movie Up

really funny animation
i like it

Storyline
In “Up”, the early scenes tell Carl’s story with tenderness and brilliant narrative economy, and the later scenes depict him as a geriatric action hero. The movie opens with the young Carl (Ed Asner) enthusing over black-and-white newsreel images of his hero, a world-famous aviator and explorer, Charles Muntz (Christopher Plummer). Shortly thereafter, Carl meets Ellie, a would-be adventurer, who becomes his beloved wife; a relationship that the director, Pete Docter, brilliantly compresses into some four wordless minutes during which the couple dream together, face crushing disappointment and grow happily old side by side.

Russell (Jordan Nagai) inadvertently hitches a ride with Carl, forcing the old man to assume increasingly grandfatherly duties. But before that happens there are scenes of Carl, having decided to head off on the kind of adventure Ellie and he always postponed, taking to the air. When the multi-colored balloons burst through the top of his wooden house it’s as if a thousand spring flowers had bloomed. Especially lovely is the image of a little girl jumping with delight as the house rises in front of her large picture window, the sunlight through the balloons filling her room with bright color.

In time Carl and Russell float to South America where they, the house and the movie come down to earth. Carl comes face to face with his childhood hero, Muntz, an eccentric with the dashing looks and frenetic energy. Muntz lives with a legion of talking dogs with and he has been hunting a rare bird whose gaudy plumage echoes the palette of Carl’s balloons. These talking dogs that are certainly a hoot, and much like Russell, the little boy with father problems, is Dug, the dog with master issues.

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