So, let it be known that Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs is far more entertaining than Up.

Up jumps the shark a few hundred too many times. Ok, so an old man flies his house to South America with thousands of balloons? That's fine...it is an animated movie and all. But then he inadvertently takes a very annoying little boy with him? Well, it's a good thing that boy has family issues or else someone might actually notice he's gone. Ok, so there's this crazy bird in the jungle? Good thing there's a crazy old man chasing the bird or else it might have been completely pointless. Then, of course, there are the dogs that have GPS collars that verbalize the dogs' thoughts. Good thing the old man and annoying kid befriend one of the dogs that is apparently too nice and dog-like to be a part of the pack. The zeppelin blimp hasn't even been discussed yet, but this is obviously to bring the whole Nazi element into the picture. Yes, Nazis are still bad, even in 21st century animated movies about flying houses.

As for Meatballs, its just about weather that comes in the form of food. Pure genius. There's even the heartwarming story of a charismatic inventor and his dad, the bait shop-owning widower. Does anything else really need to be said?