Wednesday, March 18, 2015

Movie Review Up


MOVIE FACTS

Initial release: May 29,2009

Director: Pete Docter

Music composed by: Michael Giacchino

Notable Awards:  Academy Award for Best Animated Feature Film, Academy Award for Best Original Music Score, Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film, Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Animated Feature, Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score, BAFTA Award for Best Film Music, BAFTA Award for Best Animated Film


Score given by Film Critics Circles -
8.3/10-IMDb
98%-Rotten Tomatoes



CAST 
(Credit : Wikipedia)

  • Edward Asner as Carl Fredricksen 
  • Christopher Plummer as Charles F. Muntz
  • Jordan Nagai as Russell
  • Bob Peterson as Dug
  • Pete Docter as Kevin
  • Delroy Lindo as Beta, a Rottweiler
  • Jerome Ranft as Gamma
  • John Ratzenberger as Tom, a construction worker who asks if Carl is ready to sell his house
  • David Kaye as the newsreel announcer
  • Danny Mann as Steve, a construction worker who Carl injures because he accidentally wrecked his mailbox



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If I have to be honest,I do not have much interest in couples.Rather,it appears half silly and half useless to me (most of the time).But not after I watched Up.Not until I watched Carl and Ellie could I realise two lives could be so well related.And despite being such an irrational topic,I could not pick out any flaws in the content.I think this is one of the best movies I have ever come across and I have no complaints here,regarding anything.


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ABOUT THE MOVIE  (Credit : Wikipedia)

As a young boy, Carl idolized explorer Charles F. Muntz. Muntz has been accused of fabricating the skeleton of a giant bird he says that he discovered in Paradise Falls, and vows to return there to capture one alive. One day, Carl befriends Ellie, who is also a Muntz fan. She confides to Carl her desire to move her "clubhouse" — an abandoned house in the neighborhood — to a cliff overlooking Paradise Falls. Carl and Ellie eventually get married and grow old together in the restored house. Though they planned to have children together, Ellie is diagnosed as infertile. Carl therefore wants to fulfill their promise of travel to South America, repeatedly pooling their savings for a trip to Paradise Falls. An elderly Carl finally arranges for the trip, but Ellie suddenly becomes ill and dies.


Some time later, Carl still lives in the house when he accidentally injures a construction worker over damage to his mailbox, and a court orders him to move to a retirement home. However, Carl comes up with a scheme to keep his promise to Ellie: he turns his house into a makeshift airship, using thousands of helium balloons. Russell, a young Wilderness Explorer becomes an accidental passenger in his effort to earn his final merit badge for assisting the elderly.

After surviving a thunderstorm, the house lands near a ravine facing Paradise Falls. Carl and Russell harness themselves to the still-buoyant house and begin to walk it around the ravine, hoping to reach the falls before the balloons deflate. They later befriend a tall, colorful flightless bird (whom Russell names "Kevin") trying to reach her chicks, and a dog named Dug, who wears a special collar that allows him to speak.

Carl and Russell encounter a pack of dogs led by Alpha, and are taken to Dugs master, who turns out to be an elderly Charles Muntz. Muntz invites Carl and Russell aboard his dirigible, the "Spirit of Adventure" where he explains that he has spent the years since his disgrace searching Paradise Falls for the giant bird. When Russell notes the birds similarity to Kevin, Muntz then becomes hostile, prompting the pair to flee with Kevin and Dug. Muntz catches up with them and starts a fire beneath Carls house, forcing Carl to choose between saving it or Kevin. Carl rushes to put out the fire, allowing Muntz to take the bird. Carl and Russell eventually reach the falls, though Russell is disappointed in Carl over his decision to abandon Kevin.

Settling into his home, Carl looks through Ellies childhood scrapbook; finding photos of their happy marriage added into it, along with a note from Ellie thanking him for the "adventure" and encouraging him to go have a new one. Reinvigorated, he goes to find Russell, only to see him sailing off on some balloons to save Kevin. Carl empties the house of furniture and possessions, lightening it, and pursues him.

Russell is captured by Muntz, but Carl manages to board the dirigible in flight and free both Russell and Kevin. Dug defeats Alpha and become the dogs new leader. Muntz pursues them around the airship, finally cornering Dug, Kevin, and Russell inside Carls tethered house. Carl lures Kevin out through a window and back onto the airship with Dug and Russell clinging to her back, just as Muntz is about to close in; Muntz leaps after them, only to snag his foot on some balloon lines and fall to his death. The house then descends out of sight through the clouds.

Carl and Russell reunite Kevin with her chicks, then fly the dirigible back to the city. Carl presents Russell with his final badge: a grape soda cap that Ellie gave to Carl when they first met and made their promise. The two then enjoy some ice cream together. Meanwhile, Carls house is shown to have landed on the cliff beside Paradise Falls, as promised to Ellie.


