I just saw a woman out in public with Kate Gosselin's fugly haircut.

[apocalypsos]

Also, I just got out of the theater after seeing Up.

I have never cried that much during a Pixar film. I mean, I've cried during them before -- when Jessie was remembering her former owner in Toy Story 2, when EVE couldn't get Wall-E to remember who he was -- but ... BUT.

The movie opens with the story of how Carl Fredericksen meets his wife Ellie when they're both kids (and fans of Charles Muntz, a famous explorer). It's ten minutes or so of them falling in love and swearing they'll go on adventures, and how life got in the way of that, and it's fucking heartbreaking. They already softened me up quite nicely with the short beforehand -- which, like all of Pixar's shorts, is amazing and funny and heartwarming all at once, and I almost teared up at the end -- and then they gave me this love story that kicked me in the gut and kept doing so intermittently over the next two hours.

The whole movie just ... I loved it, I loved it SO MUCH. I know what the posters give you, the story of Carl and Russell going on a grand adventure and becoming allies and friends along the way, and that's wonderful as well. But I almost want to run back to the theater, buy another ticket, and go see it again, just for Carl Fredericksen and his Ellie.

Freaking phenomenal.

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[themadslasher.livejournal.com]

sounds awesome! I am thinking of taking two kiddies to see it this weekend...will it keep them as happy as I am sure it will keep me?

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

Oh, every kid in my showing was thrilled. There weren't many since it was a matinee and a weekday and all, but the ones in my row were so excited they couldn't stop cheering. :D

[maharetr.livejournal.com]

Oh, man. I just went and watched some of the trailers, and burst out laughing in all of them. It looks beautiful :)

[angels3.livejournal.com]

Isn't that like the ugliest haircut in the history of ever!

Of course Johnny on that new fashion knockoff show has a pretty horendous hairstyle as well.

[damnedfallacy.livejournal.com]

I just got home from the theater. My kids loved it, and I loved it, but I cried at the first ten minutes like I did at the last ten minutes of Brokeback Mountain.

And now I keep looking at my dog and saying "Hi there!"

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

I would have been impressed if they got me to cry in those first ten minutes. But then they turned around and managed to drag those tears out at a moment's notice -- the fire, the badge, "The Stuff I'm Going To Do." Oh, my heart.

I'm debating asking my parents if they'll take me with them on Sunday when they go see it. OMG I HEART ELLIE.

[damnedfallacy.livejournal.com]

Oh god, yes. I even cried during the credits at the picture of the dogs at the nursing home. My youngest turned to me as we walked out and said "We're gonna buy that when it comes out, aren't we Mom?" He knows me too well.

I also may have an Ed Asner mini-crush going on.

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

Oh, man, the pictures in the photo album. When that photo of the dogs at the nursing home popped up, the woman next to me -- who'd been pretty good for the entire movie about being quiet as opposed to her gleeful kid, heh -- made this absolutely heartwrenching sound. Luckily, I was already crying, so I didn't have to start again. ;)

[nuptse.livejournal.com]

That is a common hairstyle for the how shall I put this... country music listeners... down here.

[misachan.livejournal.com]

Check out this slide show of that hair cut photoshopped onto random celebrities.

[naodrith.livejournal.com]

God, that was amazing. I can't decide yet if I love it more than WALL-E, I think I need to see it again to decide, which is such a hardship, let me tell you. I cried so much! And laughed so much! And now I can't stop cuddling my dog!

SQUIRREL.

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

I can't compare Pixar movies. That would be so wrong. I love them all in entirely different ways. :D

But this one ... oh, man, I don't know how it was that I bawled for the first ten minutes -- and how AWESOME was Ellie? I need Ellie icons like WHOA -- and then managed to switch between giggling hysterically (Kevin! Alpha's voice! Dogs playing poker!) and crying happy tears for the next two hours. Fuck, I felt hormonal, that movie played with my emotions so well. HEE.

And you know, on some level Pixar pisses me off, because they're wonderful and sharp and detailed and they tell a fabulous original story with depth and heart and WHY CAN'T THE REST OF HOLLYWOOD DO THAT FOR FUCK'S SAKE.

I told my dad that Kevin reminded me of my dad's gawky stupid but sweet cat. Heh.

[tenebris.livejournal.com]

I just got back from watching it with a friend. As soon as we got out of the theater I was like, "I CRIED FOR HALF THAT MOVIE!"

And his response was, "ME TOO."

Like, I know it's Pixar, and I know they will make me tear up at some point, but this one should be rated three out of four bursting hearts. Because every time I went back to that love story I had to very, very carefully hold in sobs.

And yet it was funny as hell, too. How the fuck do they DO that?

[thesumo.livejournal.com]

I had to come back and read your post after seeing it, because I didn't want to see the spoilers before :). That movie was so amazing. The love between Ellie and Carl reminded me of how my grandmother always talked about my grandfather before she died. I never knew him, but my God, I know their love was like that. Yeah, going to go actually cry now- I resisted through the movie, but it was hard!!!

[babyofthegroup.livejournal.com]

*Loved* that movie. So many awesome moments. But when Ellie died, a big part of me went, "oh, *OW*. thanks a *lot*, Pixar."

[loopychew.livejournal.com]

That opening sequence may very well be the most heart-rending thing I've seen Pixar do, and Pixar is a master at making heart-rending things. I see why reviews keep saying that there was no way that the rest of the film could live up to that opening sequence, and they may very well be right, but damned if the rest of the movie wasn't fantastic.

Dogs piloting airplanes was a bit much for me, but the dogs playing poker more than made up for it, as was the whole tennis ball thing. And Dug, who has one of the greatest line readers in the history of line reading.

Point!

[essenceofmeanin.livejournal.com]

i had the luck to see a special sneak preview at Pixar studios and i do believe i cried every single timeEllie was on screen. it's one phenomenal movie in a very unique way.