Movie Review: UP

Stone here, and Pixar is one of those studios that just can not seem to do wrong. Even with A Bug’s Life, which is considered their weakest film, they tell compelling stories with great visuals. Up is one of those stories that will hit you in your heart, be warned now. If you cried at the end of Monsters Inc, take some tissues. Sometimes you are left wondering “How?” when they reveal the basics of their next movie. Wall-E? A robot piece? Yet it turned out beyond expectations. So that’s where UP comes in from, out of left field a leaving you wondering how it will work. That’s what is one of the things that makes this movie so good.

First and foremost, this is a sad movie. Though your kids will really like it, you have to be an adult to truely apprecdciate the story. So, Carl, the old man, is stuck in a life that he can not get over the loss of the love of his life. That’s the basic premise of this movie. It is hard to watch some scenes, like the broken mailbox, and not get a little emotional. The first few minutes is the recap of Carl’s whole life and the girl next door. Very little words, very moving scenes. That is a sign of pure visual filmamking. Cut to him as an old man lost in life and about to lose his house and that’s where UP begins. Though this movie ws presented in 3D, it’s not that “In Your Face” God awful 3D, it’s the subtle, draw you in 3D. All in all, it is a great adventure tale of letting go and remebering the good times. The kids in the theatre loved it, the adults were mostly crying by the end. It is no where near as visual as say, Finding Nemo, but it glorious to look at. Everything in this movie just fit together so well. Iwas surprised that the talking dog did not annoy me. He actually was pretty cool. And the villian is a crazy ass old man so you know old man jokes are just thrown out there left and right as the movie goes on. However, for a movie called UP, they really aren’t UP very long. They spend the majority of the movie dragging the floating house behind them as the go.

• It’s Pixar, they haven’t EVER let us down
• Partly Cloudy, the cartoon before it, was pretty funny
• the dynamic between Carl and his ‘sidekick’ is funny
• They told a very adult movie that kids will enjoy

• They weren’t really UP for very long

This is a solid 5 OF 5 because they did it again. I am telling you, see this movie in what ever format you want to, and remember to take someone special with you. And next year brings on Toy Story 3!!!