I'd say Puss in Boots The Last Wish pulled off the "3rd act misunderstanding", mainly because it's not super long and drawn out, Kitty sees Puss running away, she thinks he's going for the Wish, she calls him on it, and then the fighting starts We don't have some big emotional scene about how "You lied to me" and him trying to explain himself and her not believing, then going their seperate ways, only to reunite at the last 2nd, It's just over and done with
Yeah. Because of that, it ends up being one of my favorite scenes in the whole movie. Another example of this is the ALMOST break up scene between Goldi and the Bears when she is pressured into revealing what her wish is.
@@SonicPlayer2004 It actually kind of reminded me of Austin Powers, I love how they're setting up the 3rd act misunderstanding with Austin stripping and making the fembots malfunction, only for Venessa to walk in, Austin explain himself real quick, and she's just like "Okay, I believe you" and it's not mentioned again lmao. Love that little bit of subversion and playing on those tropes
Honestly I like that scene. It's cringe worthy but you know what I prefer an interesting character with flaws like Mordecai to someone who's just alright and kind of boring. I fully admit it's hard to sit through though lmao I have issues with that arc too but more because of how wishwashy and boring Margret is then anything
I watched Elemental not too long ago, and personally, I think it was good. Not one of Pixar's strongest movies, as it did have some elements (hah!) that could have used more work, but definitely a b-tier. I liked Wade and Ember's chemistry throughout this film because I think they balance each other well. Wade clearly comes from a background where expressing yourself and being vulnerable is highly valued versus Ember's family where communication and emotional expression aren't as prevalent which we see in multiple instances like Bernie not sharing his and Cinder's immigration story with Ember for years. It's why I actually liked the crying game scene because it perfectly demonstrates Wade's environment while growing up. Wade's uncle bringing up his and Wade's mom's nanna's (that's a lot of possessives) death during a game shows how they are extremely comfortable being open around one another, discussing sad memories, and providing each other emotional support. It also helps explain why Wade would crash the retirement party after their break up. In this case, Ember didn't just need more time or wasn't ready to open up to her parents; she fully admitted that she was willing sacrifice all her desires, including Wade and glass-blowing which make her incredibly happy, to run her family store like her father thinks she wants. Had Wade not intervened, Ember absolutely would have stayed silent about how she truly felt and continue to lie to her family and herself. When Wade crashes the party, he knows what he's doing is not a good idea, but he's desperate and thinks it is worth the risk. As a character who believes in the importance of emotional honesty and support amongst family, Wade has been trying throughout the entire movie to convince Ember to try to talk with her parents about what she wants out of life, but Ember refused every single time. And now, she's doing the exact thing that will make her life miserable: taking over the shop. This is Wade's final chance to not only save their relationship, but also Ember's happiness. It is his last ditch effort to help Ember open up about her feelings and a grand show of his commitment to her. He is not willing to give up and let Ember throw the life she wants away. Unfortunately, it kind of back fires and results in the emotional flood gates bursting which is symbolized by the 3rd act flood climax. These are just some of my reasons why I think the movie is better than a lot of people are giving it credit for.
I'll NEVER forgive Disney for how they advertised "Tresure Planet". When that movie came out I was 12, I absolutely loved the movie and thought the rest of the world would too. Then I saw the trailer in commercials, not only could I not believe how poorly they advertised the plot, but it was also mind baffling how they spoiled the villian! It always made me feel like they were intentionally sabotaging the film. Now while I'm listening to critics talk about the poor advertising with this movie, especially among many recently, I'm genuinely wondering if is malicious, or out or touch editors making a trailer to compel to all audiences when it actually works for no one. There is so much work and passion that goes into animation, it's a shame to see Disney and Pixar, Studios that once stood so tall have fallen so far.
15:54 that’s actually my biggest issue with Onwards, which ironically I actually think Elemental did fairly well… Onward has a very unique setting but it kind of takes a back seat to the main story
I kind of feel Onward is a better WORLD than a story. I mean, if there was some sort of D&D world where technology replaced magic, but we still had magical creatures, it would be fun. Kind of felt like the Flintstones, in that you have normal things happening in a setting where you’d think different things would.
@@battybuddy Yeah, that’s how I feel, just to me, the world was really just a setpiece If they did a story revolving around, say, environmentalism and used the “original magic” to illustrate that point, I’d like it better because it’s using the setting in a more meaningful way, instead of letting the setting take back seat to the story they could’ve told in a different one
My biggest issue with Elemental is that the dam is never fixed, and the cloud woman was petty and apathetic about fixing it. Also how Wade in the first 10 minutes of his presence in the movie feels like he was written by a completely different character than in the rest of the movie
Lol. I actually chalked the aptheticness being that she's a government worker, but I agree that Wade's first bits seem just to introduce him and the conflict in a rush before we actually get the REAL wade. It's mostly just how he's there, then hes headed to report the violations, while Ember's chasing after him and he's just steadily going like an automaton.
