By Adam Bramwell
So I decided to watch Up today. I always like to watch films from Pixar, as they are all enjoyable and very easy to watch. They have good stories which stick in your mind which is appealing for adults, as well as the element of fun and the well thought up characters for children. Ever since Toy Story I've been willing to watch each film they release and am pleased to say I'm yet to be disappointed. "Up" is no exception to this.
It tells the heartwarming story of a boy named Call who meets a girl, Ellie at the start of the movie, whilst playing around pretending to be an explorer like his famous idol. Upon finding out that Ellie shares the same interest, they make a bond and he promises to her that one day he will help her travel to a waterfall in South America. The next sequence shows them growing old together, telling us how Carl worked selling balloons, and that they were unable to have children together, with Ellie eventually dying of old age. This sequence is one of 2 very emotional scenes in the film, and leaves us with the sad situation of Carl being a widow, who could never take his wife to South America, due to them using up the money they saved on other things.
With the movie barely started, it was predictable however to guess what was coming next. With Carl living alone in their house, and construction workers unable to force him out of his home in what now looks to be a new city, he is overprotective and quite closed off. This leads to him getting in an argument with a worker about his beloved mail box that is sentimental to him. He is forced to move out to a retirement home in a court order, but he isn't going to give "Up" that easily! With thousands of balloons tied to his chimney, he intends to fly away to South America to carry out the promise he made to Ellie. Unaware that another young wilderness explorer named Russell who came knocking at his door earlier is still on his porch, the 2 characters are stuck with each other as the house takes to the skies.
The storyline seems a little odd at first as it progresses, but you learn to like it as the movie goes on. When they arrive in South America they discover a talking dog and a large bird, which turns out is in fact being hunted by more talking dogs, who take orders from who else but Carl's idol. It explains at the start of the movie how the explorer, Charles F. Muntz, was accused of making a fake skeleton to the bird, so is out to prove everyone wrong after years searching. Up is far from being all about a storyline however, instead it is a tale of bonding between the old and young, and has a nice message to it. In one scene, Carl finds himself looking inside Ellie's explorer diary, and finds pictures of them together throughout their lives. Fighting back the tears is genuinely hard when this is shown, and makes you feel really refreshed when it's back to the nonsense of chasing talking dogs.
Overall it's an enjoyable watch, that I could definitely watch again. Although I found myself wondering where the story was going early on due to the concept of the flying house happening so soon in the film, to be honest I didn't really care about what was actually happening because I simply enjoyed it.
IMDB Score: 8.5 My Score: 7.8
It tells the heartwarming story of a boy named Call who meets a girl, Ellie at the start of the movie, whilst playing around pretending to be an explorer like his famous idol. Upon finding out that Ellie shares the same interest, they make a bond and he promises to her that one day he will help her travel to a waterfall in South America. The next sequence shows them growing old together, telling us how Carl worked selling balloons, and that they were unable to have children together, with Ellie eventually dying of old age. This sequence is one of 2 very emotional scenes in the film, and leaves us with the sad situation of Carl being a widow, who could never take his wife to South America, due to them using up the money they saved on other things.
With the movie barely started, it was predictable however to guess what was coming next. With Carl living alone in their house, and construction workers unable to force him out of his home in what now looks to be a new city, he is overprotective and quite closed off. This leads to him getting in an argument with a worker about his beloved mail box that is sentimental to him. He is forced to move out to a retirement home in a court order, but he isn't going to give "Up" that easily! With thousands of balloons tied to his chimney, he intends to fly away to South America to carry out the promise he made to Ellie. Unaware that another young wilderness explorer named Russell who came knocking at his door earlier is still on his porch, the 2 characters are stuck with each other as the house takes to the skies.
The storyline seems a little odd at first as it progresses, but you learn to like it as the movie goes on. When they arrive in South America they discover a talking dog and a large bird, which turns out is in fact being hunted by more talking dogs, who take orders from who else but Carl's idol. It explains at the start of the movie how the explorer, Charles F. Muntz, was accused of making a fake skeleton to the bird, so is out to prove everyone wrong after years searching. Up is far from being all about a storyline however, instead it is a tale of bonding between the old and young, and has a nice message to it. In one scene, Carl finds himself looking inside Ellie's explorer diary, and finds pictures of them together throughout their lives. Fighting back the tears is genuinely hard when this is shown, and makes you feel really refreshed when it's back to the nonsense of chasing talking dogs.
Overall it's an enjoyable watch, that I could definitely watch again. Although I found myself wondering where the story was going early on due to the concept of the flying house happening so soon in the film, to be honest I didn't really care about what was actually happening because I simply enjoyed it.
IMDB Score: 8.5 My Score: 7.8
I thoroughly enjoyed how you used the title of the film as a pun, "but he isn't going to give Up that easily!". I have to see this movie, i'll prolly bawl my eyes out.
ReplyDeletehe isn't going to give "Up" that easily!
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lol