Definitely one of Pixars best films, but the beginning has to be one of the most emotional montages ever put in an animated film

I know the first 10 minutes of the movie is what makes everyone tear up…..if you have a soul lol. But the part that gets me is him looking through her adventure book and seeing all the memories they had together and the end she wrote..”thanks for the adventure. Now go have a new one”. EVERY DAMN TIME! 😭

Before I was born, my parents used to friendly argue over who would get to die first. They ended up playing a card game to decide it. My Mom won the the game. At her funeral, my Dad told me the story and said that he had been unlucky at cards, but lucky in love. Made me realize what a romantic my Dad is.

24:17 It tugs at the heartstrings even MORE when you look back at the scene where an elderly Ellie was in her hospital bed, right before her funeral. Just before she gives the Adventure Book to Carl, you can see that she has craft supplies on the nightstand next to her. She wrote this last note to Carl ON her deathbed, because she knew it was the most important final thing she had to say to him.

We are experiencing a canon event

The wind blowing in her hair when she finds out she is unable to have kids is single handedly the most beautiful, yet heartbreaking moments in animation.

UP and WALL-E are my 2 favorite Pixar movies, emotional for very different reasons, but great life lessons.

I'll never forget watching this movie in the theater. My wife's really good friend from several states over came to visit and they were having a girls night out. Her husband, who I had only met once, was looking to have a guys night out. So the husband and I go eat pizza at the Mellow Mushroom and he goes, man let's go see a movie. I'm all like, hell yeah, there's Terminator Salvation, or the new Star Trek movie. He goes, well the new Pixar movie is out, and both of us being graphic designers thought this would be a good one to catch. Fast forward a bit to the the first 15 minutes of this movie and you have two grown ass men who barely know each other with tears streaming down their faces. Great memory of this movie.

everyone always talks about the opening montage but the part that always gets me is the "thanks for the adventure- now go have a new one" 😭 i bawl every time

This is the first time I really realized the significance of Russell's story about counting cars with his dad. I always just saw it as foreshadowing for the final scene with Carl, but I never really heard the line "I think the boring stuff is the stuff I remember the most". We spend 5-ish minutes watching "the boring stuff" of Carl and Ellie's marriage and it's the most endearing, sweet, beautiful, heart-wrenching story in the whole movie. Thanks, Russell, for reminding us to appreciate the simple beauty of living.

The opening of this movie is a better love story than 99% of movies out there.

Up is the definition of “It’s not about the destination it’s about the journey.”

I'm an old man now, and this movie, and you reacting to this movie rip my guts out and make me cry my eyes out too. Having lost the love of my life already it hits extra hard.

Natale: "He didn't deserve to get hit like that." Also Natale, one minute earlier: "Anyone breaks that mailbox, and I'm gonna kill em'!"

My wife and I used to discuss who would die first.. we both finally agreed that I had to, because I was already disabled, and she would finally get to travel... Last June cancer took her from me. Life does not always work out as we plan. They say that if you want to make God laugh, tell Him YOUR plans.

She went first. The big C. Most of my friends are gone as well as family. My kitty died last week. Hit on the road. Medical problems are growing. So yeah, very thankful for this film and especially your awesome reaction. Thank you.

I also love the contrast of Carl against the bad guy: Charles Muntz renounced all his life for chasing the thing he couldn't acomplish, and he's willing to kill a kid to get it, so at the end he gets dragged down by the memories of the past (literally, by being dragged down by the house) while Carl is letting them go in order to save Russell.

This movie has a special place in my heart. When it came out, my girlfriend and I had just gotten the news that she can't get pregnant, and that it's because of a degenerate disease that will eventually be lethal. So when we sat together and watched Ellie and Carl getting that terrible news hit us hard. But the rest of the movie of them being together, AND Carl being there for kids that aren't his, gave us new goals in live, in terms of being there for other people's kids. We are now proud aunt and uncle to a whole bunch of neices and nephews.