Actually one issue I had that's kind of brought up was the "Elements don't mix" thing- cause honestly, it seems water and earth work together wonderfully, and air doesn't really matter around anyone. Fire meanwhile is damaging to Earth and the usual problems between fire and water being a thing.
@@battybuddy to me it’s kind of a loose allusion to racism and outdated values, as Ember’s dad is the one who teaches her this while it isn’t always true But frankly Zootopia did it better
@@Jfam11638 Thats because with Zootopia, it wasn't actually a race allegory- it was an othering allegory. People SAY it's a race allegory when ignoring the fact that if you just make it about race, then the fact that predators seemed to be in power in the beginning falls flat. As such, I saw it as saying that you don't solve the problems by changing who you discriminate against. In fact I was joking about "Toxic predatority" Zootopia did it better by NOT making it about race, but about two distinct separate categories, that also have their own individual issues- Judy wasn't the first PREY cop, since they had them- she wasn't the first GIRL cop, like some people say cause they had them- she was specifically the first BUNNY cop. Elemental made it more specifically a race allegory, what with the fire having their own culture and stuff. Sorry, I have issues with people who think Zootopia is a "race" allegory when its really all about when you separate people of ANY kind into "Us" vs "Them" catagories. Right wing/left wing, Males/females, Religious/atheists.
@@battybuddy I think it’s like Zootopia only in the sense that there is a group that is viewed as more dangerous than the others, I only say Zootopia did it better because it actually explored that part of the story, while Elemental focused on other things, I didn’t mean to directly insinuate that Zootopia was about race lol, I know it’s much more nuanced than that
I HIGHLY appreciate people like you, who still expect a lot from movies, especially the writing and point out how much standards have fallen off a cliff in the last decade or so. It's a shame your videos take a while, but they are worth waiting for each time! Keep up the excitement work!
I think the only reason they showed less of air and earth is because if they had a big adventure type deal where four people from each element learned to co-exist it would be a slight rehash of Avatar. (The Nickelodeon show not the weird alien Pocahantas thing.)
Like how Harry Potter mostly cares about Griffendor and the snake one I cannot spell, but Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw are barely talked about until the last two-three books
I think the biggest issue with Elemental is that they fumbled on the Premise. Pixar is really known for 'PUshing it' with what they do with their movies, so seeing a generic 'Learning to accept eachother' premise from someone like PIxar is... offsetting.
I was pleasantly surprised with Elemental, and I came out of the theater genuinely liking it. Sure it had it’s flaws, some of the gags were hit or miss, some of the character designs were pretty ugly to me, and the story was very predictable and did have some plot holes here and there. But, I don’t know, I didn’t care. I really enjoyed the whole movie being about Ember and Wade spending time together and doing all the nice things to each other, it made their romance feel earned in my opinion, some of the gags did put on smile on my face, the animation was very beautiful and I liked all the creative things they do with it. Elemental’s heart is in the right place, and I can’t help but appreciate the movie for that. It’s also one of those movies that I’d actually like to see more of in the form of a hypothetical sequel or a TV series… You know, if the movie made its money back. It’s too bad not a lot of people flocked to go see it because of the bad marketing…
This is one of the most underrated youtube channels I have ever come across. Good reviews based on facts and logic , high quality, very passionate, very honest, you care about what the viewers/fans want while also making sure you don't make something you don't feel intrested in. I really admire that even in parts I don't agree with you I am able you undersstand where you're coming from and even rethink my own opinions with your points in mind. I found your channel with the toy story 4 review and I'm honestly really sad you haven't got the recognition you deserve. I hope you go on to grow more as a channel because you deserve it. Can't wait to see the projects you're working on in the near and further future!
Yeah, Elemental is definitely not top 5 Pixar for me (in no particular order, Wall-E, Toy Story 2 and 3, Incredibles, Inside Out, Up, and Coco are all better to me), but I think it’s one of the better Pixar films in recent history. The story probably could have used a bit more work but ultimately I appreciated what they did with it. I hope Pixar keeps up the momentum.
