this is a pretty funny movie !

terrific movie from start to finish. Expertly made, well drawn, good story. My 86 yr. old mom and my 20 yr old daughter and me, at 54, all liked the movie tremendously.

Hmm, did that come out ever? I didn't see anything about it here.

let it come

If you ever check out the Rotten Tomatoes website, with any movie that has an extremely good rating, and if any expert critics slams that movie down, you'll find a train of fans spamming that thread to death calling the critic anything you can think of. It's not any of my intention to be in that position, but the sun shines brightly today and I feel I could just about take on the world even if everyone opposed me.

While I was in the 3D theater watching the preview, I was astoned by the new 3D graphics one can get in a movie theater now a day. I have seen 3D films before in IMAX, but the experiences compared to the 3D seen in Disneyland or Disneyworld were nowhere close. While I was being wowed by the 3D effect during the preview, I was glad that I chose to view this movie in 3D and just couldn't wait to have the best 3D experience ever. The feature presentation however, really didn't compare in terms of the 3D graphics. There was definitely 3D, but it's not in front of your face 3D. My husband took off the glasses in the middle of the movie to see if there was any differences, and he said there definitely was - the pictures were brighter without the 3D glasses.

The best part of the film was the first 10 min. Tears ran down my face and I just couldn't wait to see the rest of the movie to develop and reach that climax... which already passed after the first 10 min. Now, not to get me wrong and think the movie was a piece of crap, it wasn't. It was simply not good enough to a standard that had been set so high. I had read many reviews where people compare this movie to Wall.E, and some said they liked Up even more. I may have gone into the theater with expectation set way too high, but I did the same thing before I watched Wall.E, and Wall.E still impressed me while Up did not. Perhaps there's just too many dialogues in the film. Dialogues constantly between the old man and the child, and dialogues with the dogs and between dogs. One thing I particularly do not like is talking animals, though they are funny at times, but they just aren't cute. The plot was very predictable and though I found most of the characters sort of likable, I wasn't particularly charmed.

It's an ok Disney/Pixar film in 2009, which would have been superb in 1995.

I saw this movie in the theaters for a class trip and it was funny and sad and heartwarming and sometimes you laughed so hard you started crying. But even though it is not one of my favorites i think that littler kids would love to see this movie.

Saw this with the lady the other day. . .

It's not really for kids. The first 15 minutes presents a montage that is quite heartbreaking if you're in a happy marriage. UP can be emotionally tough for those who have lost a close loved one. . .

But it's good work. . .courage, exploration, and keeping your word are a few of the values and lessons taught here. I didn't even know that Ed Asner was still alive. . .he's terrific as the old man.

Everyone in the crowd laughed and cried with this movie, it held no punches, and shows what makes pixar the best animation studio in hollywood catering to both adults and children, nothing is watered down, but yet is still incredibly heart warming.

I saw this movie last weekend and I have to admit, I was so moved I want to see it again. The magic of Pixar is that it speaks to all ages. There was an elderly couple behind me in the movie who kept making adorable comments to eachother throughout. This is an amazing, beautiful, heart wrenching story. The delicate montage of a life unfolding together in the beginning is worthy of being it's own art form. The twinkling melody that plays behind images of a couple loving each other through all of life's hardships was so melancholy it made me ache inside. By the end of it, when the old man walks through the door of their home alone, I was bawling. The rest of the movie continues in this manner...in great leaps it goes from tender and sweet to honest to goodness funny. The dogs in the movie really steal the show and the ingenious of Pixar truly never fails. Above all, I am blown away by the new kind of love the movie shows between an old man and a boy. The BEST movie I have seen in a long time, hands down.

Up is proof that Pixar is maturing towards genius in storytelling, animation and cinematography. The design of each and every environment is exquisite, particularly the interior of Carl Fredricksen's house. With Up, Pixar has created a version of the world full of fantasy and intrigue that comes closer to watching my imagination than anything I've seen on screen before. In short, I loved this film, it was perfection.

The story Up tells is timeless. Its core is familiar, and successfully rooted in reality before transcending into reverie. Carl, the old man in the film, loses his beloved wife Ellie after a long and happy life together. While they were younger, they dreamed of becoming adventurers, but instead settled into a routine until it was too late. Faced with the prospect of being shipped off to a retirement home after a unfortunate conflict with a real estate developer who wants his land, Carl decides to check out by unleashing thousands of balloons and traveling off to Paradise Falls in South America. Unbeknownst to him, he has a stowaway...a young Wilderness Explorer (think Boy Scouts reinvented without the military undertones and with a greater focus on environmentalism) in search of a "helping the elderly" badge whom he tried to ignore the day before.

The film is great for all ages since it can be taken at face value as a tale of discovery and exploration, or as a slightly more complex allegory about carrying the past as a burden. Far from being a lesson in regret, the denouement is uplifting and optimistic.

Pixar also proves that avoiding Disney's anthropomorphic tricks can lead to powerful characterizations that are easy to relate to. The animal characters are almost Chaplin-esque in their mannerisms, relying on movement for expression rather than humanistic eyes and facial expressions. Even the voices given to the dogs in the film avoid the common trap of becoming more of a human in an animal's body with clever writing that evokes what we all transpose onto animals as an internal dialogue in real life.

The Bottom line: Up is sweet without being saccharine, touching without being contrived, funny without being stupid, and above all else...intensely satisfying. See it if you haven't. You won't be disappointed.

Great movie overall and very touching. It's a shame that all of the bums on Wallstreet weren't as good as predicting the market or how well a pixar movie will do as Pixar is at making damn good movies.

I loved Up because of its simple yet moving human oriented story line and its sense of humor. I wasn't distracted by non-human animals, comic book characters, talking cars nor whiz bang computer animation. It's about an old man and a kid, some funny talking dogs who talk like dogs think rather than imitation people, and a bird with decidedly dinosaur-like movements. It's an UPlifting feel good movie written for adults more than kids. Up replaced Nemo as my favorite Pixar movie. (FWIW, I watched it in Disney World, where I work.)