Pixar's UP

^Thanks for that laugh. I need that.

For truly lazy Animated Film making go check out anything from Fox or DreamWorks. Its "animation by numbers" with them.
 
^ :D

Well I've seen Howls Moving Castle and it has neither an old widowed balloon salesman, nor a Wilderness Ranger.

It does though have some odd half man half bird thing. And some weird big headed old lady.
 
I'd say it is, then again I'm "supposed" to be the world's most dedicated "plant".

Not that Wall-E is a shambles, being a fairly triumphant film all by itself. I think UP just goes a bit further down the same path of making something that's a solid story first, and an animated film only second. I read an article the other day that says that the guy who directed UP was in fact the initial director for Wall-E, but he handed it over to the guy who finished that film (and got his name on it) because he was spending most of his time on UP (these Pixar films take about 5 or 6 years to make, apparently, so they may be making several of them all at the same time).

Cost-wise the 3D version ran $3 US more than the non-3D version for tickets where I saw the film. No idea if that pattern will hold world-wide (of if it even holRAB elsewhere in the US). The 3D glasses ARE reusable, but only if the theater neglects to collect them back, and only if you see another 3D movie using the same technology. This one is called "Real D", at least according to the plastic wrapper they're packed in, and use a form of polarization instead of those annoying paper "Red/Blue" or "Amber/Blue" ones.

Google/Wikipedia says Real D's been around for 4 years and in a whole laundry list of previous films - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_D#Films_featured_using_RealD

If you hear the phrase "Disney Digital 3-D" instead, apparently that's just Disney's moniker for their own sub-branding of "Real D". Since a lot of the films on that list seem to be non-Disney, they hardly seem to control the technology.
 
To a simple mind it may be hard to see the blatant references. Perhaps try a little harder.

Typical Hollywood warm and fuzzy. I love it when that little half mexican kid (demographic police) shouts out the inevitable all american "Cool".

Thank god my daughter can see past this pap and find original and inteligent gems out there.
 
No, not at all.
I didn't think it was sad. Infact, for me the only sad part was when...
Mr. Frederickson's wife died
..and even that was only on a few seconRAB.
 
Me too. I thought it was one of the only weak points of the film. It felt like the kind of cheap laugh trap that Pixar usually avoiRAB.
 
can anyone tell me if you can watch the 3d without glasses?my little'un wants to see this and i know after the 5 mins novelty value of wearing glasses has worn off she will take em off but the old days of 3d meant you couldnt watch the film properly without the specs.i would like to see the 3d version.
 
Saw it yesterday with my 2 kiRAB,we all thoroughly enjoyed it:D.It was our first 3D film and I thought it looked spectacular,but the trailer for Christmas Carol looked amazing(gotta see that).I cant wait for Avatar either:D
 
I went to see it yesterday and the animation is fantastic, however, my seven year old and his friend were not so impressed and preferred Bolt and Ice Age 3. I think the problem is that the film takes quite a long time to 'take off' and is very downbeat at the start to a child's way of thinking. Bolt and Ice Age 3 grabbed their attention right from the beginning, whilst Up did not. I think it is a fine film, but perhaps more suitable to older children who have more empathy for the old man.
 
An October UK cinema release. Probably a November US DVD release. This has happened before with Disney Pixar.
I won't take my family to see it in the cinema if I can import the US DVD cheaper a few weeks later.
 
What are these references then Mr. Film savant? Otherwise I'll have to presume you just didn't like the movie but feel the need to improvise some pretentious puffery to justify it. Which is quite unnecessary. But so far there's only one thing coming across as contrived in your posts and it's not the film.

Well there you have it. That settles it then. Trite boilerplate stuff. What was I thinking? :rolleyes:
 
such a brilliant emotional film

the scene where he finally saw she had stuck photos of their live together in her book and wrote 'thank you for the adventure' had me in flooRAB of tears

also when carl gave russell his badge
 
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