elemental isn't pixars best, but my GOD is it a breathe of fresh air compared to pixar and disney's previous movies as of recent. i personally enjoyed it quite a lot
This is one of my favorite Pixar movies. It's easily in my top 10 and maybe even my top 5 of Pixar favorites. I've watched it twice and it was even better on the second watch. I think they did a great job realizing this world and I love the core struggle Ember faces of wanting to take over the family shop, but slowly realizing that's not what she wants to do. Instead of being hamfisted like other movies where the character would be vocal and defiant about "going their own way," Ember tries far more to throw her gift away for her family's sake. Instead, it's her family that gives her the encouragement that it's okay to go a different path. The marketing really didn't do this movie any favors, treating it like a generic love story. The romance aspect is more of a second subplot that gradually grows and develops throughout the movie. Since the story is so well paced, it felt very believable that they'd start to fall for one another. Through each other, they gained insight into each other's culture and appreciated something they had limited experience in. I also think this movie's visuals are some of the best in any Pixar movie. I don't usually praise a movie's visuals, but they're so captivating here. One last point on a criticism people have towards Elemental. I get why people say Elemental is a race allegory, but I think people are misreading it. It's more accurate to say that Elemental is about society not accomodating immigrants (like how most things are in English in the US despite how there are many Spanish speaking immigrants that don't understand English). The movie does a good job presenting this issue. Like in the real world, there's not a clear right and wrong here. We obviously can see the situation from the Fire elemental perspective, but the movie does a great job of showing why the other elementals might have these policies. Instead of presenting it as "other elementals are wrong and fire elementals are right," I think the movie instead uses Ember and Wade to show that both cultures have something valuable to share and gain. Because the society has so much to gain by being accomodating, it should be more accomodating to fire elementals. I think that's the real message of the movie.
Alot have criticized Elemental for being same old, same old. Different people who aren't supposed to mingle and get along get along fine and everyone realizes how dumb it was to keep everyone segregated. I guess compared to some of Pixar's previous outings it's passable but Disney has burned through all it's good will with audiences and it's showing at the box office. Some are even saying the flop of this movie might be the end of Pixar as a company where the studio shuts down and the employees disbursed to different parts of the animation department i.e. what happened to Viseral Games, Maxis, and many others under the EA brand.
Excited for whenever and whatever comes for the future for this channel, make sure you're not burning yourself out though, it's important that you take care of yourself as well when it comes to your content Also, as an Owl House fanatic myself, and knowing how descriptive and thorough when it comes to things you love, I am going to absolutely adore that video when it comes out
Gotta say man, I respect how far out you go to create this stuff. I know it takes a lot of effort to produce videos like this, keep up the good work Trev.
I saw it and really liked it. I think the trailers and build up for this movie (and the colossal failure of Lightyear) killed it before it even got its legs. I rank it my 4th or 5th favorite Pixar movie, and I do intend to see it again. Its final ranking is subject to change, but for now I really liked this movie (although that mid act break up made my eyes roll)
as much as it was obviously going to happen I think it felt more real as emebr realized that she could finally be with wade and not fear snuffing or extingishing each other in their relation ship, and at that point when she felt that hapines and relief she was hit with the memory of her father saying he is lucky to have her as a daughter and him excited for her to take over the shop in his place ie the sign with her name on it, and at the very moment ember made the choice of choosing wade or her father and like she did before she continued to lie to herself and chose her father leading to the mid break up. yes the break up was to be expected from these romance story but I can say with confidence that it felt real and the motives behind it where genuine and understandable, especially as we see her almost cry on the train ride back and her face lighting up when wade interrupted their ceremony showing us that she knew the truth and was just looking for a way out and that was wade. one thing I did not like from that sequence was wade telling ember was afraid of speaking up which I understand but felt like it made the situation worst with the break up instead of maybe imporviong it but whatever. still a good movie though.
Unfortunately I think it’s something we have to expect for Disney now. There’s been so much crap coming out that people have lost their passion for new, exciting projects from Disney. Most of their money comes from the billions of remakes of things they know are popular and that the fans want (eg: Toy Story, frozen, etc), but nobody really cares about the new stuff. So by working for Disney on a new or unique project, you’ve kind of shot yourself in the foot because their reputation has been seriously damaged, and you would honestly be better off working for someone like dreamworks.
@@jackb1272 It's not so much that as the fact that Disney is pushing shit people don't want to see. So long as that trend continues then they will keep losing money and I wish they'd leave Toy Story alone. Toy Story 3 was a perfect ending.
@@muigokublack6487 I absolutely agree with what you’re saying. But I think it’s more a complex mix of Disney only advertising the stuff they know will do well, and people not being interested in what else Disney has to offer - not just one or the other. And yeah I really wish they leave franchises like toy story alone because it ended perfectly with 3
@@jackb1272 Cause it's not exclusive to Disney and Pixar, Marvel is having the same problem as well. People aren't watching. Guardians 3 is doing okay because it's a holdover from when the MCU was must-see entertainment. People want to see new things but when they see the Disney logo and everything they've pushed onto audiences people are rejecting and saying "no thanks". Audiences have lost faith in the Disney brand because it used to mean there was a standard of quality expected. Nowadays not so much.
One thing i noticed about the movie is that the fire people kept saying "elements don't mix", even though water helps earth. They contradict themselfs and i think thats on purpose because the fire people can't interact w/ earth and water.
@@CBman11037 By definition the Star Wars sequels and this Indiana Jones movie aren't reboots. And I like to consider myself an optimist, I don't judge a piece of media by what came before.
