Up
Tuesday, June 9, 2009Before I get to the review, here's a list of all the feature length films Pixar has released to date:
Toy Story
Toy Story 2
A Bug's Life
Monster's Inc
Finding Nemo
The Incredibles
Cars
Ratatouille
WALL-E
Up
Of these, the only one I didn't like was Cars, which was a mediocre film not nearly up to the standards of the others. I don't have a clear cut favourite, but Finding Nemo and Ratatouille are probably closest to my heart. Wall-E is an amazing movie as well, and I can't quite remember the two Toy Story movies well enough to comment.
Which bring's me to Up. It's not quite finding Nemo, but Up is one of the best Pixar movies I've ever seen. From the short film before the movie all the way to the final scene, I loved it. It's hilarious, surprisingly touching, breathtaking, and just all around brilliant. There isn't any area in which I feel they made a misstep in the creation of this film. But don't take it from me, here's a sample of some reviews:
"The first 10 minutes of Up are flawless; the final 80 minutes, close enough"
Robert Wilonsky - Village Voice
"This is another masterwork from Pixar, which is leading the charge in modern animation"
Roger Ebert - Chicago Sun-Times
"An exquisite work of cinematic art that also happens to be the funniest, most touching, most exciting and most entertaining movie released so far this year"
Lou Lumenick - New York Post
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