I went to see Up the other night in 3D. The first 5-10 minutes are done without any dialogue. Carl meets Ellie as little adventurers and they show the progression of their love together. This isn't The Notebook where you're sobbing hysterically at the end of the movie. Those first 10 minutes destroyed any hopes of mascara staying on my face and the emotional smorgasbord continues throughout. My favorite Pixar movie to date.
Director Pete Docter intended for audiences to take a specific point from the film, saying:
Basically, the message of the film is that the real adventure of life is the relationship we have with other people, and it's so easy to lose sight of the things we have and the people that are around us until they're gone. More often than not I don't really realize how lucky I was to have known someone until they're either moved or passed away. So if you can kind of wake up a little bit and go, "Wow, I've got some really cool stuff around me every day", then that's what the movie's about.What a nice swift kick in the ass to remember that there are no real happy ever afters in life because there are no real finish lines. My life is one gigantic adventure. I have no idea what's going to happen or where it'll take me and that is so damn exciting.
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