What's Up: Balloon to the Rescue! (2009)

Crappy film

Best movie ever!

Admirable film.

Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

Video Brinquedo has a lousy reputation....a reputation they apparently worked hard to create. Over the years, they have essentially piggybacked off the success of popular CGI films by producing their own version with similar titles but with god-awful production values. While it might sound like I am exaggerating, Pixar was making better films back in the mid-1980s when they produced their first film, "André and Wally B."! In fact, I cannot recall EVER seeing computer animated films this bad ever. The character faces are expressionless, they move in a blocky and unnatural manner and, overall, they're just incredibly ugly. I would truly be ashamed to be associated with films like those of Video Brinquedo."What's Up" was billed as another "UP!"--with posters featuring a house being floated with a giant balloon. However, the story really isn't that similar. Instead, it's about a couple annoying scientists who have created a machine to make things float and they want to use it to float their lab to other planets. Along for the ride are two annoying kids. There also is a monster and some other stuff...but, frankly, by the time it came to them in the film I was bored beyond belief and ready to end my suffering.Overall, a film that wouldn't even interest a toddler let alone anyone else. Cheaply made, dull and god-awful.

Coming to a supermarket checkout stand or a one dollar store DVD bargain bin near you. This shameless movie by Vídeo Brinquedo also known as Toyland Video was so lousy that it made me, wish I haven't saw it. I must admit that I watch this movie due to morbid curiosity, wanting to know, how similar, this rip-off, was to the 2009's Pixar Animation Studio film, 'Up'. Surprising, despite the cover and title which so closely resembles the Pixar film, the movie identical more in many ways to 2009's DreamWorks's 'Monsters Vs Aliens' than 'Up' in the plot. Don't get me wrong, the movie directed by Everton Rodrigues, still has a house being travel by balloon power, but instead of the characters wanting to seek adventure in an exotic South America country; this film has the team lead by professor Dr. Crumb chasing after monsters around the world that escape from a different dimension. While, the plot doesn't make a lot of sense. At least, this movie isn't shamelessly copying the 'Up' plot, frame by frame. However, I do have to say, the rest of the film is done, so amateurishly. The awful animation, the bad voice acting, and others, make this film, very unwatchable. At least, other mockbuster companies like GoodTimes Entertainment & Asylum Production put some work, into their crappy films. I get the fact, this movie is a mockbuster; a film created with the intention of piggy-backing on the publicity of a major film with a similar title or theme, but this movie is way to laziness made. Taking old animation cells, from their Little & Big Monsters rip-off 2009's DreamWorks' 'Monsters vs. Aliens', the animation models are so recycle and stiff in motion, that they barely show any emotional range, nor smoothness. If that wasn't bad enough, the characters are just painfully dumb, and annoying. They're also a bit disturbing. A good example is the scene where a man gives young boy candy that puts him to sleep! Wow, that's really dark. However, I think the worst characters in the film, has to be the evil French guy with the awful French stereotype & the Chinese man with the offensive name "Ching Ling". I don't care if this movie was made for kids. That's still, not right. It doesn't help that the movie stars, a bunch of scientists that has no clue, what they're talking about. The movie isn't educational at all. Nor does it teach any strong moral message about ourselves. If anything, this movie is a time-waster, but even with that, this movie isn't that entertaining. The action scenes are short, brief and disappointing, that I doubt, it will keep a child's attention. The humor is also really flat, and unfunny. Even my niece found it boring, and she loves films like this. The animation is so ugly looking and cheap-looking that she spent more time, looking at the baby toilet, than watching this film. I can't see anyone watching this movie for more than two minutes without wanting to turn it off. This is the kind of movie you would show to your kids when you want to punish them for something. It's torture! Often made with a low budget, films like this, are usually released direct-to-video at the same time as the mainstream film reaches theaters or video outlets in over to intentionally deceive consumers into mistakenly purchasing the derivative, rather than the original movie, they tend to want to watch. Films like 'What's Up", were able to get away with scams like this, because Mockbuster producers have had no legal troubles with drafting off as a result of companies like Disney losing a case against GoodTimes Entertainment in the early 1990s. As long, as the source material is in the public domain, or have different artistic license from the film that they trying to mock; companies like this, are protected from copyrights laws. In the end, I really don't mind films, like this. As long, as the movie isn't a full blown piracy copy of the film, they trying to capitalize on. After all, its fair use laws like this that helps protected reviews like this, from being taken down. Overall: While, 'What's up?" Balloons to the Rescue' is family-approved movie, it's not really recommended from me, unless you're buying this movie as a gag gift. Even with that, there is better rip-off movies than this to watch. I hope, sooner than later, this balloon movie gets pop, because that what this movie really deserves.

There are no words to describe this abomination. It's so bad, even coming from Video Brinquedo, it's one of their worst films to hit Amazon. The plot revolves around scientists that hunt monsters from their flying balloon-house. The thing about that is, they aren't even scientists, are really irritating, and really have no clue about what's happening or even what they are saying themselves. It's supposed to be a ripoff from Pixar's "Up", which they didn't even really do, other than the fact they have a flying house suspended by balloons. It doesn't have anything similar other than that. There is a Chinese guy in this movie by the name of "Ching Ling"(which another character calls "Chin Ling"), who is such a stereotype of Chinese people it's hilarious. The person who wrote the script for this movie must have been just stupid high to even conceive of this terrible 45 minute crap-fest. They don't explain anything happening behind the plot, and it's just assumed it's magic and that everything works out that way. If you want to watch this movie I think they have English versions (if you're from the United States) on Youtube. It's pretty much the same as the Original Brazilian Version, and I think it's from Video Brinquedo's Official account; but either way it's terrible in both forms and this movie should have never made it past the sketch board. Watch it if you want your eyes to melt from your skull. -theringingguy

Seriously? Just reading the title makes me cringe. It doesn't sound accurate at all which no doubt symbolizes how much this movie has to offer us.1. The animation is loathsome to watch. The models of the humans are 3D stiff figures who hardly show any emotion and bad running motion. The monsters looked like something a kindergarten would draw in art class.2. The characters are completely annoying and empty-headed. They can't figure out how to make their house turn around when they invented the flying engine? Why do they think that the evil French guy saved them when they didn't even see him help? 3. The science in this movie is just insane. One minute there rock doesn't have it's energy and then a few scenes later it does have it's energy. It's never explained. Plus how does the magic rock that can only hypnotize people open a portal to let monsters out when it falls to the ground? No explanation.4. I don't care if this movie was made for kids. When your movie stars a bunch of scientists you're supposed to make them smart. They sadly don't know a thing or too about science.I can't see anyone watching this movie for more than two minutes without wanting to unplug their TV. This is the kind of movie you would show to your kids when you want to punish them for something. It's a big waste of time.