Comments on: Up Review

By: 46and2

46and2 — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 01:38:36 +0000

After watching UP a couple times and WALL-E many times… I have to disagree. WALL-E is the superior movie.

That’s not to take ANYTHING away from UP, which should be among the best picture candidates this year IMO.

But UP makes me feel for the characters.

WALL-E makes me feel for humanity.

By: Derek 8-Track

Derek 8-Track — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:59:50 +0000

oh yeah, wasnt thinking about that. I was just looking back to see all of his 10 out of 10s and found this… http://themovieblog.com/2006/11/borat-sequel-lets-hope-not plus the other more recent 10 out of 10s.

By: ultra-magnus

ultra-magnus — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 04:52:59 +0000

well if you has stayed, you would have found the ultimate lesson. the movie isnt out to entertain ONLY kids. its a kid friendly movie, but in the end its out to tell a good story and be a good movie. it had no flaws, and if it scared some kids, well thats not pixar’s fault. and the “vicious” dogs had high pitched, comical voices. the movie was a good movie,

By: Geoff

Geoff — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 02:17:08 +0000

I though wall-e was their best until I saw UP. Absolutely amazing movie. I agree with the 10 out of 10.

I laughed my ass off at the dogs pouring champagne, that was one of the funniest moments from pixar so far :)

By: Dylnsmoma

Dylnsmoma — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 06:01:24 +0000

Seriously, I have no idea what movie you all are talking about. Did we even see the same movie? Up, right? I was so disappointed. We actually got up and walked out of the theatre AND heard children crying and telling their parents they were scared and sad. The depressing start of the movie depicting the life of the old man and his beloved Ellie (who DIED)was indeed touching, but not exactly what I was expecting from the trailers. I was expecting a humorous, funny movie about a little boy and an old man who fly away on an adventure in a house carried by balloons. Instead, we got death, a bloodied worker who knocked over the man’s mailbox, packs of snarling, vicious dogs surrounding the little boy and old man, the nasty dog biting the leg of the mother bird so that it couldn’t walk back to its young, AND as if all that wasn’t depressing, sad, and scary enough, there was the sweet, cute little house BURNING “Up”! At this point we decided to leave. I have never been so disappointed in a movie, especially Pixar. I have always loved their movies, but this one was a disaster in my opinion.

By: Paul

Paul — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 00:19:37 +0000

Well, I don’t often like PiXAR but I hear this was by the same director a Monster Inc (which I loved) so I’ve got high hopes. This review basically confirmes everything I’ve been thinking so I’m gonna try and watch it this coming weekend.

By: Slumdog

Slumdog — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 00:58:43 +0000

he just got back from seeing his 4th 10/10 in 10 yrs. i would be like that to

By: SlashBeast

SlashBeast — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 11:40:50 +0000

Slumdog Millioaire was a typical romance drama. It was a great uplifting fable that tried to mix a hindi movie feel with western sensibilities. Ultimately, it does not tell us anything new about the world or challenge the viewer unless we were ignorant of extreme poverty. Not to mention the painfully cliched ending. It deserved to win Best Picture, not because it was the best film of the year but that it was the best film nominated.

By: Rare Addict

Rare Addict — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 05:56:50 +0000

Just got back from my second viewing (having seen it for the first time this past Friday), and I have to say that I agree with your review completely, John. This is, if there is such a thing, a perfect movie.

These past 12 months have been terrific for animation in general, if you ask me. For as long as I can remember, my favorite film of all time had been The Nightmare Before Christmas. Last summer, though, the #1 spot had been taken by Wall-E (which I don’t think I fully appreciated until either my third or fourth viewing). Then, last November, another film – one that I initially thought was going to be mediocre at best – came along and topped Andrew Stanton’s masterpiece: Bolt (which I know I’m in the minority on).

“Ok, there won’t be a film that’ll match the quality of those two for awhile” were my thoughts, and then, back in February, came Coraline. This film, like Bolt, caught me by surprise (though, unlike Disney Animation’s latest, I was pretty excited to see Coraline to begin with), and had me going back to the theatre half a dozen times. With that said, it’s already going to be really tough deciding what my favorite movie of the year is, with Up being another film that managed to make its way into my top 5 favorite films list.

By: HAZMAT

HAZMAT — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 04:10:14 +0000

Some people like DTK more then Slumdog (me) some dont..WHATEVER

But dont you think it should have gotten nominated at the very least!? Same with wall-e…It didnt have to win the Oscar…if they wanna be bitches and give it to the sad stupid dramnas…FINE- but at least nominate the good movies and make it LOOK like you tried to do a good job