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Imo it’s not just that Up sucks without the first 10 min, it’s that the last 90% of the movie is aimless, emotionless, and feels unnecessary. Like the first 10
by escapedmoose 3y ago
Imo it’s not just that Up sucks without the first 10 min, it’s that the last 90% of the movie is aimless, emotionless, and feels unnecessary. Like the first 10 min should have been a pre-film short that they drew out because it was too depressing to just end like that.
- Affric 3y agoCarl is old and he builds new memories and shared his life with a child and a dog. Carl hates his companions. The child he must suffer is simple and naive. The dog is plainly an idiot. But Russell is trying to improve himself and Dug is pure of heart. The adventure and how these two creatures display virtue and improve his life in spite of being unable to compare to his late wife nor the more sophisticated and accomplished Muntz reveals to him that life is still worth living and that connections are still to be made. I think it makes sense.
- escapedmoose 3y agoIt makes sense and I intellectually understand the premise, but emotionally it fell flat for me. This could be due to a number of reasons, e.g. the writing, the animation, the voice acting, my headspace at the time of watching… I had to pause the movie to stop bawling after that first 10 minutes, so it’s possible that the bar for emotional connection was simply set too high after that.
- Affric 3y agoYeah, I find that’s something I do too (though mainly when cringing). Pausing these things kills their impact. That would be the one piece of Netflix data I would love to see: when do people pause feature films.