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The actual plot of UP is so fucking stupid. Even for a kids movie. Beyond the pandering first ten minutes:

- A ten year old kid likes an explorer and so does the woman he marries. They want to build a house on the same waterfall where this explorer has disappeared to (?) to find a bird (?)

- Guy's wife dies, he retires. Some shit happens, and this guy finds enough balloons to lift his house off the ground. He takes a cub scout with him. This is, as I note below, is a fun premise that will lead to a boring conclusion

- The house finds its way near the waterfall that the guy's wife wanted to retire to. They meet a talking dog. They meet a bird that we can call McGuffin. From this point forward, you probably don't remember anything about the movie because it's incidental to conversations about the film. We just finished the first act.

- Other talking dogs capture them and take them to the famous explorer, who's now insane

- They go back and forth with the explorer to see who can find and capture this big bird they met

- The explorer guy dies. They save the bird.

Please tell me about the part of the movie after they land near Paradise Falls that is interesting or fun even to a child.

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