Some of you may recall my recent paranoid rant of an article about the dangers and evils of robotics technology. I have always feared that our indulgence in this field can lead to nothing but our demise no matter how we look at it. Any technological device that gains sentience will view human society as not worth helping or saving, or save us by ending our freedom or some other twisted form of logic their processors might come up with. Well readers, I am here to tell you that I am a changed man thanks to the Waste Allocation Load Lifter -- Earth-class, or better known as Wall-E.

The story of Wall-E was the first indicator for me that this was going to be a good movie; a garbage robot abandoned and alone (aside from a cricket) spending his time doing his original job of cleaning up our excess just seemed remarkably clever to me. Early previews showing him to be a playfully curious and emotionally gifted robot simply made me want to see this movie more. I'll spare you the details of the plot and allow you to see the movie on your own but I give you one warning; if the environmentalist agenda, the idea of "going green", or very fat people in hover chairs offends you then this is not your movie.

For those of you out there who think this movie looks like just another kids flick I can put your fears to rest; though the antics of Wall-E and his kind nature will melt even the toughest and hardest heart this at no point felt like something adults would not enjoy. Let yourself go and get lost in this movie and you will not only forget that it is about robots, but you might also forget that this was all done with computers.

Which brings me to the visual aspects of this movie. I don't think amazing is quite covers just how realistic and incredible it is. Previous Disney/Pixar movies have all looked spectacular but I don't think any of them have looked as lifelike as Wall-E wandering through the wasteland of Earth. And once again, Pixar raises the bar for the rest of the computer animating world in not just the animation aspect but in story and also dialogue. Which was very little of the movie and was very well delivered by all the voices actors and synthesizers combined. Even though Wall-E says maybe 5 different words throughout the entire movie I believe he will be one of the most quoted of all Disney/Pixar characters.



To put it plainly, gentle readers, Wall-E was not just one of the best Disney/Pixar movies I've ever seen, but one of the best movies I've ever seen. Go now and let Wall-E charm even the hardest of robot-hating hearts.