UP 3d
Just saw UP in 3D last night. The academy award should just give pixar the oscar for best animation at the beginning of every year. The only sure thing in Hollywood is Pixar, where every single one of their films has been a commercial and critical hit. The company who could be churning out 5 pictures a year, instead works on a film for sometimes five years, concentrating on story, and bringing groundbreaking CG to each new film. This time, UP used a program that employed Newtonian Physics, to give each individual balloon, its own life. Rather then it just being a cluster of balloons, pixar spent the time to make it more realistic, so each balloon reacts on its own.
The lighting in their films is getting better each time, I suppose, especially after Deak, gave them a little demo during Wall-E. Rather then just being flat with an overall exposure, you can tell the lighting DP on Up took the time to mold each scene realistically, and took creative license in choosing how to light each scene with a pleasing aesthetic.
The characters in UP were really fleshed out nicely. The opening montage to set up Carl Frederickson, could not have been more winsome. Tears came to the eyes within those first few minutes. From watching the movie, its palpable how much Doctor and his animators, cared for those characters with such subtle character nuances that is not seen very often in animation (Carl touching his wifes mark on their old mail box as he walks by it).
Up is quite the adventure, thrilling for all ages. No pixar movie is just for kids, they are far too thought out, and many times profound to be called kids movies. Up will have everybody missing their childhood sweethearts, as you watch Carl’s unflinching devotion to the memory of his wife. Maybe we all won’t be able to have the grand adventure in South America in our life, but as Carl learned, don’t let that blind you from the adventure going on right in front of your eyes everyday. Every moment of joy and sadness is an adventure with the one you love, and it took Carl 70 some years to realize that, don’t let it happen to you.
Anyway, go see UP. The 3D is wonderful, its not gimmicking, its subtle and simply adds extra depth and dimensionality to the film.
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