We’ve been blown away by the beauty and the captivating characters of UP, Disney*Pixar’s newest movie to hit the home-entertainment stands in full force today, November 10th. When it came out in theaters, amongst critical buzz and massive audience approval, and took its righteous first place at the box office on its opening weekend, I was acting nonchalant as if I really didn’t care that I didn’t yet have an excuse to take my then toddler girl to the movies. But, now, I can lose my aloofness and admit I was the excited one when our screener copy was sent to our house so we could watch and write our review. Yep, movie night has been every night (and some occasional mornings) since then. And globos (balloons) has been the favorite word coming out my girl’s mouth for the last week.
The lightness represented by the tons of colorful globos that lift up 78-year-old Carl Fredricksen’s house and transport him, along with Russell-an uninvited, over-enthusiastic 8-year-old, to South America in search of new adventures is felt throughout the whole movie. How is it possible that something so light and airy as balloons, even if it is thousands of them, can lift up a bolted house? A house so full and heavy with memories of a lifetime lived together and of those unlived dreams that never cease to motivate us. The balloons are Carl’s desires and dreams, which never, not even with age, should die. He just needs a strong force, and a dead-end of sorts, to push him to use his innate talent as a balloon salesman to conjure up the plan which sets this story in motion.
As much as Carl wants to avoid change and remain inflexible, he’s constantly challenged by the whimsical and humorous characters in his journey. There are many valuable life lessons magically interweave within a powerful and action-filled story your kids will devour, making UP one of the most honest, comical and heartfelt animated movies of our times.
On the technical aspect, we’re very pleased to see the thought and effort that has gone into the Spanish version of the movie. Not only are the voice-actors first class, but they’ve also translated on the animation itself any visible text to Spanish. So you actually hear and read the whole experience in Spanish, feeling as if that was the only version there was! Very thankful for that. Oh, yeah, the “talking” pack of dogs were a hit, too!
This is one movie that’s destined to become a classic, so make sure you get your copy. Starting today, UP is available in a four-disc Blu-ray Combo Pack and a two-disc DVD package. Both include DisneyFile, a digital copy of the movie that can be downloaded to your computer and viewed on an assortment of electronic devices. For extra entertainment, Disney Home Entertainment has enhanced both the Blu-ray and the DVDs with very cool bonus features.
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A Giveaway!!
This giveaway is now closed. Thanks to Random.org the winner is #25-Judy Brittle. Congratulations!
We’re giving away one four-disc Combo Pack (Blu-ray, DVD, Disney File and bonus features) to a lucky winner. For your chance to win leave a comment telling us where you would like to be lifted up and away to by a ton of dream-filled balloons.
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This giveaway ends Sunday, November 15th at midnight EST.
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I dream of going to Australia.
I want to be lifted up to touch the rainbows in the sky.
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I’d like to be lifted up and plopped down in the middle of the beach some where.
I wish balloon would take me up and away to somewhere warm – how about Cancun! Thanks!
I would love to go to the Igazu Falls in South America, much like the characters in UP!
I want to go back to Costa Rica! Every time I think of this movie, I think of the balloon boy.
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I’d like to be lifted UP and away to Hawaii.
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Pennsylvania would be just about perfect for me.
I would love to go to Chile with my whole family!
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sent out a tweet from mamitati! I love, love this movie!!!
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I would love to fly to Hawaii
I would float up to heaven to see my Savior, Jesus, and my daughter who passed away 3 years ago. Oh what a glorious day that would be!
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I would like to lifted up to the Sphinx in Egypt.
I would love to be lifted to Casa Rio my favorite restaurant in San Antonio.
I would go to New York and land on the Liberty Torch.
I would fly off to Vegas. Thank you so much!
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I’d like to be lifted away to Hawaii. It would be so nice.
I would love to be lifted to Panamá. It’s been about 8 years since I’ve seen mis tías y primas. What a fun way to go!
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I would take my whole family and fly to Italy to a city where there are no clocks and you can seat and drink a capuchino for hours
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to Havana, Cuba
I would like the balloon to take me to a white sandy beach with cool blue water in Mexico!
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I would love to plopped on a deserted island
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Wow, lots of entrants this time around. Well, where do I start? Anywhere! Machu Pichu, the Galapagos, Majorca, Australia, Tahiti, Thailand…let’s just take a trip around the world, shall we?? I wish!
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I would love to get carried away to Aruba. I have not been there in a few years and I love it so very much.
Up, up, up and away to … Austrailia, perhaps?
