Pixar's Newest Creation: UP
 

I haven't seen it yet, but I'm pretty excited. I mean, it's PIXAR.
The worst thing Pixar has ever done is Cars, and that's far from a bad movie.
We'll have to go to the Pavilions to see it in 3D. Even if I do hate the 16th Street Mall with a passion.

This was definitely my favorite Pixar movie, and that's saying a lot!

I also loved the little cloud movie at the beginning. It was so cute. I kept going aww... at the very beginning because of all the little kittens and puppies. And then you see the sad little cloud and I was like... ;___;

But it ended up being so funny and adorable. I loved the stork! xD;;

Anyway, here are some of my thoughts on the movie, but I'm sticking them in a spoiler tag in case someone wanders over here who hasn't seen it yet. (Though really, if you're planning on seeing the movie and don't want to be spoiled, you shouldn't click on this thread).

I just came back from seeing it, and I thought it was great! I really liked how unconventional the main characters were; typically in animated movies there's a middle of the road kind of male and/or female carrying most of the movie, but this time it was an old white dude and a little asian kid. :D



I didn't really like the short film before the movie. I didn't find the clouds very endearing at all. It felt really rushed and mostly freaked me out. :shock:

I'm actually excited for Toy Story 3 because I read the summary on Wikipedia for the movie. It sounds like it's going to be really bittersweet. Spoiler tag below with some of my thoughts on the upcoming Toy Story 3 movie~



Also, is everyone else super excited for The Princess & The Bow and Newt (which are the next two original Pixar movies)? :D

I finally saw it today. :D
Unfortunately, I missed the previews and the animated short. Silly Fabs has some running around to do before the movie that made her late.

I'm not sure why they chose Cars, of all their movies, to make a sequel to. Cars is definitely their least popular. :\
But Toy Story 2 was great, so I've got high expectations for Toy Story 3.

@Sho-Shonojo: Ah, that old plotline was the sequel that Disney had planned without Pixar's approval. They technically own all the rights and announced sequels to all of the movies made by Pixar a few years ago. Thankfully, Pixar and Disney got past their disagreements and the team at Pixar took control again, cancelling all of the sequels. They later announced sequels to Toy Story and Cars, although they scrapped the storylines that were approved by Disney earlier. :3

@Fabby: I'm wondering about that myself. I think Pixar knows that it won't be as popular, since they're also releasing another movie that same year. But still... I just don't think that they should make it. Maybe they're being pressured to make that movie since it will sell a lot of toys?

I'm really thinking Pixar is getting pushed into it. Possibly because they're a GOLDMINE.
Disney's going to completely ruin them, aren't they? D:

Ohh thanks guys for giving your opinions! Aaron really wants to see this and I was a bit hesitant as the whole movie seems a bit bizarre. Now I can worry not about being bored out of my skull for 2 hours. (I have a horrible time sitting still through a movie - especially if I don't like it...horrible horrible attention span!)

I actually was kind of hesitant to go see the movie at first too. I saw the trailer and it didn't immediately make me go '=o I MUST SEE THAT' like Wall-E did.

There was a third Lion King? Do you mean Lion King 1 1/2? D:
I hate how Disney has to ruin all their movies with godawful straight to video sequels. I really hope that this isn't the direction Pixar is going to take, but I have... something of a bad feeling.

I really don't think Pixar is going to ruin themselves anytime soon. They've been fighting to keep their movies original and unique. They had to deal with a lot of trouble recently because of their choices in lead characters for their last two movies--Wall-E and Carl were criticized due to their lack of marketability. In response, Pixar stated that they wanted to create good movies, rather than advertisements for toys and merchandise. If families are forced to pay $40+ dollars to go to the movies, only to see advertisements for merchandise, they'll eventually stop coming.

And like I mentioned before, they also fought over the rights to their movies and cancelled all of the sequels that Disney began without their approval. For now, the staff at Pixar are doing a great job creating their movies and are not selling themselves out. They've done a great job resisting the pressure that Disney has been placing on them and I think they'll continue to do so for a long time.

Besides, their movies are doing well enough that Pixar can make certain demands. They've already won their right to release movies in the summer (before, Disney made them release movies during Thanksgiving and X'mas). Also, if it were any other company, I doubt Disney would have allowed them release their most recent movies without a complete overhaul of the characters and storylines.

I guess all that I'm trying to say is that I have faith in Pixar. Disney is becoming less and less of a threat as Pixar's movies continue to be successful, despite unconventional characters and storylines. As a result, Disney will be less influential in making decisions for Pixar, since they'll prove they can be successful without the generic movie formulas that seem to be required in all other Disney films.

@Sho-Shonojo: Aww, I love Wall-E too. :3
I think Wall-E toys sold very well in the end. Disney was probably worried since he was old and beat up (i.e. not a brand new Buzz Lightyear), but that just makes him so much more endearing.

@Captain Howdy: That's really strange... I was honestly expecting a billion Dug toys to be out right now... but I actually don't think they're out there! I did a quick google search for Up toys, but I could only find a few collectible figurines.

Or... nevermind! I just found some dog plushies.
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dS9o2xQUbs...plush_toys.png

Looks like they're coming out... though much later than usual, if they're usually released long before the movie.

Up?
 

It's a really cute movie. It has talking dogs and grumpy old men. The perfect combination!!!!! It's animation. Did anyone see it, what do you think about it?

I've seen up. Twice. And I love it.

"I love you temporarily!"

I remember that part!!!! The dogs are awesome!!!

"cone of shame"

I liked the part where they met Dug.