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97% on rottentomatoes.com! Critics are saying it's 10 for 10 for Pixar... Anyone seeing it this weekend? I'm going to try. :) |
I'd really love to but I don't think our schedule's going to allow it :(
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Believe it or not, I don't want to see it in 3-D. I doubt I'll see it this weekend, but whenever I do, it might be hard to find a non-3-D print.
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Planning on it.
It can't be worse than what I took the kids to last weekend - Night at the Museum II. Really, really bad. Really bad. So even if Up sucks, which I doubt, it will seem like a masterpiece. |
I'm planning on it sometime Sunday. Fortunately the theater near me (AMC 14 on Van Ness) is not showing the 3D print. Barring disaster, I plan to see it.
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I think I will be going the other direction and seeing Drag Me To Hell. I want to see Up, but DMTH will probably not be in the cinemas very long and hey -- its Raimi returning to his sweet horror roots.
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If "Up" is as good as people are saying, it will win some award for best movie released after most charmless and contrived looking trailer.
And, yes, I will see it, though probably not this weekend. |
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We plan on seeing both at some point. |
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We're going with my brother (another big Disney/Pixar fan) and his kids. Love the review blurbs on metacritic.
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I'm planning to see it in all it's glorious 3D Pixarness this weekend. I may see Drag Me as well! :evil: |
People are saying it's amazing. 98% on RT.
Pixar comes through again. Hoping to see it soon. |
I hemmed and hawed about 3-D vs. 2-D, but the $4 extra for 3-D decided for me.
On the one hand, I'd like to see it once in 3-D, since it won't be that way on subsequent home viewings ... but I don't want to be swayed by the oooo-ahhh factor my first time. It's either a great movie or it isn't. If it is, 3-D shouldn't matter. Seeing it tonite. Excited. :D (Irvine Spectrum at 6:30 pm, if anybody cares to join us!) |
I will be seeing it (3D) in a couple of hours.
I thought about just waiting til July so I could see it at the El Capitan but I can't wait THAT long. |
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Well, TVs with larger screens and better sound systems than many theaters are common in many U.S. households. (Alas not mine). So that's not an apt comparison. And I don't agree with your presumption that 3-D is an exhibition improvement like good sound.
Frankly, it takes me out of the movie a little bit to wear those glasses. I'm very conscious of them. Also, while I enjoyed Nightmare Before Christmas in 3-D very much, I don't consider it better than the "regular" version. It seemed like a gimmick. And ya know what else, $15.50 a ticket for the pleasure seemed a little steep. And you're right about one thing, size of the screen won't really matter. If UP is as good as other Pixar movies, I'll be seeing 99% of my viewings on my TV screen, and will still like it. I'm not looking for the smallest screen to watch it on tonight, but neither did it concern me that the 2-D version will likely be showing on a smaller screen than the 3-D. |
If a 3D movie is done right, it will make it look more real, not gimicky. It should not have hatches leaving the screen right to your head or dinasaur spit flinging in your face. That said, it needs to be clean and not cause any discomfort. The glasses from Disney are comfortable and I forget I'm wearing them.
If the movie was made to be seen in 3D, you are not seeing it the way the film maker intended if you don't see it in 3D. Therefore you are not doing it or them justice. |
Well, my review will be so colored by the experience of watching the film that I guess I have decided to include those circumstances within this unconventional review. Most of it needs to be spoiler-tagged because very little of the plot set-up was used to promote the film, and its emotional throughline was surprising to us; I would like to preserve that for people who wish to go in as cold as Pixar may have intended.
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I have never been touched so deeply by a Pixar film. Hell, by any film. So I don't think my review is a fair one. But I found it to be an extremely beautiful, moving and hopeful story that I think I'll be holding close to my heart for a good, long while. |
Not reading spoilers or reviews.... we're seeing it tonight in 3D.
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Ok, Vow Locked In, we're going tonight to DTD to see it in 3D.
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I don't like the glasses because they cut off my peripheral vision. I like to see a movie in a theater precisely because I enjoy the crowd interaction, wearing blinders reduces that experience. "Coraline" in 3D didn't change my life either. |
I wouldn't go as far, to say that not watching it in 3D is a somehow significantly lesser experience. It's still largely gimmick and may always be. But sound, color, special effects, cgi characters were all considered gimmicks at some point. And at the time they were. So I'm interested in seeing how a creative group like Pixar, who took c-gen animation from gimmick to artform, are approaching this new gimmick.
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I'd like to see the 3-D version, really. I just wasn't sure if I wanted that to be my first time. It was such a toss-up, I let price decide.
If I love it, I'll catch a 3-D screening before it leaves theaters. |
Heidi, that was a beautiful review.
