Wall.E

Wall.E (2008)

Co-written and Directed by: Andrew Stanton
A PIXAR film. Streaming on Disney+Hotstar
Won the Oscar for Best Animated Feature.

The best part about this film is the visual aspect of it. It almost operates like a silent film, dialogue is written only wherever it is extremely important and since there is not much dialogue, we have to pick everything through the visuals. Sometimes, it is a bit of work but as Martin Scorsese says, visual literacy is important. I re-watched the first 12 minutes of Up, and even in that montage sequence, there is no dialogue but that hits harder because the contrast in the visuals is right on our faces. That is achieved here in the look and design of Wall.E and Eve, one is rustic, brown-ish and the other is plush white. The film initially explores the rut, the monotony, and the sense of languish, embodying the broken-ness of the modern world. 

It's beautiful how PIXAR films seamlessly manage to tell a lot of things within one film, and you can find something or the other that you can relate to. Amidst all the action, the sci-fi setting in the apocalyptic world, the film is a beautiful love story. Because when Wall.E meets Eve, that is exactly what he's probably been looking for all his life. Human connection. Or maybe robot connection? Anyway, so when you're so broken as a person, and when you finally find someone who you can connect with - it's an intense outburst of feelings. Because now, this one person can put you from extreme despair, extreme hopeless to extreme joy and a feeling of purpose just like that in a snap. You lose control over yourself, and surrender to them in every possible way. And from there, if love happens... it's beautiful.