DVD review: Wall-E
Pixar goes ecological with its ninth feature film, “Wall-E,” about a robotic trash compactor on an Earth long since abandoned.
Wall-E is a quirky robot, perhaps because he’s one of the last ones left. In addition to compacting trash and building huge towers with it, as required by his programming, he also enjoys finding oddities and filing them away in his home. He’s even got a VCR setup, so he can watch classic musicals, which influence his worldview.
When spaceship leaves EVE on the planet, a more advanced robot, Wall-E’s in love. With Wall-E’s help, EVE discovers what she’s been looking for, and takes it back to her spaceship. Wall-E follows, and finds out what’s happened to humanity in the 700 years since Earth was abandoned.
Despite very minimal dialogue in the first third of the movie, Wall-E works, certainly as a science fiction tale exploring a possible future, but especially as a love story. Extras include the short films Burn-E and Presto; two deleted scenes; three featurettes; and audio commentary with director Andrew Stanton.
- Matthew Price
A version of this story ran in Friday’s The Oklahoman
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I love this movie. And I’m glad you consider it a love story, too: I’ve told everyone who dismisses it as a cartoon robot story that, at heart, it’s one of the most romantic movies I’ve seen.