I thoroughly enjoyed the film, and didn't find it 3D gimmicky at all. |
And so I will get to see it in 3-D after all, because I WILL be seeing again.
Loved, loved, loved, and LoVEd it. I laughed. I cried. yes, i believe this is the first Pixar movie that actually made me cry. And i should have seen the moment coming a mile off, but that's what I love about movies that carry me away ... they also turn me into an unpredictive idiot. Yay! |
Count me among the fans. Loved this movie, too.
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hahaha, on the way home, i was actually thinking of you and hoping you found it loveworthy.
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Loved it, just loved it.
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I am floating away, carried aloft by balloons of story-telling, movie-making bliss. This may be my favorite movie ever. I'm STILL crying off and on. And laughing. It was so beautiful. Every time I think the animation can't get better - it does. Every time I think the story-telling can't get better -- it does. I have some similar reactions to Heidi, which I will hide as well:
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And I think that's what I loved best about it. Emotional resonance, the Rat called it. It didn't beat me over the head with This Is How You Should Feel Now. Like the best of written stories, it presented the outlines and let me bring my own experiences to the story-telling and participate in the crafting. The emotions were natural responses to a very human tale. Such an unlikely, wonderful film. |
Just got back ourselves-count me also in the LOVED it group.
So much emotion, so much story-all without saying a word (in the montage of their life together). Such beautiful animation-delightful characters. -and for an adventure that required total suspension of belief-everything about the characters and their emotions were as real as anything I have ever experienced. I cried several times-beautiful movie. (and the short-Partly Cloudy-was delightful as well) |
Wow, so much love going on here. I guess I'll have to see it this week. Will pick up tickets at work and try to catch it in the next few days.
Thanks everyone for spoiler tagging! (I'm trying not to peek!) |
Didn't see it. Was sold out when we wanted to see it, so we saw Drag Me to Hell. Not bad, it was a fun ride, not scary, just kind of spooky. Had some great over-the-top special effects that made me laugh, or in some cases, want to through up. And had me guessing right up to the end. That Jypsy lady was one freaky character! I think she'd beat the pants off Fready or Jason any day!
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Bawled. The whole time.
Bravo Pixar. Bravo. |
And now I've read H's review and I've teared up again.
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WOW. How do they do it?? This movie is perfect. Totally original even as it touches on classic themes. Kept you involved the whole time. Absolutely gorgeous, too.
The 3D was a natural extension on the film. It would be much the same without it, though I'm glad we went for it, as it did add even more realism to the already realistic texture and scenery. (The 3D trailer for an ESPN extreme sports movie was a treat, too.) You know how hard it is to wipe your tears while wearing 3D glasses? I have no idea how to rank this among the Pixars, but it's definitely up there. |
I think ranking Pixars is like ranking your children. A pointless exercise, but fun anyway.
Good point about the tear-wiping. I was obviously prescient in saving 3-D for my 2nd viewing. |
I don't know, I was a pretty bad child. :evil:
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Thoroughly enjoyed it.
Now, let's pick it apart. Nah. I thought the ESPN movie trailer looked like a 70s era 3D baseball card from a cereal box. |
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Still thinking about this movie. It was so wonderful. Very Miyazaki (no surprise there).
I'm going to have to see it again just so I can remember my favorite moment (other than the bird and the dog making noise at each other). All I remember is a moment where the kid says something to the old man, and a look flashes across his face that said everything I was thinking in a millisecond. It was so subtle and so beautiful, but I don't remember what it was. |
Heheh, go see it in 2-D and I'll see it in 3-D (I read a review saying the colors seemed a bit washed out in the 3-D as compared to the 2-D).
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If anybody is interested, here was my review for MousePlanet. I liked it.
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VAM, very nice review. :cool:
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I talked to a few coworkers and it seems people really were turned off by the advertising. I assured them that it was good. These are people that are somewhat into Disney so I'm sure they'd enjoy it.
Then there's the one coworker who is weirded out by anything CGI, including effects in movies, so he especially avoids Pixar. Doesn't like animation either. It bugs him that it's "not real". Yes, he's quite the interesting fellow. |
Alex gave it 9/10? now I have to see it.
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Isaac was lulled by the crappy advertising and was thus so pleasantly surprised.
For myself, I've long been used to craptacular trailers for Pixar, and was only surprised when one film (Cars) didn't floor me. The exception on both counts was the terrific teaser trailer for The Incredibles, which featured no footage from the film, and which presaged my absolute favorite Pixar film ever. If this was a brilliant ploy (the fantastic trailer had me fearing the movie would suck), it has not been employed by Pixar since. |
I agree, the trailers and promotional material for UP had me worried - but what a lovely and dare I say it UPLIFTING film! And for my money, the pure visual storytelling in the first act put Wall-E to shame for sheer emotional impact. (and that is saying something!)
