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Disney and Pixar's "Up"; WARNING, SOME SPOILERS UP AHEAD!
Topic Started: Jun 6 2009, 09:33 PM (548 Views)
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One can't really disagree when a guy says Disney hasn't exactly been on top of the world these days. Seriously, The Wild wasn't all that good, High School Musical is utter crap, such live-action TV sitcoms like The Suite Life of Zack and Cody, That's So Raven, or even worse, Hannah Montana are freakin' stupid. Attempts to take movies and make TV series out of them, like The Emperor's New School have ranged from decent to awful. And do I really need to say anything about a lot of their direct-to-DVD sequel movies? Not to mention a lot of video games based on their franchises are just a few of many movie-to-game adaptations that just don't do the trick.

About the only good things that are still able to keep Disney on its feet are some good live-action movies like the Pirates of the Caribbean films, or the Chronicles of Narnia movies, the Kingdom Hearts games... and of course, the Pixar movies. The Disney/Pixar movies have always generally been pretty good, with last year's WALL-E being one of the best animated movies I've ever seen in my entire life. If you haven't seen it, then go watch it, you can get it on DVD now. You will not regret it.

And then there's Pixar's most recent movie, Up. Up is a slightly different movie. It doesn't star any talking toys, or bugs, or monsters, or fish, or cars, or rats, or robots, and it doesn't even star any superheroes. It's just about a grumpy, old man going on an adventure with a little boy. And as they travel, a father-son sort of friendship starts to develop.

Alright, so the movie starts off with the main character, Carl Fredricksen (voiced by Ed Asner, who is mostly known for his role in the Mary Tyler Moore Show, as well as providing the voice for J. Jonah Jameson in the '94 Spider-Man cartoon), back when he was a young boy. He's in the theater, watching a news story about his childhood hero, Charles Muntz, expert pilot. When said pilot claims to have found the skeleton of a very rare bird, scientists, thinking the skeleton's fake, call Muntz a fraud. So Muntz promises that he won't come back from Paradise Falls in South America, until he finds the actual bird so he can bring it back. After that little endeavor, young Carl is on his way back home, when he meets a tomboy girl named Ellie, who is also a big fan of Muntz. After quickly becoming friends with Carl, Ellie tells him of her dream to one day move the clubhouse they're in to Paradise Falls in South America, where she'll live when she's grown up. Ellie asks Carl to promise he'll help her move it there, and he swears it. Years pass by, and the two eventually fall in love, and get married, and this is where a montage starts. They live a happy life together, and try to keep their promise to travel to Paradise Falls. Every time they try to save up money however, something else comes up. Finally, in their later years when it seems they're finally gonna make the trip, Ellie dies of old age. End of prologue. Wow. Geez, what a way to start off a movie.

This movie is pretty sad, actually. Just like WALL-E before it, I consider Up to be a real darn depressing movie. I mean, his wife dies in the beginning, how sad is that? I actually felt like I was gonna cry, and we're only in what? 10 minutes of the movie? 12? If you really feel sad by that time, then you know what type of stuff is gonna happen.

A lot of depressing stuff, really. A construction worker accidentally breaks his mailbox that he and Ellie signed, and when the guy offers to fix it, Carl bashes him on the head with his cane, which leaves a serious, bleeding injury, and Carl gets sued for it. Pretty soon, the court comes to the decision that Carl needs to be sent to a retirement village. Sometime after he and the boy (Russell) make it to Paradise Falls, he loses his house after a final battle with the main villain... daaaaang... by the end, you just wanna give Carl and Russell a hug after all the crap they go through. But there are some really touching moments during the final moments of the film, such as Carl and Russell finally forming a father-son like relationship.

There's really not much I can say at this point, all I can say overall is that it's really a touching film, and like a couple of Disney and Pixar's previous films, Up sure knows how to tug at your heartstrings. I would definitely like to go see it again, and if you liked any of Disney and Pixar's previous movies, then you should definitely give this one a watch. This one's a classic.
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Well, I'm sold.
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I saw it I loved it, there was little doubt in my mind really. Pixar can do no wrong because they love movies, they love making movies and they're about taking time and effort to make said movies enjoyable. Its a movie studio run by people who love movies.

