Educational but Ordinary

Rating: 6/10 (1 June 2015)

This movie is about a man, Carl Fredricksen, who wanted to achieve his and his wife's childhood dream and flew his house to South America by hooking it to an enormous number of balloons. He met a boy called Russell and took him together unwillingly on the way. They got through a rain storm with frightening lightening on the way but finally arrived at the Paradise Fall. In South America, they saved a colorful bird from an explorer, Charles Muntz, who wanted to take the bird to scientists and was searching for it for many years. Carl lost his house in the end but he owned Charles balloon ship and traveled with Russell happily. Carl was the main character in the movie. He really loved his wife Ellie and they had the same dream - having an adventure to South America. Ellie wanted to built a house on the top of the Paradise Fall when she was young. Carl was a determined person and carried on their dreams. Though he was very old and his wife had passed away, he took the trip immediately that nobody could imagine. Finally he passed his love on to the little boy. Russell was a little hero in the movie and brave. He desired a real adventure. Facing danger, he still wanted to save his friend. He was really friendly and kind to animals. Charles was an overambitious and cruel person. He decided not to come back to England until he found the bird when he was doubted by the public. He lived in field for many years. At first he was kind to Carl and Russell and invited them to dinner. But when he found the bird was their friend, he wanted to kill them without mercy and catch the bird. He had many dogs. His favorite one was Alpha, who was the same ambitious and cruel as him. Alpha had two sidekicks, Beta and Gamma, who had no ideas and always did things what Alpha told them to do. Kevin was the colorful bird and became their friend. She was big but not strong. She liked eating chocolate and had three kids.
The movie is educational but ordinary. At the beginning, Carl and Eille grew up so fast that made the audience overwhelmed. It would be better if it was rescheduled that the plot begins with the trip to the Paradise Fall and come back to the story between Carl and Eille.