So, I will venture to offer one observation that could be construed as negative - but only just. I was amazed at how well the movie introduced its fantastical elements gradually, thus achieving an amazing level of willing suspension of disbelief. There was only a single element that ran up against my UN-willingness. Spoiler:
Everything else, I was delighted to buy into - and I still give this the highest honors. Time will tell where I stack it, but it's clearly going into the top tier of Pixar achievements. |
Yeah, that came off as a bit of an overextension.
Oddly the part that kept troubling me (though not in any way I wasn't willing to ignore is that the entire house is suspended from the grate in his fireplace. Why that bothered me (again: minimally) but all the other impossible physics didn't I haven't a clue. |
I thought the grand quest lost a little poetic oomph the longer it went on and mundane details like how long the balloons would stay inflated came into play.
That said, I thought it was better than Ratatouille, which was half filled with zany, animated peril for its own sake and had a very unlikeable main (human) character. |
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Eh, didn't much matter if I'm going to buy a floating house buoyed by standard balloons, whether or not controlled via fireplace. As praised by none other than Alex ... once they fixed the Alpha Dog's collar, the intelligence of the screenwriters in not overplaying a joke allowed for any of the subsequent unbelievable shenanigans to be completely accepted on this end. |
Oh, and I agree about what bothered Flippy. I thought the same thing when they appeared and again when they were dispatched in a similarly clumsy way. I was, however, willing to buy into the talking dog collars because 1) it was funnier and 2) it seemed an apt expression of the explorer's screwed up priorities.
And did anyone else think Carl looked like Spencer Tracy from "Guess Who's Coming To Dinner?" |
Yes, in fact, I read a couple of reviews commenting on the similarity. Maybe Spencer would have voiced the role if the movie had been made a few decades ago.
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I also wanted Kirk Douglas for Muntz. That seems to be who they animated. I would have accepted the slurring, after all Muntz must be 90+.
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I am so glad word of mouth was good or I may have skipped this one altogether. It was a Pixar fairy tale and I loved it. It touches upon the transitory nature of all human relationships (how they are beautiful, tragic, wonderful and heartbreaking), accomplishing in its first 10 minutes what Benjamin Button failed to do in 2+ hours.
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Once I get to a laptop (on the iPhone right now), I will post a more thorough review. I thought it was excellent. But I like Ratatouille, Nemo and the Incredibles better. I thought the first act was great but like Wall E, once more characters and dialogue came into play, the luster faded for me. Loved the two main characters and the dog.
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I think it's harder to achieve animation excellence with dialogue-driven stories or segments, and I do in fact prefer the 3 Gemini Cricket mentioned over UP or Wall-E. But there we go ranking children again. To say I prefer Finding Nemo over UP ignores that I prefer UP over just about any movie I've seen in the last couple of years. |
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They had me at the Zeppelin
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Ack! I wanna read the spoilers so bad! Still haven't gotten to see it, so I'm resisting, but gah! The temptation!!!!!
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You don't need to read the spoilers, cos everyone on the net knows the secret already:
Darth Vader is really his father. |
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Poor Dug.
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Before we saw it on Saturday night we stopped at WoD for some shopping. The CM who helped us asked what we were up to this evening, and we mentioned we were about to see Up. She said that they had clean sold out of Up merch, with Dug stuff going the fastest.
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I love that the canine speech patterns were very Japanese monster movie-esque. Very formal presentations.
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 And look how happy they are! |
Corn dog!? Did somebody say corn dog!?
Oh, CONE dog. Hmmm. (corn dog in a cone? Maybe...) NA, that picture SO makes me want to "cone of shame" my own two felixes! |
Theere are certain disadvantages to having had experience with some of the guys at Pixar as artists. The entire movie, I was distracted by the image of the house on top of Paradise Falls.
 It was very obvious to me that it was a piece done by Lou Romano. He was one of the artists in The Ancient Book of Sex and Science show we recently saw. More art of his from UP on his blog. |
It distracted me as well. It definitely has a hint of Mary Blair style to it and love it.
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I don't think I was distracted by it. But it reminded me of Mary Blair so I actually fell in love with the pic. :)
His house (pre-flight) also reminded me of the Disney short about the house in the city that eventually was moved to the country... |
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I'll take your word for it. :D |
As opposed to her clothed nudity scene?
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I guess you could have clothed nudity if the clothes are made from Saran Wrap...
