Dear Pixar, From All The Girls With Band-Aids On Their Knees

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This open letter to Pixar on NPR perfectly describes my reaction to the new film Up.

This is not an angry letter. It is especially not an angry letter about Up, which I adored. I could have sat in the theater and watched it two more times in a row. I cried, but I also laughed so hard in places that it wore me out.

So I'm not complaining; I'm asking. I'm asking because I think so highly of you.

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[gojira007.livejournal.com]

Wow. That's...that's beautifully written.

Finally saw this last night, too. All in all, to my complete not-at-all-surprise, I liked "WALL-E" better, but this movie was great fun too. I share in the wish of those who wanted more kid!Ellie, because I loved her to pieces. Kevin and Dug were also awesome; indeed, I actually think they may have been the best things about the movie for me.

That isn't to marginalize Russell or Carl, though. I actually think one of the talents Pixar's shown itself to have in spades is doing so much with so little, and so even though the dialogue rarely stops to point a big neon sign at the bond they form, it's very clearly developing anyway before it's made explicit.

My one let-down was Muntz. Particularly when compared to Auto or Syndrome, or even Sid from "Toy Story", he just seemed...bland. Not very threatening, and not very well developed as a character. It's a shame, too, because Christopher Plummer voices him very distinctly, and I actually think there was a lot of potential to him with his backstory.

Still, it was a good time. That letter, though...that's just really knocked me on my duff, it's so amazing. I hope the author actually sends it to the Pixar offices.