In the Theatre with Kevin Murphy - Up- Walt Disney Pictures/Pixar Animation Studios

Every now and then their is one film that comes out every year in a specific genre that topples all the others and in my opinion its the one movie of the year that truly lives up to its title and that film would be as it suggests UP the latest adventure from Pixar and and arguably their most heartfelt far beating Toy Story through to Ratatouiee and with Wall-E not far behind it. When i first heard about this movie i knew right away it will be a critical success and that kids will only see it because its what they call a cartoon but i call this a work of art that is definitely worth 8.50.<Photo 1>

The moral of UP is preservation and how no matter how old you get the spirit you had before can never relinquish itself. When an elderly man named Carl (Edward Asner) is forced to leave his home because it is in the way on construction, Carl plans to leave for South America and take everything with him by tying thousands of balloons together to make his house sore into the sky for his freedom of the dream he and his wife had since they were children. When he finally makes it away he realizes he has a young stowaway who wants to get his assisting the elderly badge and is now stuck with him until he lands in South America, where he will then have to find him a way home without going back himself. When they finally arrive they come across some colourful characters including a large bird that loves chocolate, a talking dog and a ruthless poacher bent on getting the bird for his own selfish reasons.

Every year Pixar releases one film that far beats off their competitionon especially when Dreamworks releases another unnecessary Shrek sequel. The reason Up far beats the others is because of its originality in both setting and story. For example Pixar always tries their hardest to find a new challenge in what they do such as underwater, outer space and alternate universes and in Ups case it is the most free place in the world where their are no laws and that is the sky when this film takes place. Up until around Finding Nemo Disney controlled everything with Pixar and although i really liked pixars early films it seemed like i was watching more of a Disney film and it seemed that Disney was taking all the credit when all the did was finance their early films, but now Pixar is free to do their films their way such as UP which is why i like films like UP because their are no outside interferences.

But i think im focusing more on the company that made this movie over the movie itself and i should apologize. This is per-say Pixars most heartfelt and sensitive film because in the first bit we see how much Carl has gone through to make him bitter and to truth, it almost moved me to tears just by seeing how painful it is for a person to loose someone important and i should know, and by being moved to tears i saw how much heart was in the script for this movie. I have to compliment on Ed Asner who played Carl terrifically and even in his old age he knows the elderly psyche and completely understands their attitude and by giving him a description of their youth knows what they should act like in their senior years. This movie is all about thinking that you've wasted your entire life but coming to the end and realizing that your life is not a waste but an adventure. My biggest liking was how the movie didn't try to talk down to children about conserns that people would consider adult only like death and old age are actually shown (as well as blood) and its still G-rated is that its showing that storytelling is an art for all ages and that art form can be suitable for all ages and ats its better to learn it early than wait for a moment when your unprepared for what you know is going to happen in life, and that an adult can actually see this balanced movie without the presence a kid which expands of the belief that animation is not just for kids. So you can defiantly see this movie in the Oscar polls this year.

My Rating 4/4 Shamrocks