I am about 6 months behind the regular movie-going audience at the best of times so this is the first time I've seen 'Up'. It's certainly the best Pixar production and possibly the greatest film for children ever made.
It is a work of art, the animation is beautiful. The sound design (including the Oscar winning score) is gorgeous. And the voice talent is completely flawless. I can't find a single flaw with the film at all actually, and I don't want to. It was as perfect a viewing experience I will ever have. It was funny, sad, poetic...neither pandering to its mainly young audience nor confusing it. I loved how Pixar have not been afraid to tackle the subjects of death, loss and growing old in case the children watching couldn't deal with it. Despite the unreal-look the whole film has and the ridiculous story (local boyscout and an old man who has recently lost his wife use thousands of helium balloons to fly the old man's house to a place he always promised he'd visit). I laughed out loud a good 10 times during the film and cried twice.
Definitely a modern classic. 10 out of 10.
It is a work of art, the animation is beautiful. The sound design (including the Oscar winning score) is gorgeous. And the voice talent is completely flawless. I can't find a single flaw with the film at all actually, and I don't want to. It was as perfect a viewing experience I will ever have. It was funny, sad, poetic...neither pandering to its mainly young audience nor confusing it. I loved how Pixar have not been afraid to tackle the subjects of death, loss and growing old in case the children watching couldn't deal with it. Despite the unreal-look the whole film has and the ridiculous story (local boyscout and an old man who has recently lost his wife use thousands of helium balloons to fly the old man's house to a place he always promised he'd visit). I laughed out loud a good 10 times during the film and cried twice.
Definitely a modern classic. 10 out of 10.