Was Pixar's Up a Rip-off?

SlashFilm Offers a Frame-by-Frame Analysis

SlashFilm has a very interesting article examining the striking similarities between the 2009 Academy Award-winning film Up and a French university student's short film, Above The Beyond.

Check the film out on SlashFilm and see for yourself. Do you think it is  a rip-off or coincidence? Furthermore, is SlashFilm being to diplomatic in their study or is it an evenhanded assessment?

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