Video Blog: The First 46 minutes of Pixar’s Up (with Frosty from Collider)
Posted on Sunday, February 15th, 2009 by Peter Sciretta
If you couldn’t already tell, I’m a Pixar fanatic. To me there is something so extremely special about the Emeryville-based animation studio’s special brand of storytelling. I remember being in Hall H at the 2007 San Diego Comic Con when Andrew Stanton unveiled the beginning of WALL-E. I was beyond amazed. I never thought this type of sci-fi film could ever be made, nevermind animated. And WALL-E ended up as being one of my favorite films of 2008.
Cut to: A year later, Hall H, Comic Con 2008. Pete Docter unveils a couple sequences from Pixar’s next film, Up. I was in disbelief. I felt myself disinterested in the story/concept, something that has never happened with any of the Pixar films thus far. Don’t get me wrong, the animation looked beautiful, funny yet empathetic characters, and amazing visuals. But for some reason I just wasn’t wasn’t impressed. But at this point we must have faith in the company named Pixar, right?
