According to Comingsoon.net
QuoteDisney has also set a June 12, 2009 date for a Pixar film titled Up
http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=20886 (http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=20886)
Any ideas about what it could be about?
Comingsoon.net has some more info on Up:
QuoteUp (June 12, 2009)
Pete Docter, the Pixar lifer who made "Monsters Inc.," and co-director Bob Peterson are preparing this "coming-of-old-age story" about a seventysomething guy who lives in a house that "looks like your grandparents' house smelled." He befriends a clueless young Wilderness Ranger and gets into lots of alter kocker altercations. Says Pixar: "Our hero travels the globe, fights beasts and villains and eats dinner at 3:30 in the afternoon."
http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=20924 (http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=20924)
I said it when we heard about Cars, and when we heard about WALL-E, but seriously - this sounds like the strangest Pixar film ever.
They must be quite confident about animating real humans now then, rather than just stretchy superhero humans. :?
LOL Baloo!!! strechy humans!
well the title of Up is wierd even by pixars standards oooh if theres a sequel thell proberlly call it Down :lol:
And if there's a third, 'Shake It All About'? :lol:
:lol: lol forth one has to be all turn around - nice one too end on
This has popped up on Wikipedia:
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Looks like The Emporer's New Groove meets Geri's Game. :wink:
This sounds quite different. That character looks awfully like the man in Geri's game though, just by looking at the shape/height etc of him. Would be cool if thats what they've done though, taken their character form a short and placed him into a feature length. Can't wait to hear more about this film.
I'm still surprised how much Disney.Pixar is doing atm, seems like a very busy studio.
Can't wait! don't you guys think its time for Pixar to have a female
lead :P
I have no problem with their previous movies, but it would be nice to see
something a bit different.
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Storyline:
A coming-of-old-age story about a seventy-something guy who lives in a house that "looks like your grandparents' house smelled." He befriends a clueless young Wilderness Ranger and gets into lots of alter kocker altercations. "Our hero travels the globe, fights beasts and villains and eats dinner at 3:30 in the afternoon."
A new picture has been released and rumors are that there will be a new teaser trailer released with Wall.e.
I think it looks great, very detailed, can't wait to see more.
You can see the picture by using this LINK (//http://www.slashfilm.com/2008/04/09/first-look-pixars-up-computer-rendered-photo/)
I don't know what to expect from this Pixar movie, but this picture looks great. I can't wait to see more of it and I think it will be a great movie.
John Ratzenberger Confirmed on IMDb.com as Voice in Up and Toy Story 3 (but we expected that!)
Whoa, John Ratzenberger in a Pixar film?! :shock: :o
Quote from: "Baloo"Whoa, John Ratzenberger in a Pixar film?! :shock: :o
Well there is a contractual agreement with Pixar and Ratzenberger that he
WILL appear in
ALL Pixar movies...
But for up I hadn't seen any notification of Ratzenberger on the pages for a long while but there we are its true... and I got a little giddy with excitement!
Quote from: "Captain Pan"Well there is a contractual agreement with Pixar and Ratzenberger that he WILL appear in ALL Pixar movies...
Is it really a
contract now? I thought it was just a funny thing they did!
I know he seems to actually be listed as the main character in newt.
Up is going to be a tough sell. Much, much tougher even than a rat who likes cooking. Hopefully Pixar will prove something new again -- that an animated film can be great fun and popular with a young audience even when featuring an old guy as a lead character. It's nice someone's still not giving up and going down the Kung Fu + Pandas = Big Money route.
The only thing about this film so far that I haven't worked out -- why is it animated? Ratatouille, WALL-E, sure. But a film about a man discovering you can go on enjoying yourself into old age? Maybe there's something we don't know yet.
Do you think Presto leads into this the way Boundin' led into Cars, One Man Band led into Ratatouille and Lifted led into WALL-E?
Quote from: "Baloo"Quote from: "Captain Pan"Well there is a contractual agreement with Pixar and Ratzenberger that he WILL appear in ALL Pixar movies...
Is it really a contract now? I thought it was just a funny thing they did!
I know he seems to actually be listed as the main character in newt.
Up is going to be a tough sell. Much, much tougher even than a rat who likes cooking. Hopefully Pixar will prove something new again -- that an animated film can be great fun and popular with a young audience even when featuring an old guy as a lead character. It's nice someone's still not giving up and going down the Kung Fu + Pandas = Big Money route.
The only thing about this film so far that I haven't worked out -- why is it animated? Ratatouille, WALL-E, sure. But a film about a man discovering you can go on enjoying yourself into old age? Maybe there's something we don't know yet.
Do you think Presto leads into this the way Boundin' led into Cars, One Man Band led into Ratatouille and Lifted led into WALL-E?
I read it on a site somewhere reporting on WALL-E about his Character saying how he's Pixar's lucky penny the only member to be involved Actively in all movies and they mentioned the contract and then later specified this by mentioning the importance of him to Pixar as his role in WALL-E as a character 'John' (aptly named in my opinion) is one of the few humans in the feature.
New promotions at Comic Con:
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It seems that whilst WALL-E was dark and dystopian, Up will be light and fantastical. It does again seem a little bit like the magic seen in Presto was a little tester for this kind of fantasy-animation.
Baloo/Anthony... or what ever your calling yourself...thanks for the Update... This teaser Is just what I've missed this past week!
I found it extremely disappointing waiting for the fantastic Pixar Short then WALL-E that there was no teaser trailer for Pixar's next adventure UP! and even worse nothing for Disney's Bolt either instead I had to suffer (Lightly) the Trailer for HSM3 although did notice that our Wildcats do feature a Basketball manufacturer on their uniforms this time around.
Again Thanks now come on next summer... But first Stop October (21st Birthday & Sleeping Beauty) then December (Christmas... WALL-E on Blu Ray) and January (DLRP)...
Quote from: "Captain Pan"I found it extremely disappointing waiting for the fantastic Pixar Short then WALL-E that there was no teaser trailer for Pixar's next adventure UP! and even worse nothing for Disney's Bolt either
Yeah, what's "Up" with that? Doesn't this make WALL-E the first Pixar film since Toy Story or a bug's life that hasn't come with a trailer for their next film attached?
I suppose it is still a year away, but normally they animate something especially (remember the teaser for Cars? go watch it again now... it's incredible how much their animation evolved).
Bolt is also not released in Europe till next year, but since they have that trailer prepared... yeah, weird. It was nice to see a trailer for the hideous Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa though, just makes WALL-E seem even more of a miracle.
Though I said Up will be a tough sell earlier, it's clever to have it as a follow-up to their strongest film yet.
hey folks,
i don´t know if this is the original trailer but look by ur self..... :)
[youtube:1exjdiku]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dEdVwg7to4[/youtube:1exjdiku]
That picture with the balloons reminds me of Soarin'...
It looks like this IS the official teaser, it's on the website now: http://disney.go.com/disneypictures/up/ (http://disney.go.com/disneypictures/up/%22%20onclick=%22window.open(this.href);return%20false;)
After having a robot like WALL-E that can be so expressive, it's going to be interesting seeing how they get as much character out of this guy with the squashed up face...
I also completely forgot that UP would be the first Pixar in 3D!
Now why does this appear before a week later than when I wanted it! :evil:
But hey this looks cool! Can't wait!
teaser trailer looks really good!!
on imdb it states that Pete Docter is the director......so hopefully it will be as good as Monsters Inc!!
and one of the voices is Christopher Plummer who starred in the Sound Of Music as Captain Von Trapp!!!
i'm looking forward to it!!
Quote from: "SophieD"teaser trailer looks really good!!
on imdb it states that Pete Docter is the director......so hopefully it will be as good as Monsters Inc!!
and one of the voices is Christopher Plummer who starred in the Sound Of Music as Captain Von Trapp!!!
i'm looking forward to it!!
I'm going to start guessing he's playing the old man, possibly?... the question from me is "Who will Ratzenberger Play?"
There's a great interview with Pete Docter here: http://www.aintitcool.com/node/37668 (http://www.aintitcool.com/node/37668%22%20onclick=%22window.open(this.href);return%20false;)
Spoilers ahoy. :wink:
QuoteMr. Beaks Goes UP with Pixar's Pete Docter!
Put simply, Pete Docter's UP is the tale of an adventurer who travels via house to the jungles of South America. That's probably unique enough, but here's the kicker: our daring protagonist is the kind of fellow who pays half-price at the movies and eats his dinner at 3:30 in the afternoon.
