Not much time, here, but I wanted to recommend Pixar's new film Up.
I caught it last night, and it was amazing. I have no idea how that studio can crank out remarkable movies year after year-- each one better than the last-- but it does.
Quite like Cars and Wall-E, Up manages to be very entertaining for the young ones and extremely gratifying for adults. It begins as a story about a boy who meets an adventurous girl. They grow up, get married, life keeps them away from their dreams, and then the wife dies, and the old man is left all alone. The whole love story takes place over a matter of minutes, and it's one of the best film sequences I've ever seen (yeah, I'll say it: ever seen). I had tears welling up in my eyes by the end of that.
Then the story of the film begins: Old man has almost given up on life, but then he remembers the dream his wife had to go on an adventure. He decides to do it himself. He enacts his plan [I'm not giving anything away here, people, you had to have seen the trailers/commercials by now], picks up a few strays, and goes on this wild adventure.
And, as the best Pixar films have been doing lately: there is a big message barely hidden in the adventure. It's wonderful.
I really can't say enough good about this film. It's, by far, the best movie I've seen this year. Wonderful writing, beautiful animation, fascinating characters, belly-busting humor, great sadness... This film has it all. It gets my highest recommendation.
That's all I'll say because if you think you know everything from the commercials, you will be so pleasantly surprised when you see it. What you know is the very tip of the iceberg.
One final thought: Dug. Best character of the year.
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