Continuity mistake: When the house first becomes detaches from its foundation and becomes airborne, Russell is nowhere to be seen, although every angle of the house is shown, including underneath, the front porch and the back porch. He knocks on the door and tells Carl he chased a "snipe" under the porch - but he cannot be seen after liftoff and prior to knocking. The same thing happens near the end, when Dug claims to have hidden under the porch.
Up (2009)
Ending / spoiler
Directed by: Pete Docter, Bob Peterson
Starring: Christopher Plummer, John Ratzenberger, Edward Asner, Jordan Nagai
Carl helps Kevin and Russell. Charles Muntz, while chasing Kevin, gets caught on some strings from Carl and Ellie's house and then plummets down below. Ellie and Carl's house floats down to Paradise Falls. Kevin goes back to taking care of the baby birds. Carl takes control of Muntz's zeppelin and heads to the U.S. with Russell, Dug and all of Muntz's dogs. At the scout ceremony, Russell gets the badge for assisting the elderly and Carl gives him the grape cap that Ellie gave him when they first met. Russell and Carl sit outside an ice cream place and count cars. The last scene is Carl and Ellie's house sitting at Paradise Falls.
Racer X
Carl: Russell, if you don't get up, the tigers will eat you.
Russell: There aren't any tigers in South America. Zoology.
Trivia: June 2009, 10-year-old Colby Curtin from Huntington Beach, California, was suffering from the final stages of terminal vascular cancer. Her dying wish was to live long enough to see "Up". Unfortunately, Colby was too sick to leave home and her family feared she would die without seeing the film. A family friend contacted Pixar, and a private screening was arranged for Colby. The company flew an employee with a DVD copy of "Up", along with some tie-in merchandise from the film. Colby couldn't see the screen because the pain kept her eyes closed, so her mother gave her a play-by-play of the film. Seven hours after viewing the film, Colby passed away.
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Chosen answer: Carl and Ellie have two dramatically different personalities. Carl is more conservative, more reserved, a tender heart covered by a tough exterior which Ellie is able to break through, but which seems to recalcify after she dies. Ellie, on the other hand, is the sweet free spirit, rambunctious and adventurous. Throughout the film, each one conforms to the other until they ultimately blend into one beautiful unit. I think the makers of the film were trying to show that their respective personalities were a product of their upbringing, and reflected in the reactions of their families - hers larger, more fun, and more "hick" (we hear gunshots, for Pete's sake), and his more reserved, formal and patrician.
Michael Albert