UP is disney pixar's latest animated movie. the movie is about an old man who went on an expedition that he and his wife, who died, promised to. but he ends up in a whacky adventure with a kid, against his idol. an adventure that he never imagined.
this movie is nothing like what pixar had ever created. for one, characters die. for two, and the most important factor in my opinion, is that it has life in it. humanity. something which others like toy story or monster inc lacked. sure, toys, monsters and cars talk. but they are for kids.
UP is one movie that is suitable for all ages because of the life it has.
anyway, this is not what i want to discuss. what i want to say is how we can learn lessons from its plot.
in the movie, the old man and woman made a plan since young to build their house on some Heavenly Falls or something in south america. well, they kept saving but never made it due to various reasons. in the end, she died and the old man decided to go there with 'her'. in the end, he ended up in an adventure, saving an exotic bird species from a predator, the old man's life long idol since young.
the old woman had a book when she was young. in there she had pages reserved to record what she would do when she lives on top of that Fall. obviously that did not happen. near the end, the old man found out that these pages were replaced with pictures of their blissful marriage. he(was on top of the Falls already) finally realised that his wife was actually happier married to him and living a life together, even if it was only selling balloons and being tour guides in zoo.
she has reached the top of the 'Falls' in her life already. thus i believed she passed away without regrets.
sometimes in life, things do not go according to plans. we thought that we had came out with best plan and want to carry it out.
then God interfere and your plan screws up.
you complain.
but you soon received what was better for you and you never thought about it at all.
God knew what is best for us and he will always give it to us in His own special way.
this is like the old man. when he finally reached the top of the Falls literally. he was not happy.
so what if we reached our goals? so what if our plans go smoothly? sometimes, they are just not the best for us. sometimes we find ourselves empty because what we are after is no godly.
that was why the old man decided to start a new adventure by saving the kid(if you are confused, watch the movie. highly recommended).
at least the old man was happy.
are you ready to take on the new adventure God has prepared for you?
