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How Does Wall-E Predict The Future

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Films are created as a reflection of society. They are designed to be a storytelling platform that inform the viewing audience about a specific message. Often time, films are created to address society’s present state, but rather end up predicting the future. From the 1968 hit film, 2001: A Space Odyssey, that predicted space tourism and algorithm operating systems, to the jaw-dropping 1984 film, Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, that predicted the creation of mobile phones, one could argue that the entertainment industry unknowingly predicted the future accurately. However, while many films predicted the future positively, the 2008 science fiction film WALL-E predicts the future truthfully and accurately, ultimately revealing a dystopia …show more content…

However, while this robot is unaware of the futility of his work, as Earth was ravaged by humans and left in uncleanable conditions, WALL-E’s lonely lifestyle grants him a curious, optimistic personality. While WALL-E goes about his daily duties, he is surprised by the arrival of EVE, a futuristic robot who was sent by the Axiom, a spacecraft created by the corporation Buy n Large, to investigate for signs of life, in hopes that humans could return to the planet. Buy n Large created the Axiom to inhabit all of the humans on Earth, while Earth was cleaned by WALL-E’s; the film fails to explain why WALL-E was the last WALL-E unit remaining. After WALL-E and EVE create an emotional connection, WALL-E stumbles across a plant. When WALL-E shows EVE the plant, her instincts kick in, and she realizes that the plant was the goal of her mission. She takes the plant, gets aboard a space shift, and starts her ascent to the Axiom. Reluctant to lose the one connection he made, WALL-E latches on the ship and makes his way to the Axiom. The scene following WALL-E’s arrival on the Axiom accurately depicts society’s current reliance on technology and reveals that society’s future is dim and …show more content…

This scene illustrates the future dystopia that society is heading towards. As the scene begins, WALL-E is merely a very small figure in the top of the scene, while the rest of the scene is complete with moving levitating chairs and a complex technological transportation network. This zoomed out high-angle camera shot illustrates the power of technology and great overdependence that humans have on technology. As the scene progresses, the camera focuses on the functions of the levitating chairs and specifically emphasizes the bright lights and human fascination with the social networking personal hologram, revealing how the future is consumed by social media and how advanced technology is becoming. After the functions of the chairs are shown, WALL-E is stopped in his tracks by an obese person who appeared to fall off of his chair. While the obese man flailing is the center of the shot, it is WALL-E’s reaction that draws attention from the audience, as he is stunned by the man’s incapability to stand up. The fast-paced moving of the levitating chair network represents the action and intensity of the scene and impacts the viewing audience by raising their heart rate. The sound effects of the scene—whether it be dialing on a phone, the sound of a levitating chairs passing, computer

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