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pen:
Hate to break it to you, but it's a kid's movie. That's what they do.
Ozymandias:
If a kid is incapable of shutting up during the movie, don't take them to the movie?
Dimmukane:
Well, I thought it was cute, and it was only the one kid, but the Girl (who ironically is an early childhood edumacator) was starting to get annoyed. Maybe it was a bad idea to sneak beer in?
rynne:
Interesting to see the different reactions to the Pixar films here. Ratatouille is my favorite Pixar film, I thought WALL-E was pretty much standard-level Pixar (i.e., still better than just about every other animation company), and Up is between those levels.
You know what really impressed me about the story? The way it tread lightly on the relationships of loss. Like, I kept waiting for an apparition or vision of Ellie to show up at an important turning point---sitting in the chair next to Carl over the falls, or maybe a Lion King-style cloud cameo---but Pixar didn't stoop to that cliche. Or that Russell's parents' divorce was just ever-so-slightly hinted at. I could easily imagine a different studio playing that up for maximum pathos.
Also, good lord were the dogs and Kevin funny.
Alex C:
I thought they were actually pretty heavy handed with that stuff, really, but it was so central to the theme that it was justifiable, particularly since as you said they kept away from a lot of the more annoying animated cliches. Besides, I think if anything too many stories feature it as a plot point but don't really deal with it honestly or give it the weight it deserves. Video games and anime in particular are often repeat offenders on this count; many characters either carry a deliriously over-sized chip on their shoulder over loss or else they go about their business as usual aside from the fact that they'll spout a few monologues about why they must carry on. Basically, they're jam packed with bathos. Even worse, this empty headed devotion is often further devalued by being aimed squarely at a character we never get a chance to know. Up! stayed away from that and was a far more evocative movie for it; they really nailed the "Show, don't tell" maxim.
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