Title: UP (Disney/Pixar)
Genre: Adventure, Animation
Personal Rating: 7/10
What do you get when an old man, an insistent boy, and a talking dog travel to South America on a house flown by balloons? You get Walt Disney/Pixars 2009 new heartwarming family movie UP -- a sure hit to kids and a feel-good movie for adults.
When grumpy old man Mr. Fredericksen lost his childhood sweetheart and dear wife, he finally decided to fulfill her late wife's ultimate dream -- to travel to Paradise Falls in South America and live an adventure of a lifetime in there. The catch is, he brought his house with him ingeniously flown by balloons. Together with an adventure boy scout (eager to help the old man in any way he can to obtain a merit for helping the elderly), and a dog robotically wired to be able to talk human language, they embark on a journey to fulfill each others dream. As they live the South American adventure, they will learn that fulfilling one's dream does not necessarily mean that one should live for that dream alone. People get so focused on the future, they forget to live in the present, forgetting far more impotant things in life.
The joy we will have when we get to touch our life's goals is not enough to compensate for the joys we had on the way to get it. We should learn to appreciate the little joys we encounter everyday, and learn that living life with the ones you love is an adventure by itself.
A nice movie to watch even for the not-so-young. Just be prepared to be in the middle of a toodler-overpopulated moviehouse (Me and my workmates felt we were in a nursery school).
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