list http://www.spout.com/ Recent community activity around Up! on Spout Copyright 2005-9 Spout, LLC Spout RSS http://www.spout.com/images/SpoutLogoRSS.jpg http://www.spout.com/ 136 30 http://www.spout.com/films/Up/90729/default.aspx Title: Up!
Year: 1976
Director: Russ Meyer
Plot: Nobody is what they seem to be in this dizzying Russ Meyer feature, and everyone is a suspect. The reclusive Adolf Schwartz (Edward Schaaf) pays for weird pansexual pleasures performed by an interracial group of prostitutes. Later, Schwartz (who bears more than a passing resemblance to a more infamous Adolf) is found murdered in his bath, the victim of a hungry piranha. That same morning, Margo Winchester (Raven de la Croix) is jogging on a mountain pass when she's abducted and raped by a local boy. She defends herself and ends up breaking her assailant's neck, an act that is witnessed by state trooper Homer Johnson (Monty Bane). He offers to falsify his report in return for Margo's abundant body, and she enthusiastically accepts. Margo and Homer shack up in his mountain cabin, and he gets her a job at Alice's Cafe, a small-town greasy spoon run by Alice (Janet Wood) and her husband, Paul (Robert McLane). Suddenly business is booming (thanks to Margo's seductive swagger and Mae West impressions) and the trio decide to open a nightclub. Opening night is a smash, until a drunk lumberjack goes ape after witnessing Margo's sultry dance routine. The resulting fracas ends with an axe in Homer's chest and a wild moonlit chainsaw fight. But who murdered Adolf Schwartz? That mystery is solved in not one, but three epilogues which concern the identities of Eva Braun Jr., an undercover police officer and a closet white supremacist, who all fight to the death with a pistol, a dildo, and kung-fu. The action is explained and commented upon by the buxom, perpetually nude Greek Chorus (Francesca 'Kitten' Natividad), who quotes Shakespeare and attempts to raise the story to the level of classic farce. ~ Fred Beldin, All Movie Guide
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]]>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 18:25:27 GMTUp!1976Russ MeyerNobody is what they seem to be in this dizzying <a href="/players/P___102677/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Russ Meyer</a> feature, and everyone is a suspect. The reclusive Adolf Schwartz (Edward Schaaf) pays for weird pansexual pleasures performed by an interracial group of prostitutes. Later, Schwartz (who bears more than a passing resemblance to a more infamous Adolf) is found murdered in his bath, the victim of a hungry piranha. That same morning, Margo Winchester (Raven de la Croix) is jogging on a mountain pass when she's abducted and raped by a local boy. She defends herself and ends up breaking her assailant's neck, an act that is witnessed by state trooper Homer Johnson (Monty Bane). He offers to falsify his report in return for Margo's abundant body, and she enthusiastically accepts. Margo and Homer shack up in his mountain cabin, and he gets her a job at Alice's Cafe, a small-town greasy spoon run by Alice (Janet Wood) and her husband, Paul (<a href="/players/P___229874/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Robert McLane</a>). Suddenly business is booming (thanks to Margo's seductive swagger and <a href="/players/P___116467/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Mae West</a> impressions) and the trio decide to open a nightclub. Opening night is a smash, until a drunk lumberjack goes ape after witnessing Margo's sultry dance routine. The resulting fracas ends with an axe in Homer's chest and a wild moonlit chainsaw fight. But who murdered Adolf Schwartz? That mystery is solved in not one, but three epilogues which concern the identities of Eva Braun Jr., an undercover police officer and a closet white supremacist, who all fight to the death with a pistol, a dildo, and kung-fu. The action is explained and commented upon by the buxom, perpetually nude Greek Chorus (Francesca 'Kitten' Natividad), who quotes Shakespeare and attempts to raise the story to the level of classic farce. ~ Fred Beldin, All Movie Guide2Slightly Tagged (1-5)2114http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/t20288e18sq.jpghttp://www.spout.com/films/Up/90729/default.aspxFilm http://www.spout.com/groups/I_Love_Childrens_Movies/Re_Up/372/43041/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: Risselada
Post To: I Love Childrens Movies
Post Date: 7/14/2009 2:25:27 PM
Body: [quote user="indieabby88"] Yes, I know this is rather belated (sorry for my extended absence from the boards--the KU J-school will do that to you), but I feel duty-bound to start a discussion of "Up," the latest slice of fried gold to be added to the Pixar canon. I thought this was a wonderfully whimsical, funny, and surprisingly poignant film. I don't know about you guys, but there were a couple of times where it got pretty dusty in the theater for me (read: tears running down my cheeks as I tried to keep from showing my emotion). What did you guys think? Favorite parts? I'm partial to the "cone of shame." Did anyone get to see this in 3D? My second-rate local 8-screen theater only showed it in regular 'ol 2D, so I didn't get the full effect. Let's discuss! [/quote] I wrote a blog about it. Here's what I wrote: Up I've