My mom just turned 80 recently, and lost my stepdad two years ago today. This movie gave her a tremendous amount of hope while she was grieving & mourning, especially the last page of Ellie's adventure book. Pixar is the best for stories with heart!

"I have just met you and I LOVE you!" "We are friends temporarily." All those dog lines are SO pure & funny! Also, did you NOTICE that when the dog "fighter planes" were identifying themselves (like the Rebel starfighters from Star Wars approaching the Death Star), they ALL identified themselves as "GRAY "? Wonderfully subtle joke referencing how dogs are color blind!

The first minutes of this movie will always be DEVASTATING no matter how many times one watches it. I still have the memory of watching this with my mom at the cinema engraved in my brain, I tried to keep the tears in and then I saw my mom straight up sobbing next to me.

Top scenes that make me cry by animated movies .. Up - first scene Toy Story 2 - “when she loved me” scene Dumbo - “baby mine” scene King fu Panda 2 - Mama Panda hiding Po Grave of the Fireflies - “Whole Movie”

26:37 Natalie's face! This is simultaneously adorable and DEVIOUS! (I still feel guilty when I pretend to throw the ball for my doggo when I really didn't. Don't worry, I still throw it for him and praise him for being a good boy when he brings it back!)

Kevin mimicking Carl is one of my favorite animated moments of any film; I laugh at that every time.

No one: Absolutely no one: Pixar: *gut punch* "OH WERE YOU HAVING A GOOD DAY, I DIDN'T GET THE MEMO"

Fun fact: UP is one of three animated films to ever be nominated for best picture in the Oscars, along with The Beauty and the Beast and Toy Story 3

I'm disabled, and I rely heavily on my mom. We have the "who will go first" conversations. Neither of us can imagine a life without each other.

The way the animators used the color pink towards the end of The Beautifully Sad Montage™ is so genius (and heartbreaking). In the hospital you can see the pink is very soft, very pale; meaning that she's near the end of her life. She's very frail and weakened. Then at the funeral the pink is super saturated; he's saying goodbye. It's the last time they'll be together. The last time he'll feel her presence. And finally when he walks back to his house; the pink is fading away and upwards. She's gone to a better place. The hint of the pink of the side of house like she's caressing her love's cheek one last time. And now i'm crying again :')

This is the best use of animation: not just to show silly pictures, but to create images more powerful and emotional than you can get filming actors on sets.

Natalie, I would like to thank you for what you do. I'm a 52 year old man with no children and never married. I live alone and rarely do social things. As such, I've never been one to be outwardly emotional. However, cinema is the one place where my emotions will overcome me. Getting to watch you experience some of these films that have affected me so deeply lets me feel all of those things again. Watching you break down over Up, Serenity, Infinity War, etc. makes me feel more human because I break down all over again with you. So thank you for being an emotional guide. You might think that you're just watching movies and talking about them. But for me, at least, it's much much more.

The opening with their lives together is such an amazing and beautiful bit of visual story telling. You get everything that happens, and don't need any dialogue to help you understand it. One of the best "show, don't tell" pieces of film making I have ever laid eyes on.

21:50 CinemaTherapy helped me realize the true lesson of the movie, and it's this- The "boring stuff" you do in life with those you love is what you'll remember and treasure more than any grand adventure or huge plan you could do with them. Carl had planned to take Ellie to Paradise Falls their whole lives, and she sadly didn't get to live to go with him. But the whole montage in the first 10 minutes of the movie WERE Ellie's greatest adventure: her life happily and lovingly married to Carl. They worked together at the zoo; Carl was the balloon artist and Ellie was the tropical/exotic bird specialist (which was also a clever setup for the house flying and for Kevin.) They were never particularly wealthy, but they made each other happy and they grew old comfortably together. They never had their own kid, but their jobs at the zoo made the children who visited very happy. Russel (with his round, colorful shape language and chatty nature both just like Ellie's) made him the son Carl and Ellie never had. Carl was resistant to all that because he was going to take the house to the top of Paradise Falls and just... wait to die. He knew he was old and had given up on life. He set out on what he thought was his last mission in life, to bring Ellie/the house to Paradise Falls, and just wait out the rest of his days there. But Russel's crash-landing into Carl's life caused him to let it all go and continue his life. And by the way, Russel says "Well, I gotta help you cross *something*." And he did. He helped Carl "cross his heart" with Ellie, because the house still ended up at the top of the Falls in the end. The Elderly Assistance Badge Russel wanted would be on the empty space in his sash, and the empty spot was right over his heart. And he wanted to earn the badge because of the pinning ceremony, where "all the dads come." He wanted his dad's attention and affection, but his dad's new partner Willis wouldn't let it happen for whatever reason. Being a child of divorce is really tough (I'm speaking from experience) and you still love your parent(s) even if they're not together anymore. Russel finally got that father figure and Carl got fulfillment, both from their time together.

