Breaking Down: Up
Didn't have a good place to put this in the essay itself, but here's a word cloud for it (all ~7,000 words):
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I like your minutes style and a deeply personal touch to it. It's too bad I don't watch animation movies and my knowledge don't go beyond Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs or Tom and Jerry.
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UP was my #1 film for 2009
And with good reason. I remember getting teary eyed at two sequences, the beginning of course and the second is when he finally discovers the second half of the book is filled with photos.
Emotional, gorgeous, funny. This film has it all. How many movies can claim they had the entire audience crying within the first ten minutes???
And with good reason. I remember getting teary eyed at two sequences, the beginning of course and the second is when he finally discovers the second half of the book is filled with photos.
Emotional, gorgeous, funny. This film has it all. How many movies can claim they had the entire audience crying within the first ten minutes???
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What a perfect quote to end your essay Chris, sums up the film to perfection. I love Up, it's such a layered film and can be enjoyed by all ages. Really enjoyed reading the essay
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Wow. Amazing piece of work this essay. Thanks. I don't generally dig animated movies but UP is easily in my top 3.
If I get a bit more time I'll try and read it in depth more as it's alot to take in.
If I get a bit more time I'll try and read it in depth more as it's alot to take in.
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Loved the essay. I welled up just reading it. Might need to throw it in this weekend. That Lewis quote! No one writes about the human condition more poignantly and poetically.
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Thanks, sean. Means a lot. I welled up a lot writing it. Certain parts get me even re-reading or editing them for literally the 50th time.
Very true. And the quote itself? Specifically mentions love, hiding yourself from the world, how it affects your heart ("cross your heart"), and even animals. It's probably a stretch to think this was Docter's touchstone while writing the film, but he's a fan of Lewis, and if it was what he had in mind the film wouldn't have looked very different than what we got.
That Lewis quote! No one writes about the human condition more poignantly and poetically.
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I like your minutes style and a deeply personal touch to it. It's too bad I don't watch animation movies and my knowledge don't go beyond Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs or Tom and Jerry.
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Specifically mentions love, hiding yourself from the world, how it affects your heart ("cross your heart"), and even animals. It's probably a stretch to think this was Docter's touchstone while writing the film, but he's a fan of Lewis, and if it was what he had in mind the film wouldn't have looked very different than what we got.
I am going to get personal for a minute. This part of the quote right here, "Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries". Boy oh boy, he couuld have added the name Sean at the end of that. That's me since my divorce. Ugh, makes me sick that I am allowing myself to do that. I have my boys, of course, and I throw myself into them. There is no vulnerability in that though. Sorry for the rant Mofo but everyone go out and watch Up and read more Lewis immediately.
Great stuff Yoda.
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I don't think it is much of a stretch at all. How far into writing this or watching the movie did the quote occur to you?
It was quite awhile before I realized just how close our first viewing of the film was to the proposal, too. That's one of the reasons this whole thing dragged on: parallels, both narratively and personally, just kept revealing themselves.
I am going to get personal for a minute. This part of the quote right here, "Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries". Boy oh boy, he couuld have added the name Sean at the end of that. That's me since my divorce. Ugh, makes me sick that I am allowing myself to do that. I have my boys, of course, and I throw myself into them. There is no vulnerability in that though. Sorry for the rant Mofo but everyone go out and watch Up and read more Lewis immediately.
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Why not?
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I can dig that (about animation), but with Pixar (and Up, in particular) we're seeing films that aren't nearly as goofy or relatively unserious as the Shreks of the world. I mean, the main character is an 80-year-old man, for crying out loud. It's about real stuff.
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Glad to see you got it up
Will have to read it later, at the latest tomorrow as it's pretty lengthy and i've not got the time right now. Looking forward to it.
Will have to read it later, at the latest tomorrow as it's pretty lengthy and i've not got the time right now. Looking forward to it.
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Ah, excellent. As usual, I have around zero minutes to read while I am at work, but I will make sure to check this out as soon as I have a bit of time. looking forward to it!
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I might not have liked "Up" as much as you did (I thought the first 15 minutes were perfect, and everything after that was just okay), but reading your essay makes me want to re-watch it again. Great stuff.
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Yoda's writing vs not loving the movie when I saw it, what will win?
Also I liked the personal touch at the start about the film's proximity to your momentum toward marriage. Just imagine, if you had waited to go to the movies until the next day, The Proposal would have been in theaters you could have a very different engagement, one with actually heartfelt reception music.
WARNING: "Spoilers" spoilers below
I typed this after, the writing already won. As expected, I'm more drawn to the movie now.
Also I liked the personal touch at the start about the film's proximity to your momentum toward marriage. Just imagine, if you had waited to go to the movies until the next day, The Proposal would have been in theaters you could have a very different engagement, one with actually heartfelt reception music.
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I might not have liked "Up" as much as you did (I thought the first 15 minutes were perfect, and everything after that was just okay), but reading your essay makes me want to re-watch it again. Great stuff.
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Yoda's writing vs not loving the movie when I saw it, what will win?
WARNING: "Spoilers" spoilers below
I typed this after, the writing already won. As expected, I'm more drawn to the movie now.
Also I liked the personal touch at the start about the film's proximity to your momentum toward marriage. Just imagine, if you had waited to go to the movies until the next day, The Proposal would have been in theaters you could have a very different engagement, one with actually heartfelt reception music.
(But seriously, that joke gets a , bumped to a for actually finding a film release that fit the date.)
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