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Russell: [Whining] I'm tired! My knee hurts!
Carl Fredricksen: Which knee?
Russell: ...My elbow hurts!
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Introduction: The Curtain-Raiser
Directed by Pete Docter, Up comes from the folks who work at Pixar Animation Studios, one of the most consistent modern cinema production firms. Up was Hollywood's tenth feature film, which followed the popularity of movies like the Wall. E (2008), Toy Story (1995), The Incredibles (2004), and Finding Nemo (2003).
Release date - 11 September 2009 (India)
Director - Pete Docter
Genre - Animation Adventure; Comedy; Family
Featured song - Married Life
Cast - Ed Asner, Christopher Plummer, Jordan Nagai, Pete Docter, Bob Peterson, Delroy Lindo
Awards - Academy Award for Best Animated Feature Film
Delivering family-friendly refreshments is no longer a thing. They are now employing CG technology to exemplify animation filmmaking, giving this formerly confined genre, primarily focused on engaging five-year-olds, a distinctive cinematic persona that mature moviegoers can feel comfortable enjoying and find themselves unashamed of appreciating.
Plot Synopsis - Spoiler Alert!
Bring Box of tissues because only the most hardened hearts will not be brought to tears when we meet Carl Fredricksen, a quiet and reserved man who admires famed explorer Charles Muntz.
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“You don't talk much... I like you!”
Young Ellie: [to Carl]
Carl meets the lively and outspoken Ellie through their shared interest in exploration. They grow up, marry, and start a family together. In a touching sequence with no dialogue, we watch their victories, traumas, and, ultimately, her death. Carl (Ed Asner) hides out in his home after Ellie's death, which developers seek to level to build towers.
When it appears that Carl will be forced to relocate, the retired balloon salesman fills hundreds of balloons with spare helium tanks. He fastens them to the chimney grate, prepares a handful of sails, and launches his house above the city. His goal is South America's famed Paradise Falls, a trip he and Ellie had planned but never executed.
The interior design is one of those cinematic settings that you have the impression that you'll remember. Carl soon finds that he is on his makeshift airship with an unintended passenger: Russell, a passionate explorer, whose purpose is to gain his final degree, in helping the elderly.
They arrive in South America after a challenging voyage, where they discover a bunch of talking dogs and a multicolored ostrich-like bird that follows Russell. These are not the normal canines: their anonymous master has fitted the specially trained dogs with high-tech collars, which give their thoughts a voice, including their obsessions with goodies and squirrels.
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Carl Fredricksen: This is crazy. I finally met my childhood hero and he's trying to kill us. What a joke.
Dug: Hey, I know a joke! A squirrel walks up to a tree and says, "I forgot to store acorns for the winter and now I am dead." Ha! It is funny because the squirrel gets dead.
One puppy, the companion Dug (Bob Peterson, writer/co-director), takes Carl as the master despite the preferences of the old trout. But the support of Dug is crucial as the adventure develops with crazy action that becomes a little too tedious sometimes.
The adventures in the jungle aren't the whole point of the film. There are stakes involved, personalities show up and two elderly men fight in their lives for meaning. And a child that is not cleverer than all adults for once. And a loyal truthful dog. And a sidekick for the animal. And that house and the balloons constantly on your screen.
This isn't simply a "Monsters vs. Aliens" movie, which is mainly hyperactive, this movie is an atmosphere in itself.
Narrative Style and Characterisation
The animated tale of 'Up' is as tender as that of the mystical animated features of my childhood while I innocently believed that they were realistic as ordinary films since they had brighter colors, their characters were better defined and their narratives simpler.
"Up" is a spectacular film, with characters as credible as any character, who spend a lot of time hovering over Venezuela's rainforests. They have toddler tantrums, troubles, and obsessions. They're adorable and goofy, but not in the treacherous way that little cartoon animals are, instead they're adorable in a more human way.
Up is undoubtedly Pixar's most worrisome undertaking. In this youth-obsessed era, it is notable that two of the three main characteristics are prudent, aged men.
The central character is not a lovely fish, or acute rat, or a warm-hearted monster, but a grumpy, little, spectacular old man with a face that is as miserable as any box. "Up" does not believe all heroes must be young or charming. How lucrative is that?
Quirky Highlights from the Movie
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“You’re Weird, I Like You”
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Carl Fredricksen: Hey, let's play a game. It's called "See Who Can Be Quiet the Longest."
Russell: Cool! My mom loves that game!
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Carl Fredricksen: You'd better get up, Russell. Or else, the tigers will come and eat you.
Russell: There are no Tigers in South America. Zoology.
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Our Love Story Will Be Our Greatest Adventure
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The Bottom Line
'Up' is an incredible movie to get lost in. It has all that is necessary to make a spectacular Disney Pixar animation. The bulk of Disney films enthusiasts cannot forget this animation, it is a superb animation that has a lot more hidden meanings and abstract concepts to explore!
So if you are a Disney's head and haven’t watched this family bliss this quarantine, it’s the time to get your laptops and headphones and give your mind a refreshing treat.
My Ratings for the Movie - 5 on 5
Written By - Prakriti Chaudhary
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