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WALL-E (2008) Scene analysis

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This scene in Wall-E that can be found between 27:00 and 28:56 is in the first part of the movie before Wall-E and Eve go into space. It is the first time that Eve goes to Wall-E. He is thrilled and shows her all his finds. We can see that Wall-E has a very big personality and an individuality that goes beyond what has been programmed. In the scene, Eve discovers a lighter by which she is fascinated by the flame. We can see her eyes reacting and changing shape when before, she is pretty stoic. Then, Wall-E looks at her in admiration. We can understand that he falls in love with Eve with the music coming from the television and that, for him, Eve is his flame. Eve and Wall-E are interested in the television, which shows a movie from the past with two people in love. I found it fascinating that the humans in the film are animated, but the ones we see on the TV in Wall-E are not. These are authentic movie images that reflect the subjectivity and emotion that Wall-E and Eve develop as what is shown on TV are real humans, and then these two robots show real feelings that seem human.

Moreover, after showing us the television Eve looks at Wall-E, who is very clumsy and then, in a quick moment, we can see her being happy and giving off real emotion. On the other hand, she cannot escape her program when Wall-E shows her the plant. She loses all subjectivity and exists only to fulfill her mission. As Henderson says in the film "For Wall-E, robotic behaviour signals his death," which is precisely what happens here with Eve when she sees the plant.

Contents of this path:

  1. WALL-E (2008)
  2. Her (2013)
  3. Conclusions

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