Pixar's "Up"

[Eticket]

Awesome movie.

[Alishe]

Agree with everyone else, girlfriend and I went to see it over the weekend, instead of the hangover. My theater also charges extra for 3-D movies, I don't think I'll go see anymore after seeing this one and that turd that was Coraline. I gave up on coraline halfway through between getting a headache from the 3-D and the story being terrible, I just went to sleep.

[Warudo Ecksu]

FINALLY saw this tonight. Everyone keeps saying the movie is so freaking depressing. It's sad but I didn't think it was as depressing as everyone makes it out to be. It was pretty good imo. (Saw in 2D so no headache.) Better than Wall-E but I didn't like Wall-E that much any way.

The dog (Doug) was awesome and probably my favorite character

[Jaybar]

Doug needs best supporting actor award. Hell even the bird, who had no lines, should receive it!

[Dmitry]

I really enjoyed the movie, but:

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Did she write in the adventure book after she died? That's what I thought but I'm not sure.

[ArchDizzle]

I really enjoyed the movie, but:

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Did she write in the adventure book after she died? That's what I thought but I'm not sure. I took it as she filled in that part throughout there life together, and gave it to him to read it but he never did and went out to finish what he thought she wanted, when in fact there marriage/life was her greatest adventure.

My take anyway.

[Stiker]

I really enjoyed the movie, but:

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Did she write in the adventure book after she died? That's what I thought but I'm not sure.

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When she was on her death bed, she gave her adventure book back to her husband, whom, simply assumed that she was handing over the same book she had made as a kid. That book was his motivation for getting their house to Paradise Falls and to help complete the "Stuff" she wanted to do in the book.

She gave him the book so he could see that they did indeed complete an adventure together, he was just never aware that she had bothered to add onto it like that or that she was more than satisfied with the life and adventure they had.

[Norellicus]

Bump, cause it's worth recognition

HUNTINGTON BEACH – Colby Curtin, a 10-year-old with a rare form of cancer, was staying alive for one thing – a movie. From the minute Colby saw the previews to the Disney-Pixar movie Up, she was desperate to see it. Colby had been diagnosed with vascular cancer about three years ago, said her mother, Lisa Curtin, and at the beginning of this month it became apparent that she would die soon and was too ill to be moved to a theater to see the film.

After a family friend made frantic calls to Pixar to help grant Colby her dying wish, Pixar came to the rescue.

The company flew an employee with a DVD of Up, which is only in theaters, to the Curtins’ Huntington Beach home on June 10 for a private viewing of the movie.

The animated movie begins with scenes showing the evolution of a relationship between a husband and wife. After losing his wife in old age, the now grumpy man deals with his loss by attaching thousands of balloons to his house, flying into the sky, and going on an adventure with a little boy.

Colby died about seven hours after seeing the film.

With her daughter’s vigil planned for Friday, Lisa Curtin reflected about how grateful she is that Pixar – and "Up" – were a part of her only child’s last day.

“When I watched it, I had really no idea about the content of the theme of the movie,” said Curtin, 46. “I just know that word ‘Up’ and all of the balloons and I swear to you, for me it meant that (Colby) was going to go up. Up to heaven.”

Pixar officials declined to comment on the story or name the employees involved.

THE PREVIEWS

Colby was diagnosed with vascular cancer on Dec. 23, 2005 after doctors found a tumor in her liver. At the time of her death, her stomach was about 94 inches around, swollen with fluids the cancer wouldn’t let her body properly digest. The rest of her body probably weighed about 45 pounds, family friend Carole Lynch said.

Colby had gone to Newport Elementary School and was known for making others laugh, family friend Terrell Orum-Moore said. Colby loved to dance, sing, swim and seemed to have a more mature understanding of the world than other children her age, Orum-Moore said.

On April 28, Colby went to see the Dream Works 3-D movie "Monsters Vs. Aliens" but was impressed by the previews to "Up."

“It was from then on, she said, ‘I have to see that movie. It is so cool,’” Lynch said.

Colby was a movie fan, Lisa Curtin said, and she latched onto Pixar’s movies because she loved animals.

Two days later Colby’s health began to worsen. On June 4 her mother asked a hospice company to bring a wheelchair for Colby so she could visit a theater to see "Up." However, the weekend went by and the wheelchair was not delivered, Lisa Curtin said.

By June 9, Colby could no longer be transported to a theater and her family feared she would die without having seen the movie.

At that point, Orum-Moore, who desperately wanted Colby to get her last wish, began to cold-call Pixar and Disney to see if someone could help.

Pixar has an automated telephone answering system, Orum-Moore said, and unless she had a name of a specific person she wanted to speak to, she could not get through. Orum-Moore guessed a name and the computer system transferred her to someone who could help, she said.

Pixar officials listened to Colby’s story and agreed to send someone to Colby’s house the next day with a DVD of "Up," Orum-Moore recalled.

She immediately called Lisa Curtin, who told Colby.

“Do you think you can hang on?” Colby’s mother said.

“I’m ready (to die), but I’m going to wait for the movie,” the girl replied.

THE MOVIE

At about 12:30 p.m. the Pixar employee came to the Curtins’ home with the DVD.

He had a bag of stuffed animals of characters in the movie and a movie poster. He shared some quirky background details of the movie and the group settled in to watch Up.

Colby couldn't see the screen because the pain kept her eyes closed so her mother gave her a play-by-play of the film.

At the end of the film, the mother asked if her daughter enjoyed the movie and Colby nodded yes, Lisa Curtin said.

The employee left after the movie, taking the DVD with him, Lynch said.
“He couldn’t have been nicer,” said Lynch who watched the movie with the family. “His eyes were just welled up.”

After the movie, Colby’s dad, Michael Curtin, who is divorced from Lisa Curtin, came to visit.

Colby died with her mom and dad nearby at 9:20 p.m.

Among the Up memorabilia the employee gave Colby was an “adventure book” – a scrap book the main character’s wife used to chronicle her journeys.

“I’ll have to fill those adventures in for her,” Lisa Curtin said.


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Pixar deserves a medal

[Koyuki]

Can Pixar get any cooler?

[Vandole]

that's... :[

[Kwijiboe]

Wonderful story.

[ZarakiKujata]

That's sadder than the movie which is saying something cause Up was a fucking tearjerker.

[Iono]

I know call me emo, but I thought Up was kinda depressing as shit... Was a great movie, but all the things were so sad...

[ZarakiKujata]

I know call me emo, but I thought Up was kinda depressing as shit... Was a great movie, but all the things were so sad...

Its not even being emo, you are likely a sociopath if the opening sequence in Up didn't bring a tear to your eye.

[Staleyx]

Loved this movie

[Mizango]

I saw this on GMA about 4 months ago. They actually spoke to her parents and the reps from Pixar about this unprecedented move and the whole situation.


Oldie but goodie.

[Kyo]

Damn good movie, depressing yes, fantastic, yes.

[Lbelle]

"my elbows hurt" is still probably one of the funniest movie lines I've ever heard

[Iono]

Its not even being emo, you are likely a sociopath if the opening sequence in Up didn't bring a tear to your eye.

Not only that, but the whole childhood-hero going crazy to prove that he wasn't a fake, then the "I'm being chased by my child-hood hero...", then killing(?) his hero off. (It'd be like me killing Superman >.>a ) And the complete and utter stupidity of Doug not knowing he was being picked on. It was like watching a retard being picked on again and again, and him just being oblivious and nice about it

Great movie, but some serious issues masked in a cartoon >.>a