Anyone else click immediately to see Nat cry from the intro? 😂💀

As someone who lost his childhood home to a bank I can tell you most people say "it's just a house" but it still hurts because your memories are in it in some weird way. No house ever felt like a home like that house did.

The rooster thing with the compass is called a weather vane. A lot of houses had them in the old days, especially farm houses, and they of course point the direction of the wind.

Everyone always talks about the first 10 minutes but also don't remember how great the ending of Carl going through the adventure book is aswell

I'm of the opinion that the scene where he sees the scrapbook filled up with the events of their marriage is more cry inducing than the opening.

My girlfriend and I attended a Pixar in Concert show in NY years ago. Basically an orchestra playing along to the movie with just music, no dialogue. They did UP and after the first section, there wasn't a dry eye in the house. Just shows you how much the music and score matter in movies.

This movie means so much to me. My soulmate and I really enjoyed this movie and touched us deeply. It hits me even more emotionally since the passing of my wife 2 years ago.

years ago, i heard someone describe this movie as "somehow, a movie not at all about dogs has perfectly captured the spirit of dogs" and it has stuck with me ever since for some reason😂

"oh hey, a new Nat video" (cheerful piano music plays) "oh...It's Up" (a sad, emotional version of the same tune plays)

I love that your shirt said, "Go to therapy" and then the movie was like a therapy session!

The first 10 minutes adds so much emotional ballast for this movie that it stops the lighthearted whimsy of the rest of the film from getting carried away. Yeah... I did it. Seriously, the prelude could stand as a perfect little short film on the diffence between adventure as an aspiration and as a lived life.

gotta love how the end credits again highlight life's little moments that really make up what life is about.

Please say you're going to watch Inside Out, that is amazing! Up is a lot of fun, the opening sequence is wonderful storytelling

First time I watched this movie was a couple years after I lost my wife. We were together since we were 13. Lost her at 24 . She was definitely the extrovert in the relationship so Ellie reminded me so much of her. I think this movie had already been out a few years by the time we decided to watch it once for a family movie night. My poor sister was horrified during the intro because no one in our family knew what this movie was as about, we just thought it would be something light-hearted and fun for my nieces and nephews to watch 😂 I was both laughing at the situation and bawling my eyes out during the entire time. But it was beautiful and I love how they symbolized grief in this movie and learning to let go. Watched it at least a dozen times because it was so healing an gave me this spark of hope that my life didn’t also end. And it’s okay to continue living on. Even though she’s not here, I feel her spirit is still in my heart and I do what I can to keep her memory alive while also still living my life how she would’ve wanted me to 😊 Thank you Natalie for putting yourself through the wringer for us 😅 Loved this reaction!!

My fave pixar film ever. Makes me cry everytime and im in my 30s. The bit that ALWAYS makes me cry, apart from the opening, is that final shot of the house on the cliff, he never knew that the house landed exactly where they always planned, and it will be there forever....oh no, here i go again...

The first 10 minutes of the movie up is a Masterpiece, and very very súper emotional, and angels falls is like el salto angel in Venezuela😢.