Pixar's never faced a greater marketing challenge than Carl Fredrickson, an eighty-two-year-old man (voiced by the once and future Lou Grant, Ed Asner) who evades the banally evil clutches of a retirement community by rigging up thousands of balloons to his soon-to-be-demolished home and - improbably, wondrously - taking flight. For Carl, a former balloon salesman, this is one last chance to make good on a promise to his (now deceased?) childhood sweetheart that they'd go exploring in the wilds of Venezuela. It's also an unexpected opportunity to get harassed nonstop by Russell, a young wilderness ranger who's racked up every merit badge imaginable save for "Assisting the Elderly".
At Comic Con on Saturday, Docter unveiled two scenes: Carl's escape and a short bit that finds Carl and Russell hauling the hovering house through a thick patch of rain forest. The former is gorgeously done. Since a balloon takeoff is a little less raucous than, say, a space shuttle igniting, Docter adopts a light, whimsical tone; as the house floats by apartment building and skyscrapers, regular folk tend to react with quiet astonishment (save for a little girl, who giddily marvels as the balloons cast a vibrant, swirling reflection of colors across her bedroom wall). It's a nicely understated sequence, one that appeared to be concluding with Carl settling into his easy chair for a midday nap. But then there's a knock at the door. At 19,000 feet.
Carl does eventually reach his South American destination, and that's where the action of UP really gets going. As for the "how", "what" and "why", Docter's got until May 2009 to mete out those details. For now, he's just giving us a taste. And while the character decision has me baffled, I can't wait to see how Docter and the other storytelling geniuses at Pixar are going to make it work - because if the previous nine films have taught us anything, we know they're definitely going to make it work.
After the presentation, I got the opportunity to briefly chat with Docter, who's best known as the mastermind of MONSTERS, INC. He'd apparently just flown in from Tahiti, so we began by commiserating over our shared exhaustion.
Beaks: I've seen enough. Comic Con is fun, but it's also just... exhausting.
Pete: It's like Andreas Deja. Do you know him?
Beaks: Yeah.
Pete: He has this amazing collection of animation rough drawings. I went to look at them, and after a while I was just overwhelmed. "I love it! I can't get enough! And yet I'm just... (eyes rolling back into his head)."
Beaks: So, I first want to say that your presentation was fantastic even though you shattered my dream that you might be headed in a Russ Meyer direction with UP.
Pete: (Laughs) Oh, yeah.
Beaks: People see that title, and they wonder. But it has been a very mysterious project. The title is so wide open.
Pete: That is the intrigue of it, I guess.
Beaks: And now that I've seen it... let's just say I wasn't expecting an eighty-two-year-old man as a protagonist. This has got to be the toughest sell in the history of Pixar. Where did Carl Fredricksen come from?
Pete: In our culture, it seems like old people are relegated to... "Go live in your old folks home, and stay out of my life." Which is really too bad because, as I've found in the real world, when you meet what looks like a little old man... you get to talking to him, and you're like, "Shoot, this guy created Dumbo!" I'm talking about Joe Grant, who's a guy I got to work with. He had all these amazing stories. "When I was sitting with Walt and Stokowski about the music..." You're like, "Oh, my gosh!" These rich pasts that these people have, these amazing stories... let's tap into that. There's this rich texture.
Even with the way people move: we have challenges in terms of "Okay, Carl needs to get from this side of the screen to that side of the screen." You don't want to sit there for twelve minutes and wait for him to cross, but that's what it takes. He moves slow.
We're having to figure out what's the most entertaining way [to watch an old man walk across the screen]. Do you cut? There are certain limitations. But I love embracing those shoulders. It's like with Mike [Wazowski from MONSTERS, INC.]. He has one eye. How do you make him shrug? How does he sniff his armpit? He can't turn his head because he has no head. It's his whole body. He doesn't have a nose either. So we figured out a way to do it. Old men are a similar thing; there are certain challenges, but that's what makes Carl very specific and very fun.
Beaks: Where did you start with the script: the character of Carl or the idea of a South American adventure?
Pete: It was really more the character on this film. It's been very character driven. We also had other thoughts of where they should be. We initially had other thoughts of where they should be. We knew that we needed some place where this guy got stuck, an isolated location. I was thinking of a tropical island in the South Pacific, but that's been done so many times. So we were trying to figure out if there was some other place, some other way to fulfill our story needs that's maybe a little more unique, and that's when we settled on this.
Beaks: The South American milieu looks spectacular, but it also comes with its own cinematic history. I loved the scene with Carl and Russell hauling the house through the jungle FITZCARRALDO-style.
Pete: Yeah, exactly!
Beaks: Was that a reference?
Pete: Well, as we developed it, someone asked, "Hey, have you seen FITZCARRALDO?" So we watched it, and... yeah, there are some similar things. We also looked at THE MISSION, with this guy who feels like he has to punish himself, that he's paying penance for something he didn't fulfill. That's one of the themes in the film: dealing with unfinished business.
Beaks: Speaking of THE MISSION, do you think Michael Giacchino might incorporate elements of that great Ennio Morricone score?
Pete: (Laughs) It's going to be fun to talk to him. He hasn't started on it yet because he's still busy on STAR TREK. But there's a wide variety of story needs for this film, from comedy to real drama to pathos to action... it's going to be fun. I'm looking forward to it.
Beaks: And I get the feeling that you just gave us the bare minimum with these two characters. You're holding back a great deal, right?
Pete: This is our debutante ball, so you don't want to show everything. You just want to tease a little. As we get more footage prepared, we'll talk more.
Beaks: There's one thing I've always wondered about Pixar's writing process. You addressed it a little at the panel, but I just wanted to press a little. It's about writing to theme. The films always have an unmistakable message being conveyed. It's not heavy-handed, but it's definitely there: alternative energy in MONSTERS, INC., consumerism and sloth, both intellectual and physical, in WALL-E. I know you guys say that you don't think about such things, but they're integral parts of your films.
Pete: It would be somewhat irresponsible for me to say we don't think about it. We definitely have to, but we don't set out with (playing the scold) "You know, what America needs today is to be conscious of the energy crisis!" We're an entertainment company. We think of it from a character standpoint and a story standpoint. "What do we need to tell the story?" In the case of MONSTERS, INC., that was an impetus behind why a bad guy would break the rules. We came up with the energy crisis as a way of saying, "Okay, this is what's propelling this character." We did a similar thing with WALL-E. It's really all character driven as opposed to feeling like I'm making a social statement. But hopefully they do both.
I concluded by fishing for some second-hand details on Andrew Stanton's JOHN CARTER, and got absolutely nothin'. Oh, well. As for UP, I can't for the life of me figure out where this film is going, and I love it. I imagine we'll get something a little more substantial when BOLT hits in November.
Faithfully submitted,
Mr. Beaks
New character stills from The Pixar Blog (//http://pixarblog.blogspot.com/2008/07/up-pictures-from-comic-con.html), released at Comic Con:
Our lead, Carl Fredricksen:
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The boy scout he befriends:
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Carl's house, the last left in the middle of a vast construction site:
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Some concept art for their adventures in South America:
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Kristof might be Disney God... But Anthony You are quickly trying to usurp him from his throne with your Magic on the cinema...
Again... A Very Nice find... roll on Summer 2009.
Thanks for the pics Ant, they look... how can I put it... different to any animated film paring that I ever seen, but in a good way. I mean, how many other film companies can say that they've ever released a film like this? :lol: :wink:
Butlin Boy... I would say NONE!
Trailer! Trailer! Trailer!
480p: http://wdmp.rd.llnwd.net/wdsmp/Up/Trail ... ev_480.mov (http://wdmp.rd.llnwd.net/wdsmp/Up/Trailer2_V33/Up_TRL2_V33_Rev_480.mov%22%20onclick=%22window.open(this.href);return%20false;)
720p: http://wdmp.rd.llnwd.net/wdsmp/Up/Trail ... ev_720.mov (http://wdmp.rd.llnwd.net/wdsmp/Up/Trailer2_V33/Up_TRL2_V33_Rev_720.mov%22%20onclick=%22window.open(this.href);return%20false;)
Flash/source: http://pixarplanet.com/blog/first-up-trailer-arrives (http://pixarplanet.com/blog/first-up-trailer-arrives%22%20onclick=%22window.open(this.href);return%20false;)
We thought WALL-E was a bit of a departure for Pixar, but look at this... That said, it does remind me of a cross between Monsters Inc and The Incredibles visually and perhaps even in character terms.
It's a hilarious joke, but I don't quite understand how the cub scout appears on his doorstep mid-flight when he's not there beforehand... Maybe we'll find out?
I'm so excited now, it looks ace. They still don't want to show much but its enough to get peeps excited about it.
