Journal #44: Postmodernism Movie

I just recently watched the movie "Up" for the ten millionth time. And even though it is a Disney movie mostly aimed at entertaining children, the movie also fit pretty well into the definition of postmodernism. The main character of the movie, Carl Fredricksen, is a grumpy old man who is sick of everyone else in the world and wants to go off and live where no one will ever bother him again. This fits into postmodernism because Carl sees every one else assimilating into modern society, and he does not like that. When his wife died, Carl became very closed off and started to deeply dislike not just the younger generations, but pretty much everyone else that gave him even the slightest bit of trouble.

One big factor of postmodernism is fear, which this movie exhibits as well. Even though "Up" is a Disney movie, there are still some minor elements of fear. It is obvious that Carl fears what the world has become and misses his wife, and fear is also shown in the scenes where Carl and the other main character, Russell, are trying to escape from a crazy old man in a blimp later on in the movie. They are scared of something bad happening to each other and try to protect each other and get away safely.

Computers even have a part in this movie, although it is a more comical aspect. The dogs in the movie had talk thanks to fancy little computer invention thing in their collars. So while the movie "Up" was definitely intended to just be a nice entertaining little movie that is good for families to watch, it still holds many characteristics that are a part of the postmodernism movement.