Why I Think UP Is Such A Great Movie

UP was spectacular. Most common positive adjectives I can think of (excellent, awesome, wonderful, heartwarming, etc), and a lot of more descriptive ones as well.

I’ll try to come up with several reasons why I loved it so much.

-It’s heartwarming with a realistic flavor, and inspiringly so- this may not say a lot, but it’s such a cute story, with love, death, isolation, and adventure, woven into a flavorful rainbow of well-put-together cinematography and all in a better-than-just-feel-good-kids-movie. It’s great for kids and adults of like, which we’ve seen before from Pixar. Moreso than other “family movies”, this one deals with some tough realities of family and relationships, without preaching or lingering too long in any one wrong direction

-Because of this line- The main boy of the story, Russell, reminisces on good memories past with his father, like sitting on a curb eating ice cream and watching cars go past- each counted one color. Russell says that he misses that curb, and then “It’s the boring parts I remember best”. It’s like that quote: “In the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years”, meaning that meaningful memories will fill you up with all those good things money can’t buy. Something like that. It also made me think of love and the quirks and small idiosyncrasies of someone you love and how that makes them ever-so endearing to you (and it can also be something you hate oddly enough too)

-Not a Dull or Misplaced Moment- If I’m going to spend 13.50 on a movie (adult plus 3.50 3D charge you may not have known about!), I want it to be completely worth my while. This one was perfect, from beginning to end. I even really liked one part that other people didn’t laught at, which I’ve unfortunately temporarily forgot, until I buy it or rent it on Netflix. Only one small detail that bothered me, but that would give away some things from the ending, so I won’t.

-Wonderful Lessons in Courage and Openness- you’ve got to see the movie to get it, and I don’t want to discuss the plot too much. But. It has great lessons embedded in the movie, and it’s not painful in the least (there was a little heart-touching going on and I had trouble not crying (teared up several times)), but it’s all colorful and has a charming real-life feel to it. It could help people of any age open up to something new- traveling, increased creativity, taking a leap, and who knows what.

I could go on and on, but I got out of bed at nearly 3AM to write this post. So take that as a sign that this movie really is worth going to see.