Damned Allergies

Rating: Null/10 (4 March 2010)

There's a moment in Up, the story of how much one should not settle for the ordinary but embrace adventure, where the old guy who's lost his wife and his own life's purpose begins thumbing through their scrapbook of missed adventures. He finds love notations from his wife that he hasn't seen before and . . .
Damned allergies!
I had to get up to monitor the status of the wetness of the dishes around on the drainboard. I had to check to see the due out date on the Pillsbury crescent roll tube. Did we have enough toothpicks in the odds and ends drawer? I had to stretch!
I had to do anything to keep the wife and the kid and the brother and sister-in-law from seeing my eyes melt in their sockets.
Gawd, I'm turning into an emotional old fuddy-duddy. I can't watch something like that without losing it.
Up is a beautiful, fun, funny, and heartbreaking . . . animated movie! It's technically astounding, but more importantly, Up has a sweet and profound message, childlike but not childish, simple but not simplistic.
A joy.