MOVIE REVIEW: UP (2009)

UP 2009

Having a big dream is precious, moreover if we have an intention to make it come true. To make it come true we should put in much effort, sometimes it makes us want to cry and feel give up. Up (2009) movie is related to those phenomena. Up is an American animated comedy-drama adventure produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. Pete Docter and Bob Peterson are the directors of Up, they are also the writers of Up movie with Tom McCarthy. The setting of this movie is in South America, with the main characters Carl Fredricksen (Ed Asner) and Russell (Jordan Nagai).

Up (2009) is about the journey of Mr. Fredricksen to make his wife’s dream come true. After his wife (Ellie) dies Mr. Fredricksen lives alone. Everyone tries to make him move from his house but he refuses it. Until the day when people from the nursing home come to bring him up, he tries to escape by lifting his house with thousands of balloons. He planned to go to Paradise Falls where his wife had dreamed. Mr. Fredricksen travels with Russell, a boy scout who tries to collect his last badge for his scout. On their journey, they had many accidents. They met the big birds, the talking dogs, and a man named Charles Muntz. 

The journey becomes worse when Charles Muntz tries to steal the big bird (Kevin). Mr. Fredricksen, Russell, and a talking dog named Bug should fight him. They won, and Mr. Fredricksen also can make his wife’s dream come true to take their house into Paradise Falls. With all of the struggles that Mr. Fredricksen should face with Russell and Bug, he decides to go back to his hometown and try his new adventure. 

First of all, the animation is wonderful, beautiful atmospheres, cute and beautifully drawn characters and also stunning colors. The sceneries and sights are also fantastic, down to the color and visual details are just perfect. It is also combined by some perfect background music that sounds stunning and it’s supports the atmosphere in several scenes. This movie also kinda imaginative yet still realistic,especially when it comes to animal speaks, in this movie the animals do not necessary talk. As we know that usually especially in animated movie things just doesn’t make sense,so.

Another thing that makes “Up” work so well is the focus on very few characters. Up spends majority with Carl, Russell, Kevin and Dug. It still allow more characters to enter in later on tho, but the focus never strays from those main characters. This movie successfully lead the viewers to imagine and carried away by emotions. The fact that it also made the viewers feel the atmosphere of adventure is also the plus point, they really nailed it.

We would love to recommend this movie for you. This movie is possibly one of the best animated movie of all time as it tells an emotional moving story while being funny as well. The emotion in this movie is full of heart and make most people cry including us. The characters in this movie are perfect even if it is a small character like Ellie or big character like Carl everybody gets so much development. Also in this movie they made a execution that make viewers had mix feelings because the mix between sad and funny moments. So overall this movie is as close to perfect as an animated film can get, it is has a mix of emotions it is funny and sad when it needs to be it has so much heart and the characters are perfect. 

So much can be learned from the innocence and ingenuity of a child. It teach me to always act with love and compassion with eact other. We have the potential to do great things, regardless of age, so never feel to old to do thid or that. This movie also show how beautiful living in the moment, not overthinking things and just enjoy second by seconds of life. It also teach us that sometimes life is better lived for others.

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