Comments on: UP http://10moviestosee.com/2009/06/01/up/ Sat, 29 Jan 2011 01:47:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: DVD Tuesday - November 10, 2009 | Toronto Film Scene http://10moviestosee.com/2009/06/01/up/comment-page-1/#comment-803 DVD Tuesday - November 10, 2009 | Toronto Film Scene Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:40:54 +0000 http://10moviestosee.com/?p=970#comment-803 [...] is joined by a stowaway, young wilderness adventurer Russell.  A must-see Pixar flick!  Check out Trista’s review. #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; [...] [...] is joined by a stowaway, young wilderness adventurer Russell.  A must-see Pixar flick!  Check out Trista’s review. #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; [...]

]]> By: Trista http://10moviestosee.com/2009/06/01/up/comment-page-1/#comment-410 Trista Mon, 01 Jun 2009 17:09:57 +0000 http://10moviestosee.com/?p=970#comment-410 Hmmmm. It's possible that I should have specified. I was surprised that it was so adult and I was surprised that the story contained so much more than the trailer let on - usually they give it all away in the trailer. You're right though, kids laughing and chatting about it after is, in fact, the highest praise a movie can be given. Hmmmm. It’s possible that I should have specified. I was surprised that it was so adult and I was surprised that the story contained so much more than the trailer let on – usually they give it all away in the trailer.

You’re right though, kids laughing and chatting about it after is, in fact, the highest praise a movie can be given.

]]> By: Bob Turnbull http://10moviestosee.com/2009/06/01/up/comment-page-1/#comment-409 Bob Turnbull Mon, 01 Jun 2009 16:57:33 +0000 http://10moviestosee.com/?p=970#comment-409 "Up" didn't surprise me at all. I go into every Pixar film with staggeringly difficult expectations to meet. And they almost always exceed them - which they did here as well. So how can I be surprised when they do this over and over? I admit "Ratatouille" (as beautiful looking as it was) didn't grab me as much, except when the critic eats the Ratatouille near the end - that scene alone was absolutely spot on perfection. One of the areas where I've seen Pixar get criticized is in its use of standard old themes and how so many other films have tread on similar ground. The problem with that criticism is that virtually none of those previous films (animated or otherwise) that cover those similar themes do it near as well as Pixar. As a matter of fact, Pixar makes those other films kinda redundant for trying to touch those themes. Suck on that Armond White. My wife and I brought our 8 year old son and his buddy. They loved it almost as much as we did. Particularly the chase sequences and Dug ("Squirrel!"). They may have missed some of the subtleties of the opening 15 minutes (documenting the relationship of Carl and his wife) as well as the fatherless Russell, but they still giggled and excitedly chatted about it afterwards. High praise if you ask me... <abbr><em>Bob Turnbull’s last blog post..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EternalSunshineOfTheLogicalMind/~3/ReR5a_9V1b8/brief-almodovar-pause.html" rel="nofollow">A Brief Almodovar Pause...</a></abbr></em> “Up” didn’t surprise me at all. I go into every Pixar film with staggeringly difficult expectations to meet. And they almost always exceed them – which they did here as well. So how can I be surprised when they do this over and over? I admit “Ratatouille” (as beautiful looking as it was) didn’t grab me as much, except when the critic eats the Ratatouille near the end – that scene alone was absolutely spot on perfection.

One of the areas where I’ve seen Pixar get criticized is in its use of standard old themes and how so many other films have tread on similar ground. The problem with that criticism is that virtually none of those previous films (animated or otherwise) that cover those similar themes do it near as well as Pixar. As a matter of fact, Pixar makes those other films kinda redundant for trying to touch those themes. Suck on that Armond White.

My wife and I brought our 8 year old son and his buddy. They loved it almost as much as we did. Particularly the chase sequences and Dug (“Squirrel!”). They may have missed some of the subtleties of the opening 15 minutes (documenting the relationship of Carl and his wife) as well as the fatherless Russell, but they still giggled and excitedly chatted about it afterwards. High praise if you ask me…

Bob Turnbull’s last blog post..A Brief Almodovar Pause…

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