28th August 2008 Thursday

Caught Wall-E on the big screens last night. It was better than I imagined it would be. I loved the way the film-makers imprinted the personality and acute feelings, supposedly only capable to be possessed by an animate object, on "supposed-to-be" inanimate robots. And all these with surprisingly little speeches along the way. In fact, I personally felt the magic of the show lies in the lack of proper speeches in comparison to the average film. How the feelings of Wall-E and Eve and of course, the feelings between them, were brought out by simple actions and how feelings of curiousity, concern and anxiousness were brought out simply by the different tones in the way they addressed each other. A heartwarming film reminding us of loneliness and friendship when Wall-E was all alone with only the exception of a cockroach friend, of love when Wall-E met Eve and how it did all it could to protect her, of sacrifice when Wall-E nearly sacrificed himself for the big picture and of how efforts will eventually be rewarded when Wall-E finally won Eve's mechanical heart. A superb fairy tale with a superb happily ever after ending. And all these reinforced a hundred fold with the brilliant computer graphics technology of Pixar. And did I mention that it is definitely suitable for all ages? =)