Showing posts with label pixar. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pixar. Show all posts

Thursday, July 9, 2009

Up!

Up!

Who's in it: Edward Asner, Jordan Nagai, Christopher Plummer

What's it about: Carl(Asner) has been very lonesome since his wife died. Everything around him is becoming skyscrapers, but he refuses to allow his plot to go with the flow. When he finally plans to take the house to his wife's dream vacation spot, he blows up thousands of balloons and lets them fly, lifting his house from the ground. Little did he know that a local wilderness explorer, Russell(Nagai) was on his porch when he lifted off. With his new pal, they travel to South America in attempt of dropping the house where it should be. In South America, they run into Carl's childhood hero, Charles Muntz(Plummer), who is now a desperate hunter. They must help hide the endangered bird, while keeping themselves safe.

What I Think: Pixar never ceases to amaze me. I love them to death! The animation was perfect and I didn't see anything wrong with the movie at all. The previews were to make the movie look like a comedy, but it was actually quite dramatic! There was a time or two in where I almost cried. It was a very entertaining and even educational movie. The setting of South America was interesting and I thought that the incorporation of the bird in the movie was unique. The detail was exquisite and I loved the fine details of Carl and Russell.

Sunday, December 14, 2008

Wall-E

Wall-E

Who's in it: Ben Burtt, Elissa Knight, Jeff Garlin

What's it about: The world has been left for ruin and robots are being used to clean it up. The human race blasted off to space in hopes of the world returning to it's natural state. Wall-E(Burtt) is the last of the cleaning robots and has created a world of his own. When EVE(Knight) arrives from the mothership, he falls in love with her. She is only interested in finding sign of life on Earth. Wall-E gives her the plant that he found and she is picked back up and taken to the mothership. Wall-E holds onto the ship and finds himself among humans again. The captain(Garlin) is going to go back to Earth and start life over but AUTO, the autopilot on the ship, will not allow it. In hopes of returning to Earth, the captain puts all of his hope into the hands of Wall-E and EVE.

What I Think: This movie jumped straight to the top of my favourites. There was not alot of dialogue in this movie and it didn't really need any. The message that this movie is sending to people is crucial and we all need to begin to realize that this is exactly what the world is heading for. Epic disaster is in store for us. The animation was superb. I know that they worked very hard on every bit of detail that the designers could and it really paid off. This is one of the best movies I've ever seen and I will never get tired of it!