Pixar Movie "UP": SPOILER ALERT
On the weekend, the six of us went to the movie UP in 3-D. It was the first time we saw a full-length movie in 3D. (We had seen a half-hour racing show.) It was a little tricky keeping the glasses on L4, but it was cool having things in the movie seem to come so close to us. Toy Story 3 will be out in a year’s time in 3-D.
We weren’t very far into the movie when Derek leaned over and said, “This is the saddest movie ever. A real tear jerker.” It was true. Now, I sometimes get sad during movies, but rarely do I sob.
SPOILER ALERT: If you haven’t seen the movie, stop reading now…
The movie started with the back story of a little boy and a little girl who met and grew up and got married. I liked how he liked to “listen” to her talk. At one point, they were happily decorating the nursery for a baby, but then ended up at the doctor’s with a miscarriage. (I had one a couple months ago.)
Then, they grew old together… (The husband, Karl, looked exactly like my grandfather.) The wife got sick and died… (Just like my grandmother did last year.) It showed the man at the front of the church at the funeral. (It was just like last fall during my grandmother’s funeral. My grandparents had been married 65 years.) And there were little triggers throughout the movie that also made me sad. Like the two chairs. (My grandparents always had a set of chairs.) And so on… L4 cried when the house went away at the end.
Karl Grampie
Everything I mentioned is just the background for the movie. The main part is about the little boy scout, the old man, the house, some dogs and a rare bird… but I don’t care about that part of the cartoon.
Here is a heart-touching story about the movie, UP:
http://michellemalkin.com/2009/06/19/a-10-year-old-girls-wish-before-dying/
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AWWW that is soooo touching. He sure does look like your Grampie. We have not seen the movie yet… maybe we will soon…or rent it when it comes out on DVD…. Hugs to you and yours !!! Mica