Up Review (1.3 Preparation and 1.1)

Up / Up- 3D (2009) - Pete Docter, Disney Pixar

Here's the scene. Young "adventurer", Carl Fredrickson, runs along the street playing games at his young age, when he stumbles across a dark abandoned house. He ventures inside, slowly, only to meet another adventurer of his age, a really funny, wacky girl named Ellie, who immedietely becomes attatched to him. They grow up, get married, move into the house and grow old together. Then Ellie dies.

The man lives on in the house, alone, depressed and fed up, the town changing around him, turning into a city, and he eventually has to vacate the house and go and live in an care home.

Or does he?

This is where, in the night, he attatches thousands of balloons to his house, and in the morning, flies away to a lost land in South America, where he and Ellie had dreamed of going when they were small. Only to find he's got a little accidental stowaway with him, an 8 year old boy called Russel.

What follows is their struggle to get to Carl's destination, the uncovering of a shocking secret, and then - their struggle for something else. Involved in this are a group of talking dogs, really - better than they sound - and a rare bird named Kevin.

This is a fun family adventure, lots of funny moments, some action, and though it dies down before the climax and has a bit too much of a friend/love/message moment, people could find it quite a touching film.

The humour and jolliness of the film in general though, made me sometimes even laugh completely unprovoked, at just the whole idea. I wonder if the adults enjoy these films more than the kids nowadays..

This film once again offers the guaranteed charm and laughs of Disney Pixar films even though it's not too special, so it's not one that's going to go down in history, but as far as kids films go, it's pretty good.

What adds to it is the wonderful new 3D it can be seen in. If you haven't seen a 3D film before, this is probably a good one to start with, and if you have, it's a good one to continue with!

Enjoy!

8/10