This is a truly remarkable film that quite rightly has rocketed its way to the 25th best film of all time on the imdb.com list, and that’s from 27000 votes. Although it’s an animation, it is like nothing I’ve ever seen before, and completely blew me away when I watched it.
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Hanging Up DVD
When Eve (Meg Ryan) isn't being pulled in a million directions by her own life she's ... more
being sucked into lengthy phone conversations with her cranky father (Walter Matthau) or her two sisters successful magazine entrepreneur Georgia (Diane Keaton) and career challenged Maddy Lisa Kudrow). As the family becomes more and more dependent on Eve transforming her into the human switchboard that connects them all together Eve discovers that the ties that bind can also be the ties that gag! Her revelation doesn't sit well with her sisters though forcing Eve to realize that sometimes to be heard you just have to well hang up!
This is a truly remarkable film that quite rightly has rocketed its way to the 25th best film of all time on the imdb.com list, and that’s from 27000 votes. Although it’s an animation, it is like nothing I’ve ever seen before, and completely blew me away when I watched it.
The film begins with two children meeting each-other. A boy and a girl, they develop a friendship. There then follows a truly heartbreaking montage that shows them growing up, getting married, losing a baby, getting old, and eventually the wife dying. This few minutes of film is something so profound it just blew me and my wife away, and I can’t put into words the simple but effective power it had.
What you’re left with, then, is 78-year-old Carl Fredricksen, the boy from the start of the movie, who undertakes an adventure never before conceived of. His dream with his wife was to travel to this far away canyon in the US outback, and he decides to make that dream a reality. Despite being old and decrepit, he ties a load of balloons to his house and so begins the amazing floating journey. Oh, and a funny little lad called Russell gets involved too.
From here, it’s a really fun loving, heart warming adventure that is as fantastical and odd as it is lovely.
The story makes this strangely accessible both to kids (who will love the fun and adventure) and adults, who I truly believe will be touched by the story. It really makes you think about the short space of time we are here, and how we should really use that properly and go for our dreams.
The animation is top-notch, coming from Disney you know it will be. The voice over work is fantastic, and the characters are lovable. I totally cannot fault this film, and I am in no way a fan of animation.
At 96 minutes, this is the perfect length to get into it but not feel it’s draggin at all, and I just cannot rate this film highly enough. My feeling is that it’s simply THE best animation film ever, and that you will love it when you watch it!
Advantages: Superb animation, characterisation, design, subtle 3D Disadvantages: None
...of the latest Disney/Pixar movie UP released 29th May in the US and scheduled for release in the UK October Half-term. This is without doubt a classic movie. It really shows what state of the art animation can do, true characterisation, humour and pathos. The early part of the movie portrays the life of our hero, his meeting with his life partner their life together and her eventual death. This section was done superbly no-one could fail to be moved ... ...family home and the eventual UP of the title. A comedy partnership is initiated with a young scout who travels "up" with the old man, eventually to the excitement of the quest. Trials and tribulation follow, my youngest showed a little concern but of course happy endings.... On seeing pictures of the old man you might wonder about the design and artwork but don't, the facial designs used enable a much finer set of expressions to be incorporated the ...
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Advantages: Fantastic look back at Fred Dibnah's life Disadvantages: None
...Fred Dibnah. Man of steam. Getting steamed Up is a very popular Fred Dibnah DVD. I heard someone say: "When they made Fred Dinah, they broke the mould." That's a nice thing to say, a good compliment, really, but it is not quite true. For Fred's sons are equally as passionate able steam preservation as their late father. But that's slightly off the point, here, so on with the review.
This DVD shows many aspects of Fred's life. His fascination with chimneys, his love of steam and also his love of historical building and a stirring belief that we must preserve our industrial heritage for our own and future generations.
Watching Fred swap tales of steam engines and of steeplejacking and jokes with his equally steam mad friends whilst supping ale at what the DVD bills as "the world's largest steam rally" at The Dorset Steam Fair is...
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...Easy manner is basic advantage " Knocked up ", it treat serious case to that enough at the end. Spectators will crack from laugh, dignified meetings with colleagues particularly observing Ben's girlfriend. This group of freak and so, it deals with biggest accolades dignified occupance, and I mean not in the least burning of marijuana. It walks about it namely, that they prepare internet part, it will be possible to find stages due to which to simple manner, in which concrete actresses - that to be of service quote they show - 'boobs', 'bushes' :D In order to convict, project will turn out movie necessary observe progress. Certainly it "Knocked up " not only laugh, and also liability. At the end Ben, though there is model in face important problem so, as fatherhood must proceed conversion. If this conversion is reliable, it other case...
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