Disney Animated Films
Topic: UP is Disney/ Pixar’s first DUD

#	Author	Message
21	mele Sun 5/31/2009 9:37p	The Clinton thing is a nice little factoid. Does it have a point?
22	ecdc Sun 5/31/2009 9:39p	>>(In a report released in September 2000, federal regulators said the movie, video game and music industries aggressively marketed to underage youths violent products that carried adult ratings.)<< I don't doubt that. So it's a good thing Up doesn't have an "adult rating" as it doesn't have any content worthy of a higher rating. My kids are five and six, and I'll be taking them to Up this next weekend. I have zero concerns about the violence in the film, and I'm excited for them to learn the message that our relationships with those we love is our true adventure in life.
23	vbdad55 Sun 5/31/2009 9:43p	The scene was handled very very well-- let's not try and compare this quick scene, from which the movie taught a life lesson to kids that the act was very wrong - with Itchy & Scratchy or Grand Theft Auto We have enough government control already - and more every day, let's not try and sanitize everything. As for being a dud - 98% of people seem to disagree. Roger Ebert- who is very hard on animated movies this this is the bees kneees-- and I have to agree. This movie movies a person ( anyone with a pulse ) in ways that really last. They are not afraid to tackle some very tough life lessons ( aging, death, the loss of a child, lost dreams etc)- in a very realistic way to the point where I actually cared about Carl- and for a time forgot this was a 'cartoon' Kudos to PIXAR/Disney on UP! It is as good as promised
24	DyGDisney Sun 5/31/2009 9:43p	Disney movies have had violence from the beginning. In Snow White, her stepmother ordered her to be killed; in Sleeping Beauty, Prince Philip killed Maleficent, after she turned into an evil dragon and tried to kill him; in Bambi, a hunter killed Bambi's mother; in Peter Pan Captain Hook tries to kill Peter with his sword, and Tinker Bell almost dies in an explosion...not to mention Pocahontas, Beauty and the Beast, the Lion King, The Little Mermaid, Fox and the Hound, Mulan -- lots of violence there, etc....
25	kennect Sun 5/31/2009 10:51p	It is always fun around here to see a new timer, that is probably an old timer, just such the fun out of anything....
26	Ursula Mon 6/1/2009 10:38a	Gosh, I can't disagree hard enough with the OP. Maybe they just didn't like the movie? I had zero issue with any of the storylines or themes and in fact, I loved it so much I bought the merchandise!
27	SoThisIsLove Mon 6/1/2009 11:10a	^^Dang it! Are you one of the lucky ones that got the sold-out men's shirt on the disneyshopping site??? I soooooo want the women's shirt (which I find much cuter) but I have to watch the ol' dinero for the next few months. Rats. And I'm thinking it's a troll just poking the bears. :) And, just in case it is not: no biggie. Diff'rent strokes for diff'rent folks. <--so says the LP'er who cannot abide "Brother Bear". xoxo UP so totally is worth it. Beyond heart-warming. Cannot wait to see it again...
28	alexbook Mon 6/1/2009 11:13a	I saw this topic title and figured it was going to be a joke post. Isn't it traditional to have a "Pixar's first dud" thread about each new movie? :-) I saw it yesterday. Went into it knowing next to nothing, and enjoyed it. As for the violence, I think it's interesting that the bit of violence in the beginning is shocking, but the larger amount of mayhem later on isn't. It felt to me as if, before Carl's house lifts off, we're in the "real world," while later on we're in a "cartoon world," where different rules apply. Squirrel?
29	SoThisIsLove Mon 6/1/2009 11:15a	Squirrel! (I still owe you something, anyway xoxo)
30	Dabob2 Mon 6/1/2009 11:19a	If that's the way he genuinely feels about it, that's fine. He's going to be in a distinct minority, both here and in general (Up opened with the 3rd biggest Pixar gross, and easily won the weekend). But there's nothing wrong with having a minority opinion. Still, if the amount of violence in Up is what makes it "non-Disney" in the OP's view, The Incredibles must have seemed like Peckinpah to him/her. And Pinocchio, with its scenes of selling little boys into slavery? Don't get me started! Me, I loved Up, and seriously considering seeing it again in 2D. But will people see me crying if I don't have the 3D glasses??

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