Comments on: Up http://mecandes.poverellomedia.com/film-and-video/movie-review/up/ replete with games, movies, books, and other guilty pleasures. Mon, 01 Jun 2009 14:28:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Kalanna http://mecandes.poverellomedia.com/film-and-video/movie-review/up/#comment-8 Kalanna Mon, 01 Jun 2009 14:28:23 +0000 http://mecandes.poverellomedia.com/?p=415#comment-8 I certainly cried more in the theater at this Pixar more than any of the others. "Thanks for the adventure." Totally agree about the back story. It might have been a better ride for the kids without the long introduction. I loved it all the same though and really appreciate the reminder, in our aging population, that the elderly are just like the rest of us: not to be forgotten big bags of emotional needy goo. My only beef is that I am so very tired of absent and/or divorced parents being a motivational tool for characterizations of children. Children chase dreams just to chase dreams, you know! I certainly cried more in the theater at this Pixar more than any of the others. “Thanks for the adventure.”

Totally agree about the back story. It might have been a better ride for the kids without the long introduction. I loved it all the same though and really appreciate the reminder, in our aging population, that the elderly are just like the rest of us: not to be forgotten big bags of emotional needy goo.

My only beef is that I am so very tired of absent and/or divorced parents being a motivational tool for characterizations of children. Children chase dreams just to chase dreams, you know!

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