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Film review: WALL-E
Summary from multiple countries, from articles in English
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Set in a future where the Earth has become covered in trash and swept by dust storms and where the only wildlife is the cockroach, "WALL-E" refers to our hero: a Waste Allocation Load Lifter, Earth class. (article 4)
Thanks to the constant attention of robots, the human race has been reduced to morbid obesity, sloth and interactive video screens. (article 4)
His prayers are answered at last when another robot, EVE, is sent to Earth by humans to find signs of plant-life. (article 1)
That makes me an outcast among many of my fellow conservatives who have judged Pixar's post-apocalyptic cartoon about a trash-compacting robot to be a carbon-phobic, Al Gore-worshiping, global-warming panic-mongering assault on capitalism, President Bush and U.S. prosperity. (article 2)
On National Review Online's blog, Shannen Coffin decried "Wall-E" as "Godforsaken dreck while syndicated columnist Jonah Goldberg faulted the movie's" hypocrisy "and" Malthusian fear-mongering. (article 2)
Hundreds of years into the future, mankind have abandoned Earth because we polluted it so much and left so much rubbish lying around. (article 3)
WALL-E is the obvious choice, but there's a heap of funny smaller parts, like the little robot who can't stand dirt. (article 3)
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wall, film, robot, Earth, Pixar |
Source articles
- Press Pack Reports (BBC News, 07/14/2008, 276 words)
- Wall-E doesn't say anything (L.A. Times, 07/14/2008, 1019 words)
- Film review: WALL-E (BBC News, 07/14/2008, 269 words)
- Wall-E: Movie Showtimes and Reviews on washingtonpost.com's City Guide (Washington Post, 07/14/2008, 249 words)
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