When a character named Carl Weathers (LOIS LANZ), who is an average person out to make a living selling recycled goods begins to construct a massive walled complex for the purpose of researching anti-aging materials, a shoot out between the human race and android hell spawn arises which leads to the destruction of the complex and the death of Wall Elf.Īlthough the death of Wall-E was one of the most talked about scenes in the trailers, one of the more interesting things I took away from this movie was how little we knew about the plot and the philosophy behind the artificial intelligence being built by the race of robots.
The storyline happens in the near future, in a near future where humans have completely taken over consumerism and technology, completely taking away free will and democracy. As the story unfolds, we see that the husband is starting to distance himself from his wife and is even considering leaving the planet he lives on so that he can spend more time with his "son", the android robot Wall-elf. Despite its constant presence of funny events and dialogue, the real theme of Wall-E conveyed a much darker tone.
In this film, Michael Bay gives us another look into the lives of a typical family man and his wife. However, instead of the usual formulaic action, special effects, and car chases we have come to know and love from Bay's past movies, the movie focuses more on the philosophical underpinnings of man and his relationship to technology. With a plot that revolves around the slippery slope of greed and self-interest caused by Artificial Intelligent computers, Wall-E gives us the perfect storm of emotions that we have come to expect from the Cars films. In his epic third installment of the Mars series, director Michael Bay returns to the themes that have defined the Cars films up to this point.