Disney & Pixar's Up [DVD] [2009]

I bought this DVD as a present, was very well recieved.

One thing you can say about Pixar: they never rest on their laurels and they're never afraid to try something different.A film where two of the main characters are over seventy? One with a lengthy opening scene a lot of which takes place in the 30s? One with talking dogs and weird birds? How many other studios would have the clout to get something that like through?But thankfully this one does.Youngster carl frederickson, entranced by the exploits of daredevil adventurer charles muntz who roams the world in his airship, finds a kindred spirit in the shape of eliie. equal in her muntz admiration but a lot more outgoing.In a montage we follow them into marriage and life together, with good times and sad times, and the financial demands of everyday life always intruding on their dream to visit the places muntz did.Finally, eliie is gone and carl is left alone clinging onto his memories as the world changes around him. rather than end up in a retirement home he decided to take his house down to paradise falls, where charles muntz was last seen. the place he and ellie had always been going to go to.The takeoff is one of the most uplifting [figuratively and literally] cinematic moments you'll ever see. But that's just the start of things. Carl has an unexpected passenger in the shape of russell, a well meaning boy scout would be wilderness explorer who just needs an assisting the elderly badge to complete his sash.The film can flip back between poignancy - as carl mourns his wife - and comedy as he has to get to used to russell quite effortlessly.Finally reaching the falls a further trek awaits them. plus a few strange discoveries.One slight flaw here in that the second act proceeds at a leisurely pace and was I sitting there thinking this is great but it's not quite getting to me as much as WALL E did. But you will absolutely adore dug the enthusiastic talking dog from the moment he appears.But then things change so much when the third act kicks in, at which point I could have kicked myself for my earlier opinion. There's a few life lessons and realisations for carl to be had, but these are believable and never preachy, and then we have the action sequence of the year. Ifs exciting, it's well directed, and it throws in brilliant comedy along the way also. I won't spoil the geriatric sword fight for you. Added to which it takes place in broad daylight and has no jump cut editing. hurrah!All our characters are left in a different place to where we found them at the beginning come the end. and as ever, you will walk out of a pixar film smiling from ear to ear.The dvd is a single disc edition.Langugages: English HindiSubtitles: EnglishExtras:Partly cloudy. A short cartoon film that played before up at the cinemas it's a pleasant little feature, if not quite the funniest one they've ever done.The many endings of is a section of deleted scenes, none of which are actually finished and most of which are storyboards. It runs for five minutes and discusses the plans and ideas the production team had for the fate of one character before settling on one in particular. It's an interesting look into the writing process.Adventure is out there is a twenty minute long documantary showing pixar staff visit the real mountains in venezuela where the movie is set. The scenery in this is like nothing you'll have ever seen. It's unforgettable viewing.Dug's special mission is a short cartoon film prequel to a part of up in that it shows what dug was doing prior to his first appearance in the film. very very funny and also a little poignant at one point it's essential viewing.There are also plenty of trailers for disney movies and products. Which are identical to the ones that appear when you first switch the disc on.So not the best dvd extras wise but they're good for what they are. But the movie is worth five stars all on it's own

Great Film, have seen it before on TV, but wanted to buy it for my dvd collection. Lovely story about an old man, who ties balloons to his house and flies away from his neighbourhood. Fun film. 😁

If anyone has anything bad to say against this film, I seriously wonder why, I absolutely adore itIt's kind of slow paced, I will agree to that but that shouldn't really be an issue for this film, it's the emotional detailing and the characters that really bring out this film as one of the best films I've watched. The characters are so well detailed and entertaining, the fact there's not much of a plot shouldn't be an issue, you're watching it for the characters, I wasn't even fussed if Carl made it to his destination or not, it didn't really matter in the end.Carl's widowed and just trying to live out the rest of his days. However, people want to buy his house as it's in the way of construction. He's not giving it up. Instead, he ties thousands of balloons to the house, lifting it into the air to travel to South America (like America but South) to fulfill his wife's long lost dream of traveling there. However, a Junior Wilderness Explorer ends up trapped on his porch as the house defies gravity. Carl is stuck with him. Hilarity ensues....The beginning is one of the few movie scenes that makes me well up. The films worth watching just for the first 10 minutes alone. The amount of detailing and emotion they put into those few minutes running through Ellie's and Carl's life together, makes it one of the most beautiful scenes ever created. All the characters were on point and so lovable that you couldn't hate any of them. Except for the bad guy of course. It's just an emotional, funny ride watching these characters on their adventure with great character development and wonderful bonds formed between them. One flaw I do have, is why Carl never flicked through the rest of the Adventure Book. I guess he just assumed the rest wouldn't have been filled in but still, surely he would have glanced past it through curiosity. He still could have had an adventure that way...Highly recommended film if you want something to cheer you up a bit.Also, I want a Dug, voice collar or not.