always had an aversion to Pixar films for some reason, even though I've never sat down and watched one since Toy Story, the only other Pixar film I've seen. I had my reasons for avoiding these films. First of all, Toy Story was a kids movie. About toys and kids and their fantasy world. And I found it in my memory to be devoid of facing any real hard truths of this world. It was all kind of glossed over with the problems being about a child's level of interaction between people. Maybe I'm wrong, but this is my memory. It's a glossed, child fantasy reality. Then I saw Shrek which I hated. Now Shrek is not Pixar, I know. It's Dreamworks. But they are the primary competitors in the world of blockbuster, computer generated animation, family oriented films. Shrek features the same glossed over and simplified look at the world with the added annoyance of extra mindless pop stars and singers being tied in. Anyone else find that Smash Mouth cover of "I'm A Believer" at the end of the film to be as aggravating as me? And then since then I've felt like I've already seen all of these movies. The marketing campaign for this genre of films might be bigger than any other. I really can't go anywhere that advertisements could possibly appear without seeing ads for these kinds of movies. Not only that, the ads seem to come out almost a year before the movie. So I'm already sick of these movies almost a year before they are even released. So I didn't plan on seeing Up. But I was out with a big group of friends who all made the decision to see a movie. There were some films I might have wanted to see more, and (as is usually the case with the majority of films at the mainstream movie theatres at any given time) a lot of films I wanted to see a whole lot less. I don't think I'd seen a full length film in 3-D with the special glasses and everything before, so I was kind of interested in that as well. I was confused at first, and then I remembered hearing that all of these Pixar movies always begin with a short film. When that was over and Up began, I was surprised how moved I was. The film started out with some kids, but suddenly we were cruising through a montage of their relationship, marriage, and all of their life. Until the kid is in his seventies. I've talked to several people who watched this, and I don't think I'm in the minority that I found myself tearing up during this montage. (and again later when he opens up his scrap book). I was trying to reflect on this and see if I felt in any way manipulated in a bad way here. And I don't think I was. There was some subtle and expert filmmaking here. Like a good Frank Capra film, the emotion might have been a bit sappy, but I liked it. Some of the rest of the film was of course a bit kiddy, family friendly, and sheltered. But in the end I was shocked how much I liked this. The protagonist Carl Fredricksen is what made the movie. As a character, he was identifiable. The joy came from him. The whole floating house with balloons aspect I think was pretty much created just as a challenge by the animators to see what kind of unusual physics and scenarios they could try to animate. A couple other points: If Charles Muntz was well into his adult years when Carl Fredricksen was still in grade school, wouldn't Charles be getting close to 100 years old when Carl was in his 70s? Yet Charles looked almost younger than Carl at this time. Also, please don't confuse this film with Russ Meyer's Up!. Although that might be a fun movie to see in 3-D as well! I may consider watching another Pixar movie, yet somehow I still have the sense that this film was more of an exception. Rating: 9/10
]]>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 18:25:27 GMTRisseladaI Love Childrens Movies7/14/2009 2:25:27 PM[quote user="indieabby88"] Yes, I know this is rather belated (sorry for my extended absence from the boards--the KU J-school will do that to you), but I feel duty-bound to start a discussion of "Up," the latest slice of fried gold to be added to the Pixar canon. I thought this was a wonderfully whimsical, funny, and surprisingly poignant film. I don't know about you guys, but there were a couple of times where it got pretty dusty in the theater for me (read: tears running down my cheeks as I tried to keep from showing my emotion). What did you guys think? Favorite parts? I'm partial to the "cone of shame." Did anyone get to see this in 3D? My second-rate local 8-screen theater only showed it in regular 'ol 2D, so I didn't get the full effect. Let's discuss! [/quote] I wrote a blog about it. Here's what I wrote: Up I've always had an aversion to Pixar films for some reason, even though I've never sat down and watched one since Toy Story, the only other Pixar film I've seen. I had my reasons for avoiding these films. First of all, Toy Story was a kids movie. About toys and kids and their fantasy world. And I found it in my memory to be devoid of facing any real hard truths of this world. It was all kind of glossed over with the problems being about a child's level of interaction between people. Maybe I'm wrong, but this is my memory. It's a glossed, child fantasy reality. Then I saw Shrek which I hated. Now Shrek is not Pixar, I know. It's Dreamworks. But they are the primary competitors in the world of blockbuster, computer generated