Public service (in the form of a movie review)
It is customary to warn people beforehand, so I will do no different: my little rant – err, movie review – will contain spoilers. For what? For ‘Up‘.
I feel like I should warn people about how depressing and annoying a movie it is: that’s right, don’t let the colourful balloons on the poster fool you! (They fooled me, so I’m speaking from experience).
I heard someone say the first 7 minutes of the movie are alone worth their weight in gold. Thank god we don’t use the gold standard then.
Here are the first 7 minutes – tell me if that doesn’t depress you: they fast forward through the life of a young boy who meets the love of his life, gets married, sees their common dream slip away, grows old and then boom – his wife dies. Wonderful. I cried (yes, I’ll admit it).
What follows is a predictable chain of events (which include violence and blood – you read it right: blood in a Pixar movie) that leads the old grumpy bushy-browed hero to uproot his house with the help of a monster load of helium balloons. An annoying chubby little scout happens to tag along for the ride. I kept on hoping that chubby little scout would fall off the airborne house (or off the big blimp where a lot of the ‘action’ goes down) but no such luck.
Add a LOT of dogs, a chocoholic bird, a mean recluse, and there you pretty much have it.
‘Up’ is a boring, annoying, far too long and predictable downer. Yes, I am happy I made that pun. But it’s true: ‘Up’, a spirit-lifting movie? Right: and my bum, it’s chicken*.
(Image is from here, accompanied by another ‘Up’ review that I applaud – because I agree with a lot of what is said).
*Go here if you have doubts about what I am trying to say.
PS: I will concede the part where the house flies over the city is pretty amazing – so redeeming points for some beautiful images (but they are way too far and few).
Ben chuis ben d’accord avec toi! Le schtroumpf l’a eu pour Noël. J’ai pleuré les 7 premières minutes, et détesté le reste. D’ailleurs, le schtroumpf ne le regarde que très rarement alors que les films qu’il adore, c’est 100 fois par jour.
bisous
High 5 Scotty!!
Il a bon goût alors mon neveu :)
Et il m’a l’air de râper toute la maison avec sa propre version de Papa Camaillo. Trop bon.
xxx
Thanks a lot for linking to my review. It’s good to see that I am not the only one who was let down by ‘Up’ (sorry for this truly bad pun). Every time I think about the fact, that Up could have become truly fantastic movie I become Hulk.
I love all puns (especially bad) Gunther! I am also with you on Wall-E and The Incredibles.
The concept of the flying house in Up seemed so poetic and sweet, but it went nowhere (err, no pun intended either).
The one movie that turns *me* into Hulk is Marie-Antoinette. I hated it. With a passion. But it’s probably best I don’t go into that because I can already feel myself turning slightly green :)
boooo
i liked it
The fact you are booing me only makes you more adorable in my eyes Lizzie :)
I’m glad you liked ‘Up’! Maybe I’m just a mean-spirited over the hill bum who can’t stand light-heartedness?
Ha!
xxx
Rest assured, Sabine. I also get booed for my post/opinion in my blog. It’s perfectly normal, so to say :)
Oh yeah, I never watched Marie-Antoinette but as you I also have some other movies I hate with a passion. Unfortunately, many of them are from Europe/Germany so you almost surely can’t watch them because of a lack of available dubs. Those movies are so bad it makes you appreciate Hollywood crap.