I'll be honest, I wasn't sure if this concept would work at first, but after seeing the trailer, it looks brilliant. I can't wait to see it :)
I had my doubts too, but the trailer made me smile, so i will have my hopes up...... :P
Website has been updated slightly: http://disney.go.com/disneypictures/up/ (http://disney.go.com/disneypictures/up/%22%20onclick=%22window.open(this.href);return%20false;)
I like the contrast between the bright balloons and blue sky and the inside of Carl's house, where everything seems to be brown. I'm looking forward to seeing how Pixar tackle South America...
Some release dates:
US: 29th May 2009
UK: 17th July 2009
France, Netherlands: 29th July 2009
Germany 24th September 2009
Do animated films not do well in Germany in Summer or something?
Quote from: "Anthony"Website has been updated slightly: http://disney.go.com/disneypictures/up/ (http://disney.go.com/disneypictures/up/%22%20onclick=%22window.open(this.href);return%20false;)
I like the contrast between the bright balloons and blue sky and the inside of Carl's house, where everything seems to be brown. I'm looking forward to seeing how Pixar tackle South America...
Some release dates:
US: 29th May 2009
UK: 17th July 2009
France, Netherlands: 29th July 2009
Germany 24th September 2009
Do animated films not do well in Germany in Summer or something?
I can never get my head around why some film companies release their films like this. Are we not as important as the US or something? :evil:
Some of the staggering of the dates will be to allow for promotion from the voiceartists in each country. However, the gap between the US and the rest is pretty large!
Quote from: "Adam"Some of the staggering of the dates will be to allow for promotion from the voiceartists in each country. However, the gap between the US and the rest is pretty large!
Not as Big as the One for Bolt...
US Release; November... UK release February! That's 4 months!
Pixar's two month separation isn't that Bad really! Only wish it was a smaller time difference!! :cry:
Empire has an "exclusive" new screen shot of Up (NOTE: It was posted on the 28th December but i just went on the Empire website and found it and since it hasn't been posted here i thought i would :) ).
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Pixar's character design just gets better and better. WALL-E and Eve were the kind of designs that looked wonderful together and will be instantly recognisable for decades to come, but making a young kid and an old man stand out is must harder. But look at that, they've done it. The grey squareness against the colourful roundness is brilliant.
Probably another set of characters that Disney won't be able to turn into meet 'n' greets though. The house floating away with balloons would make a very cool parade float, however... Pixar Play Parade... WDS, 2012? :P
Quote from: "Anthony"Pixar's character design just gets better and better. WALL-E and Eve were the kind of designs that looked wonderful together and will be instantly recognisable for decades to come, but making a young kid and an old man stand out is must harder. But look at that, they've done it. The grey squareness against the colourful roundness is brilliant.
Perfectly put Ant, but I think we've missed something else in this comparison... Shape the shapes of old and new mirror that of old and new in WALL-E...
Old Gent & WALL-E: Square
Wildreness Ranger and EVE: Round
Just replace the rust of WALL-E with the wrinkles and grey of age and there is a comparison, well in my opinion.
Quote from: "Anthony"Probably another set of characters that Disney won't be able to turn into meet 'n' greets though. The house floating away with balloons would make a very cool parade float, however... Pixar Play Parade... WDS, 2012? :P
Now that parade idea sounds a spiffing good idea, the timing would allow for the New characters of Newt, Toy Story 3, Cars II and Bear and The Bow...
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It looks like the last Indiana Jones film... :P :lol:
Quote from: "The Butlin Boy"It looks like the last Indiana Jones film... :P :lol:
:lol:
Quiet true...
Book cover of "The Art of UP":
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Footage from that Sony CES Keynote has been leaked:
http://pixarplanet.com/blog/up-footage- ... ote-leaked (http://pixarplanet.com/blog/up-footage-from-sony-ces-keynote-leaked)
It seems like certain aspects of Presto are there just as Lifted almost led into WALL-E.
Quote from: "Anthony"Footage from that Sony CES Keynote has been leaked:
http://pixarplanet.com/blog/up-footage- ... ote-leaked (http://pixarplanet.com/blog/up-footage-from-sony-ces-keynote-leaked)
It seems like certain aspects of Presto are there just as Lifted almost led into WALL-E.
I must say, it's looking good :mrgreen: I'm really excited about seeing this film now, even more so that I was, it just looks fantastic :)
I'm not too sure if I'll like this film. What I love about Pixar is the way they bring things to life that we wouldn't normally be able to communicate with, for example monsters, cars, fish, toys... But the last film that involved humans (sort of), The Incredibles, I felt wasn't quite as good as the others. I'm worried I might feel the same about this.
Obviously I haven't seen it yet though, so I'll wait and see.
Poster time :mrgreen: ...
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Pretty good. :) I still love the colours of the balloons against the blue sky. It all feels very fresh and bright, a bit of fresh air after the dark and sterile worlds of WALL-E.
But then, I can see what RnRCj's saying. After WALL-E, it's hard to know what to think. I'm really looking forward to it, especially the 3D, but not really bowled over by anything I'm seeing... you know?
Even though, as I've just realised, I'm looking at a poster of an old man pulling along a flying house being held up by hundreds of balloons. Yeah, we'll probably love it. Aren't Pixar predictable? :roll:
Quote from: "Anthony"It seems like certain aspects of Presto are there just as Lifted almost led into WALL-E.
Is that not the case with every new film and the previous short? I thought the basis of each short was primarily to test out some new animation technique, which would be used in the next film.
I've just seen the Up trailer in 3D, with Bolt. WHOA!! It looks gorgeous. Can't wait to see more!!!
The balloons alone... So much volume!! Really stunning
Well... Well... Well...
I have a Small Snippet of news...
Over the past movies we have been given a small movie to whet our appetites
For Cars it was One Man Band
For Ratatouille it was Lifted
WALL-E gave us Presto
Up gives the World: Partly Cloudy
Directed by Peter Sohn: Animator on Ratatouille, The Incredibles Story artist on Finding Nemo and The Incredibles.
And Voice of Your Friend the Rat: Emile
Can't wait already! Bring on The Summer!
I have to say, the trailer for Up was lost in the trailers with Bolt in 3D today. I don't know if it is because I have watched it a few times on the net, but I was really underwhelmed at the cinema with the Up trailer, especially the 3D element. The first time ever for me that the Pixar trailer and movie didn't excite me as much as the other trailers. Monsters v aliens looked supierior to Up, and the trailer for ice age 3 is genius. Those to movies got ms excited, I just hope that that fact that I have watched the up trailer a few times is the reason it didn't look as good!
Quote from: "penfold12"I have to say, the trailer for Up was lost in the trailers with Bolt in 3D today. I don't know if it is because I have watched it a few times on the net, but I was really underwhelmed at the cinema with the Up trailer, especially the 3D element. The first time ever for me that the Pixar trailer and movie didn't excite me as much as the other trailers. Monsters v aliens looked supierior to Up, and the trailer for ice age 3 is genius. Those to movies got ms excited, I just hope that that fact that I have watched the up trailer a few times is the reason it didn't look as good!
Aaaw, we didn't get an Up trailer when we saw Bolt 3D, I was really hoping we would :roll: Never mind :wink:
Quote from: "The Butlin Boy"Quote from: "Anthony"Website has been updated slightly: http://disney.go.com/disneypictures/up/ (http://disney.go.com/disneypictures/up/)" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
I like the contrast between the bright balloons and blue sky and the inside of Carl's house, where everything seems to be brown. I'm looking forward to seeing how Pixar tackle South America...
Some release dates:
US: 29th May 2009
UK: 17th July 2009
France, Netherlands: 29th July 2009
Germany 24th September 2009
Do animated films not do well in Germany in Summer or something?
I can never get my head around why some film companies release their films like this. Are we not as important as the US or something? :evil:
It could get a whole lot worse for European Fans...
Early Indications are of a release Date Change for Much of Europe... Britain in Particular, one in which would astromically set back the DVD release at Christmas...More like Valentines (Like Ratatouille)
From My Sorces on another Forum...
QuoteA few more countries and dates...
Spain - 12th June 2009
Argentina - 9th July 2009
Iceland - 28th August 2009
Germany - 24th September 2009*
Norway - 25th September 2009
Netherlands - 8th October 2009*
UK - 16 October 2009*
* date has been changed
According to Empire Online, they still have the release date as 17 July 2009 in the UK, but then it says on another page that the release isn't until October, so I don't know. It doesn't look like the Australian date has been changed (yet). *holds breath*
This would mean the UK (Although it is in the main language) would be receiving the movie almost 6 months after the US, and After the People of Germany...
I think I might Start Crying Now!
Or Organising an Excursion out of the country to get to see it... Think Paris May Become Card Holder for me... I just need someone to translate!
October?! No way! What are they releasing in the Summer here then? All I can see is Witch Mountain in April and Hannah Montana in May... I accept for good business they need to release films during school holidays, but I can't stand the way Disney UK just spreads out its films randomly across the year... do they not realise most people (particularly that same school audience) follow film news and trailers online and will have have forgotten all about the buzz for Up by the time they finally let us see it? Not to mention missing out on Christmas DVD sales now.
