The horror of this movie is, "All the dreams you had....may never come true." The hope of this movie is, "All the dreams you never knew you had just might."
Extremely well said. Life has a way of ignoring what you want and offering you things you had no idea about instead. The secret is in being able to let go of what you wanted and embrace what you have and are offered.
@@cadmanfoxYes, I know. Mostly yellows/browns with a very slight undertone of green/blues. But that's not the joke. It wouldn't be funny if Dug said "yellowish" for every car. Few people would get that. It's why physicists are bad at stand up comedy.
@@mycroft16 You can't really know if a physicist is bad at stand up until you observe their performance, at which point the superpositioned doubt will collapse and they will either be terribly funny or extremely boring.
That intro sequence is so good, not only it has a Wikipedia article for itself, and won Giacchino a Grammy and an Academy award. That sequence, and WALL-E's first half were Pixar's storytelling at its finest.
This is a Masterpiece in story telling. I mean... no need of incredible effects, or easy references. Just an amazing story told with very few words (and the help of a perfect music score) in a way that no heart can be untouched by it. Really, they don't do films like this anymore.
It always hurt a little when I realized that Russel was trying so hard to get that "assisting the elderly" Badge because his dad promised to be there when he got it. And apparently was spending such little time with him that Russel thought it would be a way to get his attention again, if even for a short ceremony.
@@rawtrout007yeah, through the clues in the movie you can confidently put together (if you're paying attention) that russel's parents are divorced and his dad has a new girlfriend or wife (the woman phyllis who tells him he's calling his dad too much) and that the divorce and new partner has left russel with a lot less attention and time with his dad compared to before. His mom seems to be more present as he does mention her and she can be seen at the badge ceremony at the end supporting him.
i always felt like russel is exactly the kind of kid ellie and carl could have/nearly had, hes such a good mix of who ellie and carl are when they were together and not the grumpy carl he had become, he needed that reminder from ellie that it was okay to be himself without her... makes me cry everytime
Man that scene with the rest of the scrapbook and Ellie's message is so perfect. Also very sad when you consider that up to this point, Carl was doing all this, not for an adventure or to honor Ellie, but because he felt like he failed her by never going to Paradise Falls. This was very much an act of atonement, imo, and I think he probably would've just sat in his chair forever like you said had the message not been there. Ellie's message opened his eyes to the fact that she didn't think of their life together as a failure in any sense of the word, she saw it as the most grand adventure and she was happy with all of it. All that to say, I think the change is very sudden, but also very earned when you consider how that little message changed his entire perception of his life.
This movie has a special place in my heart. When it came out, my girlfriend and I had just gotten the news that she can't get pregnant, and that it's because of a degenerate disease that will eventually be lethal. So when we sat together and watched Ellie and Carl getting that terrible news hit us hard. But the rest of the movie of them being together, AND Carl being there for kids that aren't his, gave us new goals in live, in terms of being there for other people's kids.
@@complex2live Thank you for your interest. Truth be told, It's a struggle. Every day she looses a little bit of her abilities.Currently the bones are getting worse, she now breaks them just with mundane tasks. According to the hospital she has 5 to 8 fractures in both her hands and feet, just from walking and doing household tasks. She is just starting e new medication that should help with the pain, but that's all they can do right now.
My family and I grew up with Pixar, but this film in particular is one of my mom’s favorites. She likes to rewatch this particular film every now and then. Paradise Falls is based on the real-life Angel Falls in southeastern Venezuela, which continues to be the tallest uninterrupted waterfall in the world. Ed Asner, the voice behind Carl Fredricksen, has sadly passed away in 2021. Before he passed though, he was able to lend his voice as Carl one last time in the sequel series titled Dug Days.
A little correction: The falls in question are really called Angel Falls, however that flat mountain is called Mount Roraima, It is located at the junction of Brazil, Guyana and Venezuela
Fun fact. The reason none of the other dogs couldn't find the bird is because they're different types of guard dogs while Doug is a golden retriever which are retriever/hunting dogs
Just a suggestion but if you haven't watched Pixar's Coco it might be worth doing during the month of October. It takes place during the Mexican holiday of Dia de Los Muertos (Day of the Dead) which is the day after Halloween. It's another visually stunning movie with a great story.
I like how over time Carl loses his spirit of adventure and focuses too much on the destination and not the journey. And when he finally realizes that he wasn't appreciating the adventure he was on, he regained his spirit of adventure, and flies into the sunset on an airship called the spirit of adventure.
I think the main reason why Carl and Ellie’s house could POSSIBLY fly is because the chimney just happens to be right in the dead center of the house. Making it far more stable when lifted by the balloons. But given that house is also from the 1920’s or possibly even earlier, I think it’s safe to say it’s one of those buildings that was made to last, especially after Carl and Ellie restored it.
One of the last movies I watched with my dad in our living room when I was home for Christmas. He loved it so much he asked me if there are any other movies like Up that we could watch next. But there was none. One of my happiest memories, just spending time with him. I’m crying again. It’s been more than 10 years and I’m still crying when I think of him. I miss him so much❤
The first 15 is the greatest love story ever. The moment it goes from painting the nursery to the doctors office makes me cry everytime. Mainly because it happened to us. Make every day an adventure.