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Every time I see this thread, the lyrics to Up Up and Away by the Fifth Dimension
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I should clarify, for the record, the painting of a house::Marissa Tomei's gorgeous bare body analogy can only be carried so far. It wasn't quite the same sort of distraction, beyond both being pleasant. |
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with my thanks :snap: :snap: |
If that is useful information you'll want to consider a double feature with Before the Devil Knows You're Dead. She's shown off in that as well.
It's the new trend in Hollywood. Turn 40 then start getting naked. I approve. Except for John Goodman. |
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I'm over 40 and I get naked.
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Just finally saw it tonight, and had no idea what it was about. And, my father happened to come into town and asked to go with us, since he hadn't seen it either.
LSPE - Thanks for sharing your review. The film left a very similar impact on us. *hugs* I'm still a bit choked up, but smiling. Best. Pixar. Film. Ever. :) |
Yesterday I trekked to the movies for the first time in half a year. I just had to see this movie. Up was wonderful! a true delight! I laughed, I cried, I gasped, and I applauded after it was over. I don't think I have ever cried during a Pixar movie but I did watching Up. The story was so touching at times. The short Partly Cloudy" was charming as well.
For a Pixar movie didn't it seem a little strange how there was one main musical theme throughout and it rarely changed? I still have it playing in my head. Very nice. |
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Never.:rolleyes: :blush: Oh, and to keep this relevent, we're seeing UP today. |
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Of the above, I'd say that Jesse's story in "Toy Story 2" got me the most.
I did, however, cry at "Cars" about the money I spent on it. |
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Pixar has never made me cry, but that doesn't mean I haven't been moved.
A list of no particular relevance: The last time I cried at a movie: Summer 1982 The last time I cried at a TV show: February 28, 1983 The last time I cried, sincerely: October 1987 The last time I cried, on purpose, as a form of manipulation: May 1993 The last time my lacrimal glands proved they do function: Yesterday when walking into a strong wind made my eyes water. |
The last TV show I misted up over was a 1980 episode of The Rockford Files.
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M*A*S*H* finale, Alex? What were you, like 12? What happened? Where's that sentimental 12 year old? WHO DID THIS TO YOU?
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In February 1983 I would have been 8.
And it wasn't so much the content of the show as that it was a huge event in my house (my step dad was a huge MASH fan so I'd watched it a lot). I don't know what hardened my soul. It just happened, kind of like one day I just stopped brawling (up until the seventh grade I was probably in a fist fight every other day then it just stopped cold). Late onset aspergers probably. |
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The last time I cried at a movie: last Friday at Up The last time I cried at a TV show: the recent Office season finale The list time I cried, sincerely: I actually still have tears on my face right this moment, thank you Amanda Palmer for that. The last time I cried, on purpose, as a form of manipulation: last Friday on a phone call with Budget Rental, though in my defense, I really was upset. |
Up was a really good movie, in general. The animation was spectacular (Pixar always one-ups itself with each movie on that point). And I can't wait to see it on Blu-ray in 2D... 3D seems to make things murky and dark color-wise, which I don't like. It simply does not add anything to the film.
Up was not the life-changing experience for me that some are making it out to be. I thought the first half of the film was wonderful (especially the scenes with Ellie), and I got teary-eyed at the end of that sequence. The balloon take-off and landing (as well as the scene of him sitting in his home next to the falls) were great. The interior of the blimp was wonderful, as was the sequence where Carl tries to get onto the blimp in mid-air. However, the story totally fell apart in the end. The villain and his whole plotline were completely stupid. The dog (or dogs, as it were) was a one-trick pony. I thought the adventure would be, well, more of an adventure once they got to Venezuela. It just fell flat as to what they were trying to accomplish. So I think I would give it an 8 out of 10. Good, but not Pixar's best (my favorite is still The Incredibles) |
I cry at movies. I admit that. I cry at Pixar movies.
Monsters Inc - the ending, one word "Kitty!" Tears. The Incredibles - The Elastagirl getting shot down scene, the following "I'm so proud of you" to Dash scene and apology to Violet scene. Toy Story 2 - the scene with the Sarah McLachlan song over it. Total tears. Finding Nemo - Dory's "I'm home" scene. Ratatouille - Ego's flashback scene and his monologue at the end. Wall-E - The beginning gets me. The "Put on Your Sunday Clothes" song over the devastated city scenes just blows me away every time. Tears. Up - Spoiler:
But I didn't cry during Cars (if Lightning McQueen was likable [imho] then I might have cried at his heroic deed at the end), TS1, Bug's Life... I think the 3 movies that made me cry the most are The Fighting Sullivans, Brokeback and Milk. I had to call my bff Julie after Milk. I was sobbing trying to drive home from the Sherman Oaks Galleria. She's my rock. :D |
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Count me in with the "cried at some point during nearly all Pixar films" crowd. |
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I must say I used to cry during ET. Now... not a single tear. Don't know why... |
Yes, ET. Not only do I not cry now, I don't think it is a very good movie.
