Okay, so maybe that's not so surprising considering both Ratatouille and the Incredibles both used this convention. I'm starting to notice a trend. Also, the fanboys from Comic-Con report that the Michael Giacchino's temp score is simply amazing. I can't wait. By now descriptions are starting to flood the Internet from the 50+ minute screening from Comic-Con. It's been described as a tear-jerker and the first half of this film sounds absolutely amazing.

While the footage of Carl's house taking off from the ground in the trailer looks great, the entire unedited scene just looks amazing as thousands of balloons float from behind the house and pull it out of its foundation. Even so, scenes of this house flying over the town and fields is just gorgeous to behold, the type of inspiring image that was probably key in getting the movie off the ground, so to speak. We actually get to see Carl meet Russell earlier in the footage as the young Wilderness Explorer shows up to try to earn his one missing badge, "Aiding the Elderly" and gets sent off on a Wild Snipe Chase by Fredrickson. Unfortunately, Russell returns just as the house is taking off and Carl finds that he's stuck with the talkative kid. There's a funny sequence where Carl imagines one way of getting Russell down from the flying house, but before he can get the boy off his hands, the house flies into a thunderstorm, and they have to work together to get the house through it safely before it eventually lands.

I absolutely cannot wait. Read some impressions here.