> Everybody remembers the fantastic opening sequence but seems to forget that it ends with dogs flying airplanes. That’s not the end of the story - that’s the

> Everybody remembers the fantastic opening sequence but seems to forget that it ends with dogs flying airplanes. That’s not the end of the story - that’s the start of the third act. It actually ends grounded in reality - a return back to the world they started in, without fantastical creatures, and the boy getting his explorers scout patch back in New York City. It ends with Carl giving him a bottlecap badge which has a sentimental link to his dead wife. A return back to reality from an unknown/mythical/magical world is basically the fundamental basics of the hero’s journey “mono-myth” (transition from the known to unknown) so purely from a structure perspective I can see why it resonates.