A number of active and veteran baloonists are protesting the Academy-Award "Best Picture" nominated, Up, saying the film is Hollywood hokum, portraying balloon vendors as renegades while failing to represent details about balloon travel accurately.
The criticism highlights the delicate relationship between "Up" and the Balloon Federation of Amedrica (BFA) . BFA President Don Edwards says the film is "authentic" and "very compelling" and has recommended it to his staff. But the federation says it pulled its "Up" production assistance at the last minute in 2007, saying that the film's makers were shooting scenes that weren't in the screenplay submitted to the BFA, including a sequence that the government believed portrayed balloonists unflatteringly. The film's producers dispute elements of the account.
People have been particularly polarized on the issue, objecting to comments by some that Up was gritty, realistic and the best balloon movie ever.
"I think that's disrespectful to the men and women who are in balloons RIGHT NOW. It was Dumb. Dumb!" commented one opinionated moviegoer.
Others were not as put off. "Frankly, I don't care if it's accurate or not. It's gritty, suspense-filled and has a captivating story. If some of the details aren't quite right or if some of the details - or characters - are exaggerated from how things are in real life, so be it. I didn't expect the film to be a documentary when I went to see it. What I went to see was a captivating story set in the sky.
And that's what I got," said Destructo, mayor-for-life of Destructoville.
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