Lord knows when (or even if) we're going to see the Toy Story films in 3D then, if everything is bumped back...
Quote from: "Anthony"October?! No way! What are they releasing in the Summer here then? All I can see is Witch Mountain in April and Hannah Montana in May... I accept for good business they need to release films during school holidays, but I can't stand the way Disney UK just spreads out its films randomly across the year... do they not realise most people (particularly that same school audience) follow film news and trailers online and will have have forgotten all about the buzz for Up by the time they finally let us see it? Not to mention missing out on Christmas DVD sales now.
Lord knows when (or even if) we're going to see the Toy Story films in 3D then, if everything is bumped back...
Ant... I think there's another Movie which will be bumped back from this that many many Disney Fans have been looking forward to since Lasseter revived Hand Drawn Animation... We're all aware that the UK wouldn't be getting The Princess and The Frog at Christmas like the US, but We Might not even get it now till the Summer if this release is anything to go by
Summer or its Original Date in July was perfect, I'd worked out its Estimated Time Of Arrival onto DVD & BR to... So My Christmas was sorted! If Pixar
Dream of Doing this to Summer 2010 then there will be a
RIOT! Pixar are now going to lose money hand over fist in both Box Office Receipts and in DVD/BR Sales... Who's Honestly going to rush out in February to buy a Movie? (Except Wendybird1 when I make her get it for me on BR)
Questions need to be Answered... And Unfortunately right now... I might hurt someone trying to Ask them! Its made my blood boil.
Its usual for the rest of Europe to miss out on the Movies by say a few weeks but the UK... there should be no excuse
1: Its Filmed in the Language that A: England Created, and B: the entire population of the nation speak, How Germany are getting it before the UK is Unreal
2: It cannot be that hard to transport the reels accross the vast big blue wet thing?
I would think of more... But I'm too tired!
Look's lIke Bolt is the movie thats going to comfort me this Christmas! and as a result Pixar has been given this movie its First Death Nail...
This Could be the first Mistake from the Office of Lasseter! And I hope its his only one!
Why, just why? :evil: I really annoys me when they push it back so much. I mean, I wouldn't mind it as much if it were just by one or two months, but to make a difference between America and the UK about half a year is just ridiculous. Why is America so much better than the rest of the world that they can get films released half a year before us?
The same can be said for Bolt as well; it was released in the UK in February, and by the end of March it'll already be out on DVD and Blu-Ray in the States! :x
Quote from: "Captain Pan"and as a result Pixar has been given this movie its First Death Nail...
This Could be the first Mistake from the Office of Lasseter! And I hope its his only one!
I think Up will do better in October rather than trying to compete with Summer movies to be honest (isn't there a Harry Potter film out this Summer?). They delayed Ratatouille till October and it still did well in the UK, got good reviews and did ok on DVD. It all makes fairly good business sense for them.
But it does just show a complete disregard for their actual fans -- the ones who'd go see the film no matter what within a week of it opening, have been following it online and have to sit there for
six months while everywhere else enjoys it.
It's annoying when you realise the bottom line at Disney is money.
Quote from: "Anthony"Quote from: "Captain Pan"and as a result Pixar has been given this movie its First Death Nail...
This Could be the first Mistake from the Office of Lasseter! And I hope its his only one!
I think Up will do better in October rather than trying to compete with Summer movies to be honest (isn't there a Harry Potter film out this Summer?). They delayed Ratatouille till October and it still did well in the UK, got good reviews and did ok on DVD. It all makes fairly good business sense for them....
...It's annoying when you realise the bottom line at Disney is money.
Well You can also notice how Disney know absolutly nothing about the UK and its School Scheduling as they've gone and put it a Week Earlier than Actual Half Term!
Half Term (with the exception of once) has
ALWAYS fallen either on or around my Birthday... With Half Term for the vast Majority of the country expected to start on
October 26th Disney have mucked it up again when Release should be October
23rd if they wish to grab the audience properly!
Don't forget this has vast complications and will impact with Disney's Release of Christmas Carol, and then the Princess and The Frog...
Who wants to watch Daniel Ratcliffe and a bunch of Wooden Acting?
The Movies aren't as good as the Books, and Never will be... No matter how much they spend on them, and I will be suprised if Half Blood Prince doesn't get a 12A rating
also I can already tell you the Ending...
[spoiler:34xd4ufv]Can't Be that mean... But a Wizard Dies[/spoiler:34xd4ufv]
There is two warnings to Lasseter and his teams at Pixar and Disney... Provide me with something Meaningful for my Payment of Cinema Ticket... Something MORE than Partly Cloudy... Something the US won't get till Christmas...
And...
Even Contemplate making me wait more than 3 months for Toy Story 3 and There will be more than one very Irate fan at the Studio Doors in Emeryville... Emeryville won't exist anymore...
Pan is getting Dark Right Now... and No-one will want to see him go Scarlet!
Saw the trailer this morning before Bolt, It's got some humour in it, The old fella reminds me of a friend of mine :P (Don't tell my friend I said that!) So it is going to look promising.
It is released in half term in my part of the country, the Friday that the schools break up.
Infact this is Disney returning to their old marketing. All the "Second Golden Age" movies from The Little Mermaid, Beauty & The Beast etc were released after their USA release, and in October around half term.
The stopped releasing at this time, after they ramped up production, and released the films more often.
I wonder if moving the release to autumn is a reaction to what is, Relativly Wall.e's poor performance internationally? It did great sales, over three hundred million, but both Kung Fu Panda & Madagascar 2 did over four hundred million. With Wall.e beating both of them in the USA, and Ratatoullie doing so well in Europe last Autumn, I would imagine the same was expected from Wall.e
Say hello to the doggie star of UP:
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:) :P
:arrow: http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=53126 (http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=53126)
Full UP trailer!!
http://www.traileraddict.com/trailer/up/trailer-b (http://www.traileraddict.com/trailer/up/trailer-b)
Now I'm excited. :mrgreen: The dog is hilarious!
Pixar have just made another hit :mrgreen:
The film looks brilliant, I can't wait to see it. Like Ant said, I love the idea behind the dog, something only Pixar could do :)
Thats like So Totally Wicked!
Nicely clipped advert, not to much in the form of story released want to know who the dude in the Blimp is now... Enoough Enigma for me to be happy... but I don't think its enough to keep me entertained till October 16th...
Gah, do we really have to wait till October. This is torture Disney!
That trailer makes it look even better than I had even anticipated.
Wow didn't expect this....a nice surprise! :shock:
BBC have confirmed the October 16th release date for the UK whilst posting this...
//http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7952692.stm
QuoteUp, the latest animated feature from Disney/Pixar, will launch this year's Cannes Film Festival on 13 May.
The world premiere will be screened in digital 3-D and marks the first time an animated movie has opened the event.
Up's World Premiere will be done during the Imfamous
Cannes Film Festival, and not only will it premiere... but its the OPening Movie, the first to ever do it...
Now that sounds impressive for a "kids" film...
Also the fact that
QuoteOrganisers have yet to confirm whether the film will be in competition at the festival, which runs until 24 May.
Now if it doesn't recieve nomination for the Palme d'Or there'll be no outcry from me personally, Just to Open the Festival is a feather in the cap of the Movie!
Wow, opening Cannes is quite an honour... I suppose. Although they seem to have had every awful Dreamworks ever created playing there, from Shrek to Shark Tale.
And... the UP website is up! http://disney.go.com/disneypictures/up/ (http://disney.go.com/disneypictures/up/)
I'm not quite sure I like the very stylised backgrounds we've seen so far. It just looks empty. Hopefully it's just a teaser.
i like the website so far, but it still in progress it seems, no videos and extras so far, but it say coming soon.
I only got to see Bolt last Saturday and seen the trailer for UP before it. I am unsure about this film, it could be great though. To be honest the trailer wouldn't make me want to run and see it but I don't want to be too negative about it until I have seen it when it's released. :?
This is being reported a few places today:
Wall Street analysts and toy retailers down on Pixar's Up
http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2009/apr ... ey-company (http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2009/apr/07/pixar-up-walt-disney-company)
"Tale of a septuagenarian adventurer who travels to South America by attaching balloons to his house is slammed by industry watchers for not being commercial enough"
But what's bad for Disney's stock seems to be very good for their audience perception. Scroll down and read the comments, it only seems to create a bigger gap between Pixar and their rivals. :)
And Iger comes in with the quote-of-the-decade:
Disney chief executive, Robert A Iger, said the company was focused on delivering "great films", rather than adopting a blind adherence to commercial pressures. "If a great film gives birth to a franchise, we are the first company to leverage such success," he said. "A check-the-boxes approach to creativity is more likely to result in blandness and failure."
