Go UP to reach your dreams

by Ana Lilian on November 10, 2009

We’ve been blown away by the beauty and the captivating characters of UP, Disney*Pixar’s newest movie to hit the home-entertainment stands in full force today, November 10th. When it came out in theaters, amongst critical buzz and massive audience approval, and took its righteous first place at the box office on its opening weekend, I was acting nonchalant as if I really didn’t care that I didn’t yet have an excuse to take my then toddler girl to the movies. But, now, I can lose my aloofness and admit I was the excited one when our screener copy was sent to our house so we could watch and write our review. Yep, movie night has been every night (and some occasional mornings) since then. And globos (balloons) has been the favorite word coming out my girl’s mouth for the last week.

The lightness represented by the tons of colorful globos that lift up 78-year-old Carl Fredricksen’s house and transport him, along with Russell-an uninvited, over-enthusiastic 8-year-old, to South America in search of new adventures is felt throughout the whole movie. How is it possible that something so light and airy as balloons, even if it is thousands of them, can lift up a bolted house? A house so full and heavy with memories of a lifetime lived together and of those unlived dreams that never cease to motivate us. The balloons are Carl’s desires and dreams, which never, not even with age, should die. He just needs a strong force, and a dead-end of sorts, to push him to use his innate talent as a balloon salesman to conjure up the plan which sets this story in motion.

As much as Carl wants to avoid change and remain inflexible, he’s constantly challenged by the whimsical and humorous characters in his journey. There are many valuable life lessons magically interweave within a powerful and action-filled story your kids will devour, making UP one of the most honest, comical and heartfelt animated movies of our times.

On the technical aspect, we’re very pleased to see the thought and effort that has gone into the Spanish version of the movie. Not only are the voice-actors first class, but they’ve also translated on the animation itself any visible text to Spanish. So you actually hear and read the whole experience in Spanish, feeling as if that was the only version there was! Very thankful for that. Oh, yeah, the “talking” pack of dogs were a hit, too!

This is one movie that’s destined to become a classic, so make sure you get your copy. Starting today, UP is available in a four-disc Blu-ray Combo Pack and a two-disc DVD package. Both include DisneyFile, a digital copy of the movie that can be downloaded to your computer and viewed on an assortment of electronic devices. For extra entertainment, Disney Home Entertainment has enhanced both the Blu-ray and the DVDs with very cool bonus features.

This, and all of our Finds, are available at La Tiendita.

Of course, you can try winning a copy here as well!

A Giveaway!!

This giveaway is now closed. Thanks to Random.org the winner is #25-Judy Brittle. Congratulations!

We’re giving away one four-disc Combo Pack (Blu-ray, DVD, Disney File and bonus features) to a lucky winner. For your chance to win leave a comment telling us where you would like to be lifted up and away to by a ton of dream-filled balloons.

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This giveaway ends Sunday, November 15th at midnight EST.

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1 Kathy Scott November 10, 2009 at 4:29 am: I dream of going to Australia.
2 Michele C November 10, 2009 at 4:45 am: I want to be lifted up to touch the rainbows in the sky.
3 Michele C November 10, 2009 at 4:48 am: I tweeted http://twitter.com/Tweets4fun
4 Tracy W. November 10, 2009 at 5:07 am: I’d like to be lifted up and plopped down in the middle of the beach some where.
5 Nicole D. November 10, 2009 at 6:51 am: I wish balloon would take me up and away to somewhere warm – how about Cancun! Thanks!
6 Vilma D. November 10, 2009 at 7:00 am: I would love to go to the Igazu Falls in South America, much like the characters in UP!
7 Kalen November 10, 2009 at 7:11 am: I want to go back to Costa Rica! Every time I think of this movie, I think of the balloon boy.
8 Kalen November 10, 2009 at 7:14 am: follow and tweet
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9 Kalen November 10, 2009 at 7:15 am: email subscriber
10 Kalen November 10, 2009 at 7:17 am: RSS subscriber
11 Terry C November 10, 2009 at 7:28 am: I’d like to be lifted UP and away to Hawaii.

