Top Ten Movies of the Decade: Up (2009)
I must confess I wasn't the least inclined to watch this movie when I first heard of it. Simply put, it sounded like yet another 3D movie based on a silly storyline and lots of cute characters. I was dead wrong.
It reminds me of The Straight Story, by David Lynch for many reasons, but mainly because it's the story of an old geezer that for whatever reason finally decided to settle something important for him, but that had long been forgotten.
One thing to beware of is that the first part of this movie relies heavily on our American/European cultural obsession with love and marriage. I don't mean we don't have those here in the East side of the world, but it is historically very different from today's westernized wedding culture. That said, I loved it. It made think not only of all the girlfriends I've lost (and some that lost me), but also of important people who are simply not around anymore. In one word: death.
This is awesome in and on itself. Think about it: a child's movie that brings adults to tears when dealing with death. To make an adequate portrait of Up (2009), I can't failed to bring up the lovely talking dogs and the annoying kid. Sure.
But the old dude is amazingly cute. Love him.
Rating: You could watch even with your girlfriend's mother.
It reminds me of The Straight Story, by David Lynch for many reasons, but mainly because it's the story of an old geezer that for whatever reason finally decided to settle something important for him, but that had long been forgotten.
One thing to beware of is that the first part of this movie relies heavily on our American/European cultural obsession with love and marriage. I don't mean we don't have those here in the East side of the world, but it is historically very different from today's westernized wedding culture. That said, I loved it. It made think not only of all the girlfriends I've lost (and some that lost me), but also of important people who are simply not around anymore. In one word: death.
This is awesome in and on itself. Think about it: a child's movie that brings adults to tears when dealing with death. To make an adequate portrait of Up (2009), I can't failed to bring up the lovely talking dogs and the annoying kid. Sure.
But the old dude is amazingly cute. Love him.
Rating: You could watch even with your girlfriend's mother.
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