Comments on: Discuss: What Did You Think of Pixar’s Up?

By: Kimo Sabe

Kimo Sabe — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 01:30:12 +0000

I think this should be a movie seen by everyone of all ages. It is about life itself. I think this movie can help some of us who have forgotten about the human side of ourselves. Everyday is an adventure because adventures cannot be planned they just happen. The most memorable ones are the least expected and boring ones.It chipped some ice off of me . I have forgotten. See it. Take it for what you see.. We all get old. But that's not the end of life.

By: Kimo Sabe

Kimo Sabe — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 01:29:26 +0000

By: KIMOSABE

KIMOSABE — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 01:26:44 +0000

By: Rosalie

Rosalie — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 19:46:27 +0000

I loved Dug he was a major part of the comedy. I also like the talking dogs with collars. Pixar's greatness doesn't only come from the sad and meaningful parts, it comes from balancing them with fun happy comical parts.
And, well, the thing is it IS for children. Though it is always important to remember the parents who are the ones actually paying, it is important to remember why the parents actually first come. But Pixar does it in such a way, that it is pretty much unoticable for the majority and we all love Dug.

By: Rosalie

Rosalie — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 19:46:00 +0000

By: Rodger

Rodger — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 19:01:06 +0000

@John Strickland

I couldn't agree with you more about the talking dogs. What distracted me the most were the plot elements that comes off as being geared to the younger ones watching. "We can't go until we help Kevin" felt to me me like a belaboring sidetrack cliche. But what got me questioning Pixar's quality were the talking dogs. Dogs flying fighter planes feels more like DreamWorks than Pixar. If anything, "Up" is a balance between 3 styles of storytelling:Pixar, Miyazaki, and DreamWorks. Pixar is better than that to be closer to Dreamworks. You could argue that "Hey, it still makes money", but then that is not how I want my Pixar to be.

By: Rodger

Rodger — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 19:01:00 +0000

@John Strickland

By: jedimind_rick

jedimind_rick — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 20:43:42 +0000

Up. My new favorite Pixar movie! This film's emotional and vibrant storytelling brought me to tears in front of my two young sons… AND it was animated! "Dad? Are you sad?" Bravo Pixar! Excellent!

By: jedimind_rick

jedimind_rick — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 20:43:00 +0000

Up. My new favorite Pixar movie! This film's emotional and vibrant storytelling brought me to tears in front of my two young sons… AND it was animated! "Dad? Are you sad?" Bravo Pixar! Excellent!

By: Isamu

Isamu — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 09:32:32 +0000

By the way you're saying John Strickland, you're starting to make me hate Dug and I love Dug!

By: Isamu

Isamu — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 09:32:00 +0000

By the way you're saying John Strickland, you're starting to make me hate Dug and I love Dug!

By: John Strickland

John Strickland — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 22:11:31 +0000

It's a great character concept, I will admit. However, they didn't do anything at all with him except a bunch of 'dumb dog' gags. It was irritating the writers had to inject such pablum into this otherwise great film.

By: John Strickland

John Strickland — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 22:11:00 +0000

By: Isamu

Isamu — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 20:58:12 +0000

Nah, Strickland is joking, he loves Dug as much as we all do.

By: Isamu

Isamu — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 20:58:00 +0000

Nah, Strickland is joking, he loves Dug as much as we all do.

By: Ricky

Ricky — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 14:13:52 +0000

I hope Strickland is joking.

By: Ricky

Ricky — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 14:13:00 +0000

I hope Strickland is joking.

By: Venture82

Venture82 — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 12:59:28 +0000

Loved the movie…

…but dogs flying biplanes stretches my imagination a little too far for me to appreciate. I can take every other fantastical element, but that one just takes me out of the film. Everything else was amazing, though.

By: Venture82

Venture82 — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 12:59:00 +0000

Loved the movie…

By: John Strickland

John Strickland — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 06:38:05 +0000

Pixar did some really great things with Up. For the entire 1st act, I was getting the feeling that I was witnessing a landmark moment in animation, a film that connected with kids and adults without confusing the former and insulting the latter.
However, that feeling quickly disappeared with the appearance of Dug the talking dog, one of the dumbest, most pointless characters created by Pixar. Seriously, it's the Jar Jar Binks of Pixar, that's how much I hated this damn dog.
I thought I was getting a genuine, thoughtful story of a man going on one last great adventure, and I did, for the most part. But, I think the execution of the Dug character kept Up from reaching a new level of success, and brought it down to the level of an extremely well-made typical children's movie.

And because of that, I'm disappointed.