UP is my absolute favorite Pixar film. That monologue of Ellie and Carl's life together makes me bawl tears every single time. It is so well done, and the rest of the film is just so top tier for story telling, world building and character growth. I really wish Pixar films were still like this and not what they've become.
You’re ridiculous if you don’t think Pixar films have just as much heart these days. They haven’t missed a beat, still tackling societal issues in a way that’s digestible to children whilst being relatable to adults. It’s honestly YOU that’s changed. Lost the spirit of adventure. Hope you rediscover it.
The sequence of Karl and Elle growing old together is almost unique in animated movies for two reasons, firstly it has no dialogue and secondly it has the ability to bring a tear to the eye more than once.
Fun fact - the voice you picked up of the construction worker is John Ratzenberger. He was in every Pixar movie until very recently. Was always fun trying to pick him out when he only has a tiny part
This a movie that always tugs on the heartstrings a bit mainly because I used to watch it with my Grandpa and Grandma when I was younger, its one of good memories I always recall
5:19 this is how everyone takes the opening bit of this movie but I hope by the end you see she did live, and so did he. They lived full lives together, and that's the most important bit. It never matters where you are, but who you're with matters a whole lot.
It’s amazing how good this movie is at sight gags. Carl opening the door to have the camera swing to show Russel pressed up against the house terrified nearly took me out when I first saw it.
3:06 this part of the movie is amazing on it's own. no words had to be said. i love stuff like this, it was also perfect in the Overwatch "Last Bastion" Cinematic and the part in Wall-E where Eva is just egg mode and he's watching over her!
It still amazes me how folks don't know, MOST Children's Stories/Fables weren't meant to be 'Cutesy/Hugsie' stories. They're usually dark/sinister, and often have horrible themes. This was supposed to help educate children in the very real dangers of the world, but in ways that were a bit less traumatizing. This movie is adorable, in spite of all the swirling undercurrents! Great 'Reaction,' too! :-)
I've seen several reaction videos to "Up", and I still haven't seen a single one wherein the person watching understood the 'snipe' joke. And to clarify for those who don't get it... there is no such animal as a snipe. They literally are a fake animal, made up as a joke to make non-experienced hunters (among others) look like fools. So, if anyone ever tries to talk you into going out on a Snipe Hunt, they're screwing with you. Carl was trying to keep Russell busy and out of his hair, by giving him a task that was literally impossible while still making think he was 'assisting the elderly'
The true punchline: when Russell shows up in his porch when they're airborne, he *did* find the snipe but had to let it go because he was taking off. Russell was so determined to help Carl that he found a damn fictitious animal for that.
THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE MOVIES! THANK YOU! I had an very dear person in my family who died last year, and the old man mr Fredricksen reminds me of him. I miss you so much Sune. Rest in peace! 😭💔
Fun fact! Up was originally inspired by Edith Macefield and her familys house. She lived in this house her entire life, she was born in that house, so was her mom. When people tried to buy the house from her to build these big company buildings, she refused so they had to build around, just like we see happening with Carl. I think she ended up passing away in that house and it still stands to this day in memory to her. I live less than 15 minutes away from it. This movie is my childhood ❤
Fourteen years. For fourteen years, I've seen this movie many times and watched many reactions. And today, because of you, I learned that Mr. Frederickson used the Wilderness Explorer call to alert Russell because they were apart. And it's amazing, sweet and hilarious. 😂 That's one of the reasons why I enjoy watching reactors, I get to still learn more about movies and shows. 😂
I love the message about living your dreams and doing the things you want to do while you can. I think it's also important to let people live their dreams of being lazy if that's what they want. Some people don't like to travel or have adventures. I just want people to do what they want no matter what it is.
I'm not sure "live your dreams while you can" was the message. It's that even everyday life can be an adventure, if that's what you want to make of it. It's not about the location, it's about the mindset. Carl thought he let Ellie down, but he didn't - they had an amazing life together. *That* was their adventure. Likewise, Ellie gives him permission to have a new adventure, but that isn't about bringing the house to the falls. In fact, Carl didn't even really treat that as an adventure for most of it, he was still being a grumpy old man. It's about finding new relationships, which he does through Russel and Dug, and *living* again, which Carl wasn't doing before.
@@kateorgera5907 That's a good point, I was just trying to add onto what Alex was saying. I don't want people to hear "live your dreams" and assume it means you have to go out and travel & do things, if that's not what you want to do.
Some dude once held up an airport because he decided to put a bunch of weather balloons on his lawn chair and ended up floating near the runway. When he wants to go lower he would pop one of the balloons with a pellet rifle. He even had a cooler with beer up there with him. Dude was known as Lawn Chair Larry after that.
I went to see this movie in the theatres when it came out, and I can fairly confidently say that the opening few minutes left not a dry eye in the entire theatre. I could hear lots of sniffling haha, it's very well done and absolutely enthralling to watch. Great reaction as usual Alex! Keep it *up* ;)
29:00 Damn, Carl reminds me of my grandmother when she came to watch the Mother's Day play at school, because my mother could never come, I always cried thinking that I was the only one without a mother, I took the memories among the other children being taken by their mothers, until my grandmother arrived in the crowd. And personally, I was much happier with her there for me!
