robot love

when i first saw the teaser for “WALL-E”, i didn’t care for it.  a lonely robot, seriously?  that sounds lame.

it’s easily one of my fav movies now.

the feel good movie of the year.  i love how it works well on so many levels and every emotion the movie tried to evoke clicked even with barely any dialogue.  it’s an indictment of consumerist/capitalist society’s impacts on the world.  at its core, it’s a simple love story.  the premise is the title character is the most human character in the story.

after 700 yrs, there’s a glitch in his system and he exhibits human qualities. he does the same task over and over every day.  but yearn for something more meaningful.  what can be more meaningful in the human experience than learning to love?  well, you gotta find someone to live first.  it explains his relentless pursuit in making a romantic connection with the first robot he’s ever seen.  and on the course of his journey of exercising his capacity to love, he redeems mankind.

and it’s a stark reminder that the American way of life is NOT sustainable.

minor gripe: so where all the people of color at?  did we get left behind?  hey, i gotta ask even though it’s expected that poc aren’t represented in animated movies cuz it’s made by mostly white people who have very little interaction with poc.  a broad generalization, yes.  it holds truth though.