Just saw Pixar's "Up". This for me is one of the best movies of 2009 so far, if not all time. You'd usually cry towards the second half of a tear jerker movie, but this one will have you reach for a tissue within the first 20 minutes! And then...the fun begins!
A gruffy old widower, Carl Fredericksen faces a lonely life ahead when he decides to have the
adventure that he and his wife had always dreamed of. He sets out for the legendary Paradise Falls in South America. His method of transport? His home, lifted by an colorful canopy of thousands of balloons. He has company though, albeit a stowaway - an 8-year-old "Wilderness Explorer" with a heart of gold, Russell.
Peter Docter has scripted a superlative work that is the dream of pure genius and is a wonderful adventure for all to behold. No wonder this movie was chosen to open at Cannes this year. And I really wish it gets the Oscar nod come March 2010.
A gruffy old widower, Carl Fredericksen faces a lonely life ahead when he decides to have the
adventure that he and his wife had always dreamed of. He sets out for the legendary Paradise Falls in South America. His method of transport? His home, lifted by an colorful canopy of thousands of balloons. He has company though, albeit a stowaway - an 8-year-old "Wilderness Explorer" with a heart of gold, Russell.Peter Docter has scripted a superlative work that is the dream of pure genius and is a wonderful adventure for all to behold. No wonder this movie was chosen to open at Cannes this year. And I really wish it gets the Oscar nod come March 2010.
Also, check out the Trivia section of the movie on IMDB, to read a heart warming story of how Pixar helped realiase a 10 year old girl's dream come true. She desperately wanted to see the movie, but the cancer-stricken girl was too sick to go to a theater. Read the same story here.
