of people claimed that they didn't like the movie because it felt preachy. I heard plenty of movie goers complain about the movie's message about pollution and the negative behaviors of humanity-- like over eating, being lazy, and not taking care of the planet. As I was leaving the theatre after watching it, one person said, "This is a kids' movie! Why do they have to push some political agenda?" I can see this opinion, but this reaction is an over-reaction. Wall-E has great lessons about how there are consequences for greed-- but you can always work to fix the problems of the past.
A lot of people claimed that they didn't like the movie because it felt preachy. I heard plenty of movie goers complain about the movie's message about pollution and the negative behaviors of humanity-- like over eating, being lazy, and not taking care of the planet. As I was leaving the theatre after watching it, one person said, "This is a kids' movie! Why do they have to push some political agenda?" I can see this opinion, but this reaction is an over-reaction. Wall-E has great lessons about how there are consequences for greed-- but you can always work to fix the problems of the past.
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