Comments on: Up

By: Toy Story 3 » Movie Monster

Toy Story 3 » Movie Monster — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 22:32:24 +0000

[...] toys link hands and form a chain, it’s an eerily moving moment—the acceptance of moving on in Up has advanced to an acceptance of moving beyond. No plastic circle has ever left our mortal coil so [...]

By: And the Winner for the Best Picture of 2009 is . . . » Movie Monster

And the Winner for the Best Picture of 2009 is . . . » Movie Monster — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 01:25:52 +0000

[...] Up [...]

By: Avatar » Movie Monster

Avatar » Movie Monster — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 19:49:25 +0000

[...] to life. The pulp players in Avatar have some witty lines, but I never felt the lithe vibes of Up, or the trashy exuberance of Star Trek. Cameron is too busy “[disrupting] an entire industry” [...]

By: Ponyo » Movie Monster

Ponyo » Movie Monster — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 07:11:29 +0000

[...] equability prevents the fairy tale from getting schmaltzy. Even offbeat Hollywood fairy tales (like Up) are wont to meander down familiar, if agreeable, streams; the plot mechanics are so minimal in [...]

By: The Critic’s Criticism of His Critics » Movie Monster

The Critic’s Criticism of His Critics » Movie Monster — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 07:29:00 +0000

[...] been mindless—Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, for example, or I Am Legend, or, more recently, Up—but, generally speaking, such movies are designed to be mindless. Movies like Transformers [...]