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12 oneangel November 10, 2009 at 7:31 am: Pennsylvania would be just about perfect for me.
13 Tati November 10, 2009 at 9:35 am: I would love to go to Chile with my whole family!
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14 Tati November 10, 2009 at 9:37 am: Subscribe via RSS
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15 Tati November 10, 2009 at 9:38 am: subscribe via e-mail
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16 Tati November 10, 2009 at 9:44 am: sent out a tweet from mamitati! I love, love this movie!!!
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17 Susan Smith November 10, 2009 at 9:45 am: I would love to fly to Hawaii
18 Cheryl W November 10, 2009 at 9:49 am: I would float up to heaven to see my Savior, Jesus, and my daughter who passed away 3 years ago. Oh what a glorious day that would be!
19 Cheryl W November 10, 2009 at 9:50 am: I am a RSS subscriber
20 Cheryl W November 10, 2009 at 9:50 am: I am an email subscriber
21 Cheryl W November 10, 2009 at 10:02 am: I follow you on twitter and I tweeted

http://twitter.com/HeartnSoulmom/status/5594695643
22 Julie Devaney November 10, 2009 at 10:48 am: I would like to lifted up to the Sphinx in Egypt.
23 Jeanette November 10, 2009 at 10:51 am: I would love to be lifted to Casa Rio my favorite restaurant in San Antonio.
24 Jake November 10, 2009 at 10:53 am: I would go to New York and land on the Liberty Torch.
25 judy brittle November 10, 2009 at 11:13 am: I would fly off to Vegas. Thank you so much!
26 judy brittle November 10, 2009 at 11:13 am: I’m a subscriber.
27 judy brittle November 10, 2009 at 11:14 am: I follow on Twitter and tweeted
http://twitter.com/kewpiedoll04/status/5596501464
28 Dree November 10, 2009 at 12:08 pm: I’d like to be lifted away to Hawaii. It would be so nice.
29 Tina R November 10, 2009 at 12:47 pm: I would love to be lifted to Panamá. It’s been about 8 years since I’ve seen mis tías y primas. What a fun way to go!
30 Tina R November 10, 2009 at 12:47 pm: I’m a newsletter subscriber
31 Silvia November 10, 2009 at 12:52 pm: I would take my whole family and fly to Italy to a city where there are no clocks and you can seat and drink a capuchino for hours
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32 Silvia November 10, 2009 at 12:55 pm: I’m an email subscriber
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33 Silvia November 10, 2009 at 12:58 pm: I’m a RSS subscriber too!
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34 Norma M November 10, 2009 at 3:43 pm: to Havana, Cuba
35 Amy DeLong November 10, 2009 at 4:04 pm: I would like the balloon to take me to a white sandy beach with cool blue water in Mexico!

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36 Amy DeLong November 10, 2009 at 4:08 pm: I subscribe by email

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37 Miranda Allen November 10, 2009 at 5:34 pm: I would love to plopped on a deserted island
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38 Diana November 10, 2009 at 5:49 pm: Wow, lots of entrants this time around. Well, where do I start? Anywhere! Machu Pichu, the Galapagos, Majorca, Australia, Tahiti, Thailand…let’s just take a trip around the world, shall we?? I wish!
39 Diana November 10, 2009 at 5:49 pm: I subscribe via email!!!
40 Angela C November 10, 2009 at 7:03 pm: I would love to get carried away to Aruba. I have not been there in a few years and I love it so very much.
41 Amy November 10, 2009 at 8:36 pm: Up, up, up and away to … Austrailia, perhaps?
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42 Amy November 10, 2009 at 8:38 pm: Whoops…typo (baby-brain, I guess). It should say Australia.
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43 gloria November 10, 2009 at 10:50 pm: I’m really lucky… I get lifted up a lot by big fuel-burning “smokers” (747s usually) and travel to amazing destinations. So… if I had a chance to get lifted UP and away by dream-filled balloons instead… then I’d choose a ROUND-TRIP to “el cielo” to see “mi papito” again.
44 david basile November 11, 2009 at 5:19 am: we would like to head back to austrailia
45 Amber G November 11, 2009 at 6:09 am: I would love to be lifted up and away to Tuscany!
46 Kelly November 11, 2009 at 7:52 am: I like the United States Of America..WE have everything we need right here!
47 shel November 11, 2009 at 9:37 am: A tropical deserted island with a warm, sandy beach.
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48 shel November 11, 2009 at 9:38 am: Tweeted;
http://twitter.com/spanglishbaby/status/5624361889
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49 Monique Rizzo November 11, 2009 at 10:26 am: I would like it to drop me in the middle of Disneyland. Thanks for the chance.
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50 Eric November 11, 2009 at 10:50 am: Where do I want to be lifted away? Where I want to go doesn’t exist. It’s a place where my family and friends can finally get along. A place where my 2 aunts never had breast cancer and where my fraternity brother isn’t fighting for his life. It’s a place where I’m not afraid to walk outside and be afraid of being challenged by others. This place may not exist, but I can make it happen. I want to be lifted away to a great future where my family and friends are there for me and vice versa.
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51 Tawnda November 11, 2009 at 10:52 am: somewhere warm and sunny… hey! Disneyland sounds great! lol
52 Stacie November 11, 2009 at 1:33 pm: I would love to be taken away to Ireland!
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53 christopher h November 11, 2009 at 2:27 pm: tahiti, or somewhere else in the south pacific
54 Mimi November 11, 2009 at 2:29 pm: Lifted up and away? Oh, I don’t think so! I have a fear of flying! hahaha I guess if I didn’t have that irrational fear I’d want to be lifted to my family in VA. Haven’t seen them for 2 years.