All Hail the Mighty Iger
What a Quote... Looks Like the Disney Spirit is back.... and the Pixar Ideal's are starting to glimmer in the hallways and the cheep-quels are no more
Having just watched the trailer, my anticipation levels have vastly increased. Although now Im wondering if the whole concept about an old man and a boy in a floating house, is going to be overshadowed by a talking dog.
First review of UP: http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0 ... -1,00.html (http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1896685-1,00.html)
It gives you the general gist of the story, but nothing to truly spoil it. After not being too interested in the Stateside build-UP (aha, get it?) recently, I'm now really excited. There seems to be a lot more to the film (especially emotionally) than the trailers and previews are showing.
Went and Saw Coriline in 3D earlier...
and guess what trailer had me bouncing UP and Down in my Seat?
In 3D from the Signature at the Start to the Magic... and unlike Sony its Ice Age... Pixar have done something great by dropping the 3D backwards into the distance and kicking elements forward like traditional 3D Movies...
Purely Great... and Todays "The Times Article" which I have a correction to send in against made me laugh!
COme on October get here NOW!!!!
Up and away!
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Source: http://zeppelintransit.blogspot.com/200 ... ampus.html (http://zeppelintransit.blogspot.com/2009/05/its-outside-flying-over-pixar-campus.html)
More: http://zeppelintransit.blogspot.com/200 ... t-dog.html (http://zeppelintransit.blogspot.com/2009/05/we-never-get-tired-of-seeing-it-dog.html)
^Ha, thats really cool. You know what would be cooler? A hot air balloon in the shape of the house with lots of balloons attached to it.
EDIT:
First reaction from it's screening at Cannes is now on Totalfilm.com! LINK (//http://www.totalfilm.com/news/cannes-2009-up-first-reaction)
Sounds rather like WALL-E, the way it switches from pure film to something much more animated in the second half.
I wonder what kind of box office they're expecting?
Apparently they're going to have a preview of the movie for the shareholders club in July. In French, though :( And no mention on whether it will be in 3D or not.
The more I see about this movie the more impatient I am...
Up was in TheSimpsons last night in America! In The episode "Welcome to Homerica" Homer makes a make shift hot air balloon, by attaching balloons to a chair, he is too heavy for it to fly so Karl & Lenny get in, next thing you know, as they are flying, behind them goes Karl's house with all the Balloons holding it up out of the movie!
Quote from: "penfold12"Up was in TheSimpsons last night in America! In The episode "Welcome to Homerica" Homer makes a make shift hot air balloon, by attaching balloons to a chair, he is too heavy for it to fly so Karl & Lenny get in, next thing you know, as they are flying, behind them goes Karl's house with all the Balloons holding it up out of the movie!
Are fox determined to advertise up ? :lol:
Double Post;
QuotePixar pooch picks Up Cannes prize
A talking dog named Dug from animated Pixar film Up has won the Palm Dog, a comic alternative to the Cannes Film Festival's main prize, the Palme d'Or.
Voted by British film critics, it has been presented since 2001 to the best canine performance seen at the event.
Dug, given the power of speech by a human voice collar, was the runaway winner of the unofficial prize.
But it faced competition from a black poodle seen in Quentin Tarantino's war film Inglourious Basterds.
'Cone of shame'
The rules were bent this year to allow the talking fox who appears in Lars von Trier's horror film Antichrist to compete.
Moses, a dog represented by a chalk outline in Von Trier's drama Dogville, won the prize when it was presented at the 2003 festival.
The makers of Up will receive the traditional trophy - a leather collar bearing the name of the quirky award in silver letters.
Last year's collar went to Lucy, the dog who went missing in US film Wendy and Lucy.
This year's jury also handed out a "cone of shame" to Filipino thriller Kinatay, in which a dog is seen being hit by a car.
Up is out in the US on 29 May but does not open in the UK until 16 October.
From BBC News.
//http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8064150.stm
Well done Up ! :)
Let's hope that's the first of many awards :mrgreen: =D>
Well Well Well...First Awards... and now Ranked 3rd in Pixar's History of Movies on Opening Weekend... with $68,200,000
In order they are:
The Incredibles (5/11/2004): $70,467,623
Finding Nemo (30/5/2003): $70,251,710 (Pixar's Highest Grossing Theatre Release)
UP (29/5/2009): $68,200,000
WALL-E (27/6/2008): $63,087,526
Monsters Inc (2/11/2001): $62,577,067
Cars (9/6/2006): $60,119,509
Ratatouille (29/6/2007): $47,027,395
Toy Story (22/11/1995): $29,140,617
Toy Story 2 (19/11/1999): $300,163
A Bugs Life (20/11/1998): $291,121
Note: Both A Bugs Life and Toy Story 2 were only released on their first weekend into one Theatre (apparently)
That is an amazing opening.
Sure, there's a talking dog and a brightly coloured bird, but it's hardly Madagascar. It wasn't guaranteed to be that kind of a mainstream hit (what went wrong with Ratatouille, though?). Congrats anyway, Pixar. Shame Europe can't share in the fun. It's not like there's much competition this Summer.
I was pleasantly surprised with Up, below isn't much of a spoiler, just a set of semi-funny lines from Up. But I wouldn't click for people staying totally spoiler-free.
Very good characters, not my favourite Pixar film, but still a quality film.
[spoiler:1x5121ex]SQUIRREL!!!
A Squirrel walks up to a tree and says 'I forgot to store acorns for Winter and now I am dead'.
HA! Its funny because the Squirrel is dead.[/spoiler:1x5121ex]
Haha, I just realised my post at the top of this page mentions that a hot air balloon in the shape of the house with the balloons attached would be cool. Now they have actually done that, wicked :D
Anyway, don't think this has been posted yet...
Video link (//http://www.allocine.fr/video/player_gen_cmedia%3D18903842.html).
It's a nice video made for the French promotion of the film, it's the producer and the director taking you on a small tour of the Pixar studios showing off early artwork and models for the film.
I absolutely love that guys office at the end with the hidden bar, how cool is that?
Anybody already seen "Up"?
I've seen it in 3D last week and I have to say that I was a little bit disappointed by the movie.
"Up" doesn't reach the quality of Pixar's last movies. Wall-e and Ratatouille are Pixars best movies so far. In my opinion even "Bolt" is better than "Up".
So what do you think? Did you like "Up"?
I watched it and liked it very much.
I thought it was as good as Ratatouille but not as good as Finding Nemo and Wall-E which are my favourite Pixar movies.
But among these movies, Up was the only one I watched at the big screen...
The first part of the movie was perfect. The rest was good but a little childish.
Now I should watch Ratatouille again to decide which one was better.
Bolt was very entertaining but much simpler than Up and it was made mostly for kids(like me, that's why I liked it :-" )
I am very disappointed right now :(
I wanted to check for tickets here in Aalborg for the premiere next friday and apparently it is only shown in danish here in Aalborg - I have to go to Odense to see it with the original voices (2-3 hours by train) :(
This is not the first time this has happened lately - the same thing happened with Bolt, which I didn't get to see in the cinemas for the same reason.
I really hope that I am in for a surprise next week and this is all a big mistake, but I seriously doubt it...
ooo i cant fiand cinemas times for it but i now know there is a cinema that plays 3D soo yay up and to story i can now see :D tooo excited
Quote from: "dagobert"Anybody already seen "Up"?
I've seen it in 3D last week and I have to say that I was a little bit disappointed by the movie.
"Up" doesn't reach the quality of Pixar's last movies. Wall-e and Ratatouille are Pixars best movies so far. In my opinion even "Bolt" is better than "Up".
So what do you think? Did you like "Up"?
I watched it yesterday and I have to disagree with you. I really liked it although I was sceptical before I've seen the movie. I really think it's a brilliant story and also the "pre-movie"(don't know if that's the right word) was one of the best they have ever done.
But I think the movie might adress more to adults or older children...
I'm sorry. I have deleted the post. I didn't think about it. Sorry again.
Quote from: "dagobert"[spoiler:pydooubl]I have to agree with you on the "pre-movie". In my opinion this is one of the best things Pixar has ever done. I had tears in my eyes when they realized that they can't get children and when Ellie died.[/spoiler:pydooubl]
Some people haven't seen the film yet, so please put spoilers in spoiler tags!
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I'm sorry about spoiling. I've deleted my post. Sorry again and thanks for telling me.
Quote from: "dagobert"I'm sorry about spoiling. I've deleted my post. Sorry again and thanks for telling me.
