Jeff's Reviews

Thoughts on every movie I've ever seen.

Up (2009)

Directed by Pete Docter, Bob Peterson

Starring Edward Asner, Christopher Plummer, Jordan Nagai, Bob Peterson

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Classic Pixar, with unique and emotionally deep characters, real comedy, a sense of adventure, and truly exquisite animation. Magical ending. I almost lost it.

The trailer looked a little silly, and the lack of full-length trailers, internviews, “making of” specials didn’t really excite me about going to see the it. But it was Pixar, and that was enough to guarantee that I’d give it a chance.

It was exactly that ignorance which made the story such an adventure. I wonder if/when marketing execs will realize that less pre-publicity might make their movies better. I guess the strategy only works when you have a guaranteed home run, as you do with any Pixar film these days.

This Pixar short, Partly Cloudy, was one of the best.

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