tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5244647450237014911.post7844518069654492789..comments2024-01-06T19:03:20.285-08:00Comments on Blue Sky Disney: "Up"setting The Balance...Honor Hunterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05346050126873050983noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5244647450237014911.post-71600114621434254002009-06-20T22:59:30.492-07:002009-06-20T22:59:30.492-07:00"This movie was not good im sorry to say.
..."This movie was not good im sorry to say.<br /><br /> I liked the idea but very poorly executed"<br /><br />Wow, I guess Jeffrey Katzenberg DOES read this site!<br /><br />Just kidding, but whoever you are anonymous, you're so full of crap if I squeezed you the room would turn brown. You wouldn't know great film writing if it was nailed to yer behind!<br /><br />You probably can't wait to see G-Force later this year and can't see why the Academy didn't nominate Ace Ventura Pet Detective.Polly Hutchensnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5244647450237014911.post-42357360773218580112009-06-20T21:49:44.938-07:002009-06-20T21:49:44.938-07:00This movie was not good im sorry to say.
I liked ...This movie was not good im sorry to say.<br /><br />I liked the idea but very poorly executedAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5244647450237014911.post-66894323482619322772009-06-18T08:50:08.708-07:002009-06-18T08:50:08.708-07:00They have stories like this every year about Pixar...They have stories like this <i>every</i> year about Pixar's films. Wall-E, Ratatouille, The Incredibles, Nemo, etc. It just isn't going to happen.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5244647450237014911.post-22475082495543497352009-06-16T22:42:45.876-07:002009-06-16T22:42:45.876-07:00I totally agree that Up, along with many others, d...I totally agree that Up, along with many others, deserve oscar nominations...but anyone think that maybe Hollywood would get a clue if OTHER studios actually made decent animated films?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5244647450237014911.post-50025394268328330282009-06-16T18:33:39.217-07:002009-06-16T18:33:39.217-07:00Every single one of PIXAR's films, except Cars...Every single one of PIXAR's films, except Cars and WALL-E, good films though they were, are worthy of Best Picture. Beauty and the Beast should have won the Academy Award for Best Picture, plus Toy Story 2 was nominated a Golden Globe for Best Picture, but never entered the Oscars. Currently, Up is the best movie of the year with Star Trek. All the best films have yet to come out, but Up gets my vote for Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay, Best Original Score, Best Production Design, Best Original Song, etc. The Princess and the Frog I think has just as much potential for Oscar goldKevin Bruehlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10279350427997662855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5244647450237014911.post-15518324870362519402009-06-16T16:06:10.404-07:002009-06-16T16:06:10.404-07:00Hey Honor -
While I would like to see Pixar get ...Hey Honor - <br /><br />While I would like to see Pixar get the recognition they deserve (opening Cannes was a step in the right direction), it wouldn't be the first time an overwhelmingly critically-praised animated film was later <a href="http://thewebgangsta.com/index.php/2009/02/pixars-wall-e-snubbed-at-the-oscars/" rel="nofollow">snubbed at the Oscars</a>. That post is just as applicable to <i>UP</i> as well, as Pixar has proven again that they should move up from the Oscar's kiddie table and compete with the adults.<br /><br />I did like what Phil Villarreal wrote in his <a href="http://thewebgangsta.com/index.php/2009/05/awesome-quotes-from-reviews-of-disney-pixars-up/" rel="nofollow">UP review</a>: <i>As thoroughly lovable as the movie is, most of the running time is a crushing letdown because it follows about 15 minutes of some of the finest filmmaking I’ve seen in my life.</i> <br /><br />If a film generating praise like that doesn't deserve proper recognition, what film can?Web Gangstahttp://thewebgangsta.com/index.php/category/disney/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5244647450237014911.post-21114128138526503822009-06-16T14:35:40.706-07:002009-06-16T14:35:40.706-07:00Fully agreed with you Honor. I was not pleased wh...Fully agreed with you Honor. I was not pleased when the "animation" category was created because that largely killed off any possiblity we will see another animated best picture nominee, much less winner. This treatment is also often given to some of the best blockbusters, and also to foreign films. I don't mind a separate category for foreign films but feel it demeans them (just like animated films) to also be eligible for best picture and rarely receive a nomination as many of the best pictures in history have been made abroad. I feel best picture should be explicitly for English language films and that it should include all films in this language - including animated. Quite a few animated films from Disney and Pixar rank among the five best of their year and a few have deserved to win IMO. With regard to "Up"...it is certainly one of the best pictures of the year so far but we should wait till January to decide whether it belongs in the top five.<br /><br />- TasmanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5244647450237014911.post-79736209299364411282009-06-16T13:50:09.240-07:002009-06-16T13:50:09.240-07:00Mark Twain, you voiced my sentiments perfectly. Th...Mark Twain, you voiced my sentiments perfectly. There's something seriously wrong when the two most praised films of the year aren't even in contention for Best Picture.<br /><br />And they honestly were the two most praised films of 2008. see for yourself:<br /><br />http://www.rottentomatoes.com/guides/rtawards/wide/<br /><br />http://www.metacritic.com/film/awards/2008/toptens.shtmlLukenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5244647450237014911.post-56963770333815718692009-06-16T11:39:54.500-07:002009-06-16T11:39:54.500-07:00No more than ever, the academy seems to want to ac...No more than ever, the academy seems to want to acknowledge and reward small underseen movies. Box office success seems to cause the academy to look past films.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5244647450237014911.post-16170350865138988832009-06-16T11:26:08.789-07:002009-06-16T11:26:08.789-07:00Hear hear! Now somebody just needs to tell the Aca...Hear hear! Now somebody just needs to tell the Academy.<br /><br />I completely lost faith in them when they deprived both Wall-E AND the Dark Knight of a Best Picture nomination. How elitist can they get?MarkTwainnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5244647450237014911.post-8870620440559960802009-06-16T11:24:40.976-07:002009-06-16T11:24:40.976-07:00"Up" is definitely Oscar-worthy. It'..."Up" is definitely Oscar-worthy. It's on the same realm as "Finding Nemo" (a perfect film from beginning to end, as is "Up"). Both pictures have eclipsed anything Pixar (and DIsney) has ever done IMO.nojaramahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01292505244939111836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5244647450237014911.post-76916477157454804792009-06-16T10:37:08.861-07:002009-06-16T10:37:08.861-07:00I agree with this great article as well. Up is aw...I agree with this great article as well. Up is awesome. Pixar rules! If only the rest of Hollywood could get a clue.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5244647450237014911.post-20234706061272767182009-06-16T10:18:44.476-07:002009-06-16T10:18:44.476-07:00This is the best picture I've seen this year. ...This is the best picture I've seen this year. Up deserves whatever recognition it gets, but as long as the public responds, who cares? But I was choking back tears during the little mini-movie about Carl and Ellie's life, and when Carl started tearing up, looking into the Adventure book, so did I.<br><br>It was just a great movie. The Incredibles is still, and will probably long remain, my favorite Pixar movie, but I think Up has unseated Toy Story 2 for second place. Just can't wait for Monsters 2, Toy Story 3, Cars 2, King of the Elves and whatever else they've got in the pipeline. Looking forward to the live action, but what I'd really like to see is an epic film.<br><br>Pixar cuts a lot of stuff out of their plots for story clarity, cohesion, and time . . . I'd love to see an epic where they allowed the movie to stretch a bit. Where some of those subplots they excise in development actually got into the movie. I could sit through a 3 hour Incredibles epic . . . though maybe there's not much of a market for that. Sigh.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01069115700876470770noreply@blogger.com