That's okay, everyone makes mistakes. You didn't need to delete the whole post though, just put the spoilers into spoiler tags :)
Luke85, you still have the spoiler showing, please can you put it in spoiler tags or delete it :wink:
I saw Up last night and I'm sad to say that I was quite disappointed. It is by far the weakest Pixar film yet. To be honest I could have walked out of the cinema halfway through not caring what happens in the end. It was just so dull and slow. I didn't find any of the characters particularly loveable either. I couldn't believe this was the same company that made Toy Story, Nemo, Wall-E etc..
Quote from: "RnRCj"I saw Up last night and I'm sad to say that I was quite disappointed. It is by far the weakest Pixar film yet. To be honest I could have walked out of the cinema halfway through not caring what happens in the end. It was just so dull and slow. I didn't find any of the characters particularly loveable either. I couldn't believe this was the same company that made Toy Story, Nemo, Wall-E etc..
Sorry to say I completely disagree RNRCJ. It isn't the best Pixar film made but it's certainly not the worst. If I was to give the "worst Pixar film award" it would be to Bug's Life but even then I liked Bug's Life. Pixar in my opinion have never made a bad film.
Quote from: "RnRCj"I saw Up last night and I'm sad to say that I was quite disappointed. It is by far the weakest Pixar film yet. To be honest I could have walked out of the cinema halfway through not caring what happens in the end. It was just so dull and slow. I didn't find any of the characters particularly loveable either. I couldn't believe this was the same company that made Toy Story, Nemo, Wall-E etc..
I have a lack of faith in your ability to have an opinion on films. Why I hear you cry?
Because Up was probably the best film I've seen this year (and I've seen a lot, just look at my cinema count in my sig)! I too saw it yesterday and I thought it had an excellent balance between sad and happy moments. It was a bit like Mary Poppins, practically perfect in every way :P What was so dull about it?I found it to be very emotional, hilarious and just very enjoyable. There wasn't a single moment where I was bored or wanted the story to move along. Peep loves Up.
A warning for people who haven't seen the movie - there may be a couple of spoilers in this post!!Quote from: "peep"What was so dull about it? I found it to be very emotional, hilarious and just very enjoyable.
I thought the ending was good but that was about it. I was bored for the first hour or so of the movie, then it picked up a little, then it slowed down again, and finally it picked up right at the very end. The majority of the movie I found to be too slow, random, and generally uninteresting. Especially the part where they're strolling through the wildnerness and literally nothing happens (No tigers? No vultures? Anything exciting at all - nope! Just some weird talking dogs).
I didn't find myself getting attached to any of the characters either. Mr Frederickson was a grumpy old man; Russel, the dog, and the bird were just annoying. I think we lost a potentially good character at the start of the movie: Ellie.
It also left me with a load of questions about things that didn't make sense: Where did all the balloons come from? How did Russel get on the porch? Where did all the dogs comes from? Why was it that Mr F. could barely walk at the start of the movie, yet by the end he was performing death-defying stunts?
Up, to me, seems like a "filler" movie to bridge the gap between Wall-E and Toy Story 3. It's nothing particularly special.
Quote from: "RnRCj"It also left me with a load of questions about things that didn't make sense: Where did all the balloons come from? How did Russel get on the porch? Where did all the dogs comes from? Why was it that Mr F. could barely walk at the start of the movie, yet by the end he was performing death-defying stunts?
I have to agree with you on that one but the movie is mostly aimed at kids..it doesn't all have to make sense :P
RnRCj, i'm afraid i'm going to have to disagree with you about something again, because i seen Up not that long ago and it was AWESOME!!
I honestly think you walked into the wrong cinema room when you went to see this movie. I loved this movie. I didn't find any of the characters dull, i loved all of them, especially Carl, to me he's one of Pixar's finest characters. He can be related to in so many ways.
Also, to what you said about all the unanswered questions, it's a Disney movie!! These things don't need answers, that's one of the beautys of Disney, like the parks they're made for you to have fun and enjoy yourself, not to have a think-fest. If you're going to question the stuff in Up then why don't you question why toys can talk, bugs can talk, fish can talk, rats can talk, cars are living things, monsters come from another world via the wardrobe, the existance of super heroes and in the future no one will live on the Earth ;)
I loved Up, i can honestly say it went way past my expectations and is officially my 2nd favourite Pixar movie of all time. The only reason it's not number 1 is because of Toy Story (it's an unwritten law for me, no Pixar movie will ever beat Toy Story, ever). If TS never existed then we'd be looking at my all time favourite Pixar movie. I loved it that much =D>
Quote from: "-breeno-"If you're going to question the stuff in Up then why don't you question why toys can talk, bugs can talk, fish can talk, rats can talk, cars are living things, monsters come from another world via the wardrobe, the existance of super heroes and in the future no one will live on the Earth ;)
I knew someone would come back with that argument, haha. Those are all completely different situations and do actually make sense. I've got no problem with things being unrealistic because they are animated movies, but the things in Up left me confused. How could hundreds of balloons just appear from nowhere? How could a boy just appear on a porch? Is he a ghost?
I didn't like Carl at all. He's a boring, dull, character with no personality.
Carl is boring, dull and has no personality? Yeah, I think Breeno is right, you saw a different film.
I think I remember Russel mentioning at one point that he was hiding under something trying to find the bird. Balloons, don't know where they come from but seriously, who cares? I know I don't (there is an even bigger continuity error in Zombieland), it was just a very very enjoyable film (I haven't even seen one bad official review).
I'll stick these in spoilers just incase i slip out a plot line or two ;)
Quote from: "RnRCj"How could hundreds of balloons just appear from nowhere? How could a boy just appear on a porch? Is he a ghost?
[spoiler:1o03rsh8]Question 1: Carl's old job was a selling balloons in a zoo so maybe he had a few 1000 balloons just lying about the house, or perhaps a friend that still worked at the zoo that owed him a favour.
Question 2: Maybe Russell was still searching for this "Snipe", and was just out of the camera's sight when he hopped onto the porch to look for it?
Question 3: No, he's a Wilderness Explorer.
;) :mrgreen:[/spoiler:1o03rsh8]
QuoteI didn't like Carl at all. He's a boring, dull, character with no personality.
[spoiler:1o03rsh8]I think the main reason i love Carl is because i see so much of me in him. Like me he is a very shy and quiet person, we know this from the very start of the movie when he first meets Ellie, this quietness will of course carry on throughout his life (i've been quiet and shy for 15 years and i can't see myself stopping any time soon).
Also i see a perfectly good reason why he is "boring" and "dull", he's just lost his wife, from what we know the only person who understood him and shared his passion for exploration. After something like that happens it's pretty obvious he's won't want to talk to many people for too long, hense why he lets out a big rant at Russell and Dug, all this came too much too soon for him. I've seen it happen before in real life, when someone (particually an older person) loses the love of their life the whole world comes crashing down. I'm a type of guy who likes to keep himself to himself, i'd much rather stay in the house that go out partying or clubing or something. I could honestly see myself becoming a Carl when i'm old, especially if someone very close to me passes away and i have nothing left.
To me Carl represents all the people who are either shy and quiet, have lost someone they love or someone who has a dream and is yet to achieve it, and i'm nearly all of those things.[/spoiler:1o03rsh8]
Well as the forum's dedicated Pixarian/Pixar Planeteer I need to correct questions you have risen... most of which would have been answered if you actually payed attention to the movie...
Where did all the balloons come from?
As breeno has said... [spoiler:ki7p794e]Carl sold Balloons at the Zoo... When Carl returns from the Court House and starts packing as Ellie's "Adventure Book" Drops you can clearly see boxes with Balloons in them[/spoiler:ki7p794e]
How did Russel get on the porch?
As breeno has said... [spoiler:ki7p794e]Russell was looking for the snipe: Actual lines: "I found the snipe, and I flollowed it under your porch, but this snipe had a long tail, and looked more like a large mouse!"[/spoiler:ki7p794e]
Where did all the dogs comes from?
Basic Science tell you that dogs breed [spoiler:ki7p794e]look at the credits[/spoiler:ki7p794e] and in the opening [spoiler:ki7p794e]the television broadcast shows them and Muntz explaining his love on the canine companionship[/spoiler:ki7p794e]
Why was it that Mr F. could barely walk at the start of the movie, yet by the end he was performing death-defying stunts?
Simple word... Adrenaline
Quit bashing an animated film for being unrealsitic. The entire point of animated films is to send audiences to places they can't go, questioning the logical aspects of a work of fiction is just being overly critical. In short, It's a movie. It doesn't have to make sense everywhere.
Up is an excellent feature flm and is well worth my 18 month wait and 5 months of torture! It's Pixar's most emotive feature there is, and those who fail to see the emotion in the movie need their heart checked for a beat, they're temperature and then the colour!
