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It was a dream shared by her childhood friend-turned-husband Carl, and in one of the most talked-about scenes from "Up," we see a wedding-day to funeral-day montage of a sweet and constant love between two adults who never lose the ability to dream. I don't know what's more poignant,her passing, her wishing him a new adventure rather than a life of mourning, or the fact that she had filled her adventure album with photos from their everyday life. It's touching, too, and reminiscent of "It's a Wonderful Life," that they had bought and fixed up the abandoned house they once used for their pretend adventures as children. "Up" is a mostly upbeat adventure, and a comic one that ought to appeal to the entire family.
When Carl's house is surrounded by construction and he loses his temper after a mailbox he and Ellie painted together is struck by heavy machinery, he reflexively whacks a man over the head with his walker. The next thing you know he's in court, shades of Santa Claus in "Miracle on 31st Street," facing the charge of being a public menace. His sentence: Shady Oaks Retirement Village. But inspired by Ellie's dream of living in a house at the top of Paradise Falls and that change jar they kept throughout their lives for just that purpose, he devises a plan. Oh, the seeds had been planted in earlier montages, when we see the role that a balloon plays in his first finding Ellie, landing in the hospital, and having her communicate with him via balloon. And there's a balloon cart that an adult Carl has to keep pushing back down to earth as he sells them to kids. So why not strap a gazillion balloons to the house and let them pull him away from all of this? The scene where those thousands of real-looking balloons are released and break the house free from its moorings is a triumph of animation.
Casting an old man as the hero in a cartoon adventure is positively inspired, who've been fascinated by old men since their very first short. about an old man who wiles away the time by playing checkers with himself, "Up" has plenty of old-age humor, balanced by whimsy. Thankfully, though, a 78 year old isn't the only source of humor.Disney has done a lot of brilliant things, but conceiving of a logical reason for animals talking, rather than just making them talk, is a regular Einstein move. In South America, when Carl and Russell encounter the aged Muntz, they discover that the explorer has devised a collar with a device that enables dogs to talk.
"Up" is totally deserving of the praise it's received. The concept is fresh and original, the artwork and animation are incredible, the screenplay is packed with humor and adventure,time as a construction foreman. Collectively, their deliveries, their inflections, and their level of emotional engagement couldn't be better, and the animators really managed to capture every nuance of their speech in facial expressions and gestures. It's one of the things, frankly, that sets Disney animation apart from the rest.
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