My best friend works at a library and they do movie afternoons for kids and someday showed this movie and after the story turned so sad in the beginning a little boy came to my friend in tears and clearly devastaded and asked her as reproachful as a little boy can be: "Why do you show us this!!!". I think that sums it up pretty well. I really love this movie - especially the first part. But I am in tears every time I watch it and I think as a child I would have hated it just as much as that little boy.
Always love your reactions but was particularly happy to see you posted such a heartwarming movie today. I had had a really rough day today and needed something to cheer me up so I was really grateful to watch this reaction. Thank you.
About 10 years ago, we went to see Pixar in Concert....basically an orchestra playing the music from Pixar movies as they play the scene the music is from on a screen. They played the music from UP and for the first section with Carl and Ellie, needless to say, they were passing around a box of tissues. Like you said early on, it's amazing how much can be conveyed just through music.
I loved this movie growing up & I was always like how is he gonna get food? But when I grew up and rewatched I realized that was Carl’s last adventure, he was gonna go to Paradise Falls & essentially die where him & his wife always dreamed to go. It breaks my heart but this movie is an example that animation can tell beautiful stories that aren’t meant for kids, they are just movies kids can watch & that’s a totally different difference. I’m so proud of Pixar & how far they have come & they will always be a part of my life. I’m so happy you enjoyed this Alex & I can’t wait to see more of your animated movie reactions. (But I love all the videos, keep up the amazing work you do for us!
After the divorce, my Mom can't watch those first 10 minutes of up. She still feels like she's a failure for not giving me and my siblings a "proper" childhood. And no amount of us reassuring her helps.
1) there’s a Pixar short about other elderly people being inspired by the balloon getaway and trying their own versions. It’s worth a watch. 2) the DVD/BluRay release has an Easter-egg on the main screen. It leads to an explanation that was cut from the original script about how Carl’s older hero is still alive. The reason he wants the bird captured is because the eggs it produces slow the aging process. He had been consuming eggs to the point of driving the bird species to extinction. It contrasts with Carl’s story arc of learning that true immortality comes from passing your wisdom and love onto the next generations.
One reason this movie hits so hard is that as a kid the grandpa seemed angry and unlikable in the beginning but know as we grow up we understand that he just had a hard life and we feel bad for him.
To answer your question, i don't know about Mythbusters. But the guys of the channel corridor crew made a video about the physics in up. The video is called "VFX artist simulate Pixar but with real physics" I highly recommend their work :)
There were some videos going around years back where they were getting some groups of certain 20-ish year old guys - I know one group was soldiers, I assume the rest were similarly "tough, manly" guys - together who had not seen Up, getting them drunk, and then showing them the first 15 minutes of the movie, and filming their reactions. Nothing like watching people's souls get crushed in real time while they're too inebriated to handle it emotionally. :)
Movie Theory: Carl never woke up that morning. Russel is the angel of death(or Carl and Ellie’s never had child) and the journey is Russel leading Carl into acceptance of the afterlife/resolution of his regrets.
I work in a children's hospital and our clinic is dressing as Disney characters on Halloween. I'm going to be Russell, and our pharmacist will be Carl 😊
Alex you are so good at this. You were born to be a Reactor. The way u enjoy the movies we help u pick. And the way u describe what you watched at the end is just amazing. You deserve to have a show on network TV every Saturday morning. Well night because there is no way ur show should be for children. 😂 But seriously u r my favorite reactor of all time. Damn Man U r really really good at this. I watched this movie years ago but I swear I enjoyed it 1000 times more watching it with u and hearing ur synopsis through ur eyes. Kudos Alex. I am a loyal fan for life.
There's a pretty strong fanon that Russell's dad is the businessman from the beginning. It'd explain why Russell ended up at Mr. Frederikson's front door in the first place.
Someone has probably already mentioned this, but the big fan theory on this film is that everything after the court house is a dementia fever dream that Carl comforts himself with while living in the nursing home: true horror right there. Also, I can't get over how many Americans haven't heard of a snipe. They were a staple of my childhood 😆
It’s always amazing to me that you can play those piano notes of the beginning montage and anyone who has seen the movie looks to where ever it is those notes came from and looks like they’re about to cry. Such an amazing movie.
It's all about definition. Up is a horrormovie bc they focus death on some point or How to train your Dragon which is a slasher bc someone loses his leg.
I didn’t appreciate the intro to this movie way back as a kid when it first came out, but now that I’m older it never fails to give me an emotional gut punch
I definitely used to be about the camping, but I'm in the UK, so there's far less wilderness and more actual camp sites to go to (where you had hot showers). Over time we graduated from those tiny tents up to ones you could stand up in, and finally one that could literally sleep twelve people while also parking the trailer that carried our gear in the back of it... with a gazebo outside for grilling under in the rain, and wind-breaks for a fence that allowed us to make a parking spot for the car... and the trailer tail had a custom cooking station that we made and installed... It. Was. Glorious.
Amazing movie. So, there's an animated short film that went along with this called "Dug's Special Mission" that follows Dug throughout the day up to the point where he meets Carl and Russel, and you find out it was his birthday and he wished for a new master. Warms my heart every time I think about it. lol
The real Up house still stands and is now something of a fixture and travel spot here in Seattle. Each weekend people visit and tie balloons to the fence.
