I saw it in 2D because my wife and I go to a five-dollar theatre near our house as much as possible. I don't feel as if I missed anything, though. I listened to an interview on NPR's "Fresh Air" with the director, and he said he didn't want to make the 3D obligatory. His feeling is that a bunch of "Look out!" moments where the audience is dodging 3D items flying at them actually takes them out of the movie, as they're more focused on the *effects* than the *movie*. So his goal was to use 3D in a subtle way to enhance the experience, not overpower or define it, nor to be essential to it.
----- Original Message ----- From: wlro...@aol.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, June 9, 2009 5:51:56 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Look "Up" I have to agree with you assessment of the movie due to the fact that I saw it yesterday. I love the beginning. How when we have love ones how they leave and our lives continue. The things that we have not done but always said that we would. I love the pace and the jokes in the movie....Sorry--squirrel. (Inside joke if you saw the movie) Did you get a chance to see the movie in 3-D? It was good to me either way. I love that after all this time when he looks in the book he finally reads the note she left. For those who have not seen it--I will not say what it is. But then it was more so an shocker for him. One I think or thought that he needed. --Lavender From: Keith Johnson Sent: Monday, June 08, 2009 12:38 AM To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: [scifinoir2] Look "Up" 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 the 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... People may lie, but the evidence rarely does.
