Carl Fredricksen, a retired balloon salesmen, finally realizes his life long dream of adventure, when he ties thousands of balloons to his house to carry him off to the audacious wilds of South America.
I saw this in 3-D which really isn't necessary, as it adds nothing to the story, nevertheless...what a story. Truly creative with random twists that are absolutely charming. Pixar has once again proven that script is everything and that a good screenplay brings about fabulous character development. It seems that no matter how arbitrary, unlikely, and fanciful the subject matter they still flesh out the tale leaving nothing to chance.
This set up is very sentimental and sweet, that truth be told, might upset small children...or overly sensitive adults. The rest of the movie, you will find, that the dialogue is smart, the animation amazing, the characters adorable and it is over all an extremely fun, enchanting film.
**** Oscar Worthy (who are we kidding they've already won)
Rated PG
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So the evil character (who is mercilessly dropped to his death with nothing more than a few ironic balloons for spite) is what, 20-30 years older than Carl? First, Carl is limping around with a cane in one hand, and a balloon house in the other? Then Mr. Evil, looking more like Fred Astaire than someone in their early 100's chases Carl around like the bad guy from a 007 movie? The talking dogs were believable compared to that bit of logic.
Although no one agrees with me on this one- I'm still gonna say it... I thought the stork short was better.
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