Hmmm... I'm not going to force myself to like a film if I
didn't feel I enjoyed it. I didn't leave the cinema with a big grin on my face like I usually do with Pixar movies. It wasn't bad (I've seen loads of much worse movies), just nothing special and not up (excuse the pun) to the usual Pixar standard.
Quote from: "-breeno-"I think the main reason i love Carl is because i see so much of me in him.........
I'm quiet and shy too. In fact going by what you just said you are very similar to me in personality. But I didn't find Carl interesting or loveable at all. What is the point in having someone with hardly any personality as the main character of a movie?
They made it work in Finding Nemo: Marlin lost Coral, yet he was still a great character.
Quote from: "Captain Pan"Well as the forum's dedicated Pixarian/Pixar Planeteer I need to correct questions you have risen... most of which would have been answered if you actually payed attention to the movie...
Well I'm very sorry that I may not have a memory efficient enough to be able to recollect every last second of the movie.
Quote from: "Captain Pan"Where did all the balloons come from?
As breeno has said... [spoiler:261f8r74]Carl sold Balloons at the Zoo... When Carl returns from the Court House and starts packing as Ellie's "Adventure Book" Drops you can clearly see boxes with Balloons in them[/spoiler:261f8r74]
That's not what I meant. I didn't understand how the balloons actually came out of the house. They just rose from nowhere.
Quote from: "Captain Pan"How did Russel get on the porch?
As breeno has said... [spoiler:261f8r74]Russell was looking for the snipe: Actual lines: "I found the snipe, and I flollowed it under your porch, but this snipe had a long tail, and looked more like a large mouse!"[/spoiler:261f8r74]
I didn't see him under the porch... and how could he get under the porch anyway and take off with the house??
Quote from: "Captain Pan"Where did all the dogs comes from?
Basic Science tell you that dogs breed [spoiler:261f8r74]look at the credits[/spoiler:261f8r74] and in the opening [spoiler:261f8r74]the television broadcast shows them and Muntz explaining his love on the canine companionship[/spoiler:261f8r74]
Ah, well I must have missed that part. Sorry!
Quote from: "Captain Pan"Why was it that Mr F. could barely walk at the start of the movie, yet by the end he was performing death-defying stunts?
Simple word... Adrenaline
So he struggled to get out of bed at the start of the movie, yet by the end he was able to:
[spoiler:261f8r74]climb a ladder upside down thousands of feet in the air?[/spoiler:261f8r74]
It's a poorly planned storyline. That's what it is.
Quote from: "Captain Pan"Quit bashing an animated film for being unrealsitic. The entire point of animated films is to send audiences to places they can't go, questioning the logical aspects of a work of fiction is just being overly critical. In short, It's a movie. It doesn't have to make sense everywhere.
As I said, I know that animated films don't have to be realistic. That's what I love about them, and is one reason why I've liked every Pixar film until now. But in this instance you're using it as an excuse for weak areas in the plot.
I was disappointed with the movie. You're not going to change that.
And for what it's worth, I
was actually extremely excited about the film. I didn't going into the cinema wanting to criticize it at all. I had been counting down to it's release for weeks. Heck, if I wasn't excited and optimistic about it I wouldn't have seen it on the first day of it's release here!
I forgot to mention that I thought the first few minutes of the movie were good too (the whole story of Carl meeting Ellie and their life). It just went steeply downhill after that. Fortunately it got a bit better at at the end. But the whole middle part... I could've fallen asleep and asked someone to wake me up at the end.
Well I've just come back from seeing it. It gets 2 thumbs UP from me. It is such an UPlifting film; it really UPpealed to me. There really is no stUPping Pixar, they once again come UP with a fantastic film, keeping UP their flawless reputation (you really have to look UP to them don't you?). But still, UP yours America for getting it 5 months before us (although the film did make UP for it)! :roll:
I'm sorry, all of that was all a bit stUPid wasn't it?! :P
But seriously, it was a really great film, and I'd fully recommend it :)
No-one's been talking about the animated short Partly Cloudy that was shown before the film though. Why not? That was fantastic too :mrgreen:
Quote from: "The Butlin Boy"Well I've just come back from seeing it. It gets 2 thumbs UP from me. It is such an UPlifting film; it really UPpealed to me. There really is no stUPping Pixar, they once again come UP with a fantastic film, keeping UP their flawless reputation (you really have to look UP to them don't you?). But still, UP yours America for getting it 5 months before us (although the film did make UP for it)! :roll:
I'm sorry, all of that was all a bit stUPid wasn't it?! :P
Haha, it's actually really hard to avoid puns when talking about this film, isn't it?! :lol:
Quote from: "The Butlin Boy"No-one's been talking about the animated short Partly Cloudy that was shown before the film though. Why not? That was fantastic too :mrgreen:
Oh yes! I loved that! Thought it was one of the better shorts.
I thought that was part of the film at the start and partly cloudy was some sort of production team or something like that but then I remembered ahh Pixar do shorts before their movies.. ](*,) #-o :lol:
Partly Cloudy was excellent in my opinion! :)
up was a fantastic film definetly one of pixar's finest carl and russel are great but who couldn't love dug.
oh anyone else get their free pin yet
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:D I absolutely loved it. My fave Disney/Pixar movie of all time is Wall-E, but I think Up might just have it beat. I don't think I've ever laughed and cried so much during one film. I loved all the characters, I loved the story, I loved how it looked...I just loved everything about it! :P I want to see it again like NOW.
Odeon appear to be giving away a free (and properly boxed) copy of the Pixar Short Films Collection when you're buying three or more tickets. I'd have been happy, except they (or Disney?) chose to miss Partly Cloudy off the film! I paid to see the new film, not buy the old ones! I've got a sneaking suspicion they did it to make the film fit into a 2hr slot and get in more screenings, since there were very few trailers too. Needless to say emails will be sent, haha.
So...
Emotive, as Captain Pan said. I completely agree with that. John Lasseter just said a perfect Walt Disney quote on the Southbank Show special on ITV (hopefully it'll be online, looked like a great programme): "For every laugh, there should be a tear."
UP gets it spot on in every way. Masamune has just posted the exact same thing, but I also don't think I've laughed so much at a Pixar film before, or come so close to tears (Monsters Inc quote: "Keep it together man!!"). And not at the opening montage which has been mentioned in a lot of reviews either -- I'm a sucker for the happier emotional scenes. It also has so much fantastic action, real edge-of-your-seat stuff, as the house flies here there and everywhere and just scrapes past the rocks.
Carl is one of the most interesting movie characters I've seen in years. Fascinating, different, wonderfully designed and funny too (fruit juice in the petrol tank?!). As much personality as any character they've created so far. A real classic. Kevin and Dug are hilariously designed and acted just as expected, and Russell is in fact incredibly sweet - there was me scared he'd come across a bit whiny. Loved every second with them.
I might have to watch the opening again to appreciate it a bit more, it felt slightly too "choppy", even if it was having to put across a lot of information, and as far as negative comments go, I didn't particularly like....
[spoiler:2jweqhfa]the packs of dogs. Maybe there's some thinking behind it, but their slightly photo-real style seemed to clash a bit with everything else, like they'd just wandered in from The Wild or a DreamWorks film, whilst everything around them was very stylised. Or maybe it was just because Dug was so damn cute.[/spoiler:2jweqhfa]
But airships, adventure, South America, a flying house, a Movietone newsreel... in the words of cliché poster quotes, "It has everything!". It was also a truly excellent film for Pixar's first 3D feature. The whole thing looked stunning.
Big spoilers begin here...
[spoiler:2jweqhfa]But I also liked how they didn't create some rainbow fantasy world out of Paradise Falls. It looked beautiful, but also somewhat boring. You could sort of tell it was coming, but Carl didn't feel much when he got there. A lot of the locations and backgrounds are very understated, but it works. It's not about them.
I'd have expected nothing of the sort from Pixar, but I liked that it didn't look down on people for not having these great wild adventures. It'd have been easy to make a film basically saying "why don't you get out more?", showing these characters having adventures and ho-ho having fantastically exciting lives 24/7, but it didn't. Russell said something like "it's usually the boring things you remember the most". The ending, counting cars on a curb, was perfect.
And yes, if anyone ever wants to make me cry (in a happy way), play the scene where Carl touches the words "going to do..." only for the page to flip over and it all to be filled in with everything they did do.
For emotion, just the single image of Ellie sitting the garden after the bad news was perfectly played.[/spoiler:2jweqhfa]
The dirge in the trailers before the film just makes it look even more amazing. Aliens this and hip talking animals that... Some of the themes in UP are things even a dark and serious director would think twice about touching, let alone a family film studio in the first five minutes. Congratulations once again to Pixar for challenging everything and being bloody entertaining at the same time.
