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Wall-E (2008)
In Pixar's and Disney's animated science-fiction love
story about an industrious robot who had been cleaning
up Earth's harmful trash (with the aid of his cockroach friend) for
seven centuries after inhabitants were evacuated to live on the giant
orbiting spaceship AXIOM until Earth was habitable again. The ecological
robot (similar to the robot in Short Circuit (1986) and to
Spielberg's E.T.:
The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)) was composed of a pair of binoculars
(for eyes), with a turtle-like body and tank treads for locomotion:
- the wordless scenes of the title character WALL·E
(short for Waste Allocation Load Lifter Earth-class) (voice of
Ben Burtt) - the last lone garbage-compacting robot on Earth, eccentrically
collecting various treasures (plastic forks, light bulbs, Rubik's
Cubes, Zippo lighters, etc.) and neatly stashing them in his protective
truck shelter
- and after the arrival of EVE (short for Extra-terrestrial
Vegetation Evaluator) (voice of Elissa Knight), a sleek, white-shelled
probe droid-robot, the scene of their introducing themselves by name
- WALL-E showed EVE his collection of treasured
trinkets - including a hand-mixer and popping bubble-wrap, and constructed
a replica of himself out of trash as a present to her
- his repeated watching of a VCR recording of Helly,
Dolly! (1969) including the romantically-inspiring songs: "It
Only Takes a Moment," and "Put on Your Sunday Clothes"
- the sight of humans on the planet AXIOM - all Bob's
Big-Boy style corpulent fatsos reclining on floating, robotic lounge
chairs while electronic robots served their every need - on the 700th
year anniversary of their 5-year cruise
- the repeated scenes of robot M-O ("Moe")
cleaning up the "foreign contaminant" of WALL-E's tread-tracks
- the space dance sequence between WALL-E and EVE after
she kissed him
- the great reawakening scene of the Captain (voice
of Jeff Garlin) standing up (to a "Thus Spake Zarathustra" theme
song) as he shut off the one-eyed, AUTO-pilot, HAL-like robot (voice
of MacinTalk)
- the final scene when a crushed and 'dead' WALL-E
(rebuilt by EVE who used his own spare parts collection to reconstruct
him) appeared to have lost his acquired sentience and memories
- EVE attempted to stir his memory
by placing a lightbulb and Rubik's Cube in his grasp and by playing
his favorite Hello,
Dolly! tape recording - with no luck. He turned and began his
robotic task of trash-compacting. She tried to shake some sense into
him, but it still didn't jog his memory - he stared back blankly.
- but then he remembered who she was after they touched
'hands' together and she caused a small spark to occur when she touched
or 'kissed' his forehead; EVE realized that WALL-E wasn't letting
go when he continued to tightly hold onto her hand - a sign that
he had come to life; he focused his eyes on her, and they enjoyed
a second 'kiss' together
WALL-E Unaware of Who EVE Was
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EVE Giving WALL-E a Lightbulb and Rubik's Cube
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EVE Playing 'Hello Dolly' for WALL-E
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Small Spark or 'Kiss' When Touching Foreheads
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Hands Tightly Clasped Together
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A Second 'Kiss'
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WALL-E (Waste Allocation Load Lifter Earth-class)
Presenting EVE with Treasures
WALL-E Falling in Love with EVE
WALL-E's
Love of Hello, Dolly! VCR Recording
Reclining Humans on planet AXIOM
EVE's and WALL-E's Spacewalk-Dance
Reawakening of the Captain After Shutting Off the AUTO-pilot
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