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MOVIE REVIEW

The movie will always be an all time favourite despite being based on a love story and being too irrational.The main reason that makes this movie so impressive is the Spirit of Adventure (that is yet to be indentured within us).You can watch Married Life by clicking on this link.Another thing I really like about the movie is on how ordinary the couples life was,yet there was no compromise in their love life.Ellies love for South America and her dream to go there,to Paradise Falls which is termed as A Land Lost in Time was really nice.(In case you are a regular reader,you shall be knowing my feelings about South America.)Each time while cleaning window panes,while tying the tie,while selling balloons and while going to the hill top,through sorrow and through happiness - two things were always existent : their rediscovering of each other and the spirit of adventure.When Ellie realises her time has come,she hands over her My Adventure Book to Carl after which Carl is seen to be sitting in the dark with the blue balloon that has been focused on right from when the movie began.The two tickets to he bought for a trip to Brazil were never utilised.After Ellies death,Russell was the point of attention.Kevin,Dug were nice side touches.And Russell was an absolute pleasure.There seriously is nothing you cannot like about Ellie and Russell in the movie.The perfection is beyond words.While the commentary on Charles Muntz was going on,with The Grand Canyon,little Carl is shown to jump over the littlest creek possible in a roadway.With The Himalayas,he tries to get over a residual part of a tree stub,but fails.And it was too cute to watch these and little Carl and Ellie together.Towards the end of the movie,Carl hands over the Grape Soda batch he used to wear after Ellies death to Russell and he exclaims a "Wow!" and it was seriously amazing. Even after the movie ends,the new My Adventure Book is shown to have photographs of Russell (mainly) and other neighbourhood scout achievers,Dug,Dugs girl,Dugs puppies and soda bottle caps pinned like batches with some other batches with leaves,fruits,bugs,balloons,thread,dried flowers,coffee stains,dog bone. etc.Russells drawings are shown with captions beside a Penguin saying "Is he wearing a tuxedo?" and a caption beside a beetle reading "actual size".Finally,it ends with the song The Spirit of Adventure and I must say Michael Giacchino has done a great job with the music throughout the movie.The movie is a must watch for everyone,from every age,from every country and may be planet.Watch this and I have no doubts that you are going to find at least something that is motivational from here.If you are not too complaining about the scientific failures and can enjoy the emotions,then do watch this.



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SCREENPLAY AND PHOTOGRAPHY- 4.8/5
MUSIC - 4.8/5
SCIENTIFIC ACCURACY - 4.4/5 
STORYLINE - 5/5
ACTORS PERFORMANCE - 5/5

AS A MOVIE - {(24/25) * 100 %} = 96%


Disclaimer - The photographs used above do not belong to me.Credits have been mentioned at places where information has been gathered from external sources.

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Mosquito larvae






Our unusually wet summer has provided plenty of opportunities for breeding mosquitoes, with water butts and containers retaining pools of water all through the year. The water butt attached to our greenhouse has been swarming with culicine mosquito larvae.




The larvae hang from the surface film, breathing through a  siphon tube, which you can see in this image on the tail of the larva; you can see a small bubble of air attached to the siphon tip. The tiniest disturbance of the surface film sends the larvae wriggling down into the depths.























For images of an adult culicine mosquito, click here and here.


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Make your eye colour lighter with honey

How to make your eye colour lighter: honey

Can you make your eyes a little bit lighter with honey? Some people believe in the power of honey and use it on their eyes for a lighter eye colour. Of course, it is interesting to know how and why honey lightens up the eye colour. Is it true or just a myth? Lets find out if honey really lightens up your eye colour.

Honey change your eye colour?

Youve probably heard about honey. Just a few drops of honey mixed with some water will change your eye colour from darker brown to a more subtle lighter brown. Some people claim that it should change your eye colour just very slightly when you use it on a frequently basis. 

Eye colour is determined by your genes


Lets get it over with: no it wont work

Honey does not change your eye colour in a more subtle, ligther or even brighter colour. Your eye colour is determined by your genes (dna). If you have genes responsible for brown eyes, your eyes turn brown. You can not change your colour just by putting honey on your eyes. Actually, what you are doing is putting honey on your cornea. There are no pigment (eumelanin) cells in your cornea so no change in eye colour is possible. 

Is honey dangerous for your eyes?

Is honey harmful for your eyes? Well, normally it is not very harmful when it is pure and not contaminated. Of course, honey will not lighten your eyes. Honey has a natural anti bacterial effect. For this reason people use it as a treatment on their eyes (eye traumas or pink eye). 

Read more: Eyecolour and honey: a bad idea?
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Jaws


Cue sinister music: here’s the animal with the most formidable jaws currently living in my water butt. Strictly speaking it’s an omnivore, dining on algae as well as other animal life, but it has impressive chewing equipment. It’s the larval stage of a chironomid midge – one of those little midges that form dancing swarms at dusk – and it’s the third commonest organism in the water butt at the moment, after the euglenoids and Vorticella (see previous posts). It’s about a millimetre long. The adults do not bite and are unable to feed, so have very short lives - just long enough to mate and lay a gelatinous string of eggs on the surface of still water.
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Who were Bonnie and Clyde

On 24th May 1934, in Louisiana, USA, a car was driving fast along a country road.
A young man was behind the wheel.
Sitting next to him was a young woman.
She was smoking a large cigar and she had a machine gun on her knees.
Suddenly there were gun shots.
The car crashed into the side of the road.