Fire and water are in a few movies. Sharkboy and Lavagirl, Childrens of the rain, Fire girl and water boy the game, here too. Why there's nothing about Air and Earth? I would love to see a film about thoses elements. Just imagine the air people as talking tornadoes, pegasus made of clouds and griffins made of wind sounds fun! They could live on a giant floating island, the earth tribe can be half-rhinos and half-lizards living in a giant cave full of crystals and weird plants. It's more interresting than seeing cloud people playing basketball in the air 🙂
As for the question of what I found good about it that you may have missed: I feel like you didn't discuss the immigrant family plotline enough. You acknowledged that the movie was clearly personal to director Sohn, and I have to agree on a deeper level. Particularly in the beginning, there are so many references to Asian immigration that I started picking up on at lightning speed. At times, the community around the fireplace gave me memories of walking around chinatown as a kid, just based on smaller details. There are so many others such as the traditions, short phrases, and character dynamics within the shop, but it's hard to recall since I've only seen it once in theaters. Two of the most powerful parts of the movie for me were the bows of respect Ember and her father gave to each other, and the simple line of: "The city wasn't made with fire people in mind."
You pretty much summed up my thought perfectly except that most of your critiques with Elemental are so minor to me that I would consider Elemental to be one of the best Pixar movies. Idk why but this movie really connected to me on a personal level for some reason. I am very pleasantly surprised with how this movie came out, considering the marketing. I don’t understand why so many people dislike it.
One thing I don’t understand. If a water person evaporates, wouldn’t they just become a wind person? I can understand fire killing an earth person, and water killing a fire person, but evaporating shouldn’t kill a water person. Really the only way a water person could die was by some kind of sickness or just old age
My friend, who I would consider to be a fairly critical movie critic and intellectual person, was literally in tears by the end of the movie. He even didn’t want to see it in the first place, neither did I tbh, we had just watched asteroid city and my little sister made us go to elemental. We knew it had been ragged on, and it lost a bunch of money, so we were pissed and pessimistic. But it was actually pretty good. Great review man! Love your content so much!
There are some good ideas in there. Unfortunately, the marketing and Non-Binary character have caused many to turn away from the film. I think the animation is one of the best - if you look, they have movement across their bodies. A well-marketed sequel could redeem it. A lot of people criticised the identity-driven plot rather than actual action rather than the character development. I reckon a sequel or a spin-off could expand upon the world and explain certain things.
Yeah I’ve seen people criticize the movie for that non binary character and the few same sex couples, all of which are background characters and it seriously confuses me cause if it’s not being done at the expense of story and characters and it’s not preaching any message…. What’s the problem? I don’t think modern day children are going to be that negatively affected by the existence of the LGBT people. If anything it’s just annoying cause you know those characters are only there for domestic release and are gonna be cut out for international countries where it wouldn’t make money because of that.
@@parycartoons6840 Oh, well that sucks for any non-binary person who wants to watch it. Oh well, not my problem, I'm a boy so it doesn't really matter that much to me
@@parycartoons6840 "I don’t think modern day children are going to be that negatively affected by the existence of the LGBT people." But, that's where you're wrong, kiddo.
My long distance boyfriend flew from Virginia to Finland (where I live) for the summer and we went to see Elemental together in the theaters and it really spoke to us. Not only are Ember and Wade really similar to us in character but it also dealt with a lot of the cultural differences we both face and I know I'm speaking from personal experience on this but it's really in my top 5 solely because it came at a perfect time for us and maybe I'm a little biased but I just associate the movie as our own special little thing :) Great video once again! Even though I love this movie (And Luca!) I agree with you on most of the stuff. Can't wait to see my boyfriend again in 6 days since he's flying over here again for Christmas!
Can we talk about how original Disney has been over the last 4 years? 1. Soul-2020 2. Luca-2021 3. Turning Red-2022 4. This Movie-2023 5. Wish-2023 6. Elio-20254
Don’t take my opinion seriously whatsoever, as I haven’t even seen the trailers for the movie, but based on how you described it (plus the clips you provided), it oozes passion and creativity, which is far, FAR better than whatever they’ve been churning out recently. It’s made with love, and that’s better than a cash grab any day in my eyes.
