Wall.E

SPOILER WARNING...

well... not quite. don't worry... i won't overtly reveal the plot of the show.

i think Pixar has lived up to expectations.

Wall.E was enjoyable, touching, entertaing and funny, all rolled into one. the animation was fantastic, definitely cutting edge technology.

that's not the best part. the best part is that the show can be watched at so many different levels. if you just want to watch it as a kiddy cartoon show, you can. and still get great entertainment value out of it. if you want to watch it as a romantic action comedy, you can too. and get much laughs and aww-factor out of it.

but you can also dig deeper and look at it as an incisive critique of the current state of humanity.

through its very simple plot, the show talks about the need for environmental conservation, it discusses our dependence on technology, to the point where we lose our humanity, it looks at how because of technology, we are so plugged in, so greatly networked together, yet so distant, so out of touch with one another. the show illustrates how a stale stability devoid of struggles stifles the spark of creativity that makes us human. it questions whether it is right for us to divest the responsibility of taking care of ourselves to others, be it an institution or another being which we somehow trust to have our interests at heart, i.e. of whether it is better to live without volition under a benevolent dictorship (similar VIKI in I, Robot). the show also demonstrates how very often, it takes a renegade, who isn't quite programmed to follow the set rules and hence free to choose and decide upon his on actions can set an entire society free from its incarceration of stability.

oh... i could go on and on...

in a sense, the show is very prophetic, showing us the shape of things to come if we do not alter the course of 'progress' that we have set ourselves on now.

all in all... i think Wall.E is definitely worth watching in the theaters.