Schuster Sister Shenanigans: Up

So after kicking off a round of Shenanigans dealing with Pixar films a little while back (see our Finding Nemo chat here) and taking a brief break to take part in The IPC’s epic Shitfest, my sister and I have returned to discuss arguably the most heartbreaking Pixar film yet. Yep. We’re talking about Up.

WARNING: A lot of this is about to happen.

Cara: T-minus 1! Ready Freddy?

Laura Jo: Cued up and ready to goooo!

LJ: LET’S GET EMOTIONAL

LJ: Plaaaaaaay!

LJ: Charles Munce, the beloved explorer!

C: And cute baby Carl!

LJ: With the goggles!

LJ: So so cute.

LJ: Muntz’s mustache is a little Hiter-y….

C: Yeahhhh. Well, to be fair, that might be a pre-WWII ‘stache.

LJ: OMG HOW CUTE IS LITTLE CARL

C: SO cute. And now we get to meet Ellie!

LJ: HAHA

LJ: There is something down there!

LJ: …I will bring it back for SCIENCE

C: PRESH

C: Love her missing tooth. And static hair.

LJ: Why are there so many redheads in Pixar movies

C: BECAUSE WE RULE

LJ: OMG with the theme music

C: Aaaaaand Carl takes a tumble.

LJ: Aaaaaaand Ellie breaks into his room

LJ: What is this, Twilight

C: LOL. At least she didn’t watch him sleep…

C: “It’s like America, but SOUTH.”

LJ: Hahaha he is horrified that she ripped the page out of a library book

C: I would’ve gasped, too. Even now. I used to work in a library…

C: “You know, you don’t talk very much…I like you!”

LJ: Their families at the wedding! Hilarious

C: Perfect. And they’re all grown up!

LJ: Oh god I’m already tearing up

LJ: it’s inevitable

C: This sequence MAKES YOU FEEL FEELINGS.

C: All the ties! They’re getting older!

LJ: UGH

LJ: WHY DIDN’T THEY ADOPT

C: THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN THE BEST PARENTS/GRANDPARENTS

LJ: She can’t get up the hill

LJ: And now she’s sick

C: Uggghhhh the stick balloon. I can’t.

LJ: I AM C R Y I N G.

C: UUUUUUUUUUUUUNNNNNNNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHH UGLY CRY

LJ: Please let’s get on with this movie, cranky Carl

LJ: Staircase chair

C: And one minute later I am laughing my ass off at the stair chair and his face.

LJ: And the 14 locks on his door haha

C: The music is perfectly timed in this.

LJ: Yes it is

LJ: The details in this movie are incredible

C: They really are.

LJ: Ugh why do they want to take Carl’s house

LJ: Just leave the poor guy alone!

C: Lame construction people

C: OMG RUSSELL!!!!!!!!!

LJ: Russell!!!!

LJ: He’s a wilderness explorer!!

C: All the kids in this are way too damn cute.

C: I love that he starts his spiel over each and every time.

LJ: I know

LJ: He is precious

C: CAW CAW RAWR

LJ: A snipe!!

C: Heeeeere snipey snipey…

LJ: I love that this movie’s heros are an elderly man and a kid

C: Haha right?

LJ: Oh no!

LJ: The Mailbox!

C: Carl whhhhyyyyy?

LJ: He just got so upset!!

C: UGH nasty construction guy putting his hand on the fence…

LJ: And really the frightening alien construction guy needs to CHECK HIMSELF.

C: Bahaha right? It’s like that guy is from the Matrix! “Misterrrrr Frederickson…”

LJ: And…public menace?!

LJ: How is that even possible?!

LJ: Oh god the theme music

LJ: I’m crying again

C: OMG UNLEASH THE BALLOONS

LJ: THEY ARE AMAZING

LJ: Suck it Shady Oaks guys@

C: I stand by my statement that this is one of the most visually awesome animated films ever.

LJ: It is so beautifully fantastical

LJ: I love that he steers with the weathervane as the rudder

C: Right?? Pixar people are geniuses.

LJ: This is undisputed

C: When you think about all the pieces that make up the story, it’s kind of incredible.

LJ: Aaaand…knock at the door!

LJ: HA! Russell’s face!

C: “Please let me in.” “No!” *slams door* PANIC

LJ: Ha! …Please let me in. No!

C: WE ARE THE SAME

LJ: Except you won the hair color genetic lottery

LJ: But I’m not bitter

LJ: NOT AT ALL.

LJ: STOP BRINGING IT UP.

C: I…didn’t…? *shrinks*

LJ: Ha! He turns off his hearing aid

C: Cumulo nimbus!

LJ: Eeeeeeee

C: And suddenly house plane went allll wrong!

LJ: It’s so hard to watch him watch the house get all messed

C: Hey, he saves the important stuff!

LJ: HA! …I thought you were dead!

LJ: It was a cinch with my Wilderness Explorer GPS

C: “With this baby, we’ll NEVER be lost.” *accientally flings GPS out window*

LJ: “Woah, that’s gonna be like a billion transfers to get back to my house”

C: Hahahaha

LJ: Oh god, a man hanging onto his house by the garden hose

LJ: This whole thing just breaks my heart

C: And the fact that he talks to the house and calls it “Ellie.” UGH.

