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Wait... The House From UP Is Real?!
Nordling here.
Well, not exactly. But Gizmodo posted some pictures of a replica built by National Geographic, and it's only 16' by 16', but, well, look at the pics and see for yourself:
Yes, it actually flies. Beautiful. Just beautiful. Goodbye, Ellie. Thanks to Andrew Molinaro for the tip off. Click on the Gizmodo link for more photos.
Nordling, out.
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Really? People at Pixar do their homework...kinda.
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I liked up. Fat kids are funny.
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I was first for once. Awesome. Now, check out a video about two pot smoking puppets. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdOi_ymScvw
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March 6, 2011, 6:07 p.m. CST
What was the point in NG spending their time and money on publicizing a two year old film when they could be researching the differences between bi-polar and bi-winning
by Larrylongballs
Charlie Sheen's gotta a sweet tweet.
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If homeless people were living somewhere other than in the streets, they would cease to be homeless, therefore defeating their purpose in society. The lack of homeless people would also give bleeding hearts one less thing to try to make other people feel guilty about. We can't have that.
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Its just a perfect movie in my opinion. I'm sure many will disagree, but I just adore every single thing about it. (if anyone cares, some of my other favorites are The Empire strikes back, Amelie, Master & Commander, Dark city & The Insider)
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get the vibe the kid was asian in dat movie?
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March 6, 2011, 6:23 p.m. CST
...am I the only person on the planet that hasn't seen this movie yet?
by Mike_D
I'll have to find it on demand.
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March 6, 2011, 6:24 p.m. CST
Haven't seen a Pixar movie since Bug's Life and don't care to
by JuanSanchez
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And is there no longer such a short limit on the length of the Subject line?
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Old fucking blowhard. He brings the whole film down with his angry white man routine.
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March 6, 2011, 6:38 p.m. CST
So this is cool, but when I staged the "Ass-to Ass" scene from Requiem For A Dream...
by Linguo_IS_Dead
in my basement, NOBODY SHOWED UP! :(
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one turned to National Geographic when one was in study hall in junior high and wanted to see big floppy titties. Now they're recreating Pixar movies? At the sacrifice of big floppy titties? Foul, I cry... FOUL!
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Co-written by Roger Ebert
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AAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!
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What are they gonna do when that thing comes down?
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Is it just me or are Pixar films getting worse and worse?
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Go worshop Cars 2, you cretins
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March 6, 2011, 7:51 p.m. CST
No bbsloth, it appears rupee88 also has no taste.
by Nomoredirtyanything
Pixar is refined perfection. I would put Up(and over) with such esteemed films as Pinnochio, Beauty and the Beast, or any other children's classic you care to name.
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at least you still have Resident Evil films, and those Crank films right?? Classics....
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I can be just as happy watching The Last House at the Cemetary as I am watching 2001..... I just always appreciate how hard it must be to actually produce individual art in the swamp that is Hollywood. Pixar does it EVERY FUCKING TIME.
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March 6, 2011, 8:58 p.m. CST
Wow ripping on Pixar movies how pathetic is your life?
by Andrew Coleman
I'm looking at the losers hating on Up and WallE. Like really? I mean seriously... I get hating on Justin Bieber and I get hating on comic book movies an ranting about Oscar films. But Pixar movies? What do you hate kids or having a good time? Or do you just hate good movies? I understand that living in a basement can make a person bitter but this is just stupid. If you can't get the stick out of your ass then maybe you should avoid movies all together.
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March 6, 2011, 9 p.m. CST
That house isn't going anywhere with Harry on it. (heh,heh) Just messin' with ya, Harry!
by JDanielP
I kid. I kid.
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For me its not necessarily the message that makes Up so good (although I do love Wall E also). But I wouldn't say its about how old people can do stuff. The movie is about a series of characters, all the primaries, including the villian, who all feel there is this hole in their lives, this empty thing inside of them. For Carl its his wife's absence and the unfullfilled dream of going to amazon with her, for the kid its earning all his badges and for Christopher plummer, its catching the bird and each of these characters cling to these obsession, with a subconscious belief (delusion) that somehow, if they can just accomplish this one impossible task then, for Carl, Ellie will come back, or the kids dad will stop ignoring him, or for Muntz that the world will take him seriously again. They don't articulate these beliefs, they aren't really even conscious that this is why they are doing these things, which is a very adult idea to put in a kids film. But it does motivate each of them. Even the dog is trying to win favour from his master. And its interesting when you can have a film where the protagonist and the antogonist are both motivated not by the same thing that the need, but by the same way that they need it. Ultimately Carl lets go of his obsession, and Muntz isn't able to and it destroys him. But I would say equally I love UP just on aesthetic level, I just really like the way its realized, and it has a Studio Ghibli like glee and surrealism to it. I mean this is a movie where the "big chase scene" is an old man with a floating house tied to his back races through a series of narrow cliffs on the back of a rainbow coloured ostrich while being chased by a pack of talking dogs. It doesn't get much more inventive than that.
