released , the environmental message was often critiqued as preachy and didactic . This film is important , however , because critics of James Cameron ' s 2009 film Avatar often argue that his movie is a direct translation of Ferngully to a more action oriented , adult viewership , film . Whatever the case , Ferngully : The Last Rainforest challenged children to think about deforestation by personifying the denizens of the forest .
In 2008 , Pixar joined the group of animated films addressing environmental disaster . Wall-E was hailed with critical acclaim . It won the Golden Globe award that year for Best Animated Feature Film ; it won both Hugo and Nebula awards for film and screenplay , and the Academy Award for Best Animated Film . Additionally , Wall-E was named TIME magazine ' s best movie of the decade . And for all of this critical acclaim and awards , Wall-E is driven by a strong environmental message .
The plot of Wall-E is simple . Humans polluted and destroyed the environment so much from lack of regulations and consumerism , they were forced to flee the planet until the planet has time to restore itself . Enter Wall- E . He is a small robot tasked with cleaning up a large metropolitan area of all the trash--until one day he finds a sapling . This starts a chain of events which still condemns consumer capitalism which treats both robots and people as commodities . The environmental message is direct and heightened by it use of minimal dialogue and sweeping vistas of a ruined planet . The tone of the film is hopeful with humans and robots ultimately joining forces to regain a presence on a revitalized Earth .
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