Wall-E: The Perfect Film

Walle still needs more love today now more than ever and I'm the man to do just that

[thesardonicpig]

Even among the people who praise this film, I think the Captain is a shockingly underrated character. With his character arc, he essentially becomes a stand-in for the whole of humanity. In a way, he begins as a casual villain. He upholds the status quo not because of malicious intent or greed or even lust for power - his only motivation is comfort. He wants things to stay the way they have always been because change requires effort, and that's something these humans have learned to shirk at all costs. When he is first presented with the prospect of returning to Earth, he is excited yet apprehensive - and then, overjoyed to find that it was (seemingly) a false alarm, because he chooses no news even over good news.
What ultimately triggers him is one of humankind's most distinctive features - curiosity. And it's at that moment, when he's learning about Earth, that he begins to use his technology responsively, rather than being used BY it. He uses it to further his knowledge and understanding, and it's that which fully convinces him that returning to Earth is both desirable and urgently necessary. The Captain grows naturally towards responsibility like a child learning to walk for the first time. Literally in his case. He becomes heroic once he's fully grasped the situation - realising how stunted humanity has become, how dependent on distraction, willingly enslaved by their own machines. Not just his ship, the entirety of humanity has been on Autopilot. AUTO stands for humanity's complete disinterest in agency for 700 years.
Long before the Captain physically gets on his feet, I think the moment he becomes a hero is when he pulls down his cap and says "I am the Captain of the Axiom. We are going home today."

[zeruko]

Lets not forget the beauty of the credits, where it shows that humanity could go on to save Earth and make it a beautiful place again through a slide show with different periods of art and different cultures at the same time that shows the blossoming of WALL-E's and EVE's love

[nazirulnaim]

The part that Wall E was rebooting really made me cry, imagine the personality that took him years to be sentient is now gone, there's no emotion on his new faceplat and the fact that Eve used everything that wall E had thought her adding to the sadness, she almost lost the chance to acknowledge Wall E feelings to her vice versa.

[thebighurt]

WALL-E was a great example of building characters with bare minimal dialogue. It managed to make us like a ship between a trash compactor and a probe.

[deaks]

When a film whose main protagonists communicate with the same vocabulary range of a Pokemon, but will absolutely leave you in tears, then it *IS* 100% a masterpiece.

[sunshinedhans]

"waall eeee" ok to be honest this was the best pixar movie that never needed a sequel or a remake

[Fengari]

16 years later and this film is still so culturally relevant

[CoffeeToffeeVT]

One thing I really appreciated about this movie is that it doesn't villainize the robots for human dependence. Instead, it gives them human traits to emphasize the value of human connection. Wall-E, with his charming personality, exemplifies this, which would help change the views of his robotic peers. His impact on Eve, who initially focused solely on her directive, highlights the importance of human connection.

[theholygamer]

If you watch the trailer for the movie, you may notice that the narrator describes WALL-E's personality as a glitch. An imperfection in his programming. Just about every robot in the movie is capable of some form of expressiveness, but on the Axiom, it's often suppressed or hidden because it's considered something to correct, something to fix or remove.

EVE also has her own personality prior to meeting WALL-E, but she kind of hides it from her superiors. When she arrives on Earth, she only takes off into free flight to "stretch her wings" when the rocket leaves. She seems to know that she can't show her true colors when she's monitored, or she'll be considered faulty.

Another example is the broken bots in the repair ward. They can't do their primary jobs because they're malfunctioning, but they have far more personality than their peers. WALL-E is even deemed a hero when he frees them by accident, and they help him and EVE in getting the Axiom back to Earth.

WALL-E's brokenness, his free will, IS the hidden message of the story. WALL-E's sentience and proactive nature is the key to bringing humanity back. Humans on the Axiom are largely just... existing. They're not truly living. But WALL-E's had seven hundred years to live, and he ends up spreading that gift to everyone else, especially EVE, who already had her own sentience, but didn't have much opportunity to show it freely.




The movie's usage of machines to portray personality as some sort of glitch or imperfection isn't just clever. It's the whole point. Because that's what free will is. The ability to choose, act, and live is meant to be imperfect, because while it does allow us to be inactive, or even choose evil, it also allows us to pursue what's good in the world. It's better to be able to choose good OR evil, than to have no say in the matter at all, to potentially contribute something of value than provide nothing. We are meant to be broken and flawed, because if we were completely perfect, we'd just be mindless machines that couldn't do anything.