C: Omg Paradise Falls!!!

LJ: It’s BEE-YOOOU-TIFUL

C: Russell trying to climb is much like my attempts to climb the rope in elementary school gym class…

LJ: Yes

LJ: Why do we have to climb ropes in gym class anyway

LJ: NO ONE ACTUALLY NEEDS THAT SKILL

C: Like, unless we become Panem and are forced into the Hunger Games, I think we’ll be okay.

LJ: Hahaaha “by the time we get there, you’re going to feel so assisted”

C: Lol. He’s the best little Wilderness Explorer.

C: DOGGIES

LJ: Doggies!

C: I love that they’re like squashed versions of regular breeds.

C: Snipe tracks!

LJ: Sweet sweet Russell

LJ: I have chocolate for every situation too, buddy

C: THE LITTLE WINGS

LJ: AND ITS ANGRY NOISE

LJ: LOL

C: It’s the greatest.

LJ: It’s reminding me a little of the raptors in JP

LJ: OMG

LJ: AND HE NAMES IT KEVIN

LJ: I forgot about that

C: Swallowing the cane!!! Loooolllll.

C: Hahahaha Kevin following and trying to hide

LJ: OMG

LJ: DUG

C: “I can smell you!”

C: THERE HE IS

C: THE CUTEST, CHUBBIEST PIXAR DOG EVER

LJ: LOL

LJ: “Speak!”

C: “My name is Dug. I have just met you and I love you.”

LJ: SQUIRREL

C: “May I take this bird back to camp as my prisoner?”

C: Dug is, like, Pixar’s greatest creation. I could quote him all day.

LJ: Can we keep him please please please??

LJ: No!

LJ: BUT ITS A TALKING DOG

C: Hahahahaha

C: OMG ALPHA’S CHIPMUNK VOICE

LJ: LOL

LJ: Oh man the tiny Doberman tail wag

C: PRESH. Even though Alpha is a little intense.

C: “Why’s he with that small mailman???” LOL.

LJ: And why does the bulldog have red eyes

C: Did he? I’ll have to look again…

C: “I do ever so want the ball!”

LJ: Haha Dug! A ball! I will go get it and bring it back!

C: Hahahaha. It’s like they were literally able to get inside the mind of a dog. Genius.

LJ: Yes it is

LJ: I love the presentation of the slobber-covered tennis ball

LJ: Haha “Can I tell you a secret?” “No.” “Okay, here goes…”

LJ: Oh god, Russell’s absent father!!

LJ: I AM SAD

C: Aww Russell. I love that he and Carl get this little moment.

C: Hahaha the frog alarm clock

LJ: I love it

LJ: LOL

LJ: “Get off of his ROOF!”

C: Sly, sly writers.

LJ: Well at least you have now led us to the small mailman and the one who smells of prune

LJ: Haha

LJ: Island of doggies

LJ: This is my dream

C: It’s the truth. Except not growling doggies like now.

C: Charles Muntz!

C: Also Christopher Plummer!

LJ: Holy cow Muntz must be like in his 90s

C: “I like you temporarily!” “The small mailman smells like chocolate!” These dogs are the greatest.

LJ: OH NO

LJ: CONE OF SHAME

C: POOR DUG

LJ: I LOVE HIM

C: HA! I love the dog dusting the skeleton who starts chewing on it when they walk away.

LJ: And the dog Maitre de haha

C: Ahhhh Alpha’s voice just dropped like 10 octaves!

LJ: Hahaha

LJ: The dogs are so amazing

C: Hahaha right? Serving Russell and then stealing all his food.

C: Ahhhh Russell stop talking!

LJ: Evil Muntz face

C: He just got real scary!!

LJ: Like American Horror Story scary

C: American Horror Story: Paradise Falls

C: The snipes would be terrifying

LJ: So would the cone of shame

LJ: Aw Dug!!

C: Awww poor Dug!!! “Stop, you dogs!” Gets trampled.

LJ: So dramatic! Things took a turn

LJ: Dog chase, Kevin is hurt

C: Pixar, playing with emotions.

C: AGAIN.

LJ: UGH

LJ: EVERY TIME HE LOOKS AT THE HOUSE

LJ: I just see his struggle with his FOREVER DREAM

C: 😥

C: LOL. Dead squirrel joke.

LJ: I just want to smack Russell’s father

LJ: GET IN YOUR KID’S LIFE, BRO

C: RIGHT? What would make you abandon that adorable kid???

C: Disney does like their messed up families, man.

LJ: OHNO

LJ: KEVIN IS CAUGHT

LJ: MUNTZ COME ON

C: AND MUNTZ IS BURNING THE DAMN HOUSE

C: WHY

LJ: OMG

LJ: I FORGOT THIS

C: It’s devastating.

LJ: I am so sad.

LJ: I need a hug.

LJ: “You gave away Kevin”

C: INTERNET HUGZ

LJ: ITS NOT THAT SIMPLE, RUSSELL

LJ: NO ONE WILL EVER LOVE ME ENOUGH TO BALLOON A HOUSE TO SOUTH AMERICA UUUGH

C: You…what?? Do we need to take a break from this?? Hahaha.

