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by Mags, 29 July 2008
Anyone - who's more nerdy, old fashioned and clunky than "simply perfect" - will be able to relate 100 percent to the endearing robot hero, WALL*E, who saves planet Earth all because he follows the perfect-object-of-his-affections, across the galaxies to the other end of the universe. This is what love should be.
Love is holding an umbrella in a thunderstorm, it's being there rain or shine, it's never giving up just-being-there even if there's zero response.
So, for those average fellows who dream of dating super models, here's a movie to clue you in to what it takes to stand a chance at success. But WALL*E is successful also because he is sincere, not out to win a trophy-companion for his own glory, he genuinely cares about his missile launching, femme fatale.
But it's not a perfect world, neither the one we live in, nor the one in the film. In fact, the world WALL*E inhabits is a lonely one, his only companion a lone cockroach, and truly endless heaps of garbage, the refuse from years of mind-numbing consumption.
Led by director/screenwriter Andrew Stanton, creator of such mega-hits as Toy Story and Finding Nemo, the magic-making team at PIXAR delivers yet another classic tale destined for everyone's favorites list.
I love the scenes of WALL*E trying to make sense of the unknowns that enter his world of monotonous routine, unchanged for more than 700 years. And in the final analysis, this little robot underdog wins the audience over lock, stock and barrel. WALL*E is no less real than anyone I've met whether in history books or fiction, and maybe even a tad better than some people I've met, in real life; but best of all, from the film maker's perspective, is that I actually do truly care about what happens to WALL*E.
He's a brave, resourceful little fellow who never gives up hope...
And, maybe, that's why we like him so much.
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