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We just went and saw Pixar's "Up" the other day. "Up" seems to be a kind of weird title for a movie, because I can imagine how using that word w/o a lot of context would lead to many questions and confusing conversation to follow.

Up did not disappoint. Pixar is very consistent in producing good films, so I felt quite sure that I would enjoy the piece, Wall-e notwithstanding. The short film preceding the feature film, called Partly Cloudy, got us in the mood for clouds, cute characters, and a bit of emotion. Just as with most all their animated shorts, the back story shown at the beginning of the show was artfully portrayed without many words at all. I think Pixar is so masterful at this. Emotion, subtlety of thought, and insight into character is given very eloquently through their careful animation and great story sequences. Haha, I'm also surprised at the reiterative use of the old-fashioned television story used in several of the past Pixar films in order to help create the domain of topics for the film. I think it's a great strategy, and I enjoy it; Incredibles and Ratatouille both use it.

Anyways, the film was very well done. Most Pixar films seemed to be based around a good moral or principle. This one did as well, but I was surprised at the seriousness of the story line in general. Many points in the story were pretty sad, but it was all in favor of the moral of the story and a happy ending.

All in all, and not wanting to spoil any of the plot, I'd say in general that the animation was crisp, wonderful, and playful, the story telling was very well done, the story was entertaining, and the moral was appreciated. My wife is awesome! We have and will continue to have many great adventures together. We probably won't be going to another new release movie in 3D for some time, however, because our gift certificate has been drained and the $10 entrance fee is horrendous.