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Wow... go see Up!
« on: May 30, 2009, 08:58:01 AM »
In my opinion, it's Pixar's best yet. Wow... Pixar can make a great story out of anything. Rats, Cars (who've taken over the planet after enslaving the human race), a cranky old man...

You know those old Disney movies that would make you cry? This is one of them. I cried thoughout the movie, then I laughed, and then I cried some more.

It's a wonderful film.

Yet another classic for Pixar.

If you can, go see it in Disney 3D. =)



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Re: Wow... go see Up!
« Reply #1 on: May 31, 2009, 06:33:09 PM »
i'm sorry, but i have to slightly contest that.

it was a great movie and i do highly recommend it, but i'm not sure pixar fully lived up to the expectations they've set for themselves.

it could be just that i've always found pixar's human characters a bit lacking (i will be the first to admit that i live in an imaginary world of my own) and that their anthropomorphic characters always seem to be more dimensional than the humans.

i guess my view of it can me summed up with: dont go in expecting anything like the classics of toy story or monster's inc, which is what i did. i do recommend the 3d though (kinda kicking myself for not seeing monsters vs. aliens in 3d)
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Re: Wow... go see Up!
« Reply #2 on: May 31, 2009, 07:24:30 PM »
Quote from: AcdQueen89 on May 31, 2009, 06:33:09 PM
i'm sorry, but i have to slightly contest that.

That's fine. People have different opinions. =)

But really? It's getting very positive reviews. Rotten Tomatoes gives it a 98% fresh rating. MetaCritic puts it higher than Star Trek and it's users are giving it a 9.4 average.

I saw it and was just stunned by how great it was. I thought: "Instant Classic".

But that's just me... =)
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Re: Wow... go see Up!
« Reply #3 on: May 31, 2009, 10:01:33 PM »
i was expecting more of pixar's classic stamp: unrealistic talking animals, maybe a toy or a car not doing what we expect it to be doing. it seemed a little "safe."

by no means am i saying that it's a bad movie, it's just not what i wanted from pixar.
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Re: Wow... go see Up!
« Reply #4 on: May 31, 2009, 10:24:47 PM »
Quote from: AcdQueen89 on May 31, 2009, 10:01:33 PM
i was expecting more of pixar's classic stamp: unrealistic talking animals, maybe a toy or a car not doing what we expect it to be doing. it seemed a little "safe."

by no means am i saying that it's a bad movie, it's just not what i wanted from pixar.

Wow. I took the opposite view. I thought it wasn't safe.

SPOILERS!!!!

It's one of the first "kiddie" films in a long time that didn't avoid certain issues. Two REALLY bad things happen in the film, a fairly significant implied event with the children issue (plus a few more depressing scenes). - I still don't want to spoil the film yet so I'm being vague.

Reminded me of the Disney of old when Bambi's Mom was killed and eaten.

And what about the part when the fire...

SQUIRREL!!!!
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Re: Wow... go see Up!
« Reply #5 on: June 01, 2009, 04:07:03 AM »
Looks pretty cool, but I always thought of Pixar as animators first and storytellers second. But this does look interesting...
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Re: Wow... go see Up!
« Reply #6 on: June 01, 2009, 10:54:04 PM »
I'm going to wholeheartedly agree with Doombot on this, Up was a fantastic movie! Kinda made me think of Indiana Jones at times too lol. I enjoyed all of it, it was very moving and as funny as you'd expect a Pixar film to be. At no POINT was I bored or not plastered with a silly grin on my face having fun (with exceptions to the touching moments, well done in the movie.)

Great characters all around :)
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Re: Wow... go see Up!
« Reply #7 on: June 12, 2009, 03:31:04 PM »
on the topic of pixar movies; something completely different:

did anyone else but me thought that Wall-E had a strange falloutish atmosphere ?
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