You know when we take the kids to see an animated movie, I'm not expecting to have my emotions manipulated. A few chuckles is a good outcome. A plot that makes sense leaves me satisfied. And avoiding of positions or morals that make me cringe can top it off. I am not looking for anything more.
Well, Up! -- this year's Pixar flick -- finally arrived in Australia this weekend and I can only warn parents out there: don't expect to come out of it with your emotions unscathed. It has sad, dare I say it, tear jerking moments, that make Bambi's mother getting shot a comparatively delightful event. You can't walk out of the theatre and leave this movie behind.
That said, apparently that view of the movie kicks in at around age 9. In our family discussion thereafter as to whether the movie was happy or sad (overall), the 5 and 8 year old saw it as completely happy while the 10, 39 and 41 year old called it anything but an upper. So this is a rare movie that gives adults and adult-response and leaves children thinking that it was just another, albeit very amusing -- let's face it, talking dogs are always going to be a winner -- animated movie. How Pixar did it, I have no idea. But I won't be going into any of their films so unprepared again.
Well, Up! -- this year's Pixar flick -- finally arrived in Australia this weekend and I can only warn parents out there: don't expect to come out of it with your emotions unscathed. It has sad, dare I say it, tear jerking moments, that make Bambi's mother getting shot a comparatively delightful event. You can't walk out of the theatre and leave this movie behind.
That said, apparently that view of the movie kicks in at around age 9. In our family discussion thereafter as to whether the movie was happy or sad (overall), the 5 and 8 year old saw it as completely happy while the 10, 39 and 41 year old called it anything but an upper. So this is a rare movie that gives adults and adult-response and leaves children thinking that it was just another, albeit very amusing -- let's face it, talking dogs are always going to be a winner -- animated movie. How Pixar did it, I have no idea. But I won't be going into any of their films so unprepared again.
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I agree with the "sad" review of UP. I took my 3.5 year old to see it and he was lost. During one of the particularily sad scenes, I believe the death of his wife, you could hear a pin drop in the theater but my son says at a not-so quiet voice "why does it have to be so loud!". Several people around us laughed out loud.
My 3 year-old spent the entire movie asking "Where's Ellie?" At first, I just gently said "She got old and died." (He's up with death, given a distant relative, not to mention Steve Irwin and Michael Jackson.)
But he kept asking. By the end, I was saying much more bluntly: "She's dead! She's dead!" That certainly got me a couple of looks from the crowd
In our family, the 45 year old parents, the 11 year old and the 6 year old all agreed it was a sad movie. The 45-year-olds thought the first 15 minutes was the best part, and it was all downhill from there.
I thought I (18) was really odd to walk away from that movie more sad than anything. Glad to know that it affects other people that way too.
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