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With the advent of the 'Digital Copy', I can now load the movie into my ipod touch, and take it with me. This takes the step of ripping the original DVD to back up my copy for personal use out of the equation, and I don't have to feel like I'm doing something illegal. (Backing up something you have paid for, and want to last, is only prudent) This review is twofold, in that I personally really enjoyed this film. Also I want to commend Amazon for resolving an issue, literally within a minute of my complaint. First: This film is both going to tug at your heart strings, as the depth of the film reaches into the universal inevitability that we all are going to die. That we all love someone who is going to pass, and that it is a painful process. It will bring tears to your eyes. At the same time, the promise of new, different, and rewarding relationships are possible throughout life, and that all we need do, is be open to them. What a wonderful, funny, entertaining, and fulfilling story. It's colorful animation will entertain the kids, and the underlying 'grown-up' content is there for Mom and Dad. You will not be disappointed. As for the second part of my review, this deals with the professional side of Amazon, and why this company continues to be the success that it is. I ordered this film as a gift for my wife, for Valentines day. I was remiss, and found I was looking for a gift way late in the process. However! Amazon, offering Saturday, (Next day in my case) delivery would get the gift to my home, with one day to spare. This service was of course at a premium. I'm a Prime Member, and feel the service is well worth it. So I paid the $6.99 to get the item here by Saturday. As you may have surmised already, it did not make it on time. I was disappointed with Amazon, who has served me so well, for better then 12 years. The package arrived, Tuesday the 16th. With Monday being a holiday, I could understand that it did not get here then. But it was still later then promised. I found the contact by email button within the 'My Order's' portion of my account, and sent an email to Amazon, explaining my situation. I kid you not, within One Minute, they sent an email back to me, indicating that I would be receiving a refund of the $6.99 I paid, back to my MasterCard. That's customer service. Thanks Amazon. Get this movie. It really is great! :-)

FORMAT: Blu-Ray + Digital HD UPC: 7-86936-85148-9 RELEASED: 2016-11-27 TITLE: Up (2009) • PG • 1:36:08 Edward Asner, Jordan Nagai, Delroy Lindo, John Ratzenberger Pete Docter, Bob Peterson (Directors) With this movie, Pixar offers up a RESOUNDING rebuttal to all of those close-minded, misguided souls who insist that "cartoons" are ONLY for children. Case in point: the montage very early in the film that shows many of the major events in Carl's life is some the most emotionally moving film-making — in ANY medium (using either "real" people or animated characters) — that you will EVER see! And, that doesn't even include the action, adventure and humor that follows! Though it is ONLY a "cartoon", this movie is an amazingly touching, and sweet, rumination on the joys and sadness of relationships — and, by extension, life. So, the lesson here is: just because the kids like it, does NOT mean that it has nothing to offer us poor, jaded adults. Buy it today, and watch it with your kids — heck, buy it today, and watch it EVEN if you don't have any kids. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. See the other reviews for more detail and/or other opinions regarding the plot of the movie. VIDEO: 1.78:1 • Color • 1080p • MPEG-4 AVC (29.7 Mbps) This movie's image, while featuring vivid well-saturated colors, and sharply rendered, finely-detailed objects, has — in quite a few scenes — some slight banding on large areas of the same (or nearly the same) color. Aside from that, it also has very good, to frequently excellent, contrast; and, it has very good shadow detail (as seen in the many dark and shadowy areas, such as the night scenes, and the dark scenes located in Carl's house). Also, fine detail is frequently evident in the brighter scenes (such as those in the jungle settings), and in the many close-ups of the "rare" bird and of Charles Muntz's dogs. Lastly, there are no obvious artifacts such as specks, white dots, hair-lines or color fluctuations (obviously, because this is a CGI-based, animated movie). Overall, this movie's presentation on blu-ray has very good picture quality; and, it should satisfy the vast majority of viewers. AUDIO: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 (48 KHz, 24-bit) The sound quality of the DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 soundtrack for this disc, was pretty good (not great, but still pretty good) — while, it is NOT amongst the very best examples of the art, it is still better than many of the audio presentations out there. The film's dialog is clear and well placed, and the rear and side channels (I used the Dolby PLIIx mode on my processor while listening) are sometimes active and fairly directional; with clear, well recorded, sound cues and (on, all too rare, occasion) a decent amount of bass. Overall, the audio for this movie is a pleasing affair, that should satisfy all but the pickiest of listeners. EXTRAS: Director's commentary Several Short Films Several 'Making Of' videos Alternate Scenes Character Biographies Global Guardian Badge Game None of the extras were reviewed.