I remember when I went to go see this movie in the theater. It was my 7th birthday and me, my mom, dad, brother, grandma and auntie all went out to dinner and caught a showing at The Castro Theater here in San Francisco. So much fun
Your summary at the end was very insightful. This is my first time watching one of your videos, so going from your gregarious, attention grabbing presence to serious on a dime for the really impactful moments gives you a lot of depth.
9:16 a Brazilian priest tried it, he made a lot of distance in them, he had a lot of faith in God, had, and a little too much, they didn't find all of him.
I love camping as I'm on multiple festivals during the season. But that's the best of both worlds. Sleeping in a tent, attend lots of great concerts AND having a warm shower every day :D
12:57 That's actually a bugle, not a trumpet. Trumpets have valves, bugles don't (typically). There is the contrabass bugle that does have valves, because it's just a concert tuba with a bent lead pipe.
There are dozens of memes about the first ten or so minutes of this movie, most are "greater lover story than twilight"... but seriously it shows how you convey a past story in a relatively compact time and still create emotions.
I love this movie so much. It’s the fact that Ellie, her adventure was life with Carl and Carl never really seemed to realize that which in itself is just so realistic. We often overlook the important things that’s literally right in front of us because it’s always been there and will “always” be there and Carl realizes that he’s had his adventures with Ellie already, just in a different way. ❤
At 5:30 you’ll notice all of Carl’s pictures are in square frames because he has a square head. And you’ll notice that Ellie has round photo frames indicating that she wasn’t a-round long in the film…
Mr. Frederickson didn't assault the worker. The worker was clearly violating Mr Frederickson's property rights, and Mr Frederickson was well within his legal rights to defend those property rights. The "Snipe" was a small bird, now believed to be extinct, indigenous to North America and the term "Sniper" is derived from marksmen of early America who were good enough to shoot the very small birds, using muskets, a weapon notorious for its inaccuracy. The term "snipe hunt" was later used as a term for sending a person an unachievable quest, due to the extinction of the "Snipe"
"Why would somebody need to know about the clouds?!", he said unironically, watching an old man who didn't know about them have to protect his house from a storm.
The horror of this movie is, "All the dreams you had....may never come true." The hope of this movie is, "All the dreams you never knew you had just might."
That's deep. I love it.
Very interesting thought I like it
What was not meant for you will never reach you, what was meant for you will never miss you.
Extremely well said. Life has a way of ignoring what you want and offering you things you had no idea about instead. The secret is in being able to let go of what you wanted and embrace what you have and are offered.
Perfect synopsis.
My favorite joke in this is at the end when they are counting red and blue cars and Dug keeps saying "gray one" because dogs are color blind.
Dogs aren't totally colorblind, they can see some shades of color
@@cadmanfoxYes, I know. Mostly yellows/browns with a very slight undertone of green/blues. But that's not the joke. It wouldn't be funny if Dug said "yellowish" for every car. Few people would get that. It's why physicists are bad at stand up comedy.
@@mycroft16 You can't really know if a physicist is bad at stand up until you observe their performance, at which point the superpositioned doubt will collapse and they will either be terribly funny or extremely boring.
@shoujahatsumetsu as a physics major in a previous life I approve of this.
Real
Beginning of Up is a masterpiece on its own
Michael Giacchino won a Grammy for the music in that intro scene.
no it isn't. It's awful
That intro sequence is so good, not only it has a Wikipedia article for itself, and won Giacchino a Grammy and an Academy award. That sequence, and WALL-E's first half were Pixar's storytelling at its finest.
@@gamehappenings how ☠️
This is a Masterpiece in story telling. I mean... no need of incredible effects, or easy references. Just an amazing story told with very few words (and the help of a perfect music score) in a way that no heart can be untouched by it. Really, they don't do films like this anymore.
It always hurt a little when I realized that Russel was trying so hard to get that "assisting the elderly" Badge because his dad promised to be there when he got it. And apparently was spending such little time with him that Russel thought it would be a way to get his attention again, if even for a short ceremony.
You know what´s sadder? That even when Russel GOT that badge, his father didn´t show up on the ceremony.
@@veronikamajerova4564damn Russles dad kinda sucks if you think about it :/
@@rawtrout007yeah but someone gotta make money i guess 😔
@@rawtrout007yeah, through the clues in the movie you can confidently put together (if you're paying attention) that russel's parents are divorced and his dad has a new girlfriend or wife (the woman phyllis who tells him he's calling his dad too much) and that the divorce and new partner has left russel with a lot less attention and time with his dad compared to before. His mom seems to be more present as he does mention her and she can be seen at the badge ceremony at the end supporting him.
@@rawtrout007 His father must be Jim Carrey from Liar Liar
i always felt like russel is exactly the kind of kid ellie and carl could have/nearly had, hes such a good mix of who ellie and carl are when they were together and not the grumpy carl he had become, he needed that reminder from ellie that it was okay to be himself without her... makes me cry everytime
Omg you are right .never thought about it
Cause Carl wanted a kid and never got . So he got some peace through Russel .awww😢😢
Man that scene with the rest of the scrapbook and Ellie's message is so perfect. Also very sad when you consider that up to this point, Carl was doing all this, not for an adventure or to honor Ellie, but because he felt like he failed her by never going to Paradise Falls. This was very much an act of atonement, imo, and I think he probably would've just sat in his chair forever like you said had the message not been there. Ellie's message opened his eyes to the fact that she didn't think of their life together as a failure in any sense of the word, she saw it as the most grand adventure and she was happy with all of it. All that to say, I think the change is very sudden, but also very earned when you consider how that little message changed his entire perception of his life.
