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So I re-watched the opening scene of UP
Posted on 12/15/14 at 12:17 pm
Posted on 12/15/14 at 12:17 pm
Mistake. 
Seriously though, that's the best opening to any animated movie in history IMO. It's piece of art. Everything from the script, to the voice acting, to the perfect music throughout the scene. I don't think Pixar will ever be able to replicate that greatness.
If that opening scene doesn't make you shed a tear, you don't have a soul.
Seriously though, that's the best opening to any animated movie in history IMO. It's piece of art. Everything from the script, to the voice acting, to the perfect music throughout the scene. I don't think Pixar will ever be able to replicate that greatness.
If that opening scene doesn't make you shed a tear, you don't have a soul.
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Posted on 12/15/14 at 12:17 pm to Henry Jones Jr
Posted on 12/15/14 at 12:19 pm to Henry Jones Jr
One of the better opening scenes in all of movies, including non animated.
Posted on 12/15/14 at 12:32 pm to Henry Jones Jr
UP is one of the best animated movies ever made. Opening scene gets to me every time.
Posted on 12/15/14 at 12:33 pm to Henry Jones Jr
Couldn't say it any better. 
Posted on 12/15/14 at 12:36 pm to CBandits82
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One of the better opening scenes in all of movies, including non animated.
Posted on 12/15/14 at 12:49 pm to CBandits82
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One of the better opening scenes in all of movies, including non animated.
Agreed. I think the reason so many people connect to it is because we've all experienced some sort of loss like that whether it be a husband, wife, brother, sister, grandparent, or cousin that we were really close to. Part of the reason I choke up every time I watch it is because I've witnessed first hand both of my grandmothers watch the love of their lives die and be where Carl is. Just to be so lost without your other half. It's so incredibly heartbreaking.
Posted on 12/15/14 at 12:53 pm to Henry Jones Jr
I lose it when I watch that montage. The shot of them in the hospital after the miscarriage and the shot of him sitting in the funeral home are two of the most brutal to watch shots in the history of film. It kills me.
Posted on 12/15/14 at 12:54 pm to SG_Geaux
They took Disney's "let's kill opff the parent/parents" strategy and buried it. They pulled off finding true love, the incredible pain of infertility, realization that your dreams get buried by debt, and the even worse pain of losing your greatest love in 5 minutes of movie excellence.
Posted on 12/15/14 at 1:04 pm to rlebl39
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UP is one of the best animated movies ever made. Opening scene gets to me every time.
Beginning is magnificent, but downhill from there.
This post was edited on 12/15/14 at 1:04 pm
Posted on 12/15/14 at 1:06 pm to Mr. Wayne
This scene should be taught to first year students of every film school. This is how you make an audience connect to a character. One short scene and you're invested. Too many directors try to force empathy on the audience.
Posted on 12/15/14 at 1:08 pm to Henry Jones Jr
Up created a better love story in 5 minutes than Twilight did in 5 movies.
Posted on 12/15/14 at 1:09 pm to Mr. Wayne
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They took Disney's "let's kill opff the parent/parents" strategy and buried it. They pulled off finding true love, the incredible pain of infertility, realization that your dreams get buried by debt, and the even worse pain of losing your greatest love in 5 minutes of movie excellence.
It was amazing that they could tell such a complete back story fraught with so much emotion in so short a time. It was truly a perfect cinematic moment.
Posted on 12/15/14 at 1:12 pm to LordoftheManor
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Beginning is magnificent, but downhill from there.
Posted on 12/15/14 at 1:12 pm to Henry Jones Jr
I know it's on the other side of the spectrum, but the being of Toy Story is awesome. It gets a little lost in the shuffle because it was Pixar's first, but it sets the scene/tone perfectly for all 3 movies really.
Posted on 12/15/14 at 1:13 pm to LordoftheManor
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Beginning is magnificent, but downhill from there.
No.
Posted on 12/15/14 at 1:15 pm to SnoopALoop
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Couldn't say it any better.
Posted on 12/15/14 at 1:17 pm to ell_13
The closest they've ever come to the greatness of Up was the beginning of Wall-E. In fact, all of Wall-E really. They managed to make the audience fall in love with a robot that never uttered a single full sentence. There wasn't a single line of dialogue in the first 20 minutes.
Posted on 12/15/14 at 1:20 pm to MightyYat
Of course, Wall-E is up there at the top. Some may even put it ahead of UP. But again, I just wanted to give Toy Story props.
Posted on 12/15/14 at 1:32 pm to ell_13
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Of course, Wall-E is up there at the top. Some may even put it ahead of UP. But again, I just wanted to give Toy Story props
As well it should. It was ground breaking for a lot of reasons.
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