“WALL-E” is a modern silent movie. It proves that we have not become dependent on language or wit to express our emotions; it can still be done through art, music and common affection. It knows that the essentials of comedy are nothing more than facial expressions and pure charm. “WALL-E” understands the beauty of innocence, the faults of humanity and the sheer joy of friendship and love, and it doesn’t have to say a word to prove it.
The movie does however have some dialogue (no point in repeating what Mel Brooks did), but I believe the message would be as strong without it. “WALL-E’s” title character is a lonely robot on the now uninhabitable Earth in the year 2815. 700 years prior, humans left Earth to live on a space station where everything is automatically provided for them, and all of mankind has become fat and lazy, as automated robots now hold them in blissful ignorance and control. But the sci-fi stuff isn’t why we came. Continue reading “WALL-E”