Up (animation)/Heartwarming
- The montage of Carl and Ellie's life and when Carl actually bothers to look at Ellie's Book of Adventure. Of course, they're both tearjerkers too.
- "Thanks for the adventure! Now go have another one." Yes, Ellie. Yes he will.
- Cross his heart.
- Pretty much ANY scene about Ellie is this, not to mention the music they play during many of those scenes.
- The final shot of Carl and Ellie's house, before the credits roll.
- I almost jumped up and cheered in the movie theater at that... and wish that I had.
- Russell's badge ceremony. Also a Crowning Moment of Funny, thanks to Russell's been-to-the-wars-and-back appearance, a stark contrast to the other badge recipients.
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Carl: I'm here for him. |
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- I saw the house, and every item in it, is representative of Ellie. So... Carl leaving the chairs in perfect position when emptying the house? Touching. Seeing the house sitting in the EXACT position at the waterfall as in their picture? Heartwarming. But watching Carl's hand move away from Russel's badge sash to reveal the grape soda bottle cap/makeshift adventure badge that Ellie gave Carl when they were kids? Broke me like a damn twig. Especially after watching the montage of Carl and Ellie's married life...
- One occurs in the very first few minutes when young Carl tries to retrieve his balloon in the clubhouse.
- THIS.
- Dug hiding under the porch.
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Dug:: Can I stay? |
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- "I was hiding under your porch because I love you!"
- To see Carl, after repetitively telling Dug "I'M NOT YOUR MASTER!" and even insulting him unfairly earlier on, accept and give back the retriever's affection (and giving us the final proof he's finally moving on), made me almost weep with happiness.
- Dug's line immediately afterwards is made of this too. He just gets the happiest look he's ever had (which is quite a feat, since "happy" is his default expression) and joyfully cries out "YOU'RE MY MASTER?!" before jumping up and licking Carl's face.
- Especially since this is an ironic callback to when Carl opened the door and saw Russel asking to come in, and at first said, "No." Now, at the culmination of his adventure, he says to another tag-along, in so many words, "Yes."
- "I don't want your help, I want you safe!"
- Carl and Russell piloting the blimp with all of the dogs poking their heads out of the windows.
- The credits. Oh, God, the credits are distilled adorable. What really got to me was Carl taking Russell to see Star Wars. As somebody who grew up on the VHS releases of the original trilogy, it was heartwarming to see that Carl was passing on experiences like that to Russell.
- The tie montage at the beginning, symbolizing a lifetime spent together in happiness and love.
- After you see Kevin badly injured, still calling out to her babies, and then attempting to walk feebly.
- Pixar grants girl's dying wish with home viewing of "Up". She died about seven hours after seeing the film. That is also one of the biggest tearjerkers attached to this movie. Possibly even more of a tearjerker than any scene within the movie.
- Made even more heartwarming by the fact that Pixar has never once made a big deal about this! They haven't used it to advertise or brag.
- I think that the music that goes with the movie has officially crossed into Heartwarming/Tearjerker territory.
- My mother seemed to enjoy this film the most when we took my little sister... even though she was crying through most of it (because Russell apparently reminded her so much of me when I was little).
- With the bus to take Carl away to the retirement village waiting, he goes back inside to get something and... takes off in the house to begin the adventure. You'd have to be dead not to feel joy there.
- Dug's first appearance is made into one retroactively with the short "Dug's Special Mission": it was his birthday, and he had wished for a new master.
- How about when Russell shows Kevin to Carl? Kevin promptly picks up Russell and cuddles him to herself, rocking back and forth on the ground like she was rocking him to sleep. Or when she tosses Russell around in the air. Also, when Russell convinces Kevin that Carl is nice despite how crabby he may seem, Kevin's response is to pat Carl on the head with her beak in a show of acceptance. So cute.
- I would like to say that both Russell and Dug are simply walking CMOH.
- I was surprised with how Pixar managed to convey very powerful messages with very simple scenes -- specifically, when Russell leaves Carl to go rescue Kevin. The old man realizes that he has a new goal, and attempts to go after him, but the few balloons left are unable to lift the house. Without hesitation, he starts dumping all of his things, the ones he risked his life for before. It works: Without material luggage to keep it grounded, the house flies again!
- The part that got to me: While everything else had been dumped out and allowed to smash on the ground, Ellie's chair, and his next to it, had been carefully arranged the way they had been inside the house.
- Muntz's theme song, which also plays during the credits. Setting aside the association with him (and how its upbeat message of not giving up on your dreams is somewhat subverted by what has happened to him), its message is the same as the movie's: to go out there and live your life, and do so to the fullest, and as long as you are with those you love, it will always be an adventure. The kicker though? The song itself already sounds like a vintage love song (complete with scratchy gramophone effects and a big metaphor for love), but when you lay it against the scrapbook photos from the credits, and think about Carl and Ellie...well, it's pretty clear she was and still is his "spirit of adventure".
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