Blessings,
Mimi
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55 Jill Myrick November 11, 2009 at 2:57 pm: I would love to be lifted up and away to a trip in Hawaii for a week.
A week of nothing but relaxing by the ocean.

Thank you so much for the chance to win.

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56 Jill Myrick November 11, 2009 at 2:58 pm: I am subscribed via email as jweezie43[at]aol[dot]com
57 Jill Myrick November 11, 2009 at 2:58 pm: I am subscribed to your RSS Feed via Google Reader.

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58 joD November 11, 2009 at 4:10 pm: I want to be lifted up and carried away to Hawaii in the 1950s, before it was so commercialized and still pristine. Thanks for the give-up-UP-and-away!
59 joD November 11, 2009 at 4:10 pm: I am an e-mail subscriber. Thanks!
60 ReggieMann November 11, 2009 at 6:00 pm: I would like to be lifted up and away to by a ton of dream-filled balloons over miles and miles of the countryside and the ocean
61 sondra November 11, 2009 at 6:10 pm: I would like to be lifted up and away to a nice warm beach in Hawaii.
62 Julie November 11, 2009 at 6:21 pm: I’d want the house I have now uplifted back to where we previously lived in Atlanta.
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63 JenniferB November 11, 2009 at 8:19 pm: It could take me to Jackson Hole Wyoming
64 JenniferB November 11, 2009 at 8:24 pm: following blog
65 JenniferB November 11, 2009 at 8:24 pm: email subscriber
66 JenniferB November 11, 2009 at 8:25 pm: subscribed to rss feed – google reader
67 JenniferB November 11, 2009 at 8:25 pm: following on twitter
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68 Marigel November 11, 2009 at 8:45 pm: I would love to be UP lifted to Disney World to take my 23 month old daughter to enjoy Mickey, live, for her first time!
69 Nicole C. November 12, 2009 at 5:56 am: I would love to be lifted away to Italy!
70 Monique R November 12, 2009 at 7:51 am: I’d love to be lifted up and taken to Alaska-I’ve always wanted to go there- but it’s an expensive place for us to travel to.
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71 Silvia November 13, 2009 at 8:07 am: I blogged about it #1
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72 Silvia November 13, 2009 at 8:10 am: I blogged about it # 2 I forgot to put the link in the previous one, however your comment luv, is showing it

http://www.mamalatinatips.com/2009/11/sorteos-en-la-blogosfera-blogospheres.html
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73 Judy November 13, 2009 at 10:15 am: I’d go to Morroco Thanks!
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74 Justine November 13, 2009 at 1:29 pm: I’d like to be lifted up and away to The Bahamas, cause I dream of crystal clear water and white sandy beaches…
75 Justine November 13, 2009 at 1:29 pm: I subscribed via email
76 Justine November 13, 2009 at 1:31 pm: I tweeted!

