Humanity has abandoned the earth after it becomes inhabitable, leaving behind endless heaps of trash, reducing life to an eerie non-existence. Apart, of course, from a little trash compactor who goes by the name of WALL-E (Waste Allocation Load Lifter-Earth-Class) who, through a profound anomaly, has developed a personality. His only companion is a cute roach (Never thought cute and roach could be in the same sentence - yes, even after watching “Joe's Apartment” (1996)).
The good-for-nothing human race is floating off in space on a gigantic spaceship waiting for Earth to miraculously heal itself. They're livin' it up and after 700 years of mindless jibber-jabber and becoming blobs of blubber, consuming everything in a cup, they forget what Earth is. Robots practically run the ship on “Autopilot.” Founders of this floating civilisation did however have hopes of returning home so “EVEs” are sent to Earth occasionally to bring back to the ship any signs of the regeneration of life. An Extraterrestrial Vegetation Evaluator, who calls herself EVE is deployed on Earth and WALL-E, the sweet little trash compactor, grows fond of EVE and a romance begins to bloom as he attempts to win her over. They both eventually end up on the mothership, mankinds new home. They return with a plant, waking the captain and the rest of humanity from a 700 year slumber. As they attempt to return to Earth, things go wrong as it seems the ship is on “Autopilot” and changing course towards Earth becomes increasingly difficult.
What does the future hold for mankind? This movie is a futuristic parody of who we are slowly, but no doubt surely, becoming and what we are doing to our home. Absurd as it may seem, it's a scary truth we're perpetually turning a blind eye to.
Go SEE Wall-E.
