by Marshall Chisholm

Created on: April 19, 2009   Last Updated: April 20, 2009

The film Wall-E, a product of Disney and Pixar's recent teamwork, is a glimpse into a exaggerated future of what the modern world may become. A small robot known as Wall-E is the lone survivor of a series of cleaning robots with the sole purpose of cleaning the planet. Wall-E is viewed differently than the other robots would be viewed, due to his human-like characteristics viewers can relate to. Wall-E still follows his primary function, yet he also proves to be more individualistic because of his tendency to collect random items and store them in his home.

Wall-E follows a robot whom is purposefully depicted as female into space in order to save her and finds himself aboard a ship with all of the surviving humans. The humans have stagnated into cattle underneath a father company called "Buy n' Large" which has mystified itself into a sort of god-head to the people. In the pursuit of Eve, and of the plant which itself is a symbol of salvation, slowly brings awareness to the passengers of their own fetid lifestyle. At the end of the film, humans return to the planet earth which was thought uninhabitable and have their minds set to restore order to the planet and live on it once more.

This film was intended for children, yet it remarks on global issues and puns on the corporate regime present in the world. First the corporation in the film, "Buy N' Large" should be criticized. A fear of society is the corporate takeover. This is the fear that corporations will become too large and overrun the government, who in turn is also dependent on the corporations. Buy N Large represents such corporations as Wal-Mart, Honda, and Nike; companies that supply multiple items that the average community depends on. Buy N Large however takes it to another level in Wall-E, depicting a mastermind corporation that drained the world of resources now has everyone floating through space with Buy N Large as their only provider. It's a form of irony how this is the ultimate monopoly, yet this situation would be the undoing of profit. Competition is profit in the business world. If you are the absolute sole provider as Buy N Large is, supplying food, clothing, transport, and recreation a company creates an economy that cannot grow. On the station, only as much money that went on the ship can circulate through it, so a corporation no longer makes a profit, and transforms into a government.

The advertising in Wall-E is, in its own right, a joke. Buy N Large advertises its own logo everywhere,

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