Excellent condition

Great movie. Worked great

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„Oben“ hat es noch einmal bestätigt: Ich liebe Animationsfilme! Und ganz besonders die von Disney Pixar! :-) Wieder haben die Macher ein liebevolles, herzergreifendes und extrem unterhaltsames Stück Filmgeschichte geschrieben. Hier steckt unendlich viel Herzblut drin. Taschentücher sollte man auf alle Fälle bereitlegen. Es geht um einen alternden Mann namens Carl, der den Lebenstraum seiner verstorbenen Frau Ellie verwirklichen will: Nach Südamerika reisen! Von der Zeit der Moderne überrollt und vom Altersheim regelrecht verfolgt, fliegt er mit seinem kleinen Häuschen davon. Tausende von bunten Luftballons tragen sein trautes Heim und führen ihn nahe ans Ziel. Doch während der Reise stellt er fest, dass er nicht allein an Bord ist: Der junge Pfadfinder Russel hat sich an Bord geschlichen und sucht nach Anerkennung. Außerdem sammelt er Abzeichen für bestimmte „gute Taten“ und eines fehlt ihm noch: Einer alten Person helfen. Zusammen gelangen sie also nach Südamerika, wo sie einigen „schrägen Vögeln“ (u. a. im wahrsten Sinne des Wortes) begegnen und das Abenteuer nimmt langsam aber sicher seinen Lauf… Die Geschichte ist sehr liebevoll durchdacht und trotz der Tatsache, dass sogar der Tod Thematik in diesem Film ist, besitzt er eine ganz klare Kindertauglichkeit. Es ist einfach genial zu sehen, wie gut Animationsfilme funktionieren, um wichtige Botschaften zu vermitteln. In „Oben“ gibt es einige, z. T. sehr anrührende. Einfach toll. Auch den Charakteren wurde viel Leben eingehaucht und es ist interessant zu beobachten, welch große emotionale Wandlung der zu Anfang noch sehr muffelige Carl durchlebt. Der kleine Russel wächst einem auch schnell an’s Herz. Hier hat Disney mal wieder alles richtig gemacht. Die verstehen ihr Handwerk. Optisch bleibt sich Pixar ebenfalls treu. Liebe zum Detail. Das ist alles, was ich dazu sagen kann. Schlichtweg umwerfend!!! Der Film ist einfach schön :-) Und ich würde ihn fast als kleines Meisterwerk bezeichnen, denn nicht nur der Spaßfaktor ist extrem hoch, sondern auch die emotionale Tiefe. In diesem Animationsfilm ist wirklich für jeden was dabei, nicht nur für Kinder. Auch der Soundtrack ist wunderbar. Verblüfft mich immer wieder, wie es Komponisten schaffen, die Musik genau auf die Atmosphäre abzustimmen. Oder wird die Atmosphäre durch die Musik überhaupt erst erzeugt? Egal. Der Film stimmt von vorne bis hinten! Fazit: Liebevoll, toll animiert und sogar zu Tränen rührend. Disney kann es einfach.