I watched it and i think its a very fun time. The relationship and cinematography is the best part and everything else is just okay. Id totally rewatch it but its just a decently good movie, nothing groundbreaking for me
I mostly agree with this, thought I think it's pretty weak how they actually handled the world in practice. For example: Fire people are generally portrayed as the world being violently racist against them. I don't mean this in a hyperbolic sense. I mean this in the sense that even after setting them aside a whole district (conveniently cut off from the inner city by a large body of water), even though they recognized enough about water's hazardousness to Fire people, that they cut off water to the canal, they still didn't care enough to either keep an eye on the key infrastructure that kept that canal from opening up again to notice a massive hole (except sending one guy who acts like a first year intern) and much more horribly continu to run a mass transit system over firetown that regularily splashes massive amounts of water down on the street, that we multiple times see the main character need to dodge, or take out an umbrella for. This isn't even a case of water being uncomfortable for them. If that water were to splash down on a fire person, that fire person would be dead from the way it's presented. Hell, they even lampshade in the opening that it might even be dangerous to their baby if water gets on their stomach by having the parents make sure the mom's alright there. This by itself is not the issue, this is just the context for how the world works. You absolutely can have a good story with this kind of blatant racism on display. In fact, you don't even need to 'solve' it. By itself, it's fine. The real issue? The entire city as explicitly stated by core characters, is made mostly of glass skyscrapers. Why is this an issue? Because we are shown directly that it's fire people who make glass, and if you think about it: Who else could even make glass? Water people can't work with heat, earth people are more like vegitation people, and large parts of their bodies instantly vaporize if exposed to any amount of fire, and that leaves the air people who... They MIGHT be capable of blowing glass, but inevitably IF they can even do it, they would be doing it in a fundamentally different way than a fire person would. In spite of this, the main character is offered an internship to work with the people who are responsible for the glassware in the city. From the way this world is set up, the entire visual language of the city demands that fire people be the ones who actually build most of the stuff with all the sleek glassy architecture and vehicles. By all intents and purposes, they are a compltely indespensible and essential part of the world being able to exist in the form it does, because rather than the city being a series of connected balloons that could be suggested to be the expertise of the air people, or clay or moss you could associate with the earth people, or even ice so you could justify it being built by the water people or any combination of these three, the main visual theme of the entire city is Glass, which is also portrayed as the thing fire people are experts at, that is essentially the job that so far as we see, they probably are the only ones who can even do. Despite that, the entire element of fire and heat in general is shown to be looked down upon, in this city that could not have possibly been built without it. Now, don't get me wrong, I don't think this makes the movie bad. Like I said at the start, I mostly agree with you that it's a fine film, if nothing special, but for a movie that is so desperately trying to make you drink in the scenery and look at how each element fits into the world, (Air people have an air people only sport of Not-Quidditch, the only people we see working with pipes and plumbing are water people, Earth people... Exist... They really did not give them anything huh?) the story and narrative world building appears to be at complete odds with the visual world building. I can't help but feel like how despite you said the two movies are very different, this might have had a Zootopia sort of rewrite somewhere along the way here, where they might have cranked the plight of the fire people up to 11, since it would make much more sense that the main characters can touch without trouble, there's a pipe system in the shop period (which shop's building physically was a crumbled mess when the dad moved there), and that the fire people are clearly integrated into the society of this world on a fundamental level as evident by the architecture, if in a previous version of the script water wasn't quite as deadly to them, and vice versa they weren't seen as a dangerous nuisance by most everyone else.
I gotta be honest. I really hope they decide to make some kind of Disney Channel spin off or sequel series to this. I just saw this movie, and while recent Pixar movies have been okay to me, I have not had this much love for a Pixar story since the golden years of Toy Story 2, Monsters Inc, and Finding Nemo. I'm not even joking. I truly view this movie in the same light as those movies. You'd be surprised at how much I'm a sucker for animated love stories, which are my favorite kind of animated movies, and while what they did in this movie is cliche, it felt like something you'd never expect from a Pixar film. I've never really seen them handle romance in a similar fashion as the main Disney studio does with their movies, but wow, did the romance in this movie blow me away to the point i would really love to see a continuation of the story to see they're relationship grow. They could even set the series within the months before they even have to leave Element City, but after seeing this movie I would just love to see these characters again.
LOL The jokes that stood out to you also stood out to me. I loved the doorman battle, especially since they both are like "OK, you're pretty good" As for the second act breakup, yeah- it was a little cringe but it didn't take me out like it did you. As for the touch- it was unexplained, but I felt it was a good scene- it just kind of makes you wonder why but they don't explain it. My head was that they could but they were afraid to even try- but even that is a dumb excuse. In the end- I see it as a good movie- not AS good as Pixar's heyday- but ABSOLUTELY better then what Disney's been churning out otherwise. Also, I don't think Lightyear is ALL the reason behind Elemental's failure- it's also like you said- Disney has been VERY dumb with marketing it. They've invested too much more into Little Mermaid, and they DID treat it like Strange Worlds- which I didn't even know was out when it released.
im about to go nerd on ya for a sec so hold on, in a scientifc matter them touching is actually possible as their is a phenomenon called Leidenfrost Effect; in short when water interacts with a object (such as a red hot steel ball) which has a temperature way higher than its boiling point of said water then a shield of vapor forms between the surface of the hot object and the water wich protects the water from instantly vaporizing and slows down the heated objects temapture's decrease in temperature substantially. in short I just wanted to say that the scene of them touching is basically possible through the Leidenfrost Effect which explains the vapor that shoots out from the close up scene and the vapor that forms every time they touch. so yea it can be done and the movie probably used that as the explanation of why they can touch without actually explaining it instead going for the visual story telling as we saw when the first touched. all in all it was a good scene and can be backed up with science but it is a animated movie so don't take things so seriously and just enjoy the movie as I liked elemental aswell.