animation, family oriented films. Shrek features the same glossed over and simplified look at the world with the added annoyance of extra mindless pop stars and singers being tied in. Anyone else find that Smash Mouth cover of "I'm A Believer" at the end of the film to be as aggravating as me? And then since then I've felt like I've already seen all of these movies. The marketing campaign for this genre of films might be bigger than any other. I really can't go anywhere that advertisements could possibly appear without seeing ads for these kinds of movies. Not only that, the ads seem to come out almost a year before the movie. So I'm already sick of these movies almost a year before they are even released. So I didn't plan on seeing Up. But I was out with a big group of friends who all made the decision to see a movie. There were some films I might have wanted to see more, and (as is usually the case with the majority of films at the mainstream movie theatres at any given time) a lot of films I wanted to see a whole lot less. I don't think I'd seen a full length film in 3-D with the special glasses and everything before, so I was kind of interested in that as well. I was confused at first, and then I remembered hearing that all of these Pixar movies always begin with a short film. When that was over and Up began, I was surprised how moved I was. The film started out with some kids, but suddenly we were cruising through a montage of their relationship, marriage, and all of their life. Until the kid is in his seventies. I've talked to several people who watched this, and I don't think I'm in the minority that I found myself tearing up during this montage. (and again later when he opens up his scrap book). I was trying to reflect on this and see if I felt in any way manipulated in a bad way here. And I don't think I was. There was some subtle and expert filmmaking here. Like a good Frank Capra film, the emotion might have been a bit sappy, but I liked it. Some of the rest of the film was of course a bit kiddy, family friendly, and sheltered. But in the end I was shocked how much I liked this. The protagonist Carl Fredricksen is what made the movie. As a character, he was identifiable. The joy came from him. The whole floating house with balloons aspect I think was pretty much created just as a challenge by the animators to see what kind of unusual physics and scenarios they could try to animate. A couple other points: If Charles Muntz was well into his adult years when Carl Fredricksen was still in grade school, wouldn't Charles be getting close to 100 years old when Carl was in his 70s? Yet Charles looked almost younger than Carl at this time. Also, please don't confuse this film with Russ Meyer's Up!. Although that might be a fun movie to see in 3-D as well! I may consider watching another Pixar movie, yet somehow I still have the sense that this film was more of an exception. Rating: 9/10 http://www.spout.com/blogs/risselada/archive/2009/7/2/42900.aspx Post By: Risselada
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Post Date: 7/2/2009 2:22:28 PM
Body: Up I've always had an aversion to Pixar films for some reason, even though I've never sat down and watched one since Toy Story, the only other Pixar film I've seen. I had my reasons for avoiding these films. First of all, Toy Story was a kids movie. About toys and kids and their fantasy world. And I found it in my memory to be devoid of facing any real hard truths of this world. It was all kind of glossed over with the problems being about a child's level of interaction between people. Maybe I'm wrong, but this is my memory. It's a glossed, child fantasy reality. Then I saw Shrek which I hated. Now Shrek is not Pixar, I know. It's Dreamworks. But they are the primary competitors in the world of blockbuster, computer generated animation, family oriented films. Shrek features the same glossed over and simplified look at the world with the added annoyance of extra mindless pop stars and singers being tied in. Anyone else find that Smash Mouth cover of "I'm A Believer" at the end of the film to be as aggravating as me? And then since then I've felt like I've already seen all of these movies. The marketing campaign for this genre of films might be bigger than any other. I really can't go anywhere that advertisements could possibly appear without seeing ads for these kinds of movies. Not only that, the ads seem to come out almost a year before the movie. So I'm already sick of these movies almost a year before they are even released. So I didn't plan on seeing Up. But I was out with a big group of friends who all made the decision to see a movie. There were some films I might have wanted to see more, and (as is usually the case with the majority of films at the mainstream movie theatres at any given time) a lot of films I wanted to see a whole lot less. I don't think I'd seen a full length film in 3-D with the special glasses and everything before, so I was kind of interested in that as well. I was confused at first, and then I remembered hearing that all of these Pixar movies always begin with a short film. When that was over and Up began, I was surprised how moved I was. The film started out with some kids, but suddenly we were cruising through a montage of their relationship, marriage, and all of their life. Until