I wasn't old enough to drive myself to the theater when this came out, so my dad drove my friend and I to see it. He decided to stay and watch it (Dad loves animated movies) but not wanting to encroach on our space, he sat several rows back behind us. When we got home, my mom asked how the movie was and I said, "it was good, I cried." She asked why. My dad answered, "the adventure book" and his face got red as he turned away trying to hide his misty eyes. I always think of my dad when I watch this movie. :)

Ed Asner was such perfect casting for this movie.

Up is literally a perfect movie. A masterpiece from start to finish.

Beautiful reaction… I showed this movie to my mom 15 years ago right after my dad passed without knowing what I was getting into. My mom was deeply impacted by the movie, I always remember that moment. Only 5 years later my wife passed away with breast cancer at 36 … and yes we also used to joked about who was going to leave first! 😢

This is one of those certified Disney cannon event movies for all

Can I just say it's refreshing to know that I'm not alone in how emotional I get when watching movies. I'm sobbing right there with you, Natalie.

It's funny, everyone talks about how emotional the opening of Up is, but the bit that had me tearing up was where he finally finds the pictures in Ellie's book. The opening was all about him looking for the adventure he never had and missing the one he was already on. Ellie got that and the way it was done was beautiful

The Ellie part DESTROYED me in the movie theatre. I sobbed and sobbed. I was not prepared.

If you haven't seen SOUL I'd definitely recommend that as your next animated watch. It's from the same director as UP, Pete Docter, who also directed Monsters Inc. and Inside Out

That first 10 minutes hits you like a brick wall when you’re traveling in a car at 100 mph with no seatbelt or airbags.

"Why did Charles Muntz still alive?" in the prologue of the movie, Charles was about 23 years old when Carl and Ellie were 8 years old, and the movie took scene about 70 years after, so Charles was about 93 years old and Carl was 78 years old

I've watched this one several times and watched several reactions to it too, still it manages to make me cry every single time. It's so beautiful, so bittersweet. And it teaches such an incredible lesson I unfortunately can not learn. It breaks my heart.

this movie came out right after my mom died. I still can't watch this without crying. My dad missed her so much.

UP is one of those movies that stays with you for years. It's okay if it brings a tear every once in a while. It makes you think.

At 56 years old, the first 10 minutes of this movie still make me tear up. This is one of my beloved films to date.

You had me in bits, this was lovely yet such an emotional roller coaster to watch. The story hits different at different times in your life... hope you managed to have a peaceful day after all those tears 🙏

20:00 "but he really is doing that" and that's the point. They were *all* really doing what they said. Muntz was so paranoid that one by one he convinced himself each of them must actually be there for the bird, but most likely few or even none of them actually were lying about their reasons for passing through.

My wife of 30 years has stage 4 Pancreatic cancer. The thing is that she is doing pretty well even after 16 months. We are both going on 73 so we have the "who will die first " talk all the time.

Up and Wall-e are my favorite Pixar films to cry to

Thank you for reacting to Up. One of my favorite reactors and one of the best movies ever. Made me smile following a busy day.

The beginning of this movie is masterful. Whether we're children or adults, the emotional impact that beginning montage gives you is timeless. As children it makes us cry, as adults it makes us sob. Because most of us have gone through getting so close to someone just to lose them. It's relatable, it's heart-breaking, but also beautiful. And all without even having a single audible word spoken and with incredible music that alters with the circumstances. It's just perfect.

Pixar started off hot wit the sadness in this one🤣

30:27 ...and notice how all the "new adventure" photos are appropriately representative for the credits they're displaying. (sound design: Mr. Fredricksen and Russell talking on tin can telephones, technical director: Mr. Fredricksen learning to use a computer, etc.)

Doug on the front porch when he opens the door gets me every time. Miss my puppy.

