2009 Directed by Pete Docter
Carl Fredricksen spent his entire life dreaming of exploring the globe and experiencing life to its fullest. But at age 78, life seems to have passed him by, until a twist of fate (and a persistent 8-year old Wilderness Explorer named Russell) gives him a new lease on life.
Ed Asner Christopher Plummer Jordan Nagai Bob Peterson Delroy Lindo Jerome Ranft John Ratzenberger David Kaye Elie Docter Jeremy Leary Mickie McGowan Danny Mann Donald Fullilove Jess Harnell Josh Cooley Pete Docter Mark Andrews Bob Bergen Brenda Chapman Emma Coats John Cygan Paul Eiding Tony Fucile Teresa Ganzel Sherry Lynn Laraine Newman Teddy Newton Jeff Pidgeon Valerie LaPointe Show All…
Shawn Krause Dave Mullins Michael Venturini Kyle Ranson-Walsh Bob Whitehill Russell J. Stough Jaclyn Simon Yoshi DeHerrera
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Dad what's wrong?
Grown up stuff, sweetheart.
Like what?
Daddy's just a bit afraid for the world.
Is it because of the Orange Hamster Man?
Yep.
Are you sad?
A bit.
Wanna watch a movie?
Yeah.
Which one?
You pick.
My kids know me so well.
My family went to see Up on my grandpa’s 70th birthday back in 2009. When the movie was over, I remember everyone being ecstatic - and undeniably moved. At age 9, I think it was probably the first time I’d seen my parents shed tears in a movie. My dad immediately dubbed the first 15 minutes of the film “The Robot Test” - because “if you don’t cry in the first 15 minutes, you’re a robot.”
My grandpa, Jim, loved Up more than anyone else. As soon as he’d seen it once, he wanted to see it again. Happy to do so, we all went back to the theater for the second time that day. A few weeks later, my…
One hundred years from now, film scholars will study the 15 wordless minutes near the beginning of this movie as one of the finest examples of storytelling across any medium or genre. I say this without threat of hyperbole.
Cute kiddie fluff with an excellent opening and score. Take those out and ehhhhh. Don't get me wrong, Dug is really funny and it's a nice little adventure but it's not really thematically cohesive like Wall-E or Shrek 2. If people could stop calling this the greatest Pixar movie based off of the opening alone that'd be great.
the first ten minutes are great for introducing children to the concept of sadness
now I’m just imagining me in my eighties finally meeting my childhood idol, paris hilton, and her trying to kill me on top of a plane backed by her army of chihuahuas
The 4 minute long montage of Ellie and Carl just being the cutest couple ever completely destroyed me.
Classic Pixar
This movie is so perfect it feels like a work of alchemy. The only way I can conceive of someone creating something this moving and funny and exciting is if they first went down to the crossroads and made a deal with Satan. I waffle on Pixar's greatest masterpiece (FINDING NEMO and MONSTERS INC. are usually my other contenders) but for now, I'm going with UP.
(Tumble’s annual Pixar challenge because she’s now finally watching “Turning Red” a month later #10)
“Adventure is out there”
Up is more than what its first 10 minutes are to many people who see it just for it. It’s a beautiful tale of a man finding a new purpose of adventure and sometimes most people forget that that’s the main story of it all. It’s a sad movie, but it also has some great comedic moments and action scenes, but I sometimes think that people really overshadowed it all just for this alone, but that’s my opinion at least
I always cry at this, who doesn’t? The relationship between Carl and Ellie (and later Russell) is really sweet and fascinating…
It was especially amusing to watch Up projected in the woods for our Cub Scout camping trip.
"Tents are hard ... Wait. Aren't you super wilderness guy, with the GPMs and the badges? ... Yeah, but can I tell you a secret? ... No ... All right ... Here it goes ... I never actually built a tent before ... There, I said it."
Yes, UP is whimsically sweet and emotional, but this movie really loses me by the time the giant bird shows up. But it still has that heartbreaking opening, along with sudden bursts of comedy that still make it a fun but crazy ride to watch with friends.
"The wilderness must be explored! CA-CA! RAAWWRR!"
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