@@skyworksreferenceart8986 that actually would have been pretty damn awesome if they established that was indeed what happened. I don’t know how they could explain it in such a short time to get a general audience to know that was what was happening…
@@cdangelo1843 how do you think i found this channel? what i find funny though is the fact that i look at a 6 hour video and my reaction is "yeah that seems to be a normal length" given how many of those have popped up over the years
While I'm still waiting for the Lightyear video to come out, I checked out the audio commentaries and found them entertaining. Which is a nice surprise. So take your time with Lightyear and the other projects, the audio commentaries will keep me entertained in the meanwhile.
Honestly the owl house video is the one I’m probably looking forward to the most that and amphibia where the first show that I actually stuck to watching as new episodes come out from day 1 (I wish I could do that with shows like unicorn warriors eternal but I’m trying to watch all of South Park before the paramount + specials for this year come out or at least before season 27)
I really really liked the movie to be honest- I think it’s not for everybody, but seeing as I went to watch it with my boyfriend, who is a child of two immigrants, it was really relatable for both of us to see how it’s not really a sake of “my dad doesn’t like water people” and more of a sake of “I don’t want to let me dad down and I feel like I can’t ever live up to his expectations considering he uprooted his entire life in order to give me a future here”. As for the flood in the third act, I think it was important because it essentially destroyed everything that her father worked so hard to make. I also think the animation is something to ride home for. Wow it’s incredible- I remember when I had my doubts looking at 2D concept art for this film and I was like “how the hell are they gonna do this” I do think that this movie was made for adults and more mature audiences, but I think it was great.
If you want a small, yet fun and strange, gem of a movie, I recommend Ernest and Celestine. It's beautiful, pretty sure traditionally animated, and the story has big issues it tackles in interesting ways. But it's a fun little French production with charming main characters and quirky side ones. I highly recommend
I haven’t properly watched Elementals yet, but something from the trailers that seemed to interest me was the joke about the pointless chain-link fence. Mainly from a worldbuilding standpoint, which a lot of your videos have helped me understand the importance of its integrity. I guess the fence itself could be for stopping Earth elementals at minimum, but it won’t stop the 3 others, and it might also be rough depending on the location of said fence. So I just wonder why it exists, other than just a joke.
I was just so bored watching elemental. I just don't understand why they thought that making the villian be literal water was a good idea. Especially in a world with living water.
I'd have to write a thousand+ word essay to explain all my thoughts and feelings, so i'll just say two this: I didn't cry because of the lovestory. I enjoyed it, but it didnt make me cry. the part that got to me was when Ember said the thing about "the only way to repay a sacrifice that big is to sacrifice yourself" i resonated with that so. fucking. hard. what can I say? i have daddy issues lol
As for me, I think my reaction is best summed up with: by the time the third act rolled around, I turned off the movie because I was just that bored. If I had been the director, I would have cut the romance parts of the film altogether, because clearly more emotional weight was put on Ember and Burnie’s relationship as father and daughter. THAT’S where all the stakes were truly lying, THAT’S the relationship I was rooting for and was worried about. Ember and Wade? *sigh* I’ll try to keep it brief. I agree with you-Wade is unbearably annoying when we first meet him-but then when we get to know about his past with his father, he makes sense, and I sympathise with him. Are we going to explore that *faucet* of his character more? NOPE. ONE SCENE OF EXPOSITION IS ALL WE’RE GONNA GET, MOVING ON!!! It’s not as though, when you’re in a romantic relationship, working through your personal problems so you can be a healthy human being and not poison the relationship is an important thing… or anything… And then, I have trouble picking up on any cues that the two of them actually like each other. Wade just… asks to hang out with her again. It’s more like they’re platonic work buddies. Judy and Nick from Zootopia oddly had more chemistry. And they just… spend a lot of time doing nothing around Element City… like, sure, it’s relaxing, and I appreciate the slower pace, but… this is supposed to be a rom com, right? As in, one of its main storylines is this couple’s budding relationship, right? So then… why don’t we actually get to see that more? We see it sometimes, in the forced exposition scene in the hot air balloon where we randomly bring up that flower, and then Wade takes her to see that flower later, but… that’s not a relationship. That’s a girl, telling a guy about something she’s angry about, and him doing something nice for her later, and