Plot : Set in a future where earth has been deserted by the humans. Wall-E is one of the many robots of his kind to clean up the earth while the humans are gone. Though by the time you are introduced to him - he is the last one on earth.
Story : This movie right away flies though existential themes of human intelligence versus artificial intelligence , but that's not the focus of the story. Wall-E has become curious about the world around him and stops his duty of compacting trash , to explore what interesting things he finds among the trash. Though about half way in he encounters another robot , Eve - who he becomes instantly attached to. Eve is called back to the human ship to complete her task and Wall-E is brought along.
This is where the whole other half of the movie is located. Wall-E is brought aboard the gigantic space-ship where all humans now live. The lives of the futuristic humans uses technology for pretty much everything and their whole existence is pretty much in the hands of the gigantic B and E corporation.
That's all I'll tell you about what happens in the story. Now if your just wondering if this is for adults or children - I think persons of any age can enjoy this movie a ton. It presents it's themes of corporate power and "virtual" life in a very neutral manner - leaving it up to the viewer to decide what is right and wrong : which very little animated films of today do. The story telling moves with patience in some parts and rapid speed at others - all of it which couldn't be done better.
Visuals : CGI films with talking animals and such have become so abundant recently - most of them being made very fast and not much detail being put into their 3D characters and environments. Last year Pixar totally blew all CGI animated films out the water with Ratatouille and now they have blown me away again.
Both the dirty/desolate earth and the squeaky clean/automated space-ship provide enough eye candy that you could practically any frame out of this entire movie and frame it on your wall as piece of amazing art.
Synopsis : A gigantic achievement in film making !
