Up is an adventurous animation that has a comic element that engages people of all ages.

Rating: Null/10 (13 September 2012)

UP is a Pixar movie that has Ed Asner's voice for Carl Frederickson who is an old man that has dreamed of going to Paradise Falls, South America his whole life. After his wife Ellie dies he gets into some trouble and is sent to a retirement home. Before they can take him there he uses balloons to lift his house and floats all the way to Paradise Falls. Carl ends up with a stowaway boy named Russell voiced by Jordan Nagai and ends up having the adventure of a lifetime. During this big adventure they end up meeting up with Carl's childhood idol Charles Muntz voiced by Christopher Plummer. Charles is an adventurer that was discredited and disappeared to Paradise Falls to regain his good name. As Pixar only makes animated movies with themes that seem to engage all ages the closest related theme I can relate to this is the theme of Despicable Me, where the older person in each end up loving the child or children involved. Although this movie uses computer-generated imaging it engages people of all ages with the antics of Russell and the crabbiness of Carl. They have all the typical problems of a grumpy grandfather type and that of a young boy even though they are not related. The dialog between Carl and Russell is typical for the age difference between them. They argue and fight about almost everything.
The lighting used for this movie is both high-keyed and low-keyed. The low-keyed lighting is used mostly during the scenes in South America where as the high-keyed lighting was used mostly in town before the adventure really starts and when the house is floating through the sky. The adventures are plenty rich with ups and downs. They are a combination of comedy and excitement. Carl and Russell end up saving a bird that Carl thinks is a nuisance to begin with. Then a talking dog comes into the picture too. This also makes Carl more irritable. Both animals are comical and almost believable. A villain that makes Carl not so grumpy with Russell also enters the picture. Pixar did an amazing job on this movie with a story line that could just be believable. You have grumpy old Carl and annoying little Russell against the wondrous world of Paradise Falls. With both of them trying to overcome their own obstacles in life. Written by A Anslow