Saw it this afternoon in 3-D. Frankly, you don't need the 3-D. It's a beautiful film in all senses of the word. Humor, yes, action too, but man... it's the most unlikely love story, most unlikely buddy movie, and most unlikely road trip flick I've seen. Pixar took a lot of chances with this movie, but they all paid off.
I was doubtful they could make me like talking cars. Or feel bad for a robot. But, "Cars" was fun and "Wall-E" was great. Here Pixar finally moves to human characters ("Incredibles" notwithstanding), with a grumpy old protagonist to boot. Yet, once again, they defied expectations.
Sure, I liked the little kid. Refreshingly, a Disney character who's mother is not dead or absent (it's the father this time), and an Asian face who's ethnicity isn't remarked upon once. But the story of Carl? There's more depth there than in most films with flesh-and-blood actors.
The musical score by Michael Giacchino (composer behind many other great scores, including "LOST") was, at times, easily half of the magic of "Up."
I was doubtful they could make me like talking cars. Or feel bad for a robot. But, "Cars" was fun and "Wall-E" was great. Here Pixar finally moves to human characters ("Incredibles" notwithstanding), with a grumpy old protagonist to boot. Yet, once again, they defied expectations.
Sure, I liked the little kid. Refreshingly, a Disney character who's mother is not dead or absent (it's the father this time), and an Asian face who's ethnicity isn't remarked upon once. But the story of Carl? There's more depth there than in most films with flesh-and-blood actors.
The musical score by Michael Giacchino (composer behind many other great scores, including "LOST") was, at times, easily half of the magic of "Up."
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