Up

I've been reappreciating the way that movies are such a perfect little moment of escape from the real world. When I watch television serials they tend to have to separate the episodic narrative and the overarching series or season narrative. The last few minutes of a show are usually part of a whole different story that you put together over in bits and pieces. Movies always strike me as being more focused and allow you to get a whole story in a digestible amount of time.

Tonight I saw Up, latest entry in the Pixar catalog. I love the work that Pixar does. They find some way of making stories that are beautiful in their simplicity and their appeal to emotion. They are stylistically designed for a younger audience, but still manage to have a level that adults can appreciate as well. I quite liked Up but I felt that it was a little thin on this level. I think that Ratatouille and The Incredible both seemed to have themes that were much more resonant with the issues that I come across in my life. Up had some of these trans-generational issues for sure but I didn't really feel like the way they did it was as special as I've come to expect from the Pixar guys. Perhaps I'll come back to this idea later.

The past few weeks have run some havoc on my ability to produce anything creative. I couldn't even do cover letters. It would appear that I'm still not at where I would like to be but I suppose every journey needs a first step.