So ever since i read the story about the dying girl's wish to see 'Up' before her death, I wanted to see Pixar's latest film. In my opinion, Pixar do the best films. Wall-E being the one that springs immediately to mind but of course they started with Toy Story, A Bugs Life, Monsters Inc, Finding Nemo... the list goes on. Their stories i find have a little more soul than say Dreamworks (Antz, The Prince of Egypt, Over the Hedge, Flushed Away) admittedly they did do Shrek which i like but they don't seem to put the same amount of heart into the stories!
I went to see Up on the preview weekend for New Zealand. To be honest I think this is possibly the first 3D movie i've been to in years! It was quite amusing to look around the theatre and see everyone with these multicoloured glasses on! At least they've progressed from the paper ones! I didn't find the 3D aspect made a HUGE difference to the film, although you couldn't watch it without the glasses as the picture was all fuzzy (duh.)
The story itself was very sweet. A typical grumpy old man who doesn't have too much left to live for meets an enthusiastic young kid who is trying to get his wilderness explorer badge for helping an old person. I'm not giving anything away by saying the old man ties a whole lot of balloons to his house to create his own hot air balloon! Naturally in the name of a decent movie, the kid ends up going along (completley by accident) and they set out on the adventure of a lifetime.
Having landed not quite where he intended, the old man and his trusty wilderness explorer companion attempt to walk the still floating house to the correct destination, where they meet a range of new characters such as a mythical rainbow bird (who likes chocolate) and not one but more than one hundred talking dogs. Cue the bad guy who attempts to foil their plan (of course every decent movie needs a bad guy to get everyone sitting on the edge of their seats). You'll have to watch the movie to find out where the old man is aiming to go, why and what happens along the way.... and why/how the dogs talk!
I really enjoyed the movie. I am, however, a kid at heart. It's a feel good, cute wee animation. I did find it a little slow in the middle where the story seemed to be going around in circles, and perhaps it could have done with a little more editing to speed it up a bit but otherwise it was something that will appeal to kids and kids at heart. Check it out, it's in NZ cinemas now! Let me know what you think :)
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Was it all kind of fuzzy even with the glasses on? I saw Monsters vs Aliens 3d in London (trust me nothing else was on) and when there were no 'reaching out of the screen' moments i found it hard to focus my eyes. Maybe I need glasses or maybe it's the animation quality. So... How was UP in that respect?
ReplyDeleteThere were no kind of 'reaching out of the screen' moments really. maybe one or two... at times it was okay but there were times it was a little hard to focus. I got motion sick at one point because of it ha! but we were sitting close to the front, it's probably better further back. But it just sort of gives the characters a rounder shape!
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