Okay, I know that everyone has already given their thumbs up for Pixar’s 10th animated film, but allow me to add my own two thumbs up in the mix for Up. I have seen many (if not all) of Pixar’s films (including the very short ones made during the 80s when the company was not that big yet), and I can say that Up is one of Pixar’s funniest and best works ever.
Why is Up doing so well in the box office, and why is it safe to say that it is one of Pixar’s bests? Well, I guess it is not the amazing visual effects because we all know that visual effects are part and parcel of today’s animated films. It is also not the amazing sounds or the funny scenes or the breathtaking action because we know that these elements are always present in every Pixar film. I guess it is in how the film touches the heart. Up is a love story. If the trailers you’ve seen led you to believe that this is an action-comedy film, then watch the movie and you will see that it is actually a love story.
The first ten or fifteen minutes of the film is where its power really lies because of how it stirs the emotion: a boy and a girl falls in love and they grow up and marry and live happily as a couple and grow old together. But they do not die together, one has to go first and leave the other broken by the memories and a promise that was not fulfilled. Then the hilarious action and adventure set in.
Up is not only for children, adults will definitely enjoy this film; the children will enjoy the action and the visual effects; the adults will surely be surprised with how much this film, an animated one, can touch them emotionally. If you are familiar with Pixar’s films, expect all the good ingredients that are in their previous films to be present in Up plus a lot more that you haven’t seen before.
