David and I finally made it out of the house last night to see Up. After hearing so many good things about the film, we were both curious to see if the movie actually lives up to the hype. I’ve mentioned before … I had my doubts about WALL·E when it came out last year and was pleasantly surprised to learn that I loved it! I was hoping the same would be true for Up … and I was right:
Up has to be the most delightfully charming film that I have seen in a very long time. You can tell from the first 5 mins. of the film that it will be a truly spectacular movie. I was reticent to believe that I would fall prey to the emotional pull of the film … but it deffo grabbed a hold of my heart strings and tugged at them thruout the film. I understand it took 3 years for the story to get just right before they even animated the film … and it shows. While there are small plotholes that bothered me (eg. the age of the villain, seemed to me he should’ve been much older and less spry) the overall movie just ruled. If you haven’t seen Up yet … go see it. Do yourself a favor, spring the extra $$$ to see it in 3D … you won’t be sorry.
While we loved the film itself, the digital short that showed before the film was terrible. I didn’t like it at all … go figure.
No big plans for tonight … some errands to take care of, a haircut and prolly an iPhone upgrade. Happy weekend!
Aww, come on Trent! The short B4 the movie was awsome! I liked that better than the actual movie :)
@Nancy — You *must* be kidding? There is no way the short was better than the movie … even if you loved the film, it wasn’t even close to as good as the movie.
i loved UP and the digital short before it!
Trent, did you see this article? I think you will appreciate the movie UP even more after this…and all the folks at Pixar. http://www.ocregister.com/arti.....-home-show
What?! @ Nancy!
Up was amazing. I cried twice during the movie. It was heartbreaking, uplifting, hilarious and rewarding. I loved Kevin, Dug, Carl, Russel and Ellie. I LOVED it all!
Also, this made my day.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31.....nt-movies/
Loved the movie! But I also liked the digital short! I thought they were both adorable :)
I cried my eyes out in so many parts of that movie..I thought the short was cute, but not as good as some of the others that Pixar has done..
Are we all talking about the short with the storks and the lonesome cloud? Because if so: it was adorable!
But seriously, these movies always bring me to tears.
@Frog- I shouldn’t have gone to that link. That story was so sad. I almost cried.
Trent – I didn’t like the short either and you’re the first person I’ve found who agrees with me. I just thought is was bizarre. The clouds kinda creeped me out.
@ Margie. All the crying is exactly why I didn’t like it. I thought I was going to see some light-hearted film, end up crying my eyes out thinking about 40+ years from now and how the end might look for me & my husband. How depressing :(
I loved the movie. It’s a good reminder to all of us to do what we love when we can do it b/c life goes by so fast, but also, that it’s never too late to have a new adventure! I cried twice,and I’ve seen the movie twice, so I’ve cried 4 times, lol.
I loved the short before the movie! Just wondering, why didn’t you like it Trent?
I was dissapointed with UP and the digital short. Kind of a different film with a very sad back story. Strange for a Disney film IMO. And I didn’t see the point of the 3-D. It could have easily been a regular film and not in 3-D and nothing would have been lost at all. But I don’t think it was bad. I was just dissapointed wit it and many people I have spoken with felt the same way. But some totally loved it. So there you go. Something for everybody. Right? ;)
I LOVED UP…I’ve watched it 3 times…and all times in 3D!
the short was ok… better than the ones they did before w/ the other pixar movies.
@ Nancy. I understand. It got me thinking about my husband as well. The only thing I had trouble with, other than what Trent mentioned, were the young kids in the theater. The parents should have done research and known that the movie was rated PG and may have unsuitable subject matter for young children. I could have done without the kids takling, bored out of their minds, and trying to play while I’m trying to scarf my fries and dry my eyes out.
I loved Up, I cried so much
i loved the short. the only thing that bothered me was that it may give a false sense of “where do babies come from” to children… i mean…really… a cloud electrocutes a mini cloud and bam… BABY! ha. weird. but i loved it. i want a cloud puppy.
I am totally with you Ana S! that was truly one of the saddest things I have read in a while…well i take that back~ i read about speidi sometimes
Trent, I thought you said you didn’t feel the need to upgrade your iPhone?
@Laura — I didn’t … but on second thought the doubled harddrive capacity sounds really appealing as does the faster processor. It turns out that Gazelle will buy old iPhones so the money from that will augment the cost of the upgrade: http://www.gazelle.com/
@Danielle, it is up to parents to teach their children where babies come from, not Disney Digital Shorts. If we can allow children to believe in Santa Claus, then I see no harm in them believing the stork delivers children until they are at the appropriate age to learn the birds and the bees.
Anywho, I thought UP was simply fantastic! Probably my favorite Disney Digital movie. I thought the short was the best short Disney has EVER done, it is by far my favorite of all time. It was so cute and adorable and I just loveddd it. :]]