Up is a slightly-left-of-center masterpiece.The emotional impact of the beautiful,wordless summation of Carl's life that opens the movie is the bass note that resonates through the whole film and is at least as affecting as the scene in Wall-E when he holds his own hands while watching Hello Dolly.The rest of the movie,of course,is breathtaking on just about every level,especially the tactile quality of all the characters and textures and the completely realized weather effects and action scenes.With no "new" technical milestones (fur in Monsters,Inc.,water in Finding Nemo,realistic camera effects in Wall- E),the design is the main focus,from the hilariously stylized characters to the amazing setting of the tepui.
I know----that's a interesting trip!