Up (Disney) / Kirschblüten - Hanami (Majestic Film Verleih): When the same story can be seen in different rates and levels...

A few days ago, something really sad happen tome...I quit my job; It was friday afternoon, I was working outside the office and then it hit me, I was not happy with the things developing around proffesionally. This epiphany made me break the habit and walk, for a long time; when I realized I was tired, I found myself in front of a movie Theatre, so I went in, in order to maintain my mind occupied from this matter for the moment (it's stressful to keep that kind of idea for a whole weekend).


As I was checking the billboard, I realized I already saw the majority of the movies, and for the others... wasn't really in the mood (Not exactly a Hanna Montana Fan ); then I saw that "UP" was now in theaters, with no second thoughts I took the ticket to that movie (took because I have a membeship card, so I don't pay for movies... :P).


For those that haven't seen the movie yet, I'll try not make a big spoiler, just need to release some info in order to make a point:


Up is about an old man, Carl Fredricksen, who made a promise to his wife; which he tries to accomplish after she dies, giving place to events and meetings that will bring him a whole new perspective of...everything outside his mini universe


Now, a few days after I saw that movie, at the same time I was trying to get a new job, I'm found myself watching another movie, this time it was a France/ Germany co-production named Kirschblüten - Hanami . I'll explain its premise as shortly as I did with Up, and the result will surprise you...


Kirschblüten - Hanami is abput an old man, Rudi Angermeier, who made a promise to his wife; which he tries to accomplish after she dies, giving place to events and meetings that will bring him a whole new perspective of...everything outside his mini universe...sounds familiar??? look up a few paragraphs...


My point here is, I'ts really funny and interesting how one premise can take two widely and wildly different courses of action, and yet manage itself to give a message with so many intersections between each other; for example, both movies take the character to unthinkable places; from a floating house, to a bath with two teenage japanese whores (guess which one of this scenes doesn't belong to "UP" or "...Hanami"), both movies arrange thi odissey in a way the character breaks with the habit through a violent event, their whole conception of the people they knew is trembled and find some stability and peace of mind in the few new people they meet.

But knowing this mustn't be the reason to miss any of them...on the contrary, both films manage the same story, but deal with it in very different levels, in this case, the story of "...Hanami" finds it's Disney version through "UP"...without been cheesy and make you want to throwing UP while watching it... :D ... :S

Of course there are also differences between the flims, The first and most important...one is animated and the other is live action (DAAAA!!!), seriously...the differences which will be noticed in the tone a little bit more melancholic in "...Hanami" provided by the fact that in thist film, the story is more about the coping with the lost, the lesson is learned more hardly, and there is definitely a lot less comedic moments than in "UP"...the situation is practically the opposite with the case of the pxar film...besides UP doesn't have a scene with japanese teenage whores (In case you never guessed which scene didn't belong to which movie a few paragraphs ago).

I think that's it for now, hope you enjoy my first post in english, (As I'm from Mexico is no so common), I'll try to do more...


Any comments, critics and interesting movie facts you would like to share are welcome, and if you have any job you could give me , You would me my gods... :P


TAKE CARE!!!!!