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I laughed out loud at the "dead" ET the first time I saw it.
(I wasn't laughing because I'm cold and heartless - it's just that the effect was so fake that it took me right out of the movie.) |
The effect? The crew throwing baby powder on a rubber Muppet? That effect?
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I cried, like everyone, in Bambi -- even as an adult I saw it for the first time in years and thought -- OMG this scene is much longer than I remembered and pretty damn harsh.
And of course in Dumbo in the baby mine sequence. I like the amazon review of it, which said: Quote:
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Okay, I wept at ET in 1982. I cannot watch it now.
I've cried in most of the Pixar movies, I'm with GC, "Kitty!" gets me every time. Of course, I'm such a sucker, I will cry in about any movie. I used to weep buckets as a kid watching Wizard of Oz, as well. I still weep buckets watching The Three Lives of Thomasina. |
I cry any time John Wayne gets killed in a movie
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I don't know why, but I'm a total movie crier. I won't even bother listing the movies I've cried at, I'd surely surpass the character limit on a post.
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Just to be clear, I'm not saying I resist crying or am unmoved by movies. Crying just doesn't seem to be part of my biological response to strong emotional stimuli.
I can be just as manipulated by movies as the next person. It just manifests as intense pressure in my chest, difficulty swallowing, etc. |
I'll cry at anything. When I was much younger, my usual trigger was "Highway to Heaven" episodes. (Hey - teevee viewing was strictly monitored by the 'rents and there wasn't a lot that we were allowed to watch.) Mostly it's just a mild case of moist eyelids, but because the Ellie sequence hit on emotions I was already having trouble controlling, I bawled.
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MY teevee trigger as a kids was, by far, The Wonder Years. I remember outright sobbing that last episode.
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The Wonder Years somehow (and I don't remember how) triggered the first ever admission by a girl that she liked me. That next summer she was the first non-family girl I got to see naked.
Thank you Fred Savage. |
Up, up and away
In my beautiful, my beautiful balloooooon... |
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Not a movie, but I have to add that everytime I hear when you wish upon a star during DL fireworks I lose it. You all know. You were there. :blush:
'Kitty' gets me too. Still haven't seen Up - lunch with Dad took longer than expected. Tomorrow. I'm bringing tissues. |
Finally saw it :)
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Lashbear - If you don't get a chance to see UP, I can send you a copy of this . I'm sure it will be just as good!
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I'm seeing it today at 3:10 at DtD!! :D
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I'm a total crier. Cried like 3 times during Up. Also cried earlier in the day watching Wild Weddings (cried at the proposals they showed).
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OK, most of you know this from my tweet, but...
For Fvcks Sake..... Up is not playing in Aus until SEPTEMBER 3 !!!!!! WTF is up with the global movie industry?!?!?!?! :mad: :mad::mad::mad: |
Obviously the film needs to be remastered for your hemisphere otherwise it would look like you were watching Down
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I believe the primary reason for it is the difficulty of waging a global marketing campaign. Looking at the release schedule it looks like maybe they spread traditionally spread things out to the English speaking markets in 4 to 6 week gaps. At least this time you're ahead of UK in line (for Wall-E they got it a month earlier, this time they wait until October).
Bit of if it helps, Japan doesn't get it until December. |
Heavens to Betsy !! Still, I suppose the associated interviews with voice talent etc can't happen all over the globe at the same time, so they need to allow for the travel time for the talent, I guess. That and the cost of all the TV ads etc?
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We saw it tonight.
Overall it's probably my least favorite Pixar, but that's still a pretty high bar. |
I didn't like it nearly as much the 2nd time. And I'm glad I didn't bother with 3-D the first time. Some nice shots, especially during the house-flying sequence. But it made the film significantly darker. Overall, better in 2-D.
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Heheh, Bug's Life is one of Isaac's faves. It's my absolute least favorite Pixar. I've promised to watch again, but my Netflix queue is already a mile long and not moving.
I'm also supposed to give Emperor's New Groove another shot. On the current Pixar, to me at least, so much depends on the emotional hit that is never the same after the first time. Many films are like this ... and those that have bountiful other pleasures stand the test of my time. I don't think UP will do that. Aside from the emotional wallop it packed the first time, it's a rather enjoyable trifle. IMO. BUT, I like it enought to buy it. So I'll be seeing it again. The same could not be said of Cars. Or Bugs Life. Or Toy Story II. Oh, unlike the theater where we first saw UP, last night's treated us to a one-year-out teaser for Toy Story 3. And speaking of 3, the best part of the 3-D on UP was the completely different PIXAR opening logo that was not in the 2-D at all. |
I liked it a lot. There were some very touching moments, but none strong enough to make me cry. Except for the part where John Ratzenburger's voice pulled me out of the movie because it was so darn recognizeable. I'm just glad they put it in early......