LJ: LOL

LJ: No

This happened for a sec. It’s okay. We got through it.

C: Aw Russell throws down his badges…

LJ: Oh no! Russell doesn’t want his Wilderness Explorer vest!!

C: The house is so sad. 😦

C: OH GOD THIS SCENE

C: I FORGOT THIS

LJ: I totally forgot that SO MUCH OF THIS MOVIE IS SAD

LJ: I thought it would be over in the first 10 minutes!

C: UNNNNGGGGHHHH ALL OF THEIR PICTURES

C: I can’t. I cannot.

LJ: This is devolved into me just eating candy and crying

C: LOL. I’m so sorry.

LJ: Oh no! Russell take off!

LJ: And Carl throws everything out of the house!

C: Throwing everything out of the house! Carl is letting go!

C: BUT OMG THE CHAIRS

C: PERFECT

LJ: Ugh THE CHAIRS

C: DUG

LJ: I WAS HIDING UNDER YOUR PORCH BECAUSE I LOVE YOU

C: BEST. LINE. EVER.

LJ: Russell navigating with the leaf blower

LJ: LOL

C: He’s a gutsy little kid!!! I woulda been scared to death flying that.

LJ: Why doesn’t Muntz just take a picture of the damn bird

LJ: Or like, Skype somebody

C: Ha! Well tech wise he’s a bit behind the times…

C: OMG but don’t kill Russell, Muntz! Whhhhyyyy???

LJ: Is he really going to throw a child out of his blimp?!?!

C: RIGHT? A bit much, Captain von Trapp.

LJ: HOLY COW CARL!

LJ: HE ZIPLINED WITH A GARDEN HOSE AND A CANE

C: He’s like geriatric Rambo!!!

LJ: Hahaha

C: LOL. The dogs and the tennis balls!!

C: Russell’s face sliding across the glass. Perfect.

LJ: Aaand Russell almost falls off the house and then is dragged across the glass

LJ: **aka making fun of fat kids…

C: Hey, anyone can get their face dragged across glass and be hilarious.

LJ: Also is this a Star Wars reference or what??!

C: Star Wars reference??

C: Old man fight! It’s the best kind of fight.

LJ: yes the fight is amazing

LJ: But yeah, the dogs in their fighter planes

LJ: Star Wars reference

C: LOL. Omg totally!!

On a related note: Pixar characters reimagined as Star Wars characters. Perfection.

LJ: GASP

LJ: HE WEARS THE CONE OF SHAME!

C: “Alpha? I am not Alpha. He is—ohhhhh.” Atta boy, Dug.

LJ: …Okay, this is the one situation where the rope-climbing at gym class is helpful

C: Yes. This and Hunger Games. That is literally it.

LJ: OHNO

LJ: MUNTZ WITH THE GUN

LJ: SHOOTING BALLOONS

C: Omg don’t shoot the balloons Muntz you psycho!!!

C: Oh gees! And Muntz meets a grim end…damn, Disney.

LJ: AND yet another Disney villain falls to his death

C: That DOES happen a lot, doesn’t it…

LJ: The house disappears in the clouds

LJ: SO SAD

C: OMG THE BABY KEVINS

LJ: Little Kevinettes!

C: I WANT A BABY KEVIN

C: HA! All the dogs with their heads out the window.

LJ: The Explorer badges!!

C: And Carl is there for the ceremony!!!

LJ: CARL GIVES HIM THE BADGE

LJ: I’M CRYING AGAIN

C: THE ELLIE BADGE

C: OH GAWD

LJ: All the dogs in the audience

C: Yes. SO much yes.

C: And the car game!!!

LJ: The Spirit of Adventure!!

C: And OMG THE HOUSE FOUND ITS PLACE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

LJ: I def did not remember how sad that was

LJ: Holy cow

LJ: It’s like they sat down and were specifically like LET’S MAKE THEM FEEL

C: I’m sorry. 😦

LJ: Don’t be sorry!

LJ: I like the movie!

C: It’s so good. But also heavy.

LJ: I love that the protagonist is grappling with so many things though

LJ: But really without Dug the whole thing would be just soaked in tears

C: HA! That is entirely true. Dug and Kevin basically keep us from sobbing ourselves to death.

LJ: Oh man. It’s much easier when you can make fun of the movie the whole time

C: Right? The good news is the next one is soooooo much happier. I mean, you know, as happy as Pixar can be.

LJ: I’m excited to not be horrified by cockroaches for an hour and a half (note: our next movie is WALL-E)

C: LOL. It’s definitely a change of pace.

C: The fact that Disney can manage to make awful bugs cute is amazing. If they ever pull it off with spiders, I’m going to make a donation or something.

Whoops. Forgot about her…Still a “no” though.

Another film Shenaniganed! As we revealed, WALL-E is up next! After that…who know? We’ll definitely be taking a break from Disney though. Any suggestions? Anyway, have excellent weekends, everyone! See you on Monday—same time, same place! 🙂

Up meets Star Wars. WHAT COULD BE MORE PERFECT???