Frame by Frame

Dropped by Fenton's today to check out the launch party for "Up" on blu-ray and dvd. I got to meet Ricky Nierva, the production designer. I'd listened to his splinecast a few times, so it was cool to meet him. He knows my mentor Jon Collins, and said AM was an awesome program and to keep at it. Anyways, to round it off, I got a nice drawing of Carl and his signature.

And just to brighten up everyone's day, I went to Fenton's (as seen in UP, and yes, it is a real place if you didn't know) and I found this hanging on the wall. Yup, that's Carl, Russel, and Dug sitting in front of Pixar's rendition of Fenton's in their "UP" world. If that picture doesn't put a smile on your face, I don't know what will.

There I go again, ignoring the blog for a couple of weeks. Don't worry I have a good excuse though! Ok maybe it's not that good. So what happened was that I went and saw "Up" in 3D the day it opened in theaters. I was pretty blown away by the movie and was meaning to blog about it. But then I got lazy, and decided that I would do it after I saw the movie during the next weekend with my friend. We ended up not seeing it until today though, so now I'm finally here. Unfortunately I don't actually have that much to say about the movie. I've never written a review before, and there are tons more out there to read, so on the off chance you haven't seen the movie yet (if you haven't, go NOW), or read a review, I'll just say this. Brilliant. Pixar movies always seem to improve upon themselves on multiple viewings. At least for me anyways. You get a chance for your eyes to wander the screen a bit more, and you often find some deeper meanings in the stor...