Extremely well said!
Sometimes change is like that. Those epiphany moments.
This movie has a special place in my heart. When it came out, my girlfriend and I had just gotten the news that she can't get pregnant, and that it's because of a degenerate disease that will eventually be lethal. So when we sat together and watched Ellie and Carl getting that terrible news hit us hard. But the rest of the movie of them being together, AND Carl being there for kids that aren't his, gave us new goals in live, in terms of being there for other people's kids.
I am sorry to hear about your girlfriend. How are you doing now?
@@complex2live Thank you for your interest. Truth be told, It's a struggle. Every day she looses a little bit of her abilities.Currently the bones are getting worse, she now breaks them just with mundane tasks. According to the hospital she has 5 to 8 fractures in both her hands and feet, just from walking and doing household tasks. She is just starting e new medication that should help with the pain, but that's all they can do right now.
@@vvanheukelum I am so sorry
@vvanheukelum bless you and your girlfriend 😢
Oh geez, man, I send my regards to you and your girlfriend. Hopefully, you guys can deal with it. Best wishes, my man
My family and I grew up with Pixar, but this film in particular is one of my mom’s favorites. She likes to rewatch this particular film every now and then.
Paradise Falls is based on the real-life Angel Falls in southeastern Venezuela, which continues to be the tallest uninterrupted waterfall in the world.
Ed Asner, the voice behind Carl Fredricksen, has sadly passed away in 2021. Before he passed though, he was able to lend his voice as Carl one last time in the sequel series titled Dug Days.
A little correction: The falls in question are really called Angel Falls, however that flat mountain is called Mount Roraima, It is located at the junction of Brazil, Guyana and Venezuela
This is what a Pixar film is all about! so many stories gone into it
My family loves camping, we always go when it cooler out and have even made thanksgiving dinner while camping 😄
Fun fact. The reason none of the other dogs couldn't find the bird is because they're different types of guard dogs while Doug is a golden retriever which are retriever/hunting dogs
most wholesome yet depressing movie of all time. genuinely will bring anyone to their knees in tears
Most depressing movie of all time. Lol.
No it wont.
Someone hasn't seen the land before time.
You're so edgy @@thejustinsteffan
Just a suggestion but if you haven't watched Pixar's Coco it might be worth doing during the month of October. It takes place during the Mexican holiday of Dia de Los Muertos (Day of the Dead) which is the day after Halloween. It's another visually stunning movie with a great story.
Yes! Halloween but not the typical scary everyone else is reacting to. I also love Book of Life
Coco is amazing and tugs on the heartstrings 😢❤
s tier suggestion
2 days after Halloween. Its November 2nd
He could do it at the very beginning of November, since it begins on the night of the 1st but extends until the very last moments of the 2nd
I like how over time Carl loses his spirit of adventure and focuses too much on the destination and not the journey. And when he finally realizes that he wasn't appreciating the adventure he was on, he regained his spirit of adventure, and flies into the sunset on an airship called the spirit of adventure.
I think the main reason why Carl and Ellie’s house could POSSIBLY fly is because the chimney just happens to be right in the dead center of the house. Making it far more stable when lifted by the balloons. But given that house is also from the 1920’s or possibly even earlier, I think it’s safe to say it’s one of those buildings that was made to last, especially after Carl and Ellie restored it.
One of the last movies I watched with my dad in our living room when I was home for Christmas. He loved it so much he asked me if there are any other movies like Up that we could watch next. But there was none. One of my happiest memories, just spending time with him. I’m crying again. It’s been more than 10 years and I’m still crying when I think of him. I miss him so much❤
The first 15 is the greatest love story ever. The moment it goes from painting the nursery to the doctors office makes me cry everytime. Mainly because it happened to us. Make every day an adventure.
UP is my absolute favorite Pixar film. That monologue of Ellie and Carl's life together makes me bawl tears every single time. It is so well done, and the rest of the film is just so top tier for story telling, world building and character growth. I really wish Pixar films were still like this and not what they've become.
Montage, not monologue. (It has no speech at all.)
You’re ridiculous if you don’t think Pixar films have just as much heart these days. They haven’t missed a beat, still tackling societal issues in a way that’s digestible to children whilst being relatable to adults. It’s honestly YOU that’s changed. Lost the spirit of adventure. Hope you rediscover it.
The sequence of Karl and Elle growing old together is almost unique in animated movies for two reasons, firstly it has no dialogue and secondly it has the ability to bring a tear to the eye more than once.
Might be one of the best animated sequences of all time. 😢❤
Fun fact - the voice you picked up of the construction worker is John Ratzenberger. He was in every Pixar movie until very recently. Was always fun trying to pick him out when he only has a tiny part
This a movie that always tugs on the heartstrings a bit mainly because I used to watch it with my Grandpa and Grandma when I was younger, its one of good memories I always recall
5:19 this is how everyone takes the opening bit of this movie but I hope by the end you see she did live, and so did he. They lived full lives together, and that's the most important bit. It never matters where you are, but who you're with matters a whole lot.
