Jordan Marquez Presents: The Top Ten Best And Worst of The Decade 00s - Number 5 Best

Welcome back to the countdown, as we are now halfway through my top ten best movies of the decade.

And continuing on,

The #5 best movie of the decade:
WALL*E (2008)

If I didn't have rules, Pixar would be dominating the top ten list. I would have included among my favorites: The Incredibles, Ratatouille and recently Up. But that would be too easy to make the list and it has to be one film of either group per entry. So it all comes down to the most ambitious, most risky and most unique with a little hint of controversy from all the Pixar films. With that comes my most favorite Pixar film and the best I have seen so far. Everyone has their favorite and I'm not disregarding the others. Up is actually my third favorite Pixar film (just riiiigghhht behind The Incredibles) and I LOVE THAT FREAKIN MOVIE SO MUCH!!! Its just that Wall-E is a little better than them. But what I'm saying is that you can always depend on the little studio filled with big imagination that is Pixar. They are a force to be reckon with.

Part of the great appeal of the film that it has on me is the right timing. I have a love for silent films like Chaplin's and Keaton's and during the time of the release, I was writing a paper about silent films and its narrative through motion and expressions. Being Pixar, they came up with the most imaginative mash-up of genres as a science-fiction romance silent film. This film compliment of both the old and new decade, having the first half play out like a silent film referencing to Chaplin's City Light and bound together many many sci-fi references from 2001: A Space Odyssey to Alien. Though it is bound with those, it is also filled with many other heavy-handed messages and issues such as corporation, consumerism, society, health, reliance on machines and the most obvious environmental. Though they are not banging you over the head with it as they are played out as clever sight gags and subtle dark humor. However they are not the forefront of the film when it is really all about the love story between two actual robots. Something Pixar has never done before. The creation of both Wall-E and Eve became one of the most adorable and most lovable couple in probably film history. Despite only communicating to each other with beeps and bloops, you do understand whats going on and really feel for their heartbeats and heartbreaks. And you get all of this in one film. Pixar.... you are just magical.

Favorite Defining Moment:
(Spoiler Alert - Don't see this until you see the movie)
There are many great moments in the film that were considered cute, funny and possibly emotional. I could pick from Eve's anger towards the ocean-liners, or Wall-E's discovery of the humans who are now extremely obese and lazy, or the heart-breaking shocking ending. But the most favorite moment that was just magical was how they define dancing. Two robots in love gliding together in space... how is that not the most romantic thing?



Tomorrow, I will reveal #4 best movie of the 00s. What will it be....