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Directors: Pete Docter, Bob Peterson (co-director)
Voice Actors: Edward Asner, Jordan Nagai, John Ratzenberger
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Studio: Pixar
I love the rain forest...in real life they're dark, really dark and really wet...ha go figure! Well it did rain in the movie so that was fitting. I liked how the house kept them dry as it floated overhead. Though my favorite part was the first 30 minutes as we're getting to know Carl and Ellie. Wow that was really touching film making and such good use of montages to compress the couple's story into about 20 minutes. That first act reminded of the silent film Sunrise.
I'd say the film achieved everything it set out to do, and yet there were parts that didn't really speak to me.
World Building: 5/5 I loved the old house and how it was decorated, and especially loved the interior of the giant air ship, very cool looking.
Animation: 5/5 Excellent
Character Development: 3/5Nothing outstanding in the richness of the characters (except the first act). But the characters do work well for the intended audience.
Story Premise: 5/5 The first 30 minutes were powerful after that I wasn't that connect to it, though visually it looked good.
Originality: 5/5 Pretty darn original I must say. Especially the dog culture parts that was so original! I loved the planes that had chew bones as flight control, ha!
Other Thoughts: I must say I didn't like Ed Asner as the old man Carl, he didn't seem to have much personality to me. I'd like to have seen Jack Black do the voice of Carl. I just about hated the little kid, he was made way too stupid for me to like. While I liked Dory in Finding Nemo, I never warmed up to the kid. I kept wishing he would just go away and stop ruining the movie for me.
Favorite Moments: The dog. This time the friendly dog was the biggest charmer in the movie. He added a lot of warmth and fun.
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UP (2009)
Directors: Pete Docter, Bob Peterson (co-director)
Voice Actors: Edward Asner, Jordan Nagai, John Ratzenberger
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Studio: Pixar
"By tying thousands of balloons to his house, Carl sets out to fulfill his dream to see the wilds of South America"
I love the rain forest...in real life they're dark, really dark and really wet...ha go figure! Well it did rain in the movie so that was fitting. I liked how the house kept them dry as it floated overhead. Though my favorite part was the first 30 minutes as we're getting to know Carl and Ellie. Wow that was really touching film making and such good use of montages to compress the couple's story into about 20 minutes. That first act reminded of the silent film Sunrise.
I'd say the film achieved everything it set out to do, and yet there were parts that didn't really speak to me.
World Building: 5/5 I loved the old house and how it was decorated, and especially loved the interior of the giant air ship, very cool looking.
Animation: 5/5 Excellent
Character Development: 3/5Nothing outstanding in the richness of the characters (except the first act). But the characters do work well for the intended audience.
Story Premise: 5/5 The first 30 minutes were powerful after that I wasn't that connect to it, though visually it looked good.
Originality: 5/5 Pretty darn original I must say. Especially the dog culture parts that was so original! I loved the planes that had chew bones as flight control, ha!
Other Thoughts: I must say I didn't like Ed Asner as the old man Carl, he didn't seem to have much personality to me. I'd like to have seen Jack Black do the voice of Carl. I just about hated the little kid, he was made way too stupid for me to like. While I liked Dory in Finding Nemo, I never warmed up to the kid. I kept wishing he would just go away and stop ruining the movie for me.
Favorite Moments: The dog. This time the friendly dog was the biggest charmer in the movie. He added a lot of warmth and fun.
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