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In Reply to: RE: "Up:" don't expect much and you'll be disappointed. posted by tinear on June 13, 2009 at 13:42:34
and most of the characters they encountered as well, but it did not seem to matter, for some reason - maybe the pace of the movie - I was swept away and enjoyed my viewing.
Some of the scenes at the end were mind numbingly realistic. I was feeling queasy when they were on the zeppelin and I saw it in 2D.
thanks
Phil
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after the brilliance of that opening and very realistic 7-minutes, we were taken to la-la land. It may have worked if it were a dream sequence of the old coot but playing it for fantasy after that beginning..... death knell.
The first 5-10 minutes is brilliant, but it really falters from there. The keying on the danger of the compressed air tanks, and Quint destroying the radio. You could see where it was going.
I think Spielberg is greatly talented, a born filmmaker.
But I cordially loath Jaws, a manipulative, one trick pony of a movie that I literally find unwatchable.
I'm not a snob - I love The Hidden frex.
But I truly HATE Jaws.
Oh...and I quite liked Up.
Sorry to differ so strongly. My impression: UP is a wonderful film about lost opportunities, dreams re-envisioned, loneliness, the isolation of being an outcast and coming to grips with age in a changing world. The adventure, or fantasy if you prefer, is crucial to the depressed and angry elderly man's adaptation to the real world at the film's conclusion. It is also crucial to the boy finding someone who believed in him (the elderly man assumes the role of father figure). This is one of the most poignant, bittersweet films PIXAR has ever dared to make.
As I pointed out below, the "goony" bird was merely a clever MacGuffin, but saving the rare bird and it's offspring from the bitter old adventurer (the once thought heroic figure from the old man's youth who turns out to be an opportunistic scoundrel) leads to the old man rediscovering his compassion and learning to see the world in a different way while providing the means by which the desperate-to-please underachieving boy acquires his own self worth. You may think that I'm reading too much into this movie, but I'm not; I suggest watching it again (hopefully under better circumstances).
IMHO, this is one of the great PIXAR films (on a par with Wall-E, Cars, The Incredibles and Monsters Inc.), perhaps not as brilliant as Finding Nemo, Ratatouille or Toy Story I & II, but far superior to A Bug's Life. Note: FTR, I'm not even a dog lover, but those talking dogs were a hoot (SQUIRREL!).
Cheers,
AuPh
in the levels below them "Up" is.
Lugging the house just was a bad plot device. An allegory that didn't work. The plot was convoluted with the bird and the house.
Hey, you like a lot of stuff I loath. That's okay. I'm down with it. Really.
Now, go watch "Oldboy."
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