For starters, I love Disney movies.
I think that the company does an amazing job at portraying great messages that
are still very enjoyable for children. Wall E is interesting though because
considering how few silent films there are right now that are very popular is
few. Yet somehow Wall E was able to capture an audience and bring us into the
story without words. Part of me is flattered by the fact that we can still
enjoy something without it being spelt out for us, and the other part of me
applauds the creators for being so artful and making something for the whole
family. There are toms of movies coming out now days with the fear of what our
future will look like into a movie, and yet this one made you feel a sense of
love.
I think that the point of this
movie was to not give someone else a job that you should have done yourself.
The humans didn’t want to take responsibility for their own actions from
destroying their planet, instead, they gave the job to the sweet little robots.
Through blaming others or not taking responsibility for what you need to fix
things simply don’t get done and laziness takes over. I feel that our main fear
for our future is that we will be taken over by robots and become so utterly
lazy we hardly notice the people around us. This movie (very subtlety) sent the
message of putting down your phone and interacting with each other. I think
that this is a serious issue that we face. I can’t have a dinner with the tv
turned on or someone one their phone as we wait. This movie challenges us to
put it down. I love that about this movie; that people were happier interacting
with each other, and that the humans were all able to agree that they needed to
change something.
The
switched love story is also inspiring because it is primarily about a women
taking care of a man. Which is odd for a children’s movie, but I think that
they tried very hard to be a little bit different than any other movie. It was
very futuristic in that sense. And I liked
that. I liked how different they tried being. The film hit a lot of key points
that people need to look at; not relying on technology, stepping up when things
need to change for the better no matter how much work they need to put into it,
and love comes from all kinds of “classes”. I usually do not like the “futuristic”
movies, but they do tend to have a strong message, and I really did like this
one. And it doesn’t hurt that Wall E is super cute and lovable.
