Comments on: Up with Up http://www.elharo.com/blog/pop-culture/movies/2009/06/09/up-with-up/ Ranting and Raving Sat, 20 Mar 2010 00:22:18 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Ed http://www.elharo.com/blog/pop-culture/movies/2009/06/09/up-with-up/comment-page-1/#comment-828180 Ed Thu, 06 Aug 2009 11:54:50 +0000 http://www.elharo.com/blog/?p=1002361#comment-828180 Rusty: We took Ben to see this while in Idaho visiting last month. Afterwards, we talked about some of the more adult themes of the movie and he got them. Perhaps this is only because he has already lost three great-grandmothers and a grandmother, but I think you give the younger set too little credit. You'd be amazed at how much does not go over children's heads. Rusty: We took Ben to see this while in Idaho visiting last month. Afterwards, we talked about some of the more adult themes of the movie and he got them. Perhaps this is only because he has already lost three great-grandmothers and a grandmother, but I think you give the younger set too little credit. You’d be amazed at how much does not go over children’s heads.

]]> By: Rob http://www.elharo.com/blog/pop-culture/movies/2009/06/09/up-with-up/comment-page-1/#comment-793343 Rob Wed, 17 Jun 2009 13:54:01 +0000 http://www.elharo.com/blog/?p=1002361#comment-793343 I saw Up and it's great. I really enjoyed it. Your review is right on target. I saw Up and it’s great. I really enjoyed it. Your review is right on target.

]]> By: Rob http://www.elharo.com/blog/pop-culture/movies/2009/06/09/up-with-up/comment-page-1/#comment-784364 Rob Wed, 10 Jun 2009 18:53:05 +0000 http://www.elharo.com/blog/?p=1002361#comment-784364 My family has been trying to drag me to this movie since the opening. Your review has convinced me to go. I usually take an expensive nap in animated movies like Cars, but I hope this one will be different. My family has been trying to drag me to this movie since the opening. Your review has convinced me to go. I usually take an expensive nap in animated movies like Cars, but I hope this one will be different.

]]> By: Augusto http://www.elharo.com/blog/pop-culture/movies/2009/06/09/up-with-up/comment-page-1/#comment-784354 Augusto Wed, 10 Jun 2009 18:38:49 +0000 http://www.elharo.com/blog/?p=1002361#comment-784354 @Elliote; 100% in agreement. I'm also not a big fan of Cars, but even the "worst" Pixar movie is miles ahead of the competition. I feel that this movie also featured the best human cartoon characters I've ever seen in a computer animated feature film. A lot of animation companies want to go for a pseudo-realistic look that is just odd and ugly (see humans in Shrek) while Pixar has fully embraced the Disney cartooning style of traditional animation and mixed it well with 3D elements. The results are amazing. @Robert; Should be fun if you are a graphics geek. Pixar is part of Disney now, I don't know if anybody is really at "Steve's whim" ... Lassater is the guy you should be looking at. Animation work can be boring, just like other work is. I know for traditional animator, if you wanted to be the main animator for a specific character that could be fun, and you basically do keyframes ... but if you are a newer guy you get to be the inbetweener (the guy that draws all the frames between keys) and that could be a bit boring :-) I'm sure that for certain animated sequences they probably have the same for 3D films. @Elliote;

100% in agreement. I’m also not a big fan of Cars, but even the “worst” Pixar movie is miles ahead of the competition.

I feel that this movie also featured the best human cartoon characters I’ve ever seen in a computer animated feature film. A lot of animation companies want to go for a pseudo-realistic look that is just odd and ugly (see humans in Shrek) while Pixar has fully embraced the Disney cartooning style of traditional animation and mixed it well with 3D elements. The results are amazing.

@Robert;

Should be fun if you are a graphics geek. Pixar is part of Disney now, I don’t know if anybody is really at “Steve’s whim” … Lassater is the guy you should be looking at.

Animation work can be boring, just like other work is. I know for traditional animator, if you wanted to be the main animator for a specific character that could be fun, and you basically do keyframes … but if you are a newer guy you get to be the inbetweener (the guy that draws all the frames between keys) and that could be a bit boring :-)

I’m sure that for certain animated sequences they probably have the same for 3D films.

]]> By: Robert Young http://www.elharo.com/blog/pop-culture/movies/2009/06/09/up-with-up/comment-page-1/#comment-784261 Robert Young Wed, 10 Jun 2009 17:01:36 +0000 http://www.elharo.com/blog/?p=1002361#comment-784261 I wonder, from a coder's perspective, whether it is much fun to "make" these sorts of movies? It is common knowledge, such as it may be, that writing games is abject servitude. I wonder how much different, technically, coding a Pixar flick is from GTA? The working conditions then become Steve's whim. Not so sure I'd want that. I wonder, from a coder’s perspective, whether it is much fun to “make” these sorts of movies? It is common knowledge, such as it may be, that writing games is abject servitude. I wonder how much different, technically, coding a Pixar flick is from GTA? The working conditions then become Steve’s whim. Not so sure I’d want that.

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