Corrected entry: Even with creative license, it's too much to accept that Carl could have got the house ready to fly within 12 hours. That's one balloon every two seconds including getting every string cut to a different length, somehow stuffing them all down the chimney, installing a steering system, and finishing all the other things he did before take off.
BocaDavie
2nd Dec 2010
Up (2009)
17th Jul 2010
Up (2009)
Corrected entry: In the beginning sequences of Up, young Carl is reading in bed up in the attic bedroom by flashlight after he had his accident. He's sitting up in bed with the flashlight pointed at the book. Yet his face and the pillow are lit up as if there's another light pointing toward his face from under the covers. And the light is so strong that it casts a bright glow out the window in the first exterior shot, but a later shot shows it's dark in the room next to the window. And how does young Ellie send a balloon up the side of the house and teach it to make a 90 degree turn into the bedroom window? Or if she's already up there, how did she know that it's Carl's window, and how did she climb up without making any noise, finding footholds where there are none shown? Finally, when she leaves, she jumps out the window and lands on something solid about 2 feet below the windowsill (her head is still visible). Realistically she would have fallen to her death from that height.
Correction: One submission at a time, please. The flashlight is bright enough to reflect light back onto Carl from the book. It is inferred that after they show the exterior of the house Ellie puts a ladder against it to climb to Carl's window, look inside to confirm he's there, push the balloon level into the room, then jump back onto the ladder when exiting.
24th Aug 2010
Up (2009)
Corrected entry: Why use a hammer to smash all those large glass coin-jars? Carl's risking their skins and eyes from flying shards, and then further injuries while picking up the money that ends up full of sharp glass pieces. He should have just turned the jars upside down. Also, it's strange they expect to pay for major damage to the house (tree crushing the roof) using a few dollars in coins. They must have had insurance - so the glass smashing was just creative license.
Correction: 1. It's very difficult to get change out of a jar. Whenever you turn it over the mass of coins clogs the small opening. 2. There must have been significant frustration involved. Despite their sunny disposition Carl and Ellie must put off their dream trip everytime something goes wrong. 3. No way to tell if they had insurance and even if they did, they could have a huge deductable. 4. Yes, it's creative license. Perfectly acceptable.
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Correction: True, there's no way he could have done it himself. Nor could he have designed and constructed a support system to lift the entire house using the log holder in the fireplace or obtained thousands of balloons, dozens of helium tanks and the massive tarp to hold them in the middle of the night. He must have had many people helping him, perhaps Ellie's whole family and everyone he worked with at the zoo. They never show any of the set-up process, so it's impossible to say how may people helped him or how he accomplished it in so little time.
BocaDavie ★
As depressing as it may be, most of Ellie's family is probably dead. She dies as an old lady but from illness. We can assume that Carl and Ellie were the same age, so around their 60s or 70s, which means that her parents could possibly be alive. It's been a while since I watched it but she could have siblings, nieces or nephews. Other than that all dead.