It’s amazing how good this movie is at sight gags. Carl opening the door to have the camera swing to show Russel pressed up against the house terrified nearly took me out when I first saw it.
0:50 - "I know that this guys wife dies" well there goes all the people looking for that opening reaction.
3:06 this part of the movie is amazing on it's own. no words had to be said. i love stuff like this, it was also perfect in the Overwatch "Last Bastion" Cinematic and the part in Wall-E where Eva is just egg mode and he's watching over her!
I will argue that is the best opening to any movie ever. It's whole story in just a few minutes taking you from the highest high to the lowest low.
The opening sequence of this film is pure perfection! I've never cried so quickly as i did watching this.
That "when I'm dead BASTARD" when I was expecting just the "when I'm dead", cracked me up 💀
As a widower, the start of this movie hits hard.
My condolences, man. Hope you've been doing alright
@@reptiliannoizezz.413 Appreciate that. It's been over a year but it is still hard.
It still amazes me how folks don't know, MOST Children's Stories/Fables weren't meant to be 'Cutesy/Hugsie' stories. They're usually dark/sinister, and often have horrible themes. This was supposed to help educate children in the very real dangers of the world, but in ways that were a bit less traumatizing.
This movie is adorable, in spite of all the swirling undercurrents! Great 'Reaction,' too! :-)
I've seen several reaction videos to "Up", and I still haven't seen a single one wherein the person watching understood the 'snipe' joke. And to clarify for those who don't get it... there is no such animal as a snipe. They literally are a fake animal, made up as a joke to make non-experienced hunters (among others) look like fools. So, if anyone ever tries to talk you into going out on a Snipe Hunt, they're screwing with you. Carl was trying to keep Russell busy and out of his hair, by giving him a task that was literally impossible while still making think he was 'assisting the elderly'
The true punchline: when Russell shows up in his porch when they're airborne, he *did* find the snipe but had to let it go because he was taking off. Russell was so determined to help Carl that he found a damn fictitious animal for that.
THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE MOVIES! THANK YOU! I had an very dear person in my family who died last year, and the old man mr Fredricksen reminds me of him. I miss you so much Sune. Rest in peace! 😭💔
Fun fact! Up was originally inspired by Edith Macefield and her familys house. She lived in this house her entire life, she was born in that house, so was her mom. When people tried to buy the house from her to build these big company buildings, she refused so they had to build around, just like we see happening with Carl. I think she ended up passing away in that house and it still stands to this day in memory to her. I live less than 15 minutes away from it. This movie is my childhood ❤
Fourteen years. For fourteen years, I've seen this movie many times and watched many reactions. And today, because of you, I learned that Mr. Frederickson used the Wilderness Explorer call to alert Russell because they were apart. And it's amazing, sweet and hilarious. 😂 That's one of the reasons why I enjoy watching reactors, I get to still learn more about movies and shows. 😂
I love the message about living your dreams and doing the things you want to do while you can. I think it's also important to let people live their dreams of being lazy if that's what they want. Some people don't like to travel or have adventures. I just want people to do what they want no matter what it is.
So true
I'm not sure "live your dreams while you can" was the message. It's that even everyday life can be an adventure, if that's what you want to make of it. It's not about the location, it's about the mindset. Carl thought he let Ellie down, but he didn't - they had an amazing life together. *That* was their adventure. Likewise, Ellie gives him permission to have a new adventure, but that isn't about bringing the house to the falls. In fact, Carl didn't even really treat that as an adventure for most of it, he was still being a grumpy old man. It's about finding new relationships, which he does through Russel and Dug, and *living* again, which Carl wasn't doing before.
@@kateorgera5907 That's a good point, I was just trying to add onto what Alex was saying. I don't want people to hear "live your dreams" and assume it means you have to go out and travel & do things, if that's not what you want to do.
Some dude once held up an airport because he decided to put a bunch of weather balloons on his lawn chair and ended up floating near the runway. When he wants to go lower he would pop one of the balloons with a pellet rifle. He even had a cooler with beer up there with him.
Dude was known as Lawn Chair Larry after that.
I went to see this movie in the theatres when it came out, and I can fairly confidently say that the opening few minutes left not a dry eye in the entire theatre. I could hear lots of sniffling haha, it's very well done and absolutely enthralling to watch.
Great reaction as usual Alex! Keep it *up* ;)
Dude no BS, your vids are so entertaining. Been following for awhile now and figured I would send some love your way.
That was incredibly kind of you to do that , what a wonderful comment!
Man, I wish he responded to this! Me and Kayla appreaciate your comment! :D
29:00 Damn, Carl reminds me of my grandmother when she came to watch the Mother's Day play at school, because my mother could never come, I always cried thinking that I was the only one without a mother, I took the memories among the other children being taken by their mothers, until my grandmother arrived in the crowd. And personally, I was much happier with her there for me!
My best friend works at a library and they do movie afternoons for kids and someday showed this movie and after the story turned so sad in the beginning a little boy came to my friend in tears and clearly devastaded and asked her as reproachful as a little boy can be: "Why do you show us this!!!". I think that sums it up pretty well.
