Wall-e

Author: Andrew Stanton

The first decade of the 21st Century could be called the decade when Computer Animation finally broke all the way through. WALL*E is one of the most adorable, most thought-provoking, and ultimately, scariest films of the decade. WALL*E is a trash collector robot, and the last one on Earth. He's all robot, but for some reason, he's found himself sentience, and a love of classic Hollywood. He's discovered love for another robot who has come to the abandoned Earth to see what's happening. That's the start of a wonderfully big adventure. The animation is typically PIXAR, beautiful and slick and smart, and the sound design tells the story by itself, giving the feeling of past and present melting together. The use of live actors and file footage combined make it so very distinctive. The themes of love at all costs, and the power of human sloth, greed, and discovery, are all-encompassing, and turn WALL*E into a piece that speaks so strongly about the reality of being a human; a realization that is only possible when viewed through the story of a love-sick robot. Why it's on the list: The PIXAR team is so strong, and WALL*E might be their best film.