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Whoops…typo (baby-brain, I guess). It should say Australia.
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I’m really lucky… I get lifted up a lot by big fuel-burning “smokers” (747s usually) and travel to amazing destinations. So… if I had a chance to get lifted UP and away by dream-filled balloons instead… then I’d choose a ROUND-TRIP to “el cielo” to see “mi papito” again.
we would like to head back to austrailia
I would love to be lifted up and away to Tuscany!
I like the United States Of America..WE have everything we need right here!
A tropical deserted island with a warm, sandy beach.
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I would like it to drop me in the middle of Disneyland. Thanks for the chance.
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Where do I want to be lifted away? Where I want to go doesn’t exist. It’s a place where my family and friends can finally get along. A place where my 2 aunts never had breast cancer and where my fraternity brother isn’t fighting for his life. It’s a place where I’m not afraid to walk outside and be afraid of being challenged by others. This place may not exist, but I can make it happen. I want to be lifted away to a great future where my family and friends are there for me and vice versa.
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somewhere warm and sunny… hey! Disneyland sounds great! lol
I would love to be taken away to Ireland!
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tahiti, or somewhere else in the south pacific
Lifted up and away? Oh, I don’t think so! I have a fear of flying! hahaha I guess if I didn’t have that irrational fear I’d want to be lifted to my family in VA. Haven’t seen them for 2 years.
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I would love to be lifted up and away to a trip in Hawaii for a week.
A week of nothing but relaxing by the ocean.
Thank you so much for the chance to win.
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I want to be lifted up and carried away to Hawaii in the 1950s, before it was so commercialized and still pristine. Thanks for the give-up-UP-and-away!
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I would like to be lifted up and away to by a ton of dream-filled balloons over miles and miles of the countryside and the ocean
I would like to be lifted up and away to a nice warm beach in Hawaii.
I’d want the house I have now uplifted back to where we previously lived in Atlanta.
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It could take me to Jackson Hole Wyoming
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I would love to be UP lifted to Disney World to take my 23 month old daughter to enjoy Mickey, live, for her first time!
I would love to be lifted away to Italy!
I’d love to be lifted up and taken to Alaska-I’ve always wanted to go there- but it’s an expensive place for us to travel to.
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I blogged about it #1
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I blogged about it # 2 I forgot to put the link in the previous one, however your comment luv, is showing it
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I’d go to Morroco
Thanks!
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I’d like to be lifted up and away to The Bahamas, cause I dream of crystal clear water and white sandy beaches…
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Oahu! =)
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always wanted to go to hawaii!
Japan for me
Spain, Mexico or Latin America with los niños in tow so we could really live this language for awhile!
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I’d like my house and family to be lifted UP and set down right beside the ocean so we could always hear the surf and feel the breeze from the sea.
Kauai, Hawaii!
I would love to be up up and lifted away to a place filled with peace and quiet. Do you think a place like that is around? I know I need to find it soon.
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Hawaii would be my dream
I would like to lifted Up and away to Hawaii.
I would love to be lifted to Australia so I could explore the Great Barrier Reef.
I’d love to be lifted over to meet my MIL in England! We get on so well and it’d be lovely to bring back some real chocolate (and a few other things
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I would love to be lifted up to Las Vegas as that is where my sister and daughter are living…
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I’d love to have some “globos” transport me to the little house I have on a tiny island off the coast of Honduras. It is a pure paradise there- very wild and undiscovered so far- but I am too ill to live there right now because there are no doctors or any medical facilities on the island and the coast is a long boatride away.
So I truly do just DREAM abut it. This is a great giveaway. Thanks.
Someplace tropical would be great!!!
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I’d love to be carried away to Bali!
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would love to win this!I think I would love to be carried to Italy.
i would wish to be lifted up to albuquerque, new mexico, where my 2 daughters and granddaughter are, as i have not seen them except for webcam for 3 years
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How fun. It would be nice to win this video.
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We want our house to land on the sunny sand covered shore of Hawaii (at least for a week or two!)
I would like to be carried away to New Zealand!
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ive always wanted to go to australia!!!!!!!
Take me away … to Italy or Spain!
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I’d like to be lifted away to Hawaii
I would go back to Spain.
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I’d like to go to hawaii.
Germany. I’ve always wanted to take a trip down the Rhein river to see all of the castles there and maybe even visit some of the areas where my ancestors lived.
I would have to be lifted away to Paris
I would love to be lifted up and taken to Hawaii.
I would love to be lifted away to a warm, sunny beach somewhere.
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My kids would love it.
Mount Rushmore!