Comments on: Review: Up

By: Adolph

Adolph — Mon, 10 May 2010 01:48:16 +0000

Great review

By: Roger

Roger — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 19:19:25 +0000

I saw this at home with my wife in 2D and generally enjoyed it. I value a good story over eye candy. One typical Hollywood meme that it contained really annoyed me though, and that is "The Missing Father" meme. Why are fathers not there all the time. I know it wouldn't have worked for the characterization of Russell to have had a good father, but still I get tired of the meme.

By the way, for those not familiar with the SF Bay area, Fenton's is a real ice cream parlor in the city of Piedmont, not all the far from Emeryville, where Pixar is located. And I liked the call out to Star Wars when the dogs were chasing the house in the biplanes ("Gray leader").

By: SarahbethT

SarahbethT — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 11:28:45 +0000

This movie was wonderful…my favorite movie of 2009!

By: Roger

Roger — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 01:37:27 +0000

So, your lair is in the bar area.
I'm sure I can remember to tell everyone that whenever the chance comes up.

By: B.B.

B.B. — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 03:28:52 +0000

Then thanks are due to Mr. Katzenberg. Go climb back under a rock.

By: Luvxyz

Luvxyz — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 15:40:43 +0000

Great reveiw! I saw the movie two nights ago with my husband (we're 49 and 56) and LOVED it! At our age with parents dying and watching parents of friends lose their spouses, the emotions here are very real. I found in it the encouragement to know that life can go on and start over if needed. Here's my question: At the tail end of the credits, there was a reference along the lines of: "Thanks to the real Carl and Ellie Frederickson who encouraged us to pursue our adventures…", signed by four people who were involved with the production. I would love to know the story behind that credit. I went looking for Carl and Ellie Frederickson and found your review. P.S. – Please don't take this as a snorky remark, but you have a grammatical error (I believe) in the 2nd paragraph, 3rd sentences…the "from" at the end is redundant because you did it right at the beginning of the sentence where from really belongs. L, Richmond VA

By: David

David — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 02:34:41 +0000

I don't think he transcended his politics. The material just didn't give him the opportunity to be a communist stooge. Which is a reason to see the movie without worrying whether it has any leftist claptrap in it.

By: angie

angie — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 17:26:38 +0000

This is my new favorite moviee !!!
It really did make me go through all sorts of emotions
Pixar movies are entertaining, beautiful, touching, and just plain wonderful.
I would watch it AGAIN in theaters, and i watched it yesterday.
its so sad in some parts , but others make u cry laughing.
great humor, great storyline, great graphics..
this movie better win something. because it won my heart.

By: jimbo

jimbo — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 04:37:22 +0000

I don't see how Up trivialized the miscarriage. It very tastefully showed the event as a real and painful event in the life of any couple. It was a very real scene showing how unexpected and unfair devolopments can happen that turn things sower. Thats life. Sometimes its painful and unfair. I applaud Pixar for not shying away from painful realities of life.

By: bob

bob — Sun, 31 May 2009 20:42:07 +0000

Sorry, but Up can't quite dethrone Ratatouille for me as Pixar's #1. Close, so very close, but not quite.

Excellent review, by the way. I appreciated that you gave nothing away so I could, as you suggested, enjoy every moment. It's a truly beautiful and well done film. The live action stuff coming out of Hollywood should cower in shame.

And my two cents on Wall-E: Loved the robots, loathed the humans. They suck the entire film down the drain, and I don't care if they were a liberal or a conservative message. They, and their story, were horribly done.