Dennis Tyler's "Home Is Where The Heart Is" touches on a number of subjects about Pixar's critically acclaimed Up, such the film's success, the animation of the characters, and important themes of gender, race, and body image. Given this wide range of topics that spanned just over 10 pages, there were obviously some hits but more generally there were areas that didn't work in the essay.
I found that the most effective part of the essay was generally the discussion on the workings of the animation. From on outside perspective, this is something that very rarely gets as discussed as other things, such as the themes and messages associated with a movie, but something that can be just as important. Plus it's just really cool. Tyler did a good of touching on the cuteness aspect that Pixar created through soft, round characters.
However, at the end of the day, Tyler promised to discuss the idea of home in Up and this was ultimately a failure. For one, very little of the piece had to do with this idea. The majority dealt with how Tyler believed Carl's marginalization of Ellie and her desires advocated for a patriarchy or how he felt that the inclusion of black characters in meaningless roles advocated for Disney's conservative, white views. Not only did these things not follow the thesis of the paper, but they were just flat out wrong. Additionally, the conclusion was about as ineffective as a conclusion can be.
By alienating the audience through making these bold, evidence-less claims and by not delivering on what he promised, Tyler's article did not prove very successful.
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