I seem to get more and more surprised with Pixar releases - the company continue to produce wonderfully imaginative films that are an alternative to the more standardised Disney-solo efforts these days. In my view, I feel that 'UP' represents the quality of film-making that Disney always used to aspire to back in the earlier hand-drawn days, though given a modern twist to appeal to a new audience which I think attracts both adults and children more equally. No doubt it is argued by many that both Pixar and Disney are responsible for some controversial decisions lately; more often than not, it was a minority of Americans that felt 'Wall-E' demonstrated environmental concerns, which was apparently a problem as were all supposed to sit on our backsides doing nothing, and that the protagonist in 'Princess and the Frog' has no right to be black, because Princess are supposed to be trim, pale figures with blonde hair (Courting a Prince with as much personality as a Prune. Sorry Walt!). The good news is that 'UP' has very little content for the P.C brigade to pick up on! After discussing the film with others, it was always the opening scenes of the film that came to conversation - a wonderful reel of sequences that fast-forwards the life of Karl Frederickson - a quiet young boy who aspires to venture out to the mystical Pleasure Island with his new friend, Ellie - both of them being avid explorers. But the Karl of the modern day is a grumpy old man who is in danger of being sent to an elderly folks home when the plots of land around his house are being developed for new buildings. Trust him to remember the joy he once had of having his own balloon stand in his younger days, eventually leading him to the quick conclusion that he could sail up, up and away with his beloved home and escape to the Island he always dreamed of... Despite my reluctance to give away more information, the film truly unfolds into an unexpected adventure. As to be expected from Pixar, the visuals are gorgeous and continue to exceed any films before it (possibly even Wall-E). The directing was noticeably very effective - key frames were well thought out, but the film never strays into a dizzying 3D environment, but rather having a more linear look in the layout terms which helps the travelling theme to the film. Whereas other CGI film companies tend to faff around with annoying camera angles and visual oddities, Pixar have always been careful to use the computer medium to its advantage - creating situations that would have been impossible with traditional animation techniques, yet never too far away to suggest we haven't learnt anything from the past 70 years. I also found the balance of 'Humour and Heart' perfect; granted, I read before writing this that many reviewers suggested their kids either cried too much or didn't laugh enough. Given that companies like Pixar will always be in the shadow of the Disney 'Golden Age', I can only laugh at such suggestions. Films like 'UP' are an incredible achievement when so many themes and standardisations have been run to ground in films over the years - to continue to produce such original content is what makes Pixar so special. The way they can balance Humour and Heart should be recognised as a fantastic quality, given how mushy and lifeless many "kids" TV/film content are these days (Hannah Montana? Yuck). If films like this are considered too distressing for 'darling children', I really don't recommend subjecting them to the wonderful morals demonstrated in films like Pinocchio (1940) - masterpieces of film-making. 'UP' possibly ranks as Pixars most adventurous outing, and no doubt one of their best along with the likes of Toy Story, Wall-E and Monsters Inc. In fact, the only issue I have with the product is that of Disney's incompetence regarding release schedules. I've found it quite frustrating that 'Fantasia' Diamond Edition has yet to be officially announced in the U.K, yet in the U.S, a trailer was released a month ago on their release of 'UP', available via BD Live, yet no trailer has even been put on this Blu-Ray/DVD. Whats even more puzzling is that the discs contain trailers from back in October! Come on Disney, all we want are dates... My only guess is that the trailer will be put on 'Dumbo', which is being released March 22nd if you're interested. That is currently available to Pre-Order, why not go check it out? To try and summarise though, I think 'UP' is just a genuinely heart-warming film that, granted, simple in plot, proves you can pack a lot of entertainment in to such a basic concept. The Blu-Ray is, as usual, of amazing quality and far more so than the DVD - bear in mind however that, as with any Blu-Ray, you are really only going to see the benefits to a good degree on a 30-inch and bigger Television. This is the point at which DVD's really become 'softer' and Blu-Rays only start to show how detailed they can be. To be fair however, our TV is only 26-inches and the difference is still wonderful. God help us when Green-Ray comes out! Then Purple... Regarding the other version of 'UP' that includes a "Digital Copy Disc", all that means is that it includes a disc that allows you to copy the film to your Computer so you can transfer it to an MP3 player with video play-back, or anything similar. Given that their are 'various' ways of easily ripping a DVD to ones computer anyway, the fact you could just 'place' the DVD in your computers drive to watch it (radical huh), and of course the fact that once you've used the Digital Disc its completely useless, I feel its poor value and wasteful on Disney's part. Never the less, I'm done ranting.

I first saw this movie many years ago but it has never left me. The beginning is a sweet tale, two children, a boy, Carl and a girl, Ellie meet and find they share a love of adventure. They eventually marry and plan to move to Paradise Falls in South America to find their hero Charles Munz who went missing years ago. But life gets in the way, and they never make it. Now a widower, Carl finds that his life is changing in many ways, his house is blocking new construction and he finds himself becoming reclusive. Into the mix comes boy scout Russell who needs his helping the elderly badge to complete all of the scout badges. Unfortunately for Russell he finds himself trapped on the front porch of the house when Carl flies it away with balloons. Somehow they make it to South America, fairly close to Paradise Falls. While heading toward the falls with the house slightly overhead (they have a day until the balloons inflate completely) they met characters such as Dug the dog with a collar that makes him talk, Kevin a giant and rare bird and a mysterious stranger who has many other dogs like Dug also with talking collars. The stranger seems to be someone that Carl knows and sets the story up from being a touching tale about following your dreams to a tale of good against evil. This is one of the sweetest and also most enjoyable animated movie I've seen in a while able to bring you to tears one minute and then have you laughing the next.

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