all of this exists in a vacuum. Does Ember give a flying feather about Wade’s relationship with his dad and how that’s CLEARLY been having a negative effect on him-the man is literally directionless in life and she just doesn’t care? No, we need to make Wade INEXPLICABLY OBSESSED with Ember, simping over her, complimenting her ALL. THE. TIME. Asking about HER dreams and what SHE wants, all the while he is literally an amorphous blob of a character with NO OTHER MOTIVATION than “CUTE FIRE GIRL, MUST COMPLIMENT. YAS QUEEN, SLAY!” And then-this part cracks me up-he tells her “why should anyone get to tell you what to do with your life?” Right? But then, she makes the VERY mature and responsible decision to put her family first and take over her father’s shop, AND HE GETS MAD ABOUT IT!!! Like, she’s CHOOSING THIS!!! This is HER DECISION!!! AS AN ADULT!!! AND HE’S SO BUTT HURT ABOUT IT THAT HE CRASHES THEIR PARTY AND PRACTICALLY BEGS HER TO CHOOSE HIM AND THE GLASS JOB INSTEAD!!! LIKE, DUDE!!! DID YOU REALLY WANT HER TO MAKE HER OWN CHOICES, OR JUST MAKE OUT WITH YOU?! Ugh… and that’s where I stopped watching, so… the other thing is that aforementioned glass artistry job. Ember has a natural talent, sure, but never once during the movie do I remember her ever having a passion for it. There’s never a moment where she actively wishes she could do something more with it, or pursue art or anything. Wade’s mom is the one who FORCES IT ON HER. SHE’S the one who sets it up and gets her that interview, and SHE’S THE ONE who encourages her to go, despite the fact that Ember clearly doesn’t want to at that point in time. LIKE, GUYS, HOW CAN YOU BE THIS UN-SELF-AWARE?! And Ember doesn’t need to go far away to pursue that dream-HER FAMILY OWNS A STORE. SHE CAN MAKE AND SELL HER OWN ART THERE. SHE CAN BECOME SUCCESSFUL AT SOMETHING SHE LOVES *AND* RUN THE STORE AT THE SAME TIME. BRUH. And by the way, Ember’s whole “outbursts” thing? I hate how they try to make that seem like it’s her emotions’ way of trying to tell her that she’s not happy working at the store. NO. XD that’s not how emotions work you-oh my goodness, I gotta stop before I hurt myself. This emotional reaction is very real, it’s human, it’s honest-people do experience it. But you wanna know what it really is? I’ll tell ya. It’s not an excuse to bail on your family, it’s your FLIPPIN INSECURITIES AND ANXIETIES ABOUT FAILING TO RUN THE STORE AND DISAPPOINTING YOUR DAD, AND YOU WOULD FEEL A LOT BETTER IF YOU JUST STINKIN TALKED TO HIM ABOUT IT INSTEAD OF BOTTLING IT UP ALL THE TIME!!! Like… see a therapist… girl. Then there’s the whole, “Ember is better when she’s with Wade” stuff, and she’s less angry all the time. This is not a good way to show that their relationship is “meant to be,” as the movie tries to tell us. She’s in love. She’s in a better mood. NO STINKIN DUH SHE’S NOT GONNA BLOW HER TOP OFF ALL THE TIME. It’s like the writers want to send the message, “ALWAYS FOLLOW YOUR UNBRIDLED AND UNCHECKED EMOTIONS BECAUSE THEY ALWAYS KNOW BEST!!!” *inhale* NO!!!! FOR YOUR OWN SAFETY, PLEASE STOP!!!! “Following your heart” is an old saying, and it sounds all cute and wholesome and healthy, but girl… your heart is still you. Are you good at making critical decisions? If the answer is no, then why would you ever assume that your “heart” is better at it? More often than not, your “heart” will lead you straight off a cliff. Your emotions are not your brain. They are not your master. You are not a slave to them. They shouldn’t be controlling you. Understanding and expressing your emotions is one thing, but letting them tell you how to live your life? Following their every last whim? Doing everything because “you felt like it?” Not only is that dangerous, it’s irresponsible! No one gets up in the morning and says, “I really love changing my childrens’ diapers and doing the dishes and taking out the trash!” We don’t always do things because we feel emotionally compelled to do them or because they make us “feel good” inside. We do them because they’re good, necessary things that NEED to be done, even if they don’t make us “feel good” in the moment. Life is not an endless pursuit of pleasure through emotional gratification, it’s hard work, building toward a better future, which hopefully includes your family and other loved ones. Good things take hard work. Shallow meaningless things take emotional carelessness. …sorry, that got long… whoops…
I really liked this movie and the realistic portrayal of the romance was very “touching” for me. I always thought it was that they balanced to heat with the cool, but I do agree with your criticisms. But it’s not gonna stop me from going crazy over this movie
Based off personal life experience, Wade did the right thing when speaking up for himself... even if it exposed Ember's secrets. Wade living the rest of his life without openly expressing his own feelings publicly tends to lead to unresolved trauma. Shame on Ember for keeping secrets and trying to people please everyone in the first place. People need to learn how to openly and honestly communicate these days. I do absolutely agree about Wade coming back to life. He should have stayed dead. He sacrificed himself completely for Ember and it wasn't until then that Ember learned her lesson.