http://twitter.com/ShesAnAngel417/status/5691483697
77 Tati November 13, 2009 at 3:12 pm: Blogged about your amazing giveaways here http://wannajugarwithmigo.blogspot.com/2009/11/giveaways-for-christmas.html
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78 Tati November 13, 2009 at 3:13 pm: Here’s another entry for my blog post
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79 Geraldine November 13, 2009 at 7:34 pm: Oahu! =)
80 Geraldine November 13, 2009 at 7:35 pm: I subscribed via email.
81 Daniel M November 13, 2009 at 9:42 pm: always wanted to go to hawaii!
82 Kyl November 13, 2009 at 11:14 pm: Japan for me
83 Maria H November 14, 2009 at 12:53 am: Spain, Mexico or Latin America with los niños in tow so we could really live this language for awhile!
84 Maria H November 14, 2009 at 12:54 am: I subscribed via email too
85 Christie November 14, 2009 at 5:52 am: I’d like my house and family to be lifted UP and set down right beside the ocean so we could always hear the surf and feel the breeze from the sea.
86 Ed Nemmers November 14, 2009 at 12:16 pm: Kauai, Hawaii!
87 Jammie November 14, 2009 at 2:47 pm: I would love to be up up and lifted away to a place filled with peace and quiet. Do you think a place like that is around? I know I need to find it soon.
88 Jammie November 14, 2009 at 2:48 pm: subscribed via email
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89 Paul November 14, 2009 at 4:44 pm: Hawaii would be my dream
90 Molly K November 14, 2009 at 6:33 pm: I would like to lifted Up and away to Hawaii.
91 Aaron November 14, 2009 at 8:04 pm: I would love to be lifted to Australia so I could explore the Great Barrier Reef.
92 Bambi M November 14, 2009 at 9:38 pm: I’d love to be lifted over to meet my MIL in England! We get on so well and it’d be lovely to bring back some real chocolate (and a few other things )
93 Deb K November 14, 2009 at 10:58 pm: I would love to be lifted up to Las Vegas as that is where my sister and daughter are living…
94 Deb K November 14, 2009 at 10:59 pm: I am a email subscriber
95 Sal Williams November 14, 2009 at 11:29 pm: I’d love to have some “globos” transport me to the little house I have on a tiny island off the coast of Honduras. It is a pure paradise there- very wild and undiscovered so far- but I am too ill to live there right now because there are no doctors or any medical facilities on the island and the coast is a long boatride away.
So I truly do just DREAM abut it. This is a great giveaway. Thanks.
96 Amanda November 15, 2009 at 1:10 am: Someplace tropical would be great!!!
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97 Amanda November 15, 2009 at 1:13 am: I subscribe through email
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98 Janette November 15, 2009 at 2:10 am: I’d love to be carried away to Bali!
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99 Janette November 15, 2009 at 2:10 am: Subscribed via email
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100 Janette November 15, 2009 at 2:14 am: RSS subscriber
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101 Marcela November 15, 2009 at 5:47 am: would love to win this!I think I would love to be carried to Italy.
102 sally wess November 15, 2009 at 8:37 am: i would wish to be lifted up to albuquerque, new mexico, where my 2 daughters and granddaughter are, as i have not seen them except for webcam for 3 years
103 sally wess November 15, 2009 at 8:38 am: i subscribed via e-mail
104 Lisa Renata November 15, 2009 at 8:45 am: How fun. It would be nice to win this video.
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105 Pat Connors November 15, 2009 at 2:00 pm: We want our house to land on the sunny sand covered shore of Hawaii (at least for a week or two!)
106 Chrysa November 15, 2009 at 6:32 pm: I would like to be carried away to New Zealand!
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107 amanda thompson November 15, 2009 at 6:33 pm: ive always wanted to go to australia!!!!!!!
108 Karen November 15, 2009 at 6:44 pm: Take me away … to Italy or Spain!
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109 DanV November 15, 2009 at 6:51 pm: I’d like to be lifted away to Hawaii
110 Adriana November 15, 2009 at 6:53 pm: I would go back to Spain.
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111 Adriana November 15, 2009 at 6:54 pm: I am already a subscriber by email.
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112 theodore esteghamat November 15, 2009 at 7:00 pm: I’d like to go to hawaii.
113 Peter November 15, 2009 at 7:32 pm: Germany. I’ve always wanted to take a trip down the Rhein river to see all of the castles there and maybe even visit some of the areas where my ancestors lived.
114 Melissa November 15, 2009 at 7:55 pm: I would have to be lifted away to Paris
115 Maggie M November 15, 2009 at 8:07 pm: I would love to be lifted up and taken to Hawaii.
116 Renee G November 15, 2009 at 8:10 pm: I would love to be lifted away to a warm, sunny beach somewhere.

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117 Donna K November 15, 2009 at 9:19 pm: My kids would love it.
118 Gianna November 15, 2009 at 9:20 pm: Mount Rushmore!

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