It's almost stupid to say anything about this film. It's from Pixar, a studio that's worst movie was Cars...But come on, that's like saying a certain cut of beef is the worst; when it comes down to it, you will still eat it and enjoy it. The legendary Ed Asner is the perfectly lovable old man Carl who decides to save his home by flying it away with the help of millions of helium balloons. But come on, you know that already. In fact, I shouldn't bore you with the details because you've already seen this movie...right? If not, what's wrong with you? Don't be a tool. Skip Transformers and go see Up.I saw a couple of other movies since I last wrote as well, but I will just give you the cliff notes:
Hannah Montana: The Movie - HEY! Get off my back, I was on cruise and they were showing it for free. And it wasn't that bad...if you're an 11 year old girl, or you're my wife.
The Proposal - HEY! It looked kinda funny, alright?...but it wasn't. It's hard to root for Bullock, who plays a stuck-up wench the entire movie 
Year One - Hilarious...but not intentionally. Cera was great, but Jack Black is starting to lose the magic I think.
Away We Go - Really funny, really sweet, very real, and some of the best performances of the year, most notably from the hilarious (though usually terrible) Maggie Gyllenhaal. Go see it.
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I would really like to see "Away we Go"...but I live in a cultural center (meaning, Panama City is in the center, and culture is all AROUND it, just not IN it.)...and we have no theaters showing the movie precisely BECAUSE it doesn't have Hanna Montana in it.
Also...what is a stuck up "winch"? Is it a winch in which the rope has been stuck, and it won't pull up the crab pot, meaning no crab legs on the buffet for some stuck up wench who complains to the restaurant manager?
haha...wench...it shall be fixed
I agree completely with your thoughts on "Up" as well as "Away We Go." Unfortunately, I have yet to see "Caroline" because I read that book and it was really creepy and I'm just not sure I can go through that again.
I'm glad to see you're still posting on here, it's been too long!
I love how you worked in the phrase "my wife".
Up is Pixar's greatest achievement thus far. And I cry every time I see Wall-E drag EVA around an abandoned earth and fight back tears every time the pelican tells Nemo about his father's bravery, but this new film had me crying in the first minutes -- and here is the distinction that made this movie so powerful: people.
Pixar films have always dealt with severe topics: kidnapping, loneliness, being forgotten, etc. However, this is the first film where the lonely, forgotten, wounded characters are actual humans, not humanized toys, animals, robots, etc. This little difference made the film so much impacting for me.
Anyway, all I'm saying is: if you haven't seen it, see it NOW.
Pixar, yet another thing in a long list of things comparable to meat.
meat and pixar...what more is there in life?
Away we go was so fun... I can't wait to own it!
I know this is creepy, but when you said, "you'll like hannah montana if your an 11 year old girl or you're my wife" all I kept thinking was "what if you're both!"
I know! I know!
Okay, see you upstairs.
After around number 5 or 6, these comments tend to get extra creepy.
Yet I come back for more.
Oh, and if you thought 2008 was all about superheros, check out the comic-movies (you can read that both ways) coming out in 2010:
http://englishmovies.today.com/2009/03/04/gimme-2010/
um..."This Island Earth"?
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