tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34647587.post7989533750171893633..comments2009-06-22T11:50:52.213-04:00Jeffrey Pepperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00990997892044489714noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34647587.post-78489283450121671472009-06-22T11:50:52.213-04:002009-06-22T11:50:52.213-04:00I am so sorry, Jason - I will NEVER complain or criticize anything that Disney and Pixar produce ever again, I swear!<br /><br />Just don&#39;t hurt me now!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34647587.post-43249849388381306872009-06-21T10:19:00.775-04:002009-06-21T10:19:00.775-04:00To Anonymous, Pixar cares about making high quality movies. You namechecked two which have had some of the highest word-of-mouth ratings ever. Much like the Disney of yore, their aim has been to entertain everyone. Ratatouille wasn&#39;t about French cinema nor was Up just about a man grieving his wife. It doesn&#39;t take that smart of a person to see past the surface hooks to the layers of human stories they are telling. <br /><br />Bambi&#39;s Mother was killed in the earliest days of films coming from this company. They set the tone that Walt Disney animated features were never going to be just kiddie tales. <br /><br />Up wasn&#39;t hiding anything. The producers talk about these films, the critics review them, it was rated PG (not G). Families are responsible to look beyond the flash of colorful imagery in a trailer and do a little more homework. Pixar has no responsibility but to make quality films, which consensus says they have done tenfold this time around.Jason G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04993426193006112025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34647587.post-59927960561960655542009-06-20T14:31:31.656-04:002009-06-20T14:31:31.656-04:00An amazing and bittersweet story:<br /><br />http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31448115/ns/entertainment-movies/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34647587.post-19947334899345328462009-06-16T10:22:41.049-04:002009-06-16T10:22:41.049-04:00I was amazed at how depressing and dark Up was.<br /><br />An old man obsessed about his wife&#39;s death and unfulfilled dreams.<br /><br />A little boy ignored and neglected by his parents, right to the end.<br /><br />An obsessed villian who would kill to fix his tarnished reputation.<br /><br />You can argue that a lot of Disney flicks had dark themse and dead parents, but the ads for Up were most misleading.<br /><br />I don&#39;t need everything to be painted in rose colors, but Pixar knows they will be attracting families - so tell me why they went so dark and unappealing to families this time?<br /><br />I also thought Ratitoue was subpar in terms of family fare (did Pixar really think kids would care about French cuisine?), but at least it wasn&#39;t wholly dark.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34647587.post-475505208370700742009-06-15T17:55:21.351-04:002009-06-15T17:55:21.351-04:00Anything in there on the Mary Blair influences? Her style was definitely visible throughout the movie.Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06498320232843917400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34647587.post-27876762651933666632009-06-15T10:07:52.530-04:002009-06-15T10:07:52.530-04:00I heard great things about this movie. Looks like a definite DVD purchase.Magical Memorieshttp://www.magicalmemoriestravel.net/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34647587.post-28790204861328233532009-06-15T00:01:59.300-04:002009-06-15T00:01:59.300-04:00Excellent review. Thank you for taking the time to describe &quot;simplexity&quot;--it seems critical to understanding the film; I feel like I&#39;ve got another layer of understanding now.AJhttp://www.disneyfoodblog.comnoreply@blogger.com