| | |This tear-jerking, pro-family Pixar animation stars Carl Fredricksen, an elderly widower balloon salesman who is about to be forced off his land but refuses to sell his house (likely promoting individualism triumphing over a liberal collectivist government). Carl ties thousands of balloons to his house and sets off on the South American vacation that he promised his wife Ellie while she was still alive, showing the inherent sacredness of marriage and how it should be continuously honored even after a spouse dies. In the end, he adopts young Russell, a fatherless Wilderness Explorer (a spoof of the Boy Scouts) who joins him on his adventure, as his surrogate grandson, which celebrates family unity. The film takes a light jab at divorce, too, as it is implied that Russell's parents no longer live together, leaving the boy heartbroken until Carl adopts him. Lastly, an overarching theme of the film states that a person is never too old or too young to follow his or her dreams. | | |This tear-jerking, pro-family Pixar animation stars Carl Fredricksen, an elderly widower balloon salesman who is about to be forced off his land but refuses to sell his house (likely promoting individualism triumphing over a liberal collectivist government). Carl ties thousands of balloons to his house and sets off on the South American vacation that he promised his wife Ellie while she was still alive, showing the inherent sacredness of marriage and how it should be continuously honored even after a spouse dies. In the end, he adopts young Russell, a fatherless Wilderness Explorer (a spoof of the Boy Scouts) who joins him on his adventure, as his surrogate grandson, which celebrates family unity. The film takes a light jab at divorce, too, as it is implied that Russell's parents no longer live together, leaving the boy heartbroken until Carl adopts him. Lastly, an overarching theme of the film states that a person is never too old or too young to follow his or her dreams. |