WALL-E's message is about embracing the root of humanity: The beautiful imperfection of one's free will. It's about using your ability to choose to better the world around you, and how pursuing and working towards something truly good can positively affect those around you, even when you don't realize it.

That's what makes WALL-E so timeless. It works on SEVERAL levels. It's not just a love story. It's not just a cautionary tale about the dangers of an automated society, or mankind's responsibility to care for its natural home. It's a story that shows the positive consequences of being alive and active.

Imperfection is necessary, even when society might consider it something to be fixed.
People are imperfect because they're allowed to choose. We're supposed to be that way.
Imperfection is life. And life is wonderful.

[tommyl.dayandtherunaways]

This was the golden age of Pixar, it seemed like every movie they made back then was a home run. The Toy Story movies, A Bug’s Life, Monsters Inc., Finding Nemo, The Incredibles, Up, etc. etc.

Even with this amazing lineup of films, all of which I have so many fond memories of, Wall-E still manages to shine through and prove itself to be one of Pixar’s very best. The characters, themes, and animation in this film are as beautiful now as they were back then. The fact that so much is conveyed with so few words between Wall-E and Eve proves the universality of love in such a poignant way.

The friendships that he forms with the human characters show the common sentience that lies within both man and A.I, and how the two aren’t as different as we think, and this is a film from 2008! A.I wasn’t even on most people’s radar back then, so Wall-E was way ahead of it’s time in that sense. Just a masterpiece of a movie, and will always be one of my favorites.

[ThelVadam]

Dude
wall-e is so good
Watched this movie more times than I can count

[Dave]

People are always talking about the philosophical/religious etc. undercurrents of films, but can we take a minute just to appreciate how good of a romantic film this is? And, yes, I do consider this to be mainly a romantic film and not really a sci-fi film with a moral tale.
The *vast* majority of romantic stories (animated, or otherwise) are done in such a cringy way that, frankly, I'm amazed there are so many who watch them. The characters are usually overexaggerated and over-acted and it really detracts from the actual romance. I think this is one of the only romantic films that doesn't do that, whilst still delivering a compelling romantic plot.

[pillowmoment]

I cannot properly express my love for this film.
I love robots. I love space. I like cute stories. I love character parallels.. Wall-E has all that.
I’m a huge fan of stories with robots. I love how much you can do with the concept. Rogue AI, self-awareness, lack of or pressing presence of limits (robots can do soo much, but then again, they’re still fragile.) etc.
THIS STORY HAS ALL THAT.
Auto is, technically, rogue AI. Following a basic order in a violent matter.
All the robots are self-aware.
And every robot is presented as so wonderful and powerful, and DURABLE, (especially from Wall-E’s POV of the newer tech) but we get to see over and over how vulnerable they are and how easy it is for a robot to be shut down or broken.
These concepts are so fun to play with, and Wall-E uses them really well.
Robots are soooo cool i love this movie so much

[lasercraft]

Can we talk about how the Wall-E robots were supposed to be cleaning up the planet, but all of their "cleaning" basically boils down to compressing trash into cubes and then stacking it? Really puts an emphasis on how unsustainable our current way of throwing away trash is.

Even on the Axiom they just seem to dump the trash out into space instead of finding a better way to dispose of it or recycle it.

[jasondavidstapleton]

I love the ending when Wall'e loses his memory it only takes Eve to wake him up with a kiss shock

[The_CryptedOne]

I can't believe this movie is like 16 years old from now, and yet this movie aged very well, wall-e holds a good place in my heart for being one of the best movies in my childhood

[Cheese_soldat]

If Wall-E has a million fans, then I am one of them. If Wall-E has ten fans, then I am one of them. If Wall-E has only one fan then that is me. If Wall-E has no fans, then that means I am no longer on earth. If the world is against Wall-E, then I am against the world.

All jokes aside i love this movie so much and it lives rent free in my head since the day i watched it. idc what anybody says about it being mediocre, this movie is life changing wether you like it or not

[JAYZ-]

This movie is the goat in my book. It felt good watching this again in my class just this week.

[ppenmudera]

Wall-e has been with me since my childhood and is one of the only films that can bring me to tears. I really hope the Captain got to plant his pizza plants

[Hatsune-Miku_Fan]

I feel so bad for the humans too, they're not evil they're all kind to each other, just unknowingly ruining their selves mentally and physically by depending so much on technology..