I had never actually seen the full movie of Up before until now. I knew the general logistics about what happened in the movie, but I never realized how much depth is behind the movie. I really enjoyed Up because it is much different than any of the other Disney movies that I have seen before. Up is a heartfelt movie because within the first five minutes of the movie so much tragedy happens and I felt for Carl for losing his true love because unlike the other romances in Disney movies, this love was more equal in contribution from each individual. That's why for the audience it was heart-breaking to see Ellie die.
Carl loves Ellie so much that he is filled with so much guilt that he never fulfilled Ellie's dream of going to Paradise Lands and living their days out there. He loves her so much that he takes this adventure upon himself in order to live the adventure that Ellie always dreamed of living since her childhood. Carl has always kept to himself throughout the course of his life, he is quiet, soft-spoken and really does not go against anything. However, in pursuing Ellie's dream, he lets himself open up to others and let himself be the person he truly is and the person that Ellie always saw. He will not let anyone define who he is and what he does, he become adventurous and takes risks when they are necessary, and he ends up becoming a parental figure and forming a family of his own. One of the most important messages in this movie is family, and Pixar adapts to modern definition of it. Your family is the individuals that you love in your life, not necessarily your biological family. Carl forms his own family with Russell and Dug and recovers from his guilt and depression of losing Ellie. There will be always individuals in your life who will love you and want to be there for you and losing someone is not the end of the world. Also another important message that Pixar portrays through this movie is when Carl finally looks through Ellie's adventure book in the end and sees that she put pictures of them growing up and growing old together as what she accomplished in her life. Ellie realized that Carl would feel guilty for not fulfilling their childhood dream and going to Paradise Islands, but she actually fulfilled her new dream. She got to spend her life with the individual that she loves and that was more important than any childhood fantasy that she had. Pixar portrays an important message here in saying that people should not let their careers and goals take away what is most important to them. Always have the individuals that you love in your life and don't let anything take that away from you
Up is one of the most fantastic movies that Pixar has created with some meaningful themes that relate to society today. Pixar company illustrates that it is keeping up with the ideals of society and knows the questions that challenge individuals today. Overall, Up is a great movie which I cannot wait to watch again
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