One never knows about the sex-focused, party guy, road trip movie. Sometimes
they're moments of juvenile brilliance that manage to capture some essential
truth of humanity, other times they're just puerile time wasters.
Let us know where this one falls!
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From: "Martin Baxter" <truthseeker...@lycos.com>
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, June 9, 2009 8:32:29 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Look "Up"
Keith, that is him. And I'll let you know what I thought of the movie
after I see it. I won't post any reviews, as you do.
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Subject : Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Look "Up"
Date : Tue, 9 Jun 2009 03:36:37 +0000 (UTC)
>From : Keith Johnson <keithbjohn...@comcast.net>
To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Funny! Let me know about "The Hangover", 'cause I have my doubts. By the way,
is the bearded dude in "The Hangover" the same guy who played coroner Davis on
"Tru Calling"?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Martin Baxter"
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, June 8, 2009 2:11:47 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: [RE][scifinoir2] Look "Up"
My friend, IMO, there is only shame in being hard-hearted...
And, if I ever find the time, I'm going to be broke. "Up" is at one theater
about two miles west of me, and "The Hangover", which I want to see because a
friend of mine had a similar life-experience, is at the mall, about three miles
east.
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Subject : [scifinoir2] Look "Up"
Date : Mon, 8 Jun 2009 04:38:34 +0000 (UTC)
>From : Keith Johnson
To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Gotta make this quick. Need to get some shuteye, got a busy day today. Went to
see "Up" Sunday, and thoroughly enjoyed it. It's Pixar, which continues to mean
quality, I'm glad to say. Movie starts off with an amusing, delightful, and
ultimately poignant history of the lead character's life that had me grinning,
laughing, and--I'm not ashamed to admit--tearing up. All in the first five
minutes or so, much of it told without the benefit of sound. Colors are
amazingly bright and beautiful, especially those balloons, and the detail is
amazing. The characters are good, especially Ed Asner's portrayal of the old
dude, which is warm, cranky, a bit mean at times, but ultimately very human and
real. Has enough adventure and gags and laughs for kids, and moments of loss
and reminiscence and hope to keep the adults engaged. I remember tearing up at
least three times (having lost both parents, a beloved mother-in-law, several
relatives, a job, and dealing with some health problems ! in t! he last few
years, I admit I'm a bit more tenderhearted nowadays). I looked around to see
men and women sniffling more than once. Like me, the guys tried to be a bit
surreptious--you know, choking on a jalepeno or something.
There was some concern that audiences wouldn't respond to a film where the lead
character is an eighty year old widower. Balderdash! Good stories are good
stories, and this is a really good film. It's becoming cliched to say, but
Pixar does it again.
Longer review whenever I have time this week. Work's a bear...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQdwk8Yntds
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQdwk8Yntds
