As if the movie UP wasn't one of the most depressing animated films I've seen in a long time, this news article is pretty much the saddest thing I've read in a long time. I guess it doesn't help that I was listening to Andrew Bird's Section 8 City while reading it.
Anyway, heartbreaking story. I'm not sure what I took away from it...whether I feel happy that the dying child received her last wish, or saddened by the fact that the child's last living moments were spent watching (or being described) a movie. Both sides of the tale are incredibly sad, so I guess there's no way around this one.
On a sidenote, while many people looooved Up, I found it to be pretty depressing. Yes, it has great imagery and was beautifully done...but I couldn't help but be overwhelmingly saddened by the thought of growing old, being alone, and not fulfilling my own, personal agendas before it's too late.
Hmm..yeah, depressed again. Makes me think, "Hey Sumner, better start getting shit done now, as in right now, before you're geriatric and have to hire someone to change your diaper."
Lovely, huh?
Plus, the entire time I was watching the movie I was distracted by the thought that there weren't nearly enough strings tied to the fireplace considering how many balloons there were. That detail was greatly overlooked, Pixar.
Call me crazy.
i got yo crazy.
