Originally Posted By ecdc Both of those gave me pause, but Pixar just manages to toss you right back in.
Originally Posted By DyGDisney I thought about the age too. Muntz definately looks older than Carl, but not enough. But, he's been living in the jungle for all those years, away from all the polutions of modern life that age us. Maybe that's why......
Originally Posted By JeffG >> "I was telling DH, I don't understand how you go into a meeting and pitch "super agent guinea pigs" and it gets approved." << The first step to accomplishing this is to be Jerry Bruckheimer... -Jeff
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA ^^^I think someone saw 'Bedtime Stories' with Adam Sandler, and that little animated Guinea Pig with the big buggy eyes, and thought... 'I wonder if you could make a whole movie surrounding that guy.' A year later, it's morphed into 'G Power'
Originally Posted By danyoung As much as I liked Dug, I had a huge problem with the dogs in general. It's one thing to invent a collar that translates Dog into English. It's quite another to genetically manipulate the dogs to be that intelligent, and they didn't even give a hint as to how it was done by Muntz. It would have been an easy loophole to fill, but they missed on that one. But overall I truly enjoyed the movie, especially the first 15 minutes or so. Very moving, very well done!
Originally Posted By JeffG >> "It's quite another to genetically manipulate the dogs to be that intelligent, and they didn't even give a hint as to how it was done by Muntz. It would have been an easy loophole to fill, but they missed on that one." << Hmm, I actually think that would have been an unnecessary tangent and probably would have distracted from the film's pretty tightly focused storyline. We know that Muntz had been essentially living alone with the dogs for as many as 60-70 years, which would have given him a lot of time to work on the inventions and training needed to make the dogs what they were. My sense is that this was probably as much as we needed to know. -Jeff
Originally Posted By lesmisfan I loved this movie! i saw it twice! I love the story, they were all so lovable, well except the villian of course. and i was worried the bird and the dog were going to be really annoying but after seeing the movie i have to say they were awesome!
Originally Posted By mele SPOILERS.... Considering they floated to South America in a house with helium ballons in what appeared to be an overnight trip, I didn't mind the gaps in logic. The dogs flying just seemed one step too far for me and it took me out of the film for a moment. But, it was a great film and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I still like "Wall-E" more. ;-) The "alfa" dog with the high pitched voice made me laugh till I cried. So goofy. And I loved the bit when Russell had to go to bathroom and asked if he was supposed to dig a hole before or after. Hilarious! The scenes where Russell would talk about his absent father made me cry as well. In a way, I was glad that the dad didn't show up at the end because that's a lot less realistic, and yet, it was sad at the same time.
Originally Posted By FiveBearRugs Mele, that's Alpha The dogs were Alpha, Beta, Gamma and... Dug. SQUIRREL!
Originally Posted By mele LOL! Embarrassing. I promise, I do know how to spell "alpha". Maybe I shouldn't be posting that late at night. LOL
Originally Posted By greenbean SPOILERS!!! The Alpha dogs were so hilarious. I loved when they prepared the dinner - it was just such a creative touch. But favorite character had to be Carl. He relationship with Ellie was so touching and when he went back to look through her scrapbook, I teared up. Wonderful film!
Originally Posted By hopemax The serving dinner scene, was I think, one of my Dad's favorites. Not because of any cinematic marvel, but because a few days before the movie he was watching a Travel channel special about V&A's. On the show, they mentioned how in some fine restaurants, each person's food is brought out by a separate waiter. The plates are placed at the table all at the same time, and the covers are removed all at the same time. So after just watching that, here the dog waiters did that exact thing! He was so impressed that the film makers knew that.
Originally Posted By basil fan Just saw it (in 2-D because I didn't want to wait around another 50 minutes for the 3-D). Okay, if you're talking about reality, this movie was absurd. It wasn't just one stretch, it was one after another after another... I thought it was great! Just a wonderful film. SPOILERS: The dogs in planes was certainly the hardest to swallow, but after watching the old guy pull his house around for days, it just rolled off the proverbial back. Had no problem with the intelligence of the dogs, however. Animals in animated films have been as smart as humans since as far back as I can remember. Whether they talk or not. Thought Russell was a marvelous character. A kid character who didn't annoy me...whoa. I cried three times during the film, which is not unusual. What is unusual was the uncontrolled sobbing. Normally the tears flow, but the emotion here was more intense than that. This is the saddest film opening since Oliver and Company. I liked Up so much better than Wall*E, which I found only so-so. It was great! Mouse History 101 <a href="http://www.whatsitsgalore.com/disney/history.html" target="_blank">http://www.whatsitsgalore.com/...ory.html</a>
Originally Posted By danyoung basil fan, I don't really disagree with most of what you said. As to the dogs, however, I had no problem with Dug and his English translations, because he was still mostly acting like a dog. And even when Alpha and the pack came around, they were acting like dogs on the hunt. When it came to serving dinner, flying planes, etc., well that was just a bit much for me. And as I said, it would have been easy to sneak in a 30 second segment about how Muntz hired a canine geneticist, moved his operation to South America, and successfully produced a more intelligent canine. I'm guessing something of this nature was probably discussed at Pixar, and was nixed because it would drag down the action. It's not a dealbreaker for me or anything, as I still loved the movie. But I just thought that one aspect could have been dealt with a little bit better.
Originally Posted By RockyMtnMinnie I really loved the movie... Squirrel!!! I really loved the movie. It made me cry.
Originally Posted By basil fan I didn't cry. I sobbed uncontrollably. So glad there was nobody sitting near me. Donald Duck's Family Tree <a href="http://www.whatsitsgalore.com/disney/donald.html" target="_blank">http://www.whatsitsgalore.com/...ald.html</a>
Originally Posted By FiveBearRugs You know what's interesting? in the Read-Aloud Storybook, Muntz's demise is slightly different; it says that his leg gets caught in the balloons and he's carried away...
Originally Posted By DyGDisney SPOILER: Well, that makes sense as the book is for small children. I guess it would kind of fread them out if it said he fell to his death.
