http://www.kategriffin.net/2009/11/19/up/ Fantasy Author Kate Griffin Fri, 03 Sep 2010 18:29:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://www.kategriffin.net/2009/11/19/up/comment-page-1/#comment-89 AdrianH Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:17:58 +0000 http://www.kategriffin.net/?p=361#comment-89 Not many things in film or on TV get me emotional, although plenty gets me angry, and I try to avoid watching any of the junk telly on Saturday evenings that are likely to have me frothing and yelling colourful abuse at the screen, but UP's opening twenty minutes or so really had me very upset; it just encapsulated the sense of a life that never fully achieved what was wished for, but was filled with a total love between two people that was cut cruelly short. Just thinking about it now brings a lump to my throat. Perfect script writing and storytelling, that is rarely achieved in film, IMHO. Not many things in film or on TV get me emotional, although plenty gets me angry, and I try to avoid watching any of the junk telly on Saturday evenings that are likely to have me frothing and yelling colourful abuse at the screen, but UP’s opening twenty minutes or so really had me very upset; it just encapsulated the sense of a life that never fully achieved what was wished for, but was filled with a total love between two people that was cut cruelly short. Just thinking about it now brings a lump to my throat. Perfect script writing and storytelling, that is rarely achieved in film, IMHO.

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