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Yay, free cinema tickets during half term. Yay!
Anyway, Up. Pixar's latest - and Pixar have yet to disappoint. They somehow manage to make stories more complex and deep each time, usually more complex and deep than most Hollywood schlock, and the graphics step up incredibly.
So yes. Up. Well, the story is certainly deeper - in fact at several points during the film, so deep it's almost maudlin'...
... and at points the graphics are verging on the uncanny valley. However, I don't think the film benefits at all from being in 3D - sometimes the level of detail just isn't there, and I got squiffy eyes looking at some of the finer detail (Ellie's closed eyes in one early scene being a good - or bad - example). In fact, I'm old enough to remember the 12 month fad with 3D the first time round, I think this is something that will get old very quick and seriously date this version.
That said, the main characters are all likeable enough (even if the villain is badly telegraphed and even if most of the "action" hadn't been spoiled by an advert for "Up: The video game" before the 🤬 film), there's some great lines - you dog owners are in for a treat. The film trundles along - though it seemed a bit short - looking very pretty and in the end everything is fine. What more can you ask?
I don't think it's anywhere near as good as Wall-E or Ratatouille but it's still one of the top five films I've seen this year. A word of caution for you parents taking kids along - read the spoiler first. The younger kids might not get it, as none of it is really explicitly stated, just suggested, but it might affect slightly older kids.
Summary in 10 words or less: Another sterling job from Pixar, but it's no Wall-E
Rating: A mocha, but no dash of cinnamon.
Anyway, Up. Pixar's latest - and Pixar have yet to disappoint. They somehow manage to make stories more complex and deep each time, usually more complex and deep than most Hollywood schlock, and the graphics step up incredibly.
So yes. Up. Well, the story is certainly deeper - in fact at several points during the film, so deep it's almost maudlin'...
The first couple of minutes of the film cover the hero's early years, including meeting his future wife, marrying her, finding out they can't have children, watching their dreams shattered one-by-one, them growing old, her getting ill and dying and leaving us with him as a sad, lonely old man. Oh, and then having his house taken from him. Still, chin up, eh!
... and at points the graphics are verging on the uncanny valley. However, I don't think the film benefits at all from being in 3D - sometimes the level of detail just isn't there, and I got squiffy eyes looking at some of the finer detail (Ellie's closed eyes in one early scene being a good - or bad - example). In fact, I'm old enough to remember the 12 month fad with 3D the first time round, I think this is something that will get old very quick and seriously date this version.
That said, the main characters are all likeable enough (even if the villain is badly telegraphed and even if most of the "action" hadn't been spoiled by an advert for "Up: The video game" before the 🤬 film), there's some great lines - you dog owners are in for a treat. The film trundles along - though it seemed a bit short - looking very pretty and in the end everything is fine. What more can you ask?
I don't think it's anywhere near as good as Wall-E or Ratatouille but it's still one of the top five films I've seen this year. A word of caution for you parents taking kids along - read the spoiler first. The younger kids might not get it, as none of it is really explicitly stated, just suggested, but it might affect slightly older kids.
Summary in 10 words or less: Another sterling job from Pixar, but it's no Wall-E
Rating: A mocha, but no dash of cinnamon.
