Actions Speak Louder Than Words

Wow. Who would have thought that it would take a children's animated movie to remind the world that actions speak louder than words. A love story that begins and ends with two words, "WALL-E" and "Eva", speaks volumes. It left me speechless and made me realize that that was not such a bad thing. In a world that is driven by too few actions and way too many words, WALL-E reminds us all that it does not matter what you say but rather what you do that counts, whether it be saving the planet or winning over someone’s heart. Pixar and Andrew Stanton (writer/ director) have brought to a life a story that takes place on a planet with almost no life left at all, and garner from us emotions we did not think we could ever have for anything made of nuts and bolts. They managed to put more life, character, and emotion into the main characters (two robots) than I have seen from many human performances this year.

As technical and complex as many of the messages are in the movie, Andrew Stanton manages to simplify them to there most elementary form that allow us all to identify and understand. When WALL-E fell in love all he wanted was to hold her hand and he would travel the universe to do just that and who would have thought we could save the planet by protecting just one plant.

It is a story that is as old as time, yet told in such a refreshing manner you would swear you had never heard it before. Even some of the comedic sequences I was convinced I had seen previously, but you do not hold it against anyone, because it is done so uniquely and with such honesty. I would definitely recommend this movie to everyone, children and adults of all ages, we could all learn a great deal from “WALL-E”, I know I did.

I could get into the technical strength of the movie, the environmental message, directors talent, and Pixar’s brilliance, but for that I would recommend you see Siwatu Moore's Blog (http://spooningthemonkey.blogspot.com/) who has written an eloquent review of the movie.