I did notice that the 3D made it darker, but the effects were worth it for me. I'll list the Pixar films in my order of preference: 1) Toy Story 2) Monsters, INC. 3) Toy Story 2 4) Ratatouille 5) UP 6) WALL-E 7) Cars 8) The Incredibles 9) Finding Nemo 10) Bug's Life This is purely my preference and has nothing to do with the quality of the film. Oh, and we have to wait a year before Toy Story 3 comes out. |
I thought Up was wonderful. The first fifteen minutes or so, were beautiful. I couldn't help but get weepy. And unlike, Wall-E the story didn't fall apart during the last third of the movie. I still think Toy Story II is the best Pixar film. Up may be third (after The Incredibles) but I will have to wait until I see it again.
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Wow, I think Toy Story is the absolute WORST Pixar film. It screams poorly conceived sequel from beginning to end.
Mileage varies, wow. |
What a wonderful film! I throughly enjoyed it. Near the top of the Pixar list in terms of which ones I love.
Love Toy Story I and II. Bottom of the Pixar barrel is Bugs Life, Wall-E, and Cars, IMO. |
I saw it today. I enjoyed it.
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We saw it last week. Loved it. It reminded me greatly of Wall-E: how we make our way through the world (and life) when our purpose (or what we believe to be our purpose) for existing is gone.
Loved Dug. Oddly one of the things I love most about him wasn't even in the movie...how he spells his name. Dug. Pure gold. :D Our favorite line? Russell: "Kevin's a girl???" |
Yeah, if i ever have another dog, I want to name him Dug. Coolest film character name that's not in the film in it's cool form.
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I saw Up today. Absolutely wonderful. And it reminded me why I rarely go to movies: Pixar animation does character and emotion so well I don't want to see it in some mediocre form.
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We saw it on Sunday. Loved it! What an emotional rollercoaster!
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I haven't see it yet. But I'm glad to see John Ratzenberger has a role. I think the only really good Pixar movies are the ones that have John Ratzenberger in them.
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Just saw this movie....excellent flick! Cried only once, but was expecting that considering what everyone has said.
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I saw Up a couple days ago and I loved it. Not as much as some, like Wall E, but still a great film. Partly Cloudy was ok, but probably one of my least favorite Pixar Shorts.
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Saw it again this weekend in 3D.
Unlike most here, I felt it played well the second time. Sure, it didn't have the same emotional impact as it did the first time, but the second time around some things that bugged me the first time (like the big fight scene) didn't bug me this time. Also caught some things I hadn't noticed the first time - like the dog with an Ace up his collar... Loved looking at all the detail in background, the wistful look of the window washer, the textures of the ties, Carl's developing stubble....it's a great movie. Still probably my favorite Pixar. |
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Honestly, beyond the first couple scenes I didn't really notice the 3D, so I'm not sure I even have a preference. Probably prefer the 3D because the cool moments are pretty cool.
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My preference would be 2D and I haven't seen it that way. The new glasses they had (at least at my theater) were not very comfortable since they had temples that actually wrapped around my ears but weren't quite "one size fits all." If I had been wearing glasses I don't know that I could have worn the 3D glasses at all.
Fortunately the brightness seemed reasonably well compensated for the glasses but still a bit dimmer than I'd prefer (and I'd imagine that a lot of theaters, with how they try to skimp on bulbs probably are running it way too dark). |
I hated the new glasses.
I think i said so before, but the 3-D enhanced only the initial house-flying scenes, imo. And darkened the picture significantly ... which I noticed by taking the glasses on and off a lot during the film, because they bugged me. 2-D gets the nod from me. ok, with a second viewing and a little time under my wing, the obligatory Pixar Ranking: #1 - The Incredibles 2. - Toy Story 3. - Finding Nemo 4. - Ratatouille 5. - Monsters, Inc. 6. - UP 7. - Wall-E BIG, BIG DROP OFF .... 8. - Cars 9. - Toy Story 2 10. - A Bugs Life |
The glasses fit me perfectly....but most glasses don't fit me.
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I wear glasses and had no problem with the 3D ones fitting over nicely.
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My companion who wore glasses enjoyed that the 3-D glasses fit comfortablyl over her real glasses.
I, who do not wear glasses, found them really uncomfortable. |
For me, the temples were very tight against my head and the bridge was very high on my nose. Not much room for glasses in there. But yeah, I imagine most women and men with heads smaller than mine would have been fine.
