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This year's blockbuster season seems to have dragged on interminably already, but it's finally starting to look (tee hee) up, with the long-awaited release of Pixar's latest, Up, today. Their first in 3D, we've wondered if they've chosen such a vertically minded project because the form of 3D projection used tends to look better when things are moving up and down rather than horizontally; not that that would make that much difference to the quality of the film. Indeed, most of the reviews we've read barely mention it, with in particular NOW's Norm Wilner providing a deep look at the film that will disappoint anyone who was expecting some dumb fun or (at least) a break from the heartbreaking whimsy of WALL*E—"[Main character] Carl is a widower—and in a truly heartbreaking opening montage, we see how he ended up that way," he explains. "What distinguishes Up … is the fact that it never, ever forgets that Carl’s anger and misery come from a real, raw place of bereavement and helplessness."