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Below. But, they were both better than Blow,
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It's one of the best movies I've seen... but Up is so blunt with it's messages, it's funny that anyone wouldn't get it. 1) Appreciate the adventures your on, without lamenting the one you aren't. (As demonstrated most obviously by Ellie's adventure book, and to a lesser extent by Russel's desire to be with his absent father.) 2) It's ok to let go. Obsessing over your losses will inhibit your life. (As demonstrated by the obsessed Charles Muntz, who wasted his life in his single minded pursuit to reclaim his honor, and Carl's nearly losing his ersatz family due to his "need" to finish his quest.)
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...and launch him into outerspace.
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Completely surrounded by a 5 story commercial development, the lady didn't want to sell.
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March 7, 2011, 3:20 a.m. CST
If it would this easy to make a building float in the air
by David Cloverfield
We would be living in the floating city of New Chicago. This ain't real.
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IIRC, yes, Pete Docter did say that the 'Up" house was inspired by a real house that he passes on his way to work, but would not reveal to discourage looky-loos. But, this post was really more about the physics of lifting a house with balloons, despite the misleading title.
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March 7, 2011, 6:12 a.m. CST
Truxton you have one of the best (and most obscure) name/references on here
by Rebel Scumb
Kudos!
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for recognizing it. I've liked your nick as well.
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No escape.
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March 7, 2011, 8:42 a.m. CST
braindrain WOULD win...if we had a significant problem with miniature homeless people.
by FlickaPoo
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Braindrain, I'll give you an 8/10 for trolling. Plenty of bites on that line of yours! You done good, son.
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Nordling, I get that you love Pixar movies but why is this tidbit of information newsworthy for AICN's frontpage?
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Anyone know where I could get them? Up is a good movie.
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The opening scene was touching, but the rest of it was really kinda bad. WALL*E is *easily* the best Pixar flick... especially those first 20 minutes.
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here is why. because Wall-E , Ratatouille and Up! are not all that great. Everyone was so hypnotized by Wall-E's amazing first 30 or so minutes that they seem to give it a pass when he winds up on the ship and it turns into a boring, predictable run of the mill cartoon. Ratatouille suffers from having the film halfway through get handed over to the worst "lead" of all time. I forget his name but the guy the rat uses to cook ...whatever his name is has no motivation. no goals. nothing to root for and once it becomes his story it falls to pieces. and Up! has the same problem as Wall-E. everyone was so in awe of the admittedly wonderful opening segment that they seem to forgive it for having a lame talking dog that if it came out of dreamworks everyone would've fucking hated. Not to mention the stupid bird. and it alos gets very very boring. Now do I hate these films? no. and I really love Incredibles, toy story 1-3, nemo. Bugs life is rather average and I had no time for monsters inc. Cars is what it is but I do not get the pixar fellatio at all. Have they made a true stinker? not really although for me monsters inc is unwatchably boring but all the love heaped upon them is overboard as far as I am concerned.
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March 7, 2011, 2:57 p.m. CST
Anyone who wasn't moved by the opening of Up is fucking dead inside.
by AzulTool
Example: TBers.
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Amelie is fantastic. I saw it for the first time a few months ago and I've watched it 4 times since. I don't know how I missed it on release, but I'm guessing that I saw it was from the same director as Alien 4 and just dismissed it. It's probably in my top 10 now.
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As far as them never having a bad movie, I disagree, I think it was Cars. I couldn't even make it through that movie. Although I'm not a nascar fan either, so maybe that has something to do with it. Btw, where were all the people in that movie?
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I guess that's my fave too, then, followed closely by WALL*E. But yeah, either way, as people have been mentioning, the best part of Wall*E is the opening 20 minutes. The latter part isn't as good. I still loved it, though. I feel for the robots, you know?
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And its not even really all that bad, especially by kids movie standards. My nephew and my girlfriend's kids all love it. I just couldnt get into it. the talking cars sort of unnerve me, and I identified with Lightning Mcqueen the whole movie. I just wanted him to get out of that town so he could go fast again!! Cars 2 looks dreadful. I knew eventually there would have to be a Pixar movie that didn't appeal to me at all, but I won't be seeing it. Otherwise I've liked all there stuff. Monsters Inc is always a lot better than I remember, Bugs life is my next least favorite after cars, but it still has a lot of charm and is good for what it is. I give 10/10 to all their other movies. And I will easily conceed that the reason UP tops them all for me has a lot to do with my own personal tastes. I don't have any technical reason to rate it above Incredibles, Nemo, Toy Storys 1-3, Ratatoullie or Wall E. I just happen to like it best.
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Come on, Nerdling.
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is pretty much spot on with everything he's said here. Took a bunch of words right out of my mouth.
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This is a test project to build flying homes for the homeless.
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I guess I'm only into the more 'mature' fare by Pixar i.e. The Incredibles. The only Pixar film I've paid to see in the theater. I keep hoping that Pixar will take their talent to PG-13 or R-rated land, but being owned by Disney I doubt it will ever happen
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