Retirement and the latter stages of life is an interesting time for filmmakers to explore. The rich and colourful past of the protagonist sometimes leaps from the screen. A lot of the films concentrate on redemption and regrets, or a life well lived and some good years yet to come. It’s certainly a view that residents that have undertaken one of the Gloucester Park Homes for Sale share. This leisurely pace of life, in a like-minded community, is one of the best reasons to look for Gloucester Park Homes for Sale and join them. Perhaps if Carl Fredrickson had had the option to move there, he wouldn’t have taken the drastic steps his character chooses in the 2009 Pixar film Up.
The film starts with Carl as a young boy. He is determined to follow in the footsteps of his hero, the explorer Charlie Muntz. Muntz is falsely accused of faking a discovery and the young Carl watches concerned. He meets a fellow fan, Ellie, and they begin to date. Eventually, they marry and, being childless, plan to visit Paradise Falls, hoping to clear Muntz’s name. However, they never get the chance as their savings are always needed to be spent on some essentials.
Carl manages to save enough for them to go just after they retire and to celebrate their anniversary. Tragically Ellie falls ill and passes before they can go. A lonely Carl returns to the home they have always lived in since marriage. Around him, the landscape is changing. Skyscrapers and developments surround his home. He becomes a grumpy old man and, when he attacks a postman that has angered him, the local authorities pounce and declare him a menace. He has found alternative accommodation. However, on the day he is due to leave, the house suddenly sprouts hundreds of helium balloons from the chimney.
The house takes off and floats away with a gloating Carl waving his stick out the window. It’s heading to South America where he will meet his hero Muntz and some talking dogs. He also finds a young boy who has stowed aboard the house, hoping to get a Help the Elderly badge.
They both find the famous bird that Muntz has been searching for all these years. However, the search has driven Muntz mad and the older man and young boy have to find a way to rescue the bird and keep it safe.
