blog




  • Essay / Film Report: "Up" Film - 755

    In 2009, producers and writers Pete Docter, Bob Peterson and others created a Disney Pixar film called "Up." With the main characters' voice actors being "Edward Asner" as Carl Fredricksen and "Jordan Nagai" as Russell, the film begins with young Carl idolizing an adventurer named Charles Muntz voiced by "Christopher Plummer". Wanting to become an adventurer himself, Carl stumbles upon a house where he soon meets a spirited young adventurer who looks just like him, named Ellie. Ellies shows Carl her adventure journal and within minutes, Ellie and Carl form a club and vow to one day get to Paradise Falls. Over the years, Carl and Ellie got married having an average church wedding, except Carl's family was mostly depressed, mostly nice, and Ellie's family was more upbeat. One of his family members even fired a gun towards the end of the wedding. marriage. Carl and Ellie bought the house they first met in and made a pot in which they tried to save money to go to Paradise Falls, but the money didn't come through. kept for a long time from one accident to another, they continued to dip into the pot to pay. for accident costs. Years pass after living a happy and fulfilling life. Ellie collapses and is taken to the hospital. In his final days, Carl tied a stick to a balloon and let it float towards her, like when they first met and Carl fell trying to get his balloon. back. After her death, Carl became a bitter man. Habanera presented him with a song written by Georges Bizet, known for his role in a play called "Carmen". She is first shown when the soldiers start flirting with the girls and then asks Carmen when when she will love them and that's when the song starts playing, Love is a Rebel Bird. Over time, Carl begins to call... middle of paper ... these cracked and they were stuck in that position for a while, which reminded the audience that they both had more 70 years old, but even if they were at that age, they were tough and not fragile seniors as shown in some media. One thing I noticed in this movie is that if Carl had never met Russell, he himself would have become his own bitter version of his childhood hero, Charlie, not in obsessing over birds but with the bitterness of loss, because Charles and Carl both had a different experience. a loss of sorts, but only Carl was able to move forward by abandoning his home and embracing his new life with help while Charles was kept in a continuous loop of loss and humiliation. When they return home, Carl, a new man attends Russell's Wilderness Explorers ceremony and gives him the biggest badge possible, which was the first badge given to him by his late wife Ellies..