Pixar’s UP 3-D (Theaters)
Five Stars, Movies — By trench on June 12, 2009 at 3:14 am | 134 VisitorsUp, Up and Away! Pixar’s latest release UP, was easily the best animated movie I’ve seen so far this year. Bob Peterson and the rest of the Disney/Pixar team have come together to produce yet another exceptional film. Without giving away too much, I will mention that UP begins with a sweet but very emotional and gut wrenching beginning. Similar to Pixar’s 2008 summer blockbuster Wall·E, the story begins with minimal dialogue, relying heavily on the expressions of its characters and mood of the music to carry the story.
What makes this film work is the outstanding development of its characters. Pixar has this uncanny ability to create characters who can easily personify themselves with a touch humanity and soul that we can easily relate to. Carl Fredrickson is a seventy eight year old widower, who loses everything he loves and becomes this grumpy old man who keeps to himself. With nothing to lose but the fond memories of his past and a “promise” he has yet to fulfill, he embarks on an incredible journey in a house carried by thousands of helium balloons.
Before embarking on his journey however, Carl is introduced to Russell, a young fun-filled boy, who is more of a comical character than anything else. Russell’s original intention was to earn an “assist the elderly” badge to complete his collection of boy scout merits, but he finds himself in the middle of something much more exciting than he can imagine.
I can honestly say that I enjoyed this film from beginning to end. My wife and I happened to watch this on our fourth year anniversary, and it was absolutely the perfect film for this occasion. Although UP is a childrens feature, I think that it will appeal to the older “married” folks much more than the kiddos. The story just has much more meaning to those who can relate better to it and truly appreciate its overall meaning and value.
OT: Did you get to watch the short film before the feature started? My wife really enjoyed interaction between the clouds and the storks. haha. I thought it was sweet. I think I’m getting old!
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I have mixed heritage of Chamorro, Filipino, and Japanese and I currently reside on the beautiful island of Guam. My interests include critiquing films, eating out, import cars, gaming, web design, MMA, and bodybuilding. I'm also a die-hard fan of both the Los Angeles Lakers and San Francisco 49ers. I hate bandwagon fans!
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My sister said she cried so hard watching this. We still have a few weeks to go here before VN gets it. I wish we had 3D….
I dont know if 3-D would make a huge difference. The CGI work is the best I’ve seen so far from PIXAR, but its really the story that sets this film apart from other animated features released this year.
The short before the film was cutesy, as with all Pixar shorts. Although the movie was predictable, it was really good. The gloomy part had me tearing, it’s a good thing I had those 3D glasses on to hide it LOL. Overall, great film better than Wall E.
I like this movie, to see how someone achieves his dream and keeps his promise to someone who he loves, and also doing amazing journey, really touching.
Finally watched this on Saturday. This was one of the most original and well written movies I’ve seen in a while. No wonder its been dominating the box office for weeks.
Man, that dogs and their dialogue had me rollin… Good stuff..
the movie is so cool. pixar talaga is the best.
i didn’t cry man. i didn’t cry, damnit! what happened was, i had something in my eye and my tear duct activated itself so it can loosen the object out.
I cried bert. lol.. This is the perfect couple film.
Although this movie has been on my watch list since the first time I saw its trailer on tv, I still haven’t seen it yet. :(
I hope I can watch it one of these days. Good review btw. :D
you need to see it with your other half. Its that type of film.