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Up (4 stars)

Thu 08/12/10 at 3:04 pm

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Finally saw Up (on Roku). Enjoyed it a lot – 4 out of 5 stars. It was quite amazing how the movie condenses an entire shared-lifetime into 10 minutes without using any words at all. Very impressive and moving. I’m surprised when I come to care about cartoon characters, as I have with The Incredibles, Wall-E, and Up. (Well, Simpsons and Futurama, but not in the same way.) And after countless talking animals in the movies, there’s something ironic or post-modern about these talking dogs. (Technically, pre-post-modern.) Don’t miss it.

Mer first saw Up soon after Lucky died. I couldn’t face humor then. We watched it together on his anniversary. Dogs, loyalty, love, death – carrying on, when you can’t. Wow.