Philosophy And Wall-E

The first time I watched Wall-E in theatres, I was pretty disappointed. It just honestly seemed kind of boring to me.

But now that I've watched it in Philosophy class, and being more aware of philosophical ideas and contexts, I enjoyed it much more. 

I never noticed such small details, like how the robots seem to be even more human than humans themselves. Also, I found that the name "Buy 'n Large" signified how humans are used to living so excessively, and that we keep wanting more and more. And sure, the Axiom seems like a nice place to live (no working? EVER? Having everything done for you?), but really, it's not a utopic kind of place at all. What kind of world is it where you can't live and be human? You're pretty much just a blob that can't do much if you live on the Axiom.

Another thing that I noticed was that as he searches through the Avalanche of Detritus, he finds a box with a wedding ring, but throws away the ring and keeps the box. I think that this shows that people nowadays are so caught up in material value. Wall-E doesn't care -- whatever he likes, he keeps. We place such high value on so many things that we're obsessed with wanting them and having them for ourselves. Simple things can still please people though, right?