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Posted by GayPatriotWest at 2:00 am - May 31, 2009.
Filed under: Movies, TV & Pop Culture

And that, my friends, is the essence of what I have to say about the latest release from Disney-Pixar.

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  1. I will not let my hatred for Ed Asner impede my enjoyment of this movie.
    I will not let my hatred for Ed Asner impede my enjoyment of this movie.
    I will not let my hatred for Ed Asner impede my enjoyment of this movie.
    …

    Comment by Ignatius — May 31, 2009 @ 11:21 am - May 31, 2009

  2. Squirrel!

    Comment by The_Livewire — May 31, 2009 @ 11:43 am - May 31, 2009

  3. I hated, hated, hated this movie. I spent the entire time watching this movie being angry at it. This movie was 5 movies crammed together by a committee. I wanted to see a movie about an old man’s magical adventures in a house held aloft by balloons. What I got was a long expository section followed by the house going up, hitting a storm, and coming down. So much for the magical adventures. Then, he drags the house through the jungle?!?!? Why not climb a tree, get back in, throw stuff out, and fly? No, he has to meet a chocolate loving bird from another movie and meet a talking dog from yet another movie–there is no set up and no justification for why the dogs are there. Why did the evil guy use dogs? Why did they need to talk to him? Why did the old man stumble on the bird seconds after landing and the evil guy not see it in all the time he’s been there? And then there were the long fight scenes at the end which, again, came from another movie which was not about a man having magical adventures in a floating house. I think they were from Tomorrow Never Dies–a classic of structured, well-paced storytelling compared to this movie. If I wanted to see battles on a zeppelin, I would have seen, oh, I don’t know, any other movie in the world. This wasn’t the fun, playful surreal–this was the bad kind of surreal that actually makes NO SENSE. If you want to see a magical, imaginative movie about a floating house, see Howl’s Moving Castle.

    Comment by Ashpenaz — May 31, 2009 @ 11:56 am - May 31, 2009

  4. Say Ash, next time add SPOILER ALERT at the beginning.

    Anyways, is it me or does Carl look like Spencer Tracy?

    Comment by ThatGayConservative — May 31, 2009 @ 5:39 pm - May 31, 2009

  5. It’s not just you. :) Spencer Tracy was actually the inspiration for Carl.

    Comment by North Dallas Thirty — May 31, 2009 @ 5:54 pm - May 31, 2009

  6. Howl’s moving castle is fun. I still will see UP, though its good to hear some criticism of it. Too many glowing reviews tend to get your expectations up too high.

    Comment by American Elephant — May 31, 2009 @ 9:05 pm - May 31, 2009

  7. SPOILER ALERT:

    Why would you put a Zeppelin in a cave? WHY WOULD YOU PUT A ZEPPELIN IN A CAVE?!? You have a JUNGLE and a CANYON if you need to hide it!!! AAARRRGGGHHH!!!! (pounds head on seat in front of him.)

    Comment by Ashpenaz — May 31, 2009 @ 9:14 pm - May 31, 2009

  8. Just saw UP and loved it! It has some wonderful messages about how the boring times in life are those we remember and treasure.
    Also, there is a velvet painting moment, when the dogs are playing poker – it’s one of those scenes thats’ just there for a second, but a good tongue in cheek moment.

    As to Ed Asner, it’s not him, even if you recognize his voice. He simply does a very good acting job here. Ends up with more common sense than the actual guy.

    Comment by Leah — May 31, 2009 @ 10:00 pm - May 31, 2009

  9. Why would you put a Zeppelin in a cave?

    Because you can!!!! Question: when you played hide and seek as a kid, did you hide just around the corner from the pantry, or did you hide IN it, where it was harder to be found! I mean, come on. He’s a mad genius, it’s what mad geniuses do! And besides that, I think you’re being a little over ana…. SQUIRREL!!!!!!

    Comment by Sonicfrog — May 31, 2009 @ 10:04 pm - May 31, 2009

  10. BTW, the first fifteen minutes are worth the price of admission alone. A cartoon shouldn’t be able to make you cry at the first fifteen minutes!!! the emotional connection they build in those moments is what puts Pixar SOOOOO far ahead of everyone else. It’s brilliant film-making!

    Oh, and the opening short is not to be missed. Both, along the feature (and much of Wall-E) are a textbook example of how to make emotionally touching cinema without saying a word.

    Comment by Sonicfrog — June 1, 2009 @ 12:35 am - June 1, 2009

  11. I didn’t think this movie was going to be anything special at first. The glowing reviews did eventually wear away my skepticism. So much so that I drove two hours to see it on an IMAX screen in 3-D. It was fantastic! It had as much for adults as it did children. This impression was wide spread it seems. When I saw it there were about 3 or 4 adults to every child. It seemed to be a popular date movie. There was so much going on that I’m sure I missed some finer points and so am seeing it again with another friend who hasn’t seen it yet (just a t a local theater) the 3-D did not add significantly to the experience. If you are not a pixar fan than this is probably a netflix rental, but if you have ever enjoyed any pixar movie, even a little, you will love this one.

    I have to agree, wholeheartedly, with Sonicfrog. The wordless short in the beginning is enough incentive to go. I’ don’t think it’s better than the magician and the rabbit but it is one of the better shorts (and that is saying a lot)

    Comment by Nathan — June 2, 2009 @ 3:52 am - June 2, 2009

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