On IMDB (internet movie data base) up is number 12 of best movies of all time. Apparently its like...really good? lol
I cried like 4 times. This movie was ridiculously good. Up until the movie started, I was acting like this experience was going to be a complete waste of 3 hours of my life (yes, three. to get a good seat in the theater, we actually had to leave early). I mean, the first dramatic scenes were so effective that I just broke into tears whenever they simply REFERENCED it.Onyx Oblivion said:I saw this yesterday, and I'm not ashamed to admit that I cried.
It was the montage of his life with Ellie that ended with the death of Ellie.
This is probably Pixar's best work for drawing emotions out of the viewer, but is a far cry from their best comedy-wise, but that could just be because I'm older now.
Yeah, memo to Disney: You want to make another trillion this year? Make a little "Dug Quotes Box" thingee people can put on dog-collars that randomly spits out his lines whenever the thing moves. People will buy TONS of those...Krakyn said:Doug fucks my shit up. Whenever my dog comes up to me now, I can't help but
picture him going, "You are my master and I love you because you are a good and kind master!" And then I cry some more.
This pretty much sums up what I didn't like about Bob's review. So, somehow guy "buddy" films are really understated? Are you really having problems finding manly men doing manly things in movies? Or in the animated genre?randommaster said:Does anyone else want more MANLY movies with MANLY characters doing MASCULINE things?
it seems like [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tbxq0IDqD04] Pixar has been into the energy drinks [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-3qncy5Qfk&feature=related] for a while. They just seem to win at things nobody should.
Well, MB's part about the Manly Men thing was kind of exagerated, I think he was making a point about how it's easier and more profitable to make movie merchandise for girls, so the people making animated movies have been focusing on that to make more money.Gyrefalcon said:This pretty much sums up what I didn't like about Bob's review. So, somehow guy "buddy" films are really understated? Are you really having problems finding manly men doing manly things in movies? Or in the animated genre?randommaster said:Does anyone else want more MANLY movies with MANLY characters doing MASCULINE things?
it seems like [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tbxq0IDqD04] Pixar has been into the energy drinks [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-3qncy5Qfk&feature=related] for a while. They just seem to win at things nobody should.
Sorry, I wanted to see "Up" and this review actually soured me to the film. I'll have to try to forget the comments so I can enjoy it. Bob rants on about the Disney "princess" movies but try to find a movie with a female lead character that is NOT fluffy, does not make the woman act like a man (Tomb Raider, G.I. Jane, etc.), does NOT have the female lead have to get saved by a male character (Coraline), and does N-O-T force the female lead to "use a bow". (So...she can pull 50-80 pounds and hit a target dead on but she can't wield a sword or a knife? Wha...?)
Oh yeah...and doesn't show up naked for any reason (Ghost in the Shell, Gatchuman, even Dinotopia the Miniseries).
I saw a review for The Golden Compass in USA Today back when it came out. And the reviewer said "no one would want to watch a story about a little girl". And here I heard the same sentiments. Um, I don't mind some "manly men" stories but you can't actually swing a dead cat without hitting them. While a strong female character who is still a female in her actions/reactions is nearly non-existant. I guess I can go watch Golden Compass again or the Dawn of the Dead remake...
I've yet to see Cars and Rattatouille, but for the most part, I will say this is a fair summary. However, stripping a film down to its basic plot like this is kinda like assuming that human beings are nothing but a collaboration of various materials, give or take a few quantities of each. In this respect, the basic synopsis is not what makes each Pixar movie great, but rather the individual aspects each provides. Just to give a small example, let's compare the first two lead Pixar antagonists; Sid and Hopper. Both pose great threat to the main protagonists, but while Sid merely causes havoc for shits and giggles, Hopper deliperately oppresses the ant colony in order to sustain what he seems to believe is a stable society.Not Good said:And now for something completely different
Incidentally, I was dragged to see Wall-E last night. Now, objective quality of that film and possible anti-corporate agenda aside, here's a small plot synopsis:
One or more lovable protagonists have existed for some time in a stable but fundamentally flawed routine, which is shaken up by the introduction of a foreign entity, usually another character, around whom attitudes are initially hostile. Attempts to deal with this character eventually lead to the protagonist(s) discovering a new, unfamiliar world, and in doing so discover the nature of the fundamental flaw in their routine. Villains are usually introduced or only become truly villainous from around the mid-point or quite late into the film. Along the way the heroes enlist the help of various lesser characters with clearly definable quirks and at one point reluctantly enter a high-speed chase. The villain is generally finally defeated with surprising ease, and everything concludes in an emotionally manipulative ending in which routine is restored with the fundamental flaw excised.
Now, consider how many Pixar movies that could be describing. Consider it, me bitches.
Now hold on a second, why do you get to put in three cents while the rest of us only give 2? (I am being sarcastic and this is meant purely in good fun, so please no one get alarmed, thank you)George Palmer said:Just my 3 cents.
Yes! A Thousand times YES. You could create a market of talking dog collar's. Doug is brilliant.MovieBob said:Yeah, memo to Disney: You want to make another trillion this year? Make a little "Dug Quotes Box" thingee people can put on dog-collars that randomly spits out his lines whenever the thing moves. People will buy TONS of those...Krakyn said:Doug fucks my shit up. Whenever my dog comes up to me now, I can't help but
picture him going, "You are my master and I love you because you are a good and kind master!" And then I cry some more.