the kid is in his seventies. I've talked to several people who watched this, and I don't think I'm in the minority that I found myself tearing up during this montage. (and again later when he opens up his scrap book). I was trying to reflect on this and see if I felt in any way manipulated in a bad way here. And I don't think I was. There was some subtle and expert filmmaking here. Like a good Frank Capra film, the emotion might have been a bit sappy, but I liked it. Some of the rest of the film was of course a bit kiddy, family friendly, and sheltered. But in the end I was shocked how much I liked this. The protagonist Carl Fredricksen is what made the movie. As a character, he was identifiable. The joy came from him. The whole floating house with balloons aspect I think was pretty much created just as a challenge by the animators to see what kind of unusual physics and scenarios they could try to animate. A couple other points: If Charles Muntz was well into his adult years when Carl Fredricksen was still in grade school, wouldn't Charles be getting close to 100 years old when Carl was in his 70s? Yet Charles looked almost younger than Carl at this time. Also, please don't confuse this film with Russ Meyer's Up!. Although that might be a fun movie to see in 3-D as well! I may consider watching another Pixar movie, yet somehow I still have the sense that this film was more of an exception. Rating: 9/10
]]>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:22:28 GMTRisseladaRisselada Blog7/2/2009 2:22:28 PMUp I've always had an aversion to Pixar films for some reason, even though I've never sat down and watched one since Toy Story, the only other Pixar film I've seen. I had my reasons for avoiding these films. First of all, Toy Story was a kids movie. About toys and kids and their fantasy world. And I found it in my memory to be devoid of facing any real hard truths of this world. It was all kind of glossed over with the problems being about a child's level of interaction between people. Maybe I'm wrong, but this is my memory. It's a glossed, child fantasy reality. Then I saw Shrek which I hated. Now Shrek is not Pixar, I know. It's Dreamworks. But they are the primary competitors in the world of blockbuster, computer generated animation, family oriented films. Shrek features the same glossed over and simplified look at the world with the added annoyance of extra mindless pop stars and singers being tied in. Anyone else find that Smash Mouth cover of "I'm A Believer" at the end of the film to be as aggravating as me? And then since then I've felt like I've already seen all of these movies. The marketing campaign for this genre of films might be bigger than any other. I really can't go anywhere that advertisements could possibly appear without seeing ads for these kinds of movies. Not only that, the ads seem to come out almost a year before the movie. So I'm already sick of these movies almost a year before they are even released. So I didn't plan on seeing Up. But I was out with a big group of friends who all made the decision to see a movie. There were some films I might have wanted to see more, and (as is usually the case with the majority of films at the mainstream movie theatres at any given time) a lot of films I wanted to see a whole lot less. I don't think I'd seen a full length film in 3-D with the special glasses and everything before, so I was kind of interested in that as well. I was confused at first, and then I remembered hearing that all of these Pixar movies always begin with a short film. When that was over and Up began, I was surprised how moved I was. The film started out with some kids, but suddenly we were cruising through a montage of their relationship, marriage, and all of their life. Until the kid is in his seventies. I've talked to several people who watched this, and I don't think I'm in the minority that I found myself tearing up during this montage. (and again later when he opens up his scrap book). I was trying to reflect on this and see if I felt in any way manipulated in a bad way here. And I don't think I was. There was some subtle and expert filmmaking here. Like a good Frank Capra film, the emotion might have been a bit sappy, but I liked it. Some of the rest of the film was of course a bit kiddy, family friendly, and sheltered. But in the end I was shocked how much I liked this. The protagonist Carl Fredricksen is what made the movie. As a character, he was identifiable. The joy came from him. The whole floating house with balloons aspect I think was pretty much created just as a challenge by the animators to see what kind of unusual physics and scenarios they could try to animate. A couple other points: If Charles Muntz was well into his adult years when Carl Fredricksen was still in grade school, wouldn't Charles be getting close to 100 years old when Carl was in his 70s? Yet Charles looked almost younger than Carl at this time. Also, please don't confuse this film with Russ Meyer's Up!. Although that might be a fun movie to see in 3-D as well! I may consider watching another Pixar movie, yet somehow I still have the sense that this film was more of an exception. Rating: 9/10 http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/murder/MemberTagFilms.aspxmurder
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