You need more than just an idea

Rating: 1/10 (6 June 2009)

Being sparked by an idea is not enough. Not enough when you dream to make a full length motion picture and want your audience to relish and reminisce every frame conceived. I did have very high expectations of the movie ever since i read rave reviews from the Cannes fest, also counting the exciting preview screened before Terminator Salvation began. The balloons, the lift, the adventure appealed to me instantly, the lover that i am of 21 balloons. it's with this heightened expectation that i approached the movie and was disappointed by every attempt of Pixar's in creating a story out of an idea. That would be the most frustrating part of any writer's work when a grand idea has to be developed to reach it's end. Sadly this is where the writers lost it. They had a planned and riveting story until the old man (Carl Fredricksen) realizes it's never too late to get started on anything. The plaintive note of Carl's early life all played very well with the setting to escape on a long wished for adventure. Yes the story held me in it's sway UP until this point. This point was stretched so far as to include the 70 year old Carl confronting his childhood idol, Muntz ( who should be about 95+) and is seen walking with ease and in perfect health ( did the writers in their right mind think this made sense at all,), a senseless plot about capturing a bird that loves chocolates, which is by the way the central plot( not the balloon adventure that you thought the movie was about. Oh did i mention the plot also includes dogs that can communicate their thoughts in human language with the aid of a collar.
Writers what were you thinking? You just robbed me off my precious two hours and another half in writing out this painful review. Why painful? I carried home a souvenir. A splitting headache