Pixar is godly

Rating: 9/10 (21 June 2009)

Pixar's new film, Up, is just as dazzling and beautiful as the previous films. The opening sequence alone was enough to make me cry, as it just grabbed your emotions and twisted them about and punched them until they bled. In a good way. It also helps you to understand and connect more deeply with the old man, Carl Fredrickson, voiced by Ed Asner. After his wife dies, he accidentally-on-purpose hits some guy in the head with his cane and the courts decide to send him to an old-folks home. He escapes by attaching a zillion balloons to his house and flying away, off to South America to complete he and his wife's dream of living in a previously undiscovered part of the continent. Along the way, they meet Dug, a dog that has a collar that can translate his thoughts into English (supposedly. I'm not entirely sure how it works). It's almost scary how similar he is to the dogs I know. Adults can be satisfied that they won't get bored, nor will their intelligence be insulted. And judging by the reactions I heard in the theatre (way too many, by the way), kids loved it, too. The animation is, as always, beautiful. Not realistic, but if that's what you were expecting, you must not have ever seen a Pixar film. Also, this is the first Pixar movie I've seen where there was any blood at all, but don't worry. This isn't like The Shining, with a wall of blood gushing towards you. It's a bump on the head.