The score for this movie never fails to make me cry! I also love the way they designed the corporate people, they don't even seem human 😐

Greatest Love Story Of All Times. Being with my now wife since I was 16 and I am now 65 gives you a real special feeling when watching this movie. We went through every stage of our lives together. Having someone at your side that long is rare and extremely special. We are now going through the Mid to Minor Health scare stage . Every mammogram that you get a call saying hey we saw something freaks you out then meeting the Doctor and finding out it was nothing is a joyous moment. A lifetime with someone is rare and spectacular and the privilege you have growing and loving each other is just a wonderful way to spend a lifetime!!!!

A lot of reaction videos I usually skip the intro but your catchphrase “grab a drink grab a snack and let’s get into the movie” just sounds so friendly and wholesome so I make a point to watch your intros as well as the reaction itself. It’s so wholesome and comforting.

The Dogs Playing Poker, by Cassius Marcellus Coolidge, refers collectively to an 1894 painting. It's so good that they gave little Easter eggs in this movie.

Ngl this movie brought tears every time i see it😩

It’s okay Natalie, no matter how many times I watch this, I can’t control myself either. This film always gets me! 😭

This, Forrest Gump and Man on Fire are my all time favourites. I vividly remember colours and smells from the exact day(s) I saw these movies. What seemed like regular, insignificant days soon became some of the most fondly formative days of my teens. They hold such a special place in my heart.

You made my morning Nat! Thank you for reacting to this beautiful movie!

Wall-E and Up are hands down the best Pixar movies! Possibly the best animated movies along with the How To Train Your Dragon trilogy!

I love the reaction, too sweet! I can relate, I cried so hard when watching several times and even now a little bit lol! I sobbed when they showed the house ending up right next to the falls! 🩷 such a beautiful movie! I love your explanation at the end as well!! 😄

This is the best Pixar film. I'm really happy you've found someone that makes you feel this way Natalie, and that you can relate in such an appropriate way.

5 mins in and we're bawling already, i love this movie

Wow, you're probably the most informed, professional (but still totally genuine) movie reactor on all of KZfaq and yet were willing to be so open and transparent with how the beginning of the movie was hitting you. So much respect for that! No wonder your channel is such a success. Thank you!

Wow! Your thoughts at the end about the transition from one part of your life to another were really nicely done. You spoke with the wisdom of an older woman.

23:49 -- THIS part broke me, when I saw it Up in theaters, on opening weekend. Seeing you cry is making me cry again!

I appreciate you and thank you for making content.

Idk why but your empathy touches me through the screen 😭❤.

The first few minutes are incredibly powerful. My wife and I cried in the theater when we watched this on opening weekend. Now that my wife has passed away, this scene is absolutely gut-wrenching.💔

We ALL cry at this one, Natalie! Excellent reaction!

The first few minutes of UP is one the best love stories ever told. With hardly any words spoken.

OK this is officially one of my favorite reactions of yours. Thank you so much. Have a nice day❣️🧡🫠🐿️🏅🎼🏡

First 10 minutes of UP are a masterclass in Film and Music storytelling

23:50 When he opens the book, that broke me in tears, the intro too but that scene....just brought memories

I love this movie so much. such a wondrous examination of the human spirit.

Natalie, I've been watching you channel for years. I appreciate your genuine reactions. I am very surprised to realize that you haven't reacted to Demonslayer yet. I saw you genuinely enjoyed ATLA and Kora and while Demonslayer is very different in tone and animation style, the story telling and characters are great and I believe you will genuinely love it as well!

I've been waiting for this one for so long. Beautiful movie.

I had heard people talk about the beginning of this movie and I knew it would be crushing and heartbreaking so I decided to bring it to family movie night and me and my parents cried. We had to pause the movie to blow our noses. And even when people react to it and I watch along, it still makes me cry. The rest of the movie is also really wonderful and good and full of just feels, but the beginning is just heart-wrenching.

Gah, just watching this reaction alongside you in this video and I’m already tearing as well. It’s a beautiful film filled with all the good and sad themes of life. But that’s what resonates the most with viewers. It portrays universal themes humans go through. Doug and Kevin are so cute! Squirrel and chocolate lovers lol. From start to finish we see a montage of a great adventure. Your doggo is cute!