"WALL-E" and Terry Gilliam's "Brazil"

      While it may be obvious and possibly intentional since one uses the others theme music for a teaser trailer, the similarities between Andrew Stanton's "WALL-E" and Terry Gilliam's "Brazil" go beyond the depiction of a post-apocalyptic world, as both main characters are motivated not by strong political or environmental beliefs, but love.  Both characters have tedious jobs, WALL-E is basically a mobile trash compactor, and Sam Lowry of "Brazil" has a low-level government position.  The only moments they have in breaking the tedium of their daily routines is their aspirations for love, with Lowry's frequent visions of a woman in his dreams that he later identifies as suspected terrorist, Jill Layton, and WALL-E's desire for companionship as viewed in a love-scene from "Hello, Dolly!" which he later associates with the arrival of EVE, a robot sent to investigate the possible return of vegetation on Earth.  Their love for these two female characters motivates their actions throughout the films, as WALL-E tries to fulfill EVE's mission of getting the plant to the spaceship's bridge, while Lowry takes a promotion to find out more information on Layton which ultimately leads to blowing shit up with Robert De Niro for one reason or another.  One difference between the films is that "Brazil" takes place in a totalitarian society, while "WALL-E" is on the Buy-n-Large megaship.  However, some incredibly cynical people could see Buy-n-Large as a totalitarian environment since although the robots assist the human passengers with all of their needs, they also tell them what to eat, what color suit to wear, and Auto is presented as the De facto captain of the ship, refusing to follow the human captain's orders.  Of course, Auto has been programmed not to return to Earth because it is deemed uninhabitable, but so what.  In the end, both WALL-E and Lowry live happily ever after with EVE and Layton, although Lowry turns out to be only imagining his happiness while he is actually strapped to a chair in a catatonic state, but hey, he thinks he's happy, and that's all that matters.  Right?