Disney Pixar's "UP"

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  1. superstring01 Moderator

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    Horrible. Nothing like the other highly entertaining fare that Pixar has churned out. Perhaps it's the fact the Disney now owns Pixar and they've watered down the originality. Whatever. This movie was wretched.

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  3. Orleander OH JOY!!!! Valued Senior Member

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    I was crying with-in the first 10 minutes.
    I was not as entertained by this one near as much as previous Pixar movies. I still think it was better than Ratatouille.
    Did you find the A113 or the Pizza Planet delivery truck? I saw the truck, but couldn't find the A113.
     
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    The ONLY thing endearing about this movie was Doug (the retriever). I have a yellow lab, Remy, who is nearing the end of his time on Earth and watching the dog's spritely attitude reminded me of my buddy.

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  7. Orleander OH JOY!!!! Valued Senior Member

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    'I was under your porch because...I love you.'
    Yeah, how could you not love Doug
     
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    Your dog is beautiful.
     
  9. superstring01 Moderator

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    I won't lie, I got a little misty-eyed.

    I imagine my buddy saying that. He's nothing but loyalty and love. Not an angry bone in his body. My nieces and nephews used to jump on him and ride him like a pony. He just took it in stride.

    You should see him when I get home. So happy he dances. I imagine, if he had a collar like that, that he'd say the same dopey things, including, "SQUIRREL!" That's so him!

    He is. I want to clone him. But I'm settling for one of his great-grand-puppies.

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  10. Syzygys As a mother, I am telling you Valued Senior Member

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    Neither me nor the box office agree with you. UP is #1 for the second time in a row beating 2 comedy newcomers.

    It was good entertainment, nice family fun, with a little touch towards the elderly...

    Next time check the movie out online before you pay money for it...
     
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    I see most major movies that come out regardless of their quality due to the fact that I don't pay for them.

    Besides, I read a few reviews and obviously saw the trailers. It really did look good. Just didn't turn out as I expected.

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  12. spidergoat pubic diorama Valued Senior Member

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    Also, you can't steer an unpowered balloon with sails. Since you are moving with the wind, there is no wind.
     
  13. Syzygys As a mother, I am telling you Valued Senior Member

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    So that was the only plothole that bothered you?

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    1. You are not the target audience for this movie.

    2. Seeing every outcoming movie is just bad taste. It is like eating everything on a restaurant's menu.

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  14. superstring01 Moderator

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    Duh. I realized that. But since my niece was my date, and she's 11, I kind of thought it was better to see that than my other choice, "The Hangover."

    Besides, I've loved most other animated movies in the past few years: Shrek, Wall-E, Madagascar, Happy Feet, and even Lilo and Stitch were all pretty good movies. This one just... totally lacked that "adult humor" that we've seen interwoven into the storyline. C'est la vie!

    Thanks for the critique, but the two aren't even comparable. For starters, I see like one movie a week (if that) and "for free" is pretty irresistible. And, since I'm not getting everything on a restaurant menu for free... well... you get the picture.

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  15. Syzygys As a mother, I am telling you Valued Senior Member

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    I can watch any new movie online for free, I don't even have to make it to the theater, and I say no!

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    It is all about the willpower....Not to mention that there are only 25 original stories, the rest is repetition...
     
  16. superstring01 Moderator

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    Whoop-dee-fucking-doo. You wanna' star?

    What the hell are you drumming on about Syz? You make it sound like we're talking about weekend usage of Cocaine or something. It's a movie. I have the fortune of being friends with a cinema manager and go for free. Talk to me when I start talking about going every day, or spending the night... or going in the morning and coming home at bed-time.

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  17. Syzygys As a mother, I am telling you Valued Senior Member

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    I will spell it out for you:

    Just because something is FREE, you don't necessery have to take it!

    You went to see a movie as a chaperone, which wasn't intended for you, then you are bitching about it. If you take everything free, you deserve what you got.

    Clear enough?
     
  18. superstring01 Moderator

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    Wow. Thanks for the life lesson. It's so great that we have you hear to give us all this sagely advice. Thanks for contributing as always.

    Though, if you look back, my second and third posts had no complaints in them. My subsequent posts have been responses to your mindless tripe. My OP was the only "bitch" and it was intended to voice my opining while starting a worthwhile discussion about the movie. Had I known that you were going to jump in with your usual pointlessness I would have gouged my eyes out and eaten them instead.

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  19. Orleander OH JOY!!!! Valued Senior Member

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    dang sys, do you own stock in thew movie or work for Pixar. Taking this kind of personal aren't ya?
     
  20. spidergoat pubic diorama Valued Senior Member

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    Also, when they were towing the house behind them, if there were any wind at all, it would drag them with it.

    Also, Just because you invent a device to interpret the sounds of dogs and translate that into speech, that doesn't mean they would understand what you say back to them.
     
  21. Orleander OH JOY!!!! Valued Senior Member

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    Really??
    How about the plot hole's in Cinderella? Talking mice, fairy godmother, dog as a coachman
    or Little Mermaid? And actual Mermaid! Talking lobsters, A sea witch who was 1/2 woman 1/2 octopus
    Toy Story? Talking toys that come alive?!
    Monster's Inc? Monsters who live in some parallel universe and come out at night in closets.

    Disney and Pixar make lousy movies chock full of plot holes, the bastards
     
  22. MacGyver1968 Fixin' Shit that Ain't Broke Valued Senior Member

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    I haven't seen it yet, but our independent newspaper, "The Dallas Observer", which normally rips almost every movie they review, said "The first 10 minutes were perfection"...and gave the rest of the movie pretty high marks. That's unusual for them.
     
  23. spidergoat pubic diorama Valued Senior Member

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    OMG, the Little Mermaid? Why would she evolve vocal cords underwater? Makes no sense.
     

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