I mean, I would argue that Wall-E himself is more "human" in many of his behaviours than, say, Buzz Lightyear (gasp, controversial, I know) or indeed most of the characters in Cars 2...
So is Eva, at times.
Because this is Pixar, and Pixar specialises in anthropomorphizing various non-human critters, objects, etc.
Versus Dreamworks, which kind of does this successfully with Kung Fu Panda, but, for example, Toothless is very clearly an animal. Just a very intelligent one.
HTTYD is still my favourite 3D animated movie of all time, however. Followed by Wall-E, followed by UP (the first 20 minutes or so of which is... Probably the most successful "human" thing Pixar ever made). I grew up with Toy Story 2 and Cars, but for some reason neither resonated with me quite as much (though Bug's Life, El Dorado and Tarzan did, so... Take that as you will)...
When aiming to tell a good story, Truth will win out, even if you're trying to lie. A good story resonates with the truth in one way or another. A bad story will unapologetically lie to your face and the dissonance will be too much to believe.
I mean, I would argue that Wall-E himself is more "human" in many of his behaviours than, say, Buzz Lightyear (gasp, controversial, I know) or indeed most of the characters in Cars 2...
So is Eva, at times.
Because this is Pixar, and Pixar specialises in anthropomorphizing various non-human critters, objects, etc.
Versus Dreamworks, which kind of does this successfully with Kung Fu Panda, but, for example, Toothless is very clearly an animal. Just a very intelligent one.
HTTYD is still my favourite 3D animated movie of all time, however. Followed by Wall-E, followed by UP (the first 20 minutes or so of which is... Probably the most successful "human" thing Pixar ever made). I grew up with Toy Story 2 and Cars, but for some reason neither resonated with me quite as much (though Bug's Life, El Dorado and Tarzan did, so... Take that as you will)...
A bugs life and zootopia are stealth subversion classics.
First supposed to be about socialist revolution the other about racial harmony.
And instead we got Atlas Shrugged with bugs and the JQ with animals.
Amazing.
When aiming to tell a good story, Truth will win out, even if you're trying to lie. A good story resonates with the truth in one way or another. A bad story will unapologetically lie to your face and the dissonance will be too much to believe.
The irony that is Rorsarch being a rorsarch for understanding that concept is a pretty epic mealtime win in my book.