The police had killed the famous gangsters, Bonnie and Clyde.

Bonnie Parker was a waitress until she met Clyde Barrow. Together they travelled around, stealing cars and breaking into houses.
Money was easy, life was fun.
Then their crimes became more serious-bank robbery and murder.
Once, Clyde was caught and sent to prison for two years. Bonnie smuggled a gun into the prison and he used it to escape.

After that they formed a gang called the Barrow Gang. 

 

The gang broke into a government building and stole guns which they used in more robberies and murders.
Bonnie and Clyde became famous all over the USA and the police were determined to catch them.
The police had a long list of crimes charged against Clyde — stealing cars, kidnapping, bank robberies and about six murders.
On that day in May, the police were ready.
They were waiting when the car drove past.
They shot hundreds of bullets into the car.
Bonnie and Clyde fell out, dead.
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The Invasion of Gaza Live Example of American Invasion and genocide in the 21st century

"Did you see the frightened ones
Did you hear the falling bombs
Did you ever wonder
Why we had to run for shelter
When the promise of a brave new world

Unfurled beneath a clear blue sky ?"
- Goodbye Blue Sky,The Wall,Pink Floyd

I never spoke on religious bias before anywhere in the blog.But its time I will have to open my mouth.If the victims would have been the Jews today,they would have spent millions in printing out banners that this was terrorism - but not when they are Palestinians,not when they are Arabs,not when they are Lebanese,not when they are Syrians.WHY?Muslims are from nowhere but earth,they have the same blood that flows through our body,they breathe in the same Oxygen and exhale the same Carbon dioxide.They eat,they drink,they play,they love - the same human beings they are - homo sapiens.Then why these disparities the world over?

DO YOU KNOW THE ONLY COUNTRY WHO CREATE THE BASE,FUND AND INCITE MUSLIM TERRORIST ORGANISATIONS?

THE FRAUD OF ALL TIMES,THE BIGGEST TERRORIST OF THE PAST HALF CENTURY AND THE CURRENT ONE,ITS UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.


Israel has already killed more than a thousand people in Gaza Strip and I do not know how is the feeling of the victims of war,it is not possible to unless you are one,yourself.But millions of people on earth are unable to take it anymore.It is just impossible to.If you did catch up with Al Jazeera today and a past few days,you shall know what I mean.They captured a murder,a live murder today - the man in the green shirt who was lying on the debris and the bullet shots could be heard in the background until it got to silence.I do not know how those little children are bearing the heck of it every day,every moment.

I created a video today with one of Pink Floyds best revolutionary works - In The Flesh.It directly attacks the Jews and in a bold,direct way which is what I want right now.A bold,direct way of  attacking Jews.I am past caring who is protesting in there and who is not.There is no way left I can forgive those bastards,from any ideal,any side.They do not understand anything except war or waving their tails to please America.I am hell tired of their approach towards all international warnings for menacing Gaza and I am sure by now that they do not have anything human in them .I have posted the video here and on my YouTube Channel and on IOPS as well.I totally mean the last line of the song and agree with Roger Waters on it.I am glad he has been protesting against these 21st century genocides.I just hope no one in history ever,ever forgives Israel. 


              

Raise a voice against such injustice.Raise your voice against Israel and United States of America.
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History of Hospitals First Hospital In The World

The need for care of the weak and sick exists ever since the earliest days of human society. However, people much later came to the idea to set up a hospital.
Old Greeks for example, didnt had any public institution for the care of the sick. Some doctors had their rooms for operation, in which they could do their job, but they were so small that they could accommodate only one patient.
Romans at the time of the wars founded hospitals in which they treated the wounded and sick soldiers. Later, also the larger cities of the Roman Empire got hospitals that were maintained with resources from public funds.
With the rise of Christianity, the church took care of patients, and the largest number of hospitals in the Middle Ages was under the auspices of the monasteries, so that the priests and nuns cared for the patients.
Custom traveling to pilgrimage also helped the establishment of hospitals.
Traveling to places of pilgrimage took long time, and the pilgrims had rest in small guestrooms (inns) on the roads. These inns were associated with monasteries and took over the care of the sick and weary travelers.
Since the conditions of life in the Middle Ages were not especial, and the hygiene was poor, the hospitals of that era were dirty and disorganized. Many hospitals were overcrowded, so it happened that more than one patient lied in one bed.
In the 17th century general living conditions improved and the people felt that the state is obligated to take care of its ill residents.
But only in the 18th Century, general public hospitals begin to open in the larger European cities.
In North America, the first hospital was erected by Cortes in Mexico in 1524.
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