“Wall-E” is one of the best films of 2008.

“Wall-E” is the story of a robot whose job is to compact trash on Planet Earth. Wall-E, however, is all alone with the exception of a bug. All of Earth’s inhabitants fled the polluted, uninhabitable planet and hopped aboard luxury starliners where generations of humans have spent their lives for 700 years. One day, a starship lands on Earth with a robot named EVE. EVE’S job is to search for any plant life. Immediately upon laying eyes on her, Wall-E falls in love with EVE. Unfortunately for Wall-E, EVE finds a plant and must travel back to the starliner. Not wanting to be without her, Wall-E jumps aboard the starship and travels to the starliner. It is on the starliner that Wall-E gets into all sorts of misadventures, while also managing to change the lives of the consumerism, overweight humans. Will the humans go back to Erath now that it can sustain plant life?

“Wall-E” has everything you could possibly want from a movie. It has a touching and heartwarming love story at the center. It has wonderful robotic characters who seem more human than most of the characters found in disposable blockbusters. It also has a poignant and ballsy science fiction story about the dangers of pollution, trash build up, and consumerism. I never thought I would see an animated film that would touch upon such a subject and for that I applaud writers Andrew Stanton and Pete Docter.

Summary: I could go on showering the film with praises, but I won’t. “Wall-E” is essential to any film lover’s collection.