 Best Sellers | | Home Up (Single Disc Widescreen) | |
|  | |  | | | Up (Single Disc Widescreen) | | | | | SKU:
786936786675 | | In Stock | | Availability:
Usually ships in 1 business days | | | | | | Walt Disney Pictures and Pixar Animation Studios take moviegoers up, up and away on one of the funniest adventures of all time with their latest comedy-fantasy. Up follows the uplifting tale of 78-year-old balloon salesman Carl Fredricksen, who finally fulfills his lifelong dream of a great adventure when he ties thousands of balloons to his house and flies away to the wilds of South America. But he discovers all too late that his biggest nightmare has stowed away on the trip an overly optimistic 8-year-old Wilderness Explorer named Russell. Their journey to a lost world, where they encounter some strange, exotic and surprising characters, is filled with hilarity, emotion and wildly imaginative adventure.
| | | |
List Price:
| $29.99 | |
Our Price:
| $17.99
& eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping on orders over $25.
| |
You Save:
| $12.00 (40%)
|
| | |
|
| | Product Details | | Actors: | Edward Asner, Jordan Nagai, John Ratzenberger, Christopher Plummer, Bob Peterson | | Director: | Bob Peterson | | Format: | AC-3, Animated, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC | | Language: | English | | Subtitle: | French, Spanish | | Number of Discs: | 1 | | Studio: | Disney*Pixar | | Run Time: | 96 minutes | | DVD Release Date: | November 10, 2009 | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 650 reviews |
| |
| | Features | | |
| | Customer Reviews | Average Customer Review:
Write an online review and share your thoughts with other customers.
 family fun movie.... Mar 21, 2010
While this movie had a few moments that upset the youngest grandchild... when the dogs got really nasty.... it was really enjoyed by the whole family.
The scene that depicted the miscarriage was a bit surprising... but there again, the little ones did not understand what it was about. We were intrigued
by the graphics, and all in all, it was fun...
 Worthy of the Hype Mar 21, 2010
Though it was a long time coming, in the case of "Up" it's almost a shame that the Academy created a separate category for feature length animated films. In a word, it was one of the best films of 2009, period. Aside from terrific visuals and a great story this film makes cogent observations about aging and loneliness as well as the value of friendship. My parents, in their seventies now, loaned this movie to me. They bought it after taking the grandkids to see it. I conclude this review by saying, "Thanks, Mom and Dad!".
Squirrel ! Mar 20, 2010
Up is uplifting in more ways than one. It's the adventure of an old man (Carl) fulfilling his wife's dream and a cub scout (Russell) accidentally caught up in the adventure and forming a bond with the old man. The movie is moving, charming, funny and always enjoyable - no dull spots at all. The beginning is an exposition of Carl's life with his wife (Ellie) who he meets as a pre-teen and marries; they have dreams of adventure that gradually fade as life takes over. As is true on almost all films by Pixar this background story is moving and brilliantly done. If the rest of the film wasn't so much fun the introduction of the pre-teens 'til Ellie's death would have been the deserved highlight. But the story takes off when the old man attaches a huge numbers of balloons to his house and flies away! Our cub scout friend happens to be on the porch at liftoff. Their goal is a waterfall in South America where a famous explorer (Charles Muntz) was last seen. The first big surprise is Doug, a dog who wears a collar that allows him to talk in several languages. Doug is very funny, but it turns out he is only one of many dogs with the collars. A strange and wondrous bird, sort of a cross between an emu and a bird of paradise adopts them. Of course, this bird, Kevin, is what the missing explorer, Muntz, has been trying to capture for the many years he has been missing - which explains the talking dog collars. Not that anything in the film needs explaining. In an early sequence after meeting Doug, the dog is suddenly hilariously distracted when he thinks he sees a squirrel. This comic device is used to great effect in the film. In a scene where the menacing dogs have them trapped, our heroes point and shout 'squirrel!" which sends them off in a tizzy. The final use of the joke is in a scene of real tension as the dogs piloting their airplanes (I told you nothing needs to be explained) attack Russell in the flying house and it looks like the trouble is unsolvable. The kid shouts "Squirrel !" and the dogs collide with each other attempting to find the squirrel. It is a great payoff for using the running gag. Another dog gag is the use of "Fetch!' to escape. No need to tell you the ending except that the Kevin is a mother who goes back to her kids as soon as she heals from a dogbite. "UP" is as good an animated film as any I have seen - and I'm in my 70s and have seen them all starting with Bambi and every other Disney film. The humanity and humor in this film puts it high up on my list. Very high UP.
Herb Gart
0 of 2 found the following review helpful:
 "Squirrel!" Mar 18, 2010
Well, I decided to see what all the hubbub was about this film, and I can honestly tell you it's not the Oscar masterpiece it is made out to be. Is it entertaining? Of course it is, but it is no ground breaking CG cartoon. It's easy to entertain children with some funny gags, but that's all you have in this film strung together with an over used plot seen in previous Pixar films. I think that it could have been allot better without the annoying ADD chubby Asian kid Russell. I can see having the "comic relief" with the dim witted dog "Dug" and well, the bird was just a necessity. It was just an OK film, and how it beat out Coraline I'll never know, and can only guess that the Oscar Committee plays favorites when it comes to voting. Coraline was a far more impressive film just in its scope of pushing stop-motion animation further in its technical achievements and all that "Up" gives you is another fancy Disney cartoon that is nothing near the caliber of Toy Story, A Bugs Life, Finding Nemo or The Incredibles. See it once, but I certainly wouldn't spend the over bloated Disney price to buy this DVD, it truly isn't worth it.
3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
Very touching movie! Mar 18, 2010
The first 10 minutes of this movie and the last 5 minutes of this movie are the most touching, romantic, and tear jerking moments in this film. There's also some great metaphors sprinkled throughout the movie, too, especially about learning to let go of the past in order to appreciate the present. I especially liked the scene where all his furniture comes flying out of his house and I took note of how the furniture landed on the ground.
It surprised me that a kid's movie would be so meaningful. I'm sure the meaning will be lost on little kids, but they should still appreciate this movie given the imaginative aspect of it (a flying house, a talking dog) and will probably think the little boy and dog are funny. And adults will be reaching for the tissue box. So this is a movie I see both adults and kids liking.
The reason I gave this 4 instead of 5 stars (that was a hard thing to do since I loved this movie so much) was because it was slow moving at parts and the whole villain with attack dogs didn't quite work for me for some reason. But other than that, a wonderful movie.
| |
| |
| |  | |  |
|
Recently Viewed | You may also like ... |
