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IreneUp, up, and up some more… (UP in 3D)
June 8th 2009 16:03
On a spur of the moment request from my son, I attended the movie UP in 3D. I could only remember my last 3D experience of Jaws III and being thoroughly unimpressed with the technology. Boy, was I in for a shock! We purchased our drinks, popcorn, and candy (did I mention I was with a 7-year-old?); rushed into the theatre (thankfully, the cost of a second mortgage's worth of food spared us the 20 minutes of commercials that moviegoers are now inundated with prior to the feature); and found seating as the opening credits started rolling. I had to blink a couple of times and refrain from yelling, “Focus!” as I realised that the image on the screen was supposed to be blurred without the 3D glasses. We donned our glasses and were instantly immersed into the world the artists at Pixar created.
Pixar is the little company that has never had a flop movie and who has masterminded movies such as WALL-E, The Incredibles, Cars, and Toy Story. The film's protagonist Carl (brought to life by the ever-capable Ed Asner) is a senior citizen whose life is at a crossroads. Ellie, his loving wife and childhood sweatheart has passed away. Now that he's alone, Carl watches the world change around him. One day a faceless corporation (down to a Man in Black with dark shades) threatens to take his home away and place him in a retirement home. But Carl made a promise years ago to take his wife to Paradise Falls in South America, and decides in a final act of defiance to use thousands of balloons to lift his home into the sky and transport it to Paradise Falls.
However, Carl inadvertently brings along Wilderness Scout Russell, who has only one merit badge to go to move up to a senior rank. Carl, the loveable curmudgeon, is on a tight schedule and determines to send the boy packing as soon as he can safely land his dirigible. It turns out that Russell has some issues: his parents are divorced and his father’s new companion has little love for the admittedly annoying (on the surface at least) child who only wants time and approval from his father. I couldn’t help but feel a pang of sadness and reached for my son’s hand at this point.
After a short span Carl and his stowaway make it to Paradise Falls, but land just short of the area where Carl must land to keep his promise. The unlikely pair begins a trek across the plateau, pulling the floating house. The two come across an explorer named Muntz (the great Christopher Plummer), a hero to both Carl and Elllie who'd been missing and thought dead. It's revealed that Muntz had become obsessed with his discovery of a rare bird, and had focused many years of his youth to try to capture a live specimen of the animal. Muntz has trained a large pack of dogs and equipped them with special collars that convert their thoughts into human speech. This odd plot device is hilarious, especially for kids (mine still makes random outburts of "Squirrel!").
Muntz's obsession corrupts him, and he becomes the villain when he starts to view Carl as competition in the search for the rare bird. Through his adventures with Russell, Carl discovers he still has more to give, even if he is elderly. All in all, UP is a fun movie and exactly what you would expect from the crew at Pixar. Bring your kids--and the grandparents too.
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Pixar is the little company that has never had a flop movie and who has masterminded movies such as WALL-E, The Incredibles, Cars, and Toy Story. The film's protagonist Carl (brought to life by the ever-capable Ed Asner) is a senior citizen whose life is at a crossroads. Ellie, his loving wife and childhood sweatheart has passed away. Now that he's alone, Carl watches the world change around him. One day a faceless corporation (down to a Man in Black with dark shades) threatens to take his home away and place him in a retirement home. But Carl made a promise years ago to take his wife to Paradise Falls in South America, and decides in a final act of defiance to use thousands of balloons to lift his home into the sky and transport it to Paradise Falls.
However, Carl inadvertently brings along Wilderness Scout Russell, who has only one merit badge to go to move up to a senior rank. Carl, the loveable curmudgeon, is on a tight schedule and determines to send the boy packing as soon as he can safely land his dirigible. It turns out that Russell has some issues: his parents are divorced and his father’s new companion has little love for the admittedly annoying (on the surface at least) child who only wants time and approval from his father. I couldn’t help but feel a pang of sadness and reached for my son’s hand at this point.
After a short span Carl and his stowaway make it to Paradise Falls, but land just short of the area where Carl must land to keep his promise. The unlikely pair begins a trek across the plateau, pulling the floating house. The two come across an explorer named Muntz (the great Christopher Plummer), a hero to both Carl and Elllie who'd been missing and thought dead. It's revealed that Muntz had become obsessed with his discovery of a rare bird, and had focused many years of his youth to try to capture a live specimen of the animal. Muntz has trained a large pack of dogs and equipped them with special collars that convert their thoughts into human speech. This odd plot device is hilarious, especially for kids (mine still makes random outburts of "Squirrel!").
Muntz's obsession corrupts him, and he becomes the villain when he starts to view Carl as competition in the search for the rare bird. Through his adventures with Russell, Carl discovers he still has more to give, even if he is elderly. All in all, UP is a fun movie and exactly what you would expect from the crew at Pixar. Bring your kids--and the grandparents too.
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Wilson, so not going to laugh at the cartoons and anime comment, I tend to find better story and character development in anime then most of the crap that seeps out from Hollywood.
Mattea, you so must see it in 3D!! It was a whole new movie going experience for me.
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Maybe I'll pay the difference. I really do want to see it in 3D.