Upside Down

Unfortunately, Upside Down was a limited release movie that didn't get a lot of attention. Fortunately, Thanksgiving Point thought it was worth a try. Unfortunately, Thursday was the last day it showed, but fortunately I went to see its last showing with my cousin.

It was a good movie, surprisingly clean with almost no swearing and absolutely no nudity. Violence was kept to a minimal as well, and they still managed to deliver a good movie. Crazy, huh? Anyway, if you remember back to my post on suspended disbelief, this is one movie that absolutely requires it. The movie starts with an explanation of the break they've made from normal physics....namely, that there are two worlds almost touching that have opposite gravities, so when you look up you see the other world instead of the sky. Even if you make it to the other side, your world's gravity still applies so you'll just fall up to your world again.

The story goes that one person from Up Top and one from Down Below meet where mountains from each world converge, thusly:

 

Of course, they fall in love, but it's forbidden, yada yada yada. Eventually they're discovered and they get in huge trouble because the worlds aren't supposed to mix. The guy, Adam, goes on a quest to make it to the other side and find his love, Eden.

Plot-wise, it's pretty much what you expect, but the idea behind the parallel worlds is so refreshing because you're working with new concepts of how science would work in that situation and there are so many directions you could take it and...it's fun. Who doesn't love a good excuse to blatantly disregard the laws of the universe and play around with new physics? Plus, you get some great graphics. Loved that part of it.

If you look, you can find some minor errors with combining the worlds, etc, but it's a movie I'd definitely recommend, though now you'll have to wait until it comes out on DVD.