Theres a lot to love about this movie, but I like its message the most. Life is an adventure, and because of that its not the destination that matters its the journey.

Pixar you guys will always be number SQUIRREL! ... one in my mind.
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Yeah, I'd say Pixar's pretty much made of win. As it stands, they have yet to make a movie for me to dislike, and hopefully, that day will never come. With this movie, Pixar has once again gotten to my heart.

Dang, some of their movies have had some real dramatic moments in them as of late. Wonder what Toy Story 3's gonna be like?

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Pixar you guys will always be number SQUIRREL! ... one in my mind.


Oh dang, now I have the urge to SQUIRREL!

...

Now I have the urge to do that once in a while.
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I said it before and I'll say it again, there or no such thing as a BAD pixar movie. These people have the uncanny ability to actually create something enjoyable that nearly anyone can relate to. Disney should be down on their knees thanking god that Pixar is their main life line.

This one I'm putting at #3 on my list (#1 is Wall-E, for now). As depressing as you made some parts of it sound Soni, I'd have to say it's not all that sad compared to most others Disney has thrown out. The only thing that made me shed a tear was that the whole SQUIRREL thing. Has hilarious as it was (expesially during the dogfight), it reminded me about how much my dog, Gerber, used rid our yard of the those furry tailed rats.
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Dang, some of their movies have had some real dramatic moments in them as of late. Wonder what Toy Story 3's gonna be like?


I'd say as great as the other two, but different environment. What with the dramatic changes in 3-D animation Pixar has gone through since the first one in all
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I'm sometimes surprised Pixar's been associated with Disney for so long. The two companies have had one hell of a contentous relationship. If Disney hadn't bought Pixar a couple years ago I can't help wondering if Pixar would have walked when the chance presented itself.

Anyways, I'll probably pass on this. I've never been a huge Pixar mark aside from the Toy Story films. Wall-E is the only recent one I've been interested in. They tend to be so disgustingly formulaic that it's horrifyingly noticable; several of their films share the same basic theme.

I'm waiting for Toy Story III, really. Otherwise I have to admit that I don't pay them much attention. I didn't even know they had another film coming.
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Aw, Dl don't be like that.

Well, alright. They're not your cup of tea, I understand. But do give Wall-E a chance.

Plus, they're not digustingly formulaic. At least I find they aren't.
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Dude? I just said Wall-E was the only one I was interested in. Do you guys even read my posts anymore or do you jump right to the reply box?

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Plus, they're not digustingly formulaic. At least I find they aren't.

Count how many Pixar films share this basic theme and formula:

Outsider comes into a general community, teams up to form an odd duo and takes on a common enemy in an impressive action-y climax.

You'll find that eighty percent of their films fall into that category. Pixar seems content with making the family friendly animated version of the buddy cop genre. Sorry bro, but eventually a guy gets a bit bored with that. It was great for stuff like the Toy Story films, but it is what it is.

Even a great formula can be run into the ground.
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Well I don't really find that in Pixar movies to be honest, not that much really. But to each his own, right?

And I read, I was just reassuring you that you should go see the movie is all. I should've been clearer, I'm sorry.
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Eh, don't worry about. I'm just a bit snippy about that lately. I'm a bit grumpy over the fact that few people seem to actually take in what I say anymore.

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Well I don't really find that in Pixar movies to be honest, not that much really.

More power to you. It's glaring to me though. The list of films that they've done using this theme is impressive.

Toy Story, Toy Story 2, A Bugs Life, Monsters Inc., Finding Nemo, Cars and Ratatouille. That's more than half their catalog. I don't know about this latest one though, but I wouldn't be surprised if it follows that formula too.

It's there man. If it hasn't hit you yet, then I'm glad. Means you can enjoy them all unhindered. Sadly, I have and it's started slapping me in the face every time I try to watch a Pixar film to the point where I kind of stopped bothering. I think it hit me like a kick to the groin somewhere around Cars.
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Suprised nobody's posted this yet....

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