I just think that there' no need for a deeply curved temple. It isn't like they need to stay on through vigorous activity. |
I personally don't see much point to 3-D UNLESS it is used for gratuitous "cheap 3D tricks." I've been to several Disney 3D releases now, and the novelty wears away quickly. The best I can say is that most of teh time, I don't care that it's there, and occasionally, I'm annoyed by it.
On the other hand, I was tickled by My Bloody Valentine, because it was such a shameless in-your-face spookhouse. I've heard several filmmakers, like Peter Jackson and James Cameron, insist that 3D simply IS the future of motion picture exhibition, btu I'd honestly be very surprised if that turns out to be the case. UP was just lovely in 2D. |
3-D will only become the defacto way to view movies if the glasses aren't needed.
Are those two bozos kidding? Widespread acceptance of viewing paraphenalia on your head for everything you watch. Um, yeah, sure. |
You can already see marvelous entertainment in 3D without glasses.
It's called . . . [cue John Gielgud/Linda Hunt voice] theatre. |
Now if more theater would stoop to gratuitous 3-D nudity and violence. Mmmm ...
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Jeffrey Katzenberg is also convinced that 3D will one day be the theatrical standard.
Avatar will probably be the big threshhold event. First totally big budget mass market live action title. |
#1 - Finding Nemo
#2 - Wall-E #3 - Up #4 - Toy Story 2 #5 - Toy Story #6 - Monsters, Inc. #7 - The Incredibles #8 - Ratatouille #9 - Cars #10 - A Bug's Life But honestly, there is no huge drop-off. I like all of them. The race for #1 is pretty tight between my top 5. And the race is still pretty tight right after it. |
#1 - The Incredibles
#2 - Toy Story #3 - Toy Story 2 #4 - Wall-E -- ISM's cliff of despair ---- #5 - Cars #6 - Ratatouille #7 - Finding Nemo #8 - Monsters, Inc. #9 - A Bug's Life I have not seen "Up" yet. |
My top ten on the subject.
1. Great movies. 2. Good movies. 3. Mediocre movies. 4. Bad movies. 5. Terrible movies. 6. Ed Wood movies. HUGE DROP-OFF 7. Broken jar in the ass movies. HUGE DROP-OFF 8. Broken jar in the ass. HUGE DROP-OFF 9. Waterboarding. HUGER DROP-OFF 10. "Cars" |
I would put #9 above #8. At least #9 gets you sympathy from Keith Olbermann.
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I don't know if I made a list before, but here's the latest one. It could change tomorrow.
:) 1. Finding Nemo 2. The Incredibles 3. Ratatouille 4. Wall-E 5. Up 6. Monsters Inc. 7. Toy Story 2 8. Toy Story 9. A Bug's Life 10. Cars |
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Maybe so, but it isn't a cheap gimmick. Tens of millions of dollars are being spent (much of it subsidized by the studios) to get the projectors into theaters.
That said, with digital technology elimination vibration blur (on old analog cameras it was impossible to keep the two cameras perfectly in synch) completely the only problem I have with it is the dimness if the theater isn't keeping the lumens at the right level (that is one reason they need the new projectors, they need to be able to project much brighter than traditional ones) and the glasses. Katzenberg mentioned one thing at the presentation I went to where a top end sunglass designer had made a prototype of regular sunglasses with the appropriate left right lens polarization to do double duty for 3D movies. I'd be cool with that (especially if I'm going to have to see ten 3D movies a year for reviewing). |
I'll give Avatar a chance, but based on my experiences so far with movies like Bolt I'll stick with 2D.
What about Imax? Do you all go out of your way to see movies on Imax? |
I'll go to an Imax if it's nearby and showing something interesting. However, I want nothing to do with the recent trend of theFake IMAX experience.
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I generally avoid IMAX for feature length movies. I don't sit in the front row of movie theaters and don't particularly like feeling like I am even in the last row of an IMAX theater.
But I also prefer my TVs farther away from my living room seating than the various home theater guides will tell you is the desired size/distance ratio. Though there is the fact that the majority of new multiplex IMAX theaters aren't actually true IMAX experiences (more just slightly enlarged regular screens). |
Wow. I didn't know anything about this Fake IMAX trend. Is there a list somewhere of the "real" IMAX screens?
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Information on the situation in this article.