I'll be watching this film for decades to come.
My school was selling UP postcards last week so I brought all four of them who were Carl, Russel, Dug and Kevin.
They look quite good espically Kevin.
Went to see Up last night and can honestly say I loved it!
I can't remember the last time I connected with a film so much, I literally laughed and cried at various points throughout the movie. It is beautiful in its combination of the fantastical plot and the simple, very human feelings of Carl.
Carl is the most well constructed and real character I have come across in an animated film.
I also thought the 3D effects were used beautifully to highlight emotions and make the most of the scenery - not gimicky at all.
Can't wait to see it for a second time! 10/10
Just saw UP recently and I thought it was excellent. The time they took to realy tell the story of Carl, all the 'silent' moments were you could feel the emotion. Very good. This is storytelling as it should be. It will not rank as my top Pixar movie. For me, Finding Nemo still remains Pixar's finest movie to date. Second best is Wall-E (gotta love that cute robot), but UP will enter my top list on third place.
9/10
Credit to the DisneyMoviesUK twitter - I sent a message asking about Partly Cloudy not being shown and they replied the next day "Where did you see it? I'll look into it. Partly Cloudy should have been screened before the main feature.", then just now asking to confirm the cinema: "Can you confirm if it was the Odeon Printworks or Trafford Centre? We're baffled as to why the short wasn't on the front of the film.".
Great service, Disney! :mrgreen:
OMG !
Up was AMAZING ! :)
Best film ive seen in ages !
10/10 =D>
I'm starting to think I did see the wrong film after all the positive reviews...
Did no one at all notice the long boring part in the middle? Approximately from just after the house takes off to the final scene on the blimp? There was the odd moment of very brief excitement (like when the house descends through the rock formations), but other than that nothing to keep you stuck to your seat.
Had the boring parts been cut, as well as there being a little more consistency in the storyline, I probably would have liked the film.
Quote from: "RnRCj"I'm starting to think I did see the wrong film after all the positive reviews...
Did no one at all notice the long boring part in the middle? Approximately from just after the house takes off to the final scene on the blimp? There was the odd moment of very brief excitement (like when the house descends through the rock formations), but other than that nothing to keep you stuck to your seat.
Had the boring parts been cut, as well as there being a little more consistency in the storyline, I probably would have liked the film.
I agree with you, whilst I did enjoy it, I thought it was far from perfect. I too felt that the film lagged in the middle.
One things that bugged me, but I only thought about it after the film... [spoiler:c56zq1qv]Charles Muntz was Carl's childhood idol, in the film Carl is roughly in his eighties (just a guess), so that would mean that Muntz would be 100+?! He certainly looked well for his age ;)[/spoiler:c56zq1qv]
Quote from: "luke85"One things that bugged me, but I only thought about it after the film... [spoiler:3fpgplsp]Charles Muntz was Carl's childhood idol, in the film Carl is roughly in his eighties (just a guess), so that would mean that Muntz would be 100+?! He certainly looked well for his age ;)[/spoiler:3fpgplsp]
That did cross my mind too :roll: :lol:
Quote from: "luke85"One things that bugged me, but I only thought about it after the film... [spoiler:1upf1d0f]Charles Muntz was Carl's childhood idol, in the film Carl is roughly in his eighties (just a guess), so that would mean that Muntz would be 100+?! He certainly looked well for his age ;)[/spoiler:1upf1d0f]
Oh yes, that was another thing I was going to moan about! :lol:
I saw up lastnight also with Owain, thought it was a good movie.
But yeah i just realised, they looked pretty much the same age during the end, suppose they cant get everything perfect!
apart from that, excellent! :D
Okay that was ment to be posted by me (Jake) but Owain had left his forum account logged in without me realising, oopsy daisy!
Quote from: "RnRCj"I'm starting to think I did see the wrong film after all the positive reviews...
Did no one at all notice the long boring part in the middle? Approximately from just after the house takes off to the final scene on the blimp? There was the odd moment of very brief excitement (like when the house descends through the rock formations), but other than that nothing to keep you stuck to your seat.
Had the boring parts been cut, as well as there being a little more consistency in the storyline, I probably would have liked the film.
I can honestly say I wasn't bored for a second. I don't think action sequences are the only thing to keep you stuck to your seat - more important in this film are the emotional development of Carl and Russell, both finding the friend they badly need in an unlikely place.
Plus there's the comedy element, especially with all the animal characters! I won't say anymore in case I give things away.
If you want the "boring parts cut" but class the boring parts as being about two thirds of the film, there wouldn't be much left for you to like :S
The problem was that there were several very long periods with no real action. I agree that a film needs to have both action-packed scenes and some less-exciting scenes. But in the case of Up the less exciting scenes tended to drag on for too long. Even shortening them slightly would probably have made me like the film a little more.
Saw this the other day - http://stuff.tv/blogs/cool/archive/2009 ... -game.aspx (http://stuff.tv/blogs/cool/archive/2009/10/02/cineworld-teams-up-with-google-maps-for-online-viral-game.aspx)
Interesting use of Google Maps!
Share the Balloons!
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Just came back from the cinema and I am truly blown away - Disney/Pixar has done it again!
This movie is not only hilarious it is also beautiful, touching and heartwharmning. I have never experienced an audience going from such extreme laughing (eg. the introduction of Kevin) to being complete silent with some occasional crying parts for some of the audience - obtaining that kind of reactions within the same movie is something you do not see that often any more and in my humble opinion that it is rare cinematic art, which has been produced by Disney/Pixar once again :-)
And Partly Cloudy was simply amazing too - creative, funny and extremely beautiful.
... and I kind of got an idea of a state-of-the-art Disneyland Attraction themed to Up!, which would use a combination of the Soarin' technique, the Star Tours II 3D technique and state-of-the-art animatronics to create a new and amazing experience within Adventureland. They could even add more adventure places like Paradise Falls and create new characters unique to the attraction (just like Ride and Go Seek) - they've already created such an amazing fantasy creature in Kevin - think of what they might create for such an attraction!
Great film, i have to admit i was almost in tears most the way through :P
Congratulations to Up on its many Oscar nominations!!
Best Film ( :D/ =D> :D shame Avatar will win that)
Best Animated Feature
Best Score
Best Original Screenplay
Best Sound Editing
I would be very surprised (and incredibly upset) if it didn't go home with Best Animated Feature and Best Score :D
That's great. I really hope that Avatar doesn't win best film.
I just got UP on DVD this weekend and can't wait to watch it again.
Best film!! Ok, so only because they increased it to ten nominations, but still, finally Pixar getting the one credit they've never had (but have deserved far more than most other recent Best Picture noms).
Fentons ice cream all round at Pixar today. :)
Good luck Up!!! Anyone know when it gets released on DVD here, I think it's sometime this month?
If Up doesn't win the Best Animated Feature i'll eat my Blu-Ray copy of Up i plan to buy :P (Honestly what's it's competition? Monsters vs Aliens?)
Shame thought that it seems animated feature seems the only thing Up will win. Avatar is going to sweep the Oscars and (in my honest opinion) doesn't deserve it. District 9 for best picture!! (a man can dream can't he? [-o< )
15th Feb the dvd is due out :)
Can't wait i absoutely loved this film.
Watched our Up bluray last night. I think I cried even more than in the cinema, it was so moving.
Now I need to start watching all extras in the second disc...
Though for some reason, they include an advert to Disneyland Paris (no issue there), but for the MMP ??? The MMP that's finishing like a couple of months after the bluray release??? They couldn't think a bit about it and advertise the New Generation instead?? Honestly :evil: But that's the only issue I have with the bluray set...
we bought the combi pack (2x bluray 1 Dvd and digital for the iphones) now all we need is a bluray player :lol:
we were also annoyed to see MMP on there, but I got to see the castle for a second and it made me miss the place so much, hurry up 20th anniversary!!!!
Just won Best Animated Feature!
Pete looked super-happy (well Monsters did criminally miss out to Shrek if I remember).
congrats to up for
Best Animated Feature and Best Original Score!
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My friend found this, its amazing. An entire song made from sounds from Up! :mrgreen:
Thanks burntsienna :)
Also has anyone else noticed that ( not 100% sure if i remember what programme ) but i think it was Junior Apprentice uses some music from the Up! soundtrack ?
OH wow only just found the thread thing for disney movies !
Up was like increddddddible. <3
i saw it twice in the cinemas i think, cried so muchh both times! I love it I think its a fantastic Pixar film and so UPlifting ;)
I have a Kevin fridge magnet. ;) lollll
I wasn't too keen on Wall.e but glad Pixar brought it back with this !! fantastic movie.x
I watched up for the first time on the bus back from disneyland paris i really enjoyed it.