Plenty of Air in the Balloon.

Rating: Null/10 (1 July 2009)

A cantankerous widower refuses to give up his house which is right square in the middle of major skyscrapers being built everywhere around his old neighborhood. Eventually he tires of everything and decides to literally lift his house to South America with the help of thousands of balloons and complete a childhood dream he once shared with his late wife. His adventure is interrupted by a young boy scout who just happened to be on the porch when liftoff occurred and thus the duo head to a new continent together. Excellent achievement in every way imaginable as Pixar once again outdoes itself with a wondrous cinematic technological achievement. The story is outstanding early and then stays strong in spite of its second act (which prominently includes a paper thin villain who has exiled himself since the 1940s because he is trying to catch a rare animal with a pack of dogs who wear collars which allow their barks to be translated to English) which wavers a bit, but still comes through by the finale. Ed Asner and Christopher Plummer are the most noteworthy voices found within. Another computer-generated gem of outstanding film-making. 5 stars out of 5.