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Kaneda · 02-09-2009, 05:02 PM

Alright, Pixar's next movie "Up" is coming out in a couple of months.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MSVa...related&fmt=18

So at NYCC I saw the first 50 or so minutes of the movie, and what I saw I believe is very good. I wrote a synopsis of what happened in that half of the movie. Naturally, spoilers.

-Movie opens with old news footage of a famous Lindberghesque pilot/explorer "Charles Muntz" who discovered some unexplored forests in South America, "Paradise Falls."

-A young (and quiet) boy, Carl, watching the footage in an old movie theater. He's an enthusiastic fan of Muntz. his walk home from the theater is a rather funny scene in which he pretends to be a famous explorer.

-On his way home he finds and enters a run down old house where he meets Ellie, a very energetic young girl who shares his interests. She wants to become a famous explorer and travel to Paradise Falls as well, they become close friends.

-A lengthy and wordless montage follows them as they grow older together. They get married, they fix up the run down house and live in it. Carl becomes a balloon salesman at a zoo. Ellie wants to have a baby, they prepare a nursery and everything, but she miscarries. Ellie is deeply effected by this, and Carl tries to get her mind off of it by bringing up adventuring again. They try to raise enough money to afford a trip to Paradise Falls, but life keeps getting in the way. Eventually Ellie dies.

-By this point the movie really properly takes off, Carl is an old man, and seems very effected by Ellie's death. Developers are trying to get Carl to sell his house they can develop in that area, but he refuses. When a construction worker accidentally damages Carl's mailbox (that he had painted with Ellie), Carl gets in a fight with him and badly hurts him (hits him with his walker.) Carl gets a court order to move to a retirement home.

-Naturally, Carl is conflicted and upset by this. The day comes when he has to move, but instead of leaving the house, he reveals that he strung up a bunch of balloons to his chimney. His house is lifted into the air, and he sets off to Paradise Falls.

-Midflight, Carl discovers Russell, essentially a Boy Scout, on his porch. Carl lets him in, but is annoyed by his energetic antics. Eventually they enter a large storm and they lose control of the house, Russell helps navigate the house through the storm as they crash near Paradise Falls. Just not quite in Paradise Falls.

-The House is still sort of in the air, but Carl and Russell are in the ground. They decide to pull the house over to Paradise Falls (there's like, a gardening hose or something they pull it by.) On the way they meet a large and colorful ostrich-like bird that accompanies them. Later they come across Doug, a dog with a collar that essentially gives him the power to speak, only he's as annoying and stupid as a dog that could actually speak would be. So the group are on their way to Paradise Falls. It seems like there's going to be some sort of antagonistic character (not revealed yet) who's pretty obviously going to be Charles Muntz, the explorer from the very beginning of the movie.

The only part I didn't like was the dogs. Dreamworks and other animation companies in general have gradually ruined the appeal of that sort of idea, so by now I just don't like them and wish they'd stay silent. They felt un-Pixarly. However, the preview ended kinda shortly after the talking dog characters were introduced, so who knows.

Tev · 02-09-2009, 05:22 PM

I'm very much looking forward to this. By the time it comes ot my local theaters will be outfitted with 3D projectors though and I'm not sure how I'm going to take that.

Meister · 02-09-2009, 05:38 PM

I'm reading about a movie that seems to have a very charming story and is made by a company known for their high-quality products, and the first thing I'm thinking is "goddamn it, another good thing that's gonna be ruined by the inevitable torrent of McDonald's toys and shitty videogame cash ins." There's something wrong with me or with our culture. Feel free to take your pick.

Still gonna go see it, of course.

Tev · 02-09-2009, 06:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Meister

I'm reading about a movie that seems to have a very charming story and is made by a company known for their high-quality products, and the first thing I'm thinking is "goddamn it, another good thing that's gonna be ruined by the inevitable torrent of McDonald's toys and shitty videogame cash ins." There's something wrong with me or with our culture. Feel free to take your pick.

Still gonna go see it, of course.

Actually, can you imagine what they would have to do to get game out of a movie about a flying house? At least it might be something new and different. Or it'll end up like Wall-E with our little robot friend rolling around with a lazer pistol for no good reason. Actually, I'm sure you're right. It'll be a shitty game that's like a space shooter with you firing tenis balls at enemy birds before they pop your balloons and you go crashing to Earth. Dammit.

Kaneda · 02-09-2009, 09:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Tev

Actually, can you imagine what they would have to do to get game out of a movie about a flying house? At least it might be something new and different. Or it'll end up like Wall-E with our little robot friend rolling around with a lazer pistol for no good reason. Actually, I'm sure you're right. It'll be a shitty game that's like a space shooter with you firing tenis balls at enemy birds before they pop your balloons and you go crashing to Earth. Dammit.

Actually, surprisingly little of the movie is spent in the flying house. The game will just be running around the jungle beating up animals with your walker.

Magus · 02-10-2009, 12:24 PM

That movie looks absolutely delightful. So much so I'm not afraid to say "delightful".

