What Up Makes Me Think About

So I just watched the movie Up and I'm literally sitting here crying. That movie is so good and heartwarming! But it's also really really sad. This was the second time I saw it and I didn't find it any less sad, but I also didn't find it any less amazing. And it's a cartoon! :) (If you haven't seen it, go watch it! And don't read this because I'm going to give some stuff away.)

Doug, the talking dog, is my favorite. He is such a dog; loving, caring, obedient, will literally do ANYTHING to please "master" even though "master" doesn't even want him. He shows how to put your trust in someone completely with no second thoughts. And even though the main character (Carl/"master") doesn't want him around and isn't very nice to him at first, Doug doesn't complain. He loves him and tells him that multiple times. I wish I could so willingly put myself in God's hands and stop trying to be in control all the time. (Random thought but that's what Doug makes me think of. Pretty thought provoking cartoon! :))

My absolute favorite part of the movie is when Carl is in his house on Paradise Falls, looking through "My Adventure Book" that his wife had made when she was little. He's super sad because he feels like he failed her and feels extremely guilty for not keeping his promise. He starts closing the book then notices that it keeps going after he thought it ended. It turns out that his wife had continued to put pictures of her life with Carl in the book (starting with their wedding picture) in the section that had originally been meant for her trip to Paradise Falls as a kid. Carl realizes that she was ok with not going. She was happy with the life he gave her. The book ends with a little note she wrote him right before she died when she was in the hospital:

Thanks for the adventure-
now go have a new one!
Love, Ellie

Her life with him was more than good enough.

I was bawling.

Right after that, Carl realizes what he needs to do and starts throwing all the furniture out of the house so that it will fly again and he can rescue Russell. It shows the house flying away with Carl celebrating, then the camera pans over the pile of furniture and stops at the two chairs Carl and Ellie always sat in, set up perfectly. Right on top of Paradise Falls. It's like they will be there together forever.

I was on the verge of tear again (of course) when Carl gets a knock on the door and opens it to find Doug. For once, he's happy to see him. Doug says, "I was hiding under your porch because I love you." I love Doug.

Sorry this is so all over the place...I just had to talk about this movie! A new one to add to my favorites. (And there's a lot more of me telling what happened in the movie than my thoughts on it. haha!)