Quite simply another Disney Pixar classic, Â they are a studio with an impeccable record, even their poorer movies such as Bolt remain enjoyable. The premise of ‘Up’ is simple enough. Carl is a retired balloon salesman and I don’t want to spoil the story too much but he decides to go on one final adventure and he ends up meeting some memorable characters along the way.
The feel offers humour, emotion and all the classic enjoyable moments of other Pixar films, it looks incredible in HD with all the colour showing ever so vivid. You’ll recognise some of the voices such as the Construction Foreman (Ratzenberger) who is best known for his role as Hamm in the Toy Story movies.
Unlike previous Pixar movies, this one feels to be a much sadder film, it does of course all become much nicer by the end but it is the development of the characters that make this movie so enjoyable. The characters feel memorable, the plot is memorable and the recurring jokes are also memorable. For the get go this is a family film that doesn’t fail to disappoint.
Whilst you may not feel this to be the likes of Toy Story or Finding Nemo, it still resides highly in the list of the top Pixar films, it’ll satisfy the kids and the adults and you can tell that Pixar have taken their time in polishing the animation and the script. It is quite simply a delightful film and it’s really quite difficult to criticise. Perhaps some people would like a little more depth to the plot but it is after all a Pixar film and aimed at families.
Up was a surprise winner at last years Oscars and it picked up 2 awards and was nominated for the best motion picture, there are reasons for these accolades, you simply won’t be disappointed with this film and as I mentioned at the beginning with Disney Pixar you always get a standard and that standard is raised here.