I really love this movie - especially the first part. But I am in tears every time I watch it and I think as a child I would have hated it just as much as that little boy.
Always love your reactions but was particularly happy to see you posted such a heartwarming movie today. I had had a really rough day today and needed something to cheer me up so I was really grateful to watch this reaction. Thank you.
It is scary how they thought this movie is suitable for children. The first 15 minutes brakes me every time.
Most children wouldn't understand why they were crying.
Well, when I was a kid I didnt understand much what happened in that begining, but I used to have a blast watching UP when I was as a kid
homie are you dumb? why would a good love story be unsuitable for children??
also *breaks, unless you're a car and this movie slows you down
I mean.. the first 10 min of the movie don't destroy the other hour plus of good vibes honestly lol
U spelled it wrong. It’s brayks
This movie is phenomenal and ALWAYS makes me cry lol. I'm not sure what makes me cry more the first 5 minutes of "Up" or the Pixar short "Bao" 😂
About 10 years ago, we went to see Pixar in Concert....basically an orchestra playing the music from Pixar movies as they play the scene the music is from on a screen. They played the music from UP and for the first section with Carl and Ellie, needless to say, they were passing around a box of tissues. Like you said early on, it's amazing how much can be conveyed just through music.
I loved this movie growing up & I was always like how is he gonna get food? But when I grew up and rewatched I realized that was Carl’s last adventure, he was gonna go to Paradise Falls & essentially die where him & his wife always dreamed to go. It breaks my heart but this movie is an example that animation can tell beautiful stories that aren’t meant for kids, they are just movies kids can watch & that’s a totally different difference. I’m so proud of Pixar & how far they have come & they will always be a part of my life. I’m so happy you enjoyed this Alex & I can’t wait to see more of your animated movie reactions. (But I love all the videos, keep up the amazing work you do for us!
5:13 lmao I love how he has his name tattooed on his arm to make sure he doesn't forget
After the divorce, my Mom can't watch those first 10 minutes of up.
She still feels like she's a failure for not giving me and my siblings a "proper" childhood. And no amount of us reassuring her helps.
The editing and placement of the "in video-screens" is spot on! Kudos for the video editor!
It’s crazy how emotionally draining the first minutes of this movie is. Paired with the Amazing “Married Life” piano theme is so powerful
1) there’s a Pixar short about other elderly people being inspired by the balloon getaway and trying their own versions. It’s worth a watch.
2) the DVD/BluRay release has an Easter-egg on the main screen. It leads to an explanation that was cut from the original script about how Carl’s older hero is still alive. The reason he wants the bird captured is because the eggs it produces slow the aging process. He had been consuming eggs to the point of driving the bird species to extinction. It contrasts with Carl’s story arc of learning that true immortality comes from passing your wisdom and love onto the next generations.
17:17 yes. Thank you Alex.
One reason this movie hits so hard is that as a kid the grandpa seemed angry and unlikable in the beginning but know as we grow up we understand that he just had a hard life and we feel bad for him.
To answer your question, i don't know about Mythbusters. But the guys of the channel corridor crew made a video about the physics in up. The video is called "VFX artist simulate Pixar but with real physics" I highly recommend their work :)
There were some videos going around years back where they were getting some groups of certain 20-ish year old guys - I know one group was soldiers, I assume the rest were similarly "tough, manly" guys - together who had not seen Up, getting them drunk, and then showing them the first 15 minutes of the movie, and filming their reactions. Nothing like watching people's souls get crushed in real time while they're too inebriated to handle it emotionally. :)
Movie Theory: Carl never woke up that morning. Russel is the angel of death(or Carl and Ellie’s never had child) and the journey is Russel leading Carl into acceptance of the afterlife/resolution of his regrets.
I work in a children's hospital and our clinic is dressing as Disney characters on Halloween. I'm going to be Russell, and our pharmacist will be Carl 😊
Alex you are so good at this. You were born to be a Reactor. The way u enjoy the movies we help u pick. And the way u describe what you watched at the end is just amazing. You deserve to have a show on network TV every Saturday morning. Well night because there is no way ur show should be for children. 😂 But seriously u r my favorite reactor of all time. Damn Man U r really really good at this. I watched this movie years ago but I swear I enjoyed it 1000 times more watching it with u and hearing ur synopsis through ur eyes. Kudos Alex. I am a loyal fan for life.
I have seen several reactors do this movie, and none of them knew what it was to be sent on a snipe hunt. Amazing.
This is exactlyy the reaction I needed to give me a break from the horror films for a second 😢🔥
There's a pretty strong fanon that Russell's dad is the businessman from the beginning. It'd explain why Russell ended up at Mr. Frederikson's front door in the first place.
Someone has probably already mentioned this, but the big fan theory on this film is that everything after the court house is a dementia fever dream that Carl comforts himself with while living in the nursing home: true horror right there. Also, I can't get over how many Americans haven't heard of a snipe. They were a staple of my childhood 😆
Congratulations. You've escaped the "Marvel Curse".
You didn't ask if there was a scene after the end credits.
"After this video because we need the retention"
LOL
It’s always amazing to me that you can play those piano notes of the beginning montage and anyone who has seen the movie looks to where ever it is those notes came from and looks like they’re about to cry. Such an amazing movie.