A map showing all IMAX theaters in the US and where they fit in the spectrum of IMAX screens here (the link is in UPDATE to the article I linked above). According to it, the GardenWalk IMAX screen is one of the bad ones. |
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I'll check that link, but I think the one at Universal CityWalk may be "real" as well, but I hate that theater too much to ever find out. I've gone down to Irvine a couple of times to see things in IMAX. Nice, but not necessarily worth the drive. I've never seen one of those films where only certain segments are in IMAX. That seems like it would be rather disconcerting. (Though there was a movie I loved, Brainstorm, that had "mind-reading" segments in a wider aspect ratio - to good effect.) I've been fooled by those claims of IMAX that are really just larger-than-average theater screens. Bah. Unfortunately, there's only 3 large theater screens left in L.A. But each of those is bigger than your typical multiplex FauxMax screen. |
Worse than a film with only certain segments in IMAX are films with only certain segments in 3D (Superman). That was obnoxious, having to keep an eye out for when to put on and take off the 3D glasses.
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Anyone else see that 1961 3D version of The Mask? Whenever I put on 3D glasses I hear that voice in my head: "Put the mask on now!"
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I call shenanigans on that IMAX locator. According to it, the only authentic IMAX screens in Southern California are at the California Science Center in downtown L.A. (check), the Irvine Spectrum in Irvine (check), and the Bridge in West L.A. (bogus!!!)
I've been to all of these theaters, and the Bridge is a real IMAX if my dog can talk. It's a smaller screen than either the Village, the Chinese or the Dome (the remaining big screen theaters), and it's way smaller than the IMAX at either the Spectrum or the Science Center. Yet the site claims the Bridge screen is only 4 feet less wide and 8 feet less tall than the Spectrum's (and 1 foot less wide, 2 feet less tall than the Science Center's). My experience says otherwise. Of course, the site says both the Spectrum and the Bridge opened the same year, in 2002, and I was under the distinct impression the Spectrum was around loooong before the Bridge. Anyone in the OC know when the Spectrum was built? |
According to the Spectrum page at Wikipedia, phase 1 started in 1995 and phase 3 completed in 2002. No idea what phase the IMAX theater was in. The IMAX site certainly doesn't tell you.
Can't comment on how accurate the list is, that just the only one I can find. Another thing to know about IMAX screenings is that just because your theater is showing it on an IMAX screen doesn't mean it is an IMAX movie. My theater has an almost full size screen but most of the movies shown on it aren't listed as IMAX but rather LF for large format. This means their just projecting a normal 35mm movie to fill a larger screen. The picture isn't better, just bigger (and that means, to a certain degree, worse). |
The one movie I saw at the Bridge "IMAX" was certainly not an IMAX movie. Worse, it was a Panavision aspect ratio film, which does not take advantage of the height of an IMAX screen nearly as much as a more common Widescreen aspect ratio film would. So, I was disappointed.
And being very family with the 3 (at that time, 4) big screen theaters in L.A., I called shenanigans on an "IMAX" screen being smaller than any of these ... and I tried to base that estimate on the actual screen size rather than the relatively narrow size of the projected image. In any event, I recommend not falling for gimmicks like IMAX or 3-D. Just see the movie. If you can make it to The Village or The Dome or The Chinese, do that. But gimmicks are lame. |
Like domes. Dome screens are (and I mean this honestly though it is just my opinion) lame.
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I guess Domes were considered a gimmick in their day. As was the widescreen format in general.
In the past, oh, 20 years or so, most movies have reverted to a more naturalistic aspect ratio of 1.85:1. This more closely imitates a normal range of vision. Panavision films in 2.35:1 are much less common today. But since they represent a field of vision that is beyond natural, I think it's only fitting they be projected on screens having a wrap-around effect. I think the curved screens of Domes are perfect for really wide films, and projecting them on flat screens does not have the intended effect. All a matter of preference. I used to love sitting in the first row of the Cinerama Dome (or the old Egyptian before AFI converted it) so that the film would literally wrap behind my head and fill my entire field of vision ... even if I glanced sideways. |
Go ahead. I dare you not to tear up at this one....
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Well, I love a challenge:
Viewing Pixar Movie Kills 10-Year-Old Girl Only thing keeping girl alive was unfulfilled desire to see movie, so why did parents let girl see movie? They should have scheduled the screening for 2084. Though seriously, it is a very nice story. |
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You know what, I misread your post (which makes my response nonsensical).
Where you said "I dare you not to tear up at this one...." I read "I dare you to tear up this one..." In other words I thought you essentially said "I bet you can't crap on this story." That's the challenge I was taking up. |
Came to this thread to post this very link. DAMN YOU PIXAR!! Made me cry in my own store.
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Can I put money on that? I'm not frequently a betting woman, but...
Alex does not cry. |
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I missed those few notes on the thread, BTW. Sorry for the repeat, and thanks for the info and link! |
Lou Romano, Pixar artist, has a great series of his artwork used for Up on his blog - great images and a great way to revisit the story
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I <3 Lou Romano!
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Yeah, that was fun and awesome. Thanks.
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