It's amazing that they can adapt the sort of weird story about someone crazy enough to tie balloons to their lawn chair and, armed only with bologna sandwiches and an air rilfe with which to pop the balloons, into a story about a cranky old man who turns his house into an airship and just make us absolutely love it as opposed to simply finding it amusing.

Nique · 02-11-2009, 02:06 AM

I'm trying to approach this the same way I've approached all Pixar movies after Bug's Life, which is to say that I choose to believe this will be the one that breaks the winning streak even though I know full well that it will be awesome.

Is that superstitious?

Amake · 02-16-2009, 03:19 AM

Wait, it's a movie about people? Just when I thought they'd never stop coming up with original inanimate objects or animals to antropomorphize. Well, it'll probably be entertaining any which way.

And I gotta say, I have literally no knowledge of any toy or videogame tie-ins with with Disney movies past Tarzan so I'm doubting any of it has the capacity to ruin the movie.

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... Kingdom Hearts?

All I know about that Disney-wise is that Donald Duck is in it. >_>

Nique · 02-16-2009, 01:45 PM

... Kingdom Hearts?

02-09-2009, 05:02 PM	#1
Kaneda Pitch black and covered in soot. Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Bennington, Vermont Posts: 729	Up Alright, Pixar's next movie "Up" is coming out in a couple of months. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MSVa...related&fmt=18 So at NYCC I saw the first 50 or so minutes of the movie, and what I saw I believe is very good. I wrote a synopsis of what happened in that half of the movie. Naturally, spoilers. -Movie opens with old news footage of a famous Lindberghesque pilot/explorer "Charles Muntz" who discovered some unexplored forests in South America, "Paradise Falls." -A young (and quiet) boy, Carl, watching the footage in an old movie theater. He's an enthusiastic fan of Muntz. his walk home from the theater is a rather funny scene in which he pretends to be a famous explorer. -On his way home he finds and enters a run down old house where he meets Ellie, a very energetic young girl who shares his interests. She wants to become a famous explorer and travel to Paradise Falls as well, they become close friends. -A lengthy and wordless montage follows them as they grow older together. They get married, they fix up the run down house and live in it. Carl becomes a balloon salesman at a zoo. Ellie wants to have a baby, they prepare a nursery and everything, but she miscarries. Ellie is deeply effected by this, and Carl tries to get her mind off of it by bringing up adventuring again. They try to raise enough money to afford a trip to Paradise Falls, but life keeps getting in the way. Eventually Ellie dies. -By this point the movie really properly takes off, Carl is an old man, and seems very effected by Ellie's death. Developers are trying to get Carl to sell his house they can develop in that area, but he refuses. When a construction worker accidentally damages Carl's mailbox (that he had painted with Ellie), Carl gets in a fight with him and badly hurts him (hits him with his walker.) Carl gets a court order to move to a retirement home. -Naturally, Carl is conflicted and upset by this. The day comes when he has to move, but instead of leaving the house, he reveals that he strung up a bunch of balloons to his chimney. His house is lifted into the air, and he sets off to Paradise Falls. -Midflight, Carl discovers Russell, essentially a Boy Scout, on his porch. Carl lets him in, but is annoyed by his energetic antics. Eventually they enter a large storm and they lose control of the house, Russell helps navigate the house through the storm as they crash near Paradise Falls. Just not quite in Paradise Falls. -The House is still sort of in the air, but Carl and Russell are in the ground. They decide to pull the house over to Paradise Falls (there's like, a gardening hose or something they pull it by.) On the way they meet a large and colorful ostrich-like bird that accompanies them. Later they come across Doug, a dog with a collar that essentially gives him the power to speak, only he's as annoying and stupid as a dog that could actually speak would be. So the group are on their way to Paradise Falls. It seems like there's going to be some sort of antagonistic character (not revealed yet) who's pretty obviously going to be Charles Muntz, the explorer from the very beginning of the movie. The only part I didn't like was the dogs. Dreamworks and other animation companies in general have gradually ruined the appeal of that sort of idea, so by now I just don't like them and wish they'd stay silent. They felt un-Pixarly. However, the preview ended kinda shortly after the talking dog characters were introduced, so who knows. Last edited by Kaneda; 02-09-2009 at 05:13 PM.

02-10-2009, 12:24 PM	#6
Magus Archer and Armstrong vs. the World Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 7,164	That movie looks absolutely delightful. So much so I'm not afraid to say "delightful". It's amazing that they can adapt the sort of weird story about someone crazy enough to tie balloons to their lawn chair and, armed only with bologna sandwiches and an air rilfe with which to pop the balloons, into a story about a cranky old man who turns his house into an airship and just make us absolutely love it as opposed to simply finding it amusing. __________________ The Valiant Review

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02-09-2009, 05:38 PM	#3
Meister Pure joy Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Germany Posts: 10,689	I'm reading about a movie that seems to have a very charming story and is made by a company known for their high-quality products, and the first thing I'm thinking is "goddamn it, another good thing that's gonna be ruined by the inevitable torrent of McDonald's toys and shitty videogame cash ins." There's something wrong with me or with our culture. Feel free to take your pick. Still gonna go see it, of course.