This movie was very good. Like really good.
It's all about definition. Up is a horrormovie bc they focus death on some point or How to train your Dragon which is a slasher bc someone loses his leg.
If you haven't already seen it...please watch WALL-E. It's another wholesome movie made for kids with a message adults can learn from.
“Kevin, I wanna give you scratches! *bee bee bee bee bee beep*” 😂
😂😂😂 right?
About your title? That’s the point. Carl had nowhere to go but Up.
I didn’t appreciate the intro to this movie way back as a kid when it first came out, but now that I’m older it never fails to give me an emotional gut punch
I truly believe that this movie has the saddest opening ever.
"Babies everywhere! We gots baby fever!"
Oh you poor soul. You don't know what's coming.
You laugh like George McFly.
BTTF is my favorite movie and ive been watching this guy for months. Ive never made that connectiom but youre 100% right.
“You don’t talk very much, I like you.”
That about sums up my fondness for certain individuals.
Great movie
I definitely used to be about the camping, but I'm in the UK, so there's far less wilderness and more actual camp sites to go to (where you had hot showers). Over time we graduated from those tiny tents up to ones you could stand up in, and finally one that could literally sleep twelve people while also parking the trailer that carried our gear in the back of it... with a gazebo outside for grilling under in the rain, and wind-breaks for a fence that allowed us to make a parking spot for the car... and the trailer tail had a custom cooking station that we made and installed... It. Was. Glorious.
Amazing movie. So, there's an animated short film that went along with this called "Dug's Special Mission" that follows Dug throughout the day up to the point where he meets Carl and Russel, and you find out it was his birthday and he wished for a new master. Warms my heart every time I think about it. lol
The real Up house still stands and is now something of a fixture and travel spot here in Seattle. Each weekend people visit and tie balloons to the fence.
(Not so) fun fact: there is a theory about this movie that the old man is already dead, and russel is his guardian angel leading him to heaven
I remember when I went to go see this movie in the theater. It was my 7th birthday and me, my mom, dad, brother, grandma and auntie all went out to dinner and caught a showing at The Castro Theater here in San Francisco. So much fun
Your summary at the end was very insightful. This is my first time watching one of your videos, so going from your gregarious, attention grabbing presence to serious on a dime for the really impactful moments gives you a lot of depth.
The opening to this movie and the bing-bong scene from inside out get me every single time I watch them.
9:16 a Brazilian priest tried it, he made a lot of distance in them, he had a lot of faith in God, had, and a little too much, they didn't find all of him.
I love camping as I'm on multiple festivals during the season. But that's the best of both worlds. Sleeping in a tent, attend lots of great concerts AND having a warm shower every day :D
12:57 That's actually a bugle, not a trumpet. Trumpets have valves, bugles don't (typically). There is the contrabass bugle that does have valves, because it's just a concert tuba with a bent lead pipe.
This is one of the very few movies that have genuinely made me cry every time I watch it
Thank you for uploading this. It was a good reminder.
24:19 bros holding the book with his toes lmao
There are dozens of memes about the first ten or so minutes of this movie, most are "greater lover story than twilight"... but seriously it shows how you convey a past story in a relatively compact time and still create emotions.
I love this movie so much. It’s the fact that Ellie, her adventure was life with Carl and Carl never really seemed to realize that which in itself is just so realistic. We often overlook the important things that’s literally right in front of us because it’s always been there and will “always” be there and Carl realizes that he’s had his adventures with Ellie already, just in a different way. ❤
If you watch till the end you’ll see the house ends up landing right next to the falls again💙
At 5:30 you’ll notice all of Carl’s pictures are in square frames because he has a square head. And you’ll notice that Ellie has round photo frames indicating that she wasn’t a-round long in the film…
Russell doesn't have parents. You learn more about him in Deadpool 2 😂😂😂
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"Did that make you yawn?"
-yes, ya gouch!
The opening is so good that i think it was a pixar short that they built a movie off of. It's peak pixar era so i feel like they could do it.
My family when watching this with me as a kid were crying, meanwhile i was thinking, haha, funny dog goes brr
I maintained my child like energy into my 46 years on this planet. I think they said it's being immature...
The first 10 minutes hits you like you’re a crash test dummy in a 100 mph car with no airbags or seatbelts.
Mr. Frederickson didn't assault the worker. The worker was clearly violating Mr Frederickson's property rights, and Mr Frederickson was well within his legal rights to defend those property rights.
The "Snipe" was a small bird, now believed to be extinct, indigenous to North America and the term "Sniper" is derived from marksmen of early America who were good enough to shoot the very small birds, using muskets, a weapon notorious for its inaccuracy.
The term "snipe hunt" was later used as a term for sending a person an unachievable quest, due to the extinction of the "Snipe"
Look up "Castle Doctrine" re: Frederickson's actions. Any decent attorney'd nail the developer's hide to the wall for their actions.
@svenmorgenstern9506 exactly
"Sorry about your house, Mr. Frederickson"
"Like a grumpy old runner told me, it's just an empty house."
"Why would somebody need to know about the clouds?!", he said unironically, watching an old man who didn't know about them have to protect his house from a storm.
3:23 subtle way to say they stayed all day/night nailing after the wedding 😂