【英语时差8,16】飞屋环游记影评

When Pixar Studios – creators of computer animated¹ films including Finding Nemo and The Incredibles – made Cars, it was a bad sign. That film was supposedly about the value of old things, especially mourning the death of Route 66. But it was really about the director’s (John Lasseter Pixar CEO ) love of toys. John Lasseter seems to be about one-third suit and one-third geek. It’s too easy to say that the final third of him is “artist,” but with only Toy Story coming from deep within him, that’s not quite right. The final third is “impresario.” Lasseter’s genius is to nurture² and develop a stable of artists who can delight an audience. And Up is nothing if not a garden of delights. This is the kind of movie that Hollywood used to do so well: an unabashedly broad, story-driven, fantasy-fueled adventure that changes the very connotation of “factory-made.” The story involves a crotchety old man, Karl (voiced by Ed Asner) who gets fed up, attaches a billion balloons to his house, and floats away to South America. Like Cars, that idea implies an interest in old things – but this time, a much deeper one. Old folks are invisible in our use upset culture; when they aren’t productive workers any more, they’re tucked away, their wisdom lost to us. To make Karl really VISIBLE, writers show us his whole life.

1 animated   

adj.生气勃勃的，活跃的，愉快的

参考例句：

• His observations gave rise to an animated and lively discussion.他的言论引起了一场气氛热烈而活跃的讨论。
• We had an animated discussion over current events last evening.昨天晚上我们热烈地讨论时事。

2 nurture   

n.养育，照顾，教育；滋养，营养品；vt.养育，给与营养物，教养，扶持

参考例句：

• The tree grows well in his nurture.在他的培育下这棵树长得很好。
• The two sisters had received very different nurture.这俩个姊妹接受过极不同的教育。