I found myself laughing and giggling with my wife Tina and our son Gabby; at times, saddened at some scenes while watching the latest animation offering of Disney & Pixar in Gateway Mall this afternoon. Up took us to a roller coaster of emotions; humor was very effective -we definitely enjoyed it from beginning to end.
It’s totally different from most cartoons we’ve seen on screen. We had fun watching Finding Nemo, Incredibles, Ratatouille, and Toy Story 1 & 2 (Toy story 3 is scheduled to be released 2010) that Gabby even has played several reruns in DVD at home. The story, characters, and Up’s general appeal are all inspiring!
It’s a story of an old man, Carl who tried to fulfill his wife’s life long fancy of building their house on top of a mountain where Paradise Falls in South America is located. But since Carl’s wife, Ellie passed away without experiencing her childhood dream with her husband and a lot of hassles came in succession as their house is about to be demolished as part of community upgrading; he was sentenced by the court to be in a retirement home after hitting a member of the demolishing team in the head, Carl had finally decided to go on with the adventure of flying to Paradise Falls by tying thousands of colorful balloons to their house. Our imagination soared limitless with the plot. 😀
In the course of the flight, a boy named Russel who only wished to complete his explorer’s award with an elderly assistance badge surprisingly joined Carl in his undertaking. The rest of the story led to unexpected twists and turns that levelled down to a heart warming end.
There’s this one scene when Carl finally browsed a page in Ellie’s photo album where she wrote the lines to him, “Thank you for the adventure, go find a new one.” That was really sweet. As a family man, I can relate. It’s a running joke between me and my wife that I feel that I will die first before she does which is actually opposite with Carl and Ellie’s story. I usually tell her my wishes just in case it happens. I always want to see her reactions everytime I tease her about this.
And when the movie showed that Carl finally let go of the things that would remind him of his wife and their dreams as he had fulfilled his promise to Ellie to bring their home to Paradise Falls, it reminded me that beyond material things, our memories and feelings we shared with our love ones remain to be the most important.
And did I mention that Up’s first 20 minutes are the most moving scenes?
Two thumbs up, for Up!
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the montage of Carl’s life was heart warming.
hi meg, glad you also like the film. and thanks again for that fb add. 😀
Thanks for the review-Our family will be going to see the movie this weekend at Trinoma-will let you know how the kids liked it, 5, 2 aqe 11, 13, and 15 like it
you’re welcome, mel. i’ll appreciate if you drop by again here and post your comment about the movie. i hope you & your kids like it as we did.
I look forward to see that movie!
go ahead sidney, it’s really a hilarious but heart warming movie.
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UP UP UP!! loveee it! we watched that in 3D in GB! ang saya! pero weird din kasi i kept crying sa medyo last part, yung sa scrapbook moments hehe! 🙂
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yup, that scrapbook scene of carl in up was really touching.
the first twenty minutes and the scrapbook scene… geez, I don’t think kids should be watching this movie. too depressing. LOL.
in the movie theater, there was a collective “awwww” among the audience when we found out what happened to the house..
watched it today… must agree– two thumbs up for UP! 😀
My Wife, sister in law, daughters 11 and 13, nephew 5 an d niece 11 saw Up Yesterday. We all loved it-everybody laughed out loud a lot and we all loved the animation and the 3D effects-My five year old nephew Tyrone wanted to stay and see the movie a second time. The movie really was a lot of fun for the whole family.
I told you mel, it’s a whole lot of fun and emotional movie. good to hear you & your family like it too 😀
Hello,
I just watched UP, and was goggling the meaning of “trucs a faire” (it means “to-do list”), while I accidentally found your blog. You’re right, this movie is awesome, the special effects was cool, and the story is so touching. I’m just a regular girl, and I think adults these days are taking marriage lightly, so they ended up getting a divorce easily.. I hope someday I could find love like Carl and Ellie.. it’s so sweet.. 🙂 🙂 🙂
Thanks for sharing the movie with us,