Once more, your thoughts match mine exactly, just said more eloquently. When I came home from the theater, I thought, "That wasn't a bad movie, but it didn't blow me away. It was a small, light hearted story with some clever elements (pun intended) and some really stupid decisions too. It gave me Luca vibes. Just a sweet story that was worth watching."
Are you still gonna do a Ralph Breaks the Internet video? And/or a breakdown of the HALO TV series? Or a FNAF Security Breach rant? Absolutely no rush. Also I think Indiana Jones 5 is going to boil your blood and you're gonna have another angry rant video to make. Free anti-spoiler: Mutt's dead.
Maybe on the Lightyear updates you can just say if you are adding something to the original plans or say that you were able to finish the part about Toy Story 5, but the lay-offs will still take time, just letting people know if more work is added and what parts are done, just a quick update if that is possible
I completely agree about thw second act break up, it made me so mad cause the relationship was going so nice and cute until that outta character and rude moment And my complain about the relationship is that is almost entirely romantic more like to focussing on the relationship, especial at the end focussing on love rather than how they actually affected each other
31:34 LOOK MA I GOT IN A VIDEO All jokes aside, I can totally relate to losing interest in making one thing for too long. Im currently working on what is going to eventually be my longest fanfic ever, but due to my attention span and overthinking nearly every single line, I just am like, "do I want to" and then go play video games and/or watch RUclips. The prologue will get done, but I still have a loooooooooooooooooooooong way to go.
I agree on the second act breakup- I actually liked it in Luca because it pushed the idea of how wanting to be accepted can cause you to turn on people who’re like you (not to bring up the idea of Luca being a gay metaphor, but its basically someone keeping themselves in the closet for their own safety) but in turning red it REALLY wasn’t needed- and I REALLY LIKE turning red
We are just tired of the sanctimonious patronizing from corporations who have zero actual interest in people (only money) but act like they have the moral high-ground on every matter. Moral grandstanding sells nowadays with the hyper-politicized youth who have to scream every message at the top of their lungs; but for 99.9% of people over the age of 13, we have already learned and been employing the "live and let live" and "let's all live in harmony despite our different backgrounds" messaging since the late-1960s. It is the furthest thing from a revolutionary message and just comes off as insulting to be so blatantly shoved in our faces. Pixar and Disney act like they're breaking ground, but their messaging has been taught to preschoolers for over half a century now.
Wade’s actions in the end at the party Didn’t bother me as much as they did for you. The truth had to come out somehow, and Ember’s biggest character flaw was her issue of bottling up and not expressing emotions, literally leading to violent outbursts. Him pushing her to do the opposite of suppressing everything even though it shouldn’t have been in front of everyone besides her family, was likely better for her in the end.
I was pretty underwhelmed with Inside Out, so I don't think I'm going to even bother with this movie. If you like these movies, that's great, I'm glad you do, but that's just my personal taste. Thanks for the video, I always enjoy your thoughts on movies.
imo the movie was pretty nice, and I feel like it’s more about a difference between togetherness and mixing No, elements CAN’T mix, but that can’t stop two very different people from being together in a relationship because it’s not about mixing given the fact that mixing would literally destroy them both I just wish that the film was hinting more to that, I feel like it’d be a more mature way of showing a relationship between polar opposites and avoiding toxic or codependent relationships that can hurt everyone involved because it’s literally fire and water: they CAN be together, but they shouldn’t mix
20:00 No, I was thinking the same thing. I also got a bit emotional at the end. Maybe more than I should have. But I had completely forgotten about the bow of respect. So it shocked me into tears after being taken out of the movie by that scene you mentioned. As well as the fake death of Wade. Not the best Pixar movie. Far from it. But it is better than TS4 and Cars 2
People seem to just not care about Disney and Pixar movies anymore and honestly they caused that themselves, so even the most average of their movies will be seen as terrible on reputation alone
The fact that my comment about lightyear was on his 2nh channel 😂 that's fine, take your time. I'd rather you make projects that you actually care about then the ones we do. I'll watch them regardless.
I enjoyed Elemental myself pretty well despite the flaws, felt the only element that was kinda neglected was the earth element. Pivoting towards some of your complaints however? I personally thought the bow was a perfectly fine scene, and the reasoning behind why Wade and Ember can touch is using the Leidenfrost effect I believe. Same reason humans can slap molten lava. If Wade being able to reform from boiling away works out (even if it makes worldbuilding a bit strange), then it should be similar there. Also, while you're taking your time with Lightyear. I'd consider addressing a small mistake you made in the initial review. Buzz didn't say "in case I got out alive" but "in case I got out of line". As getting out of line does sorta justify why Sox would have a tranquilizer. To be safe in case Buzz lost his mind from the failed flights and got violent.
I watched Elemental and was one of those ones that cried multiple times. Why? I can’t quite pinpoint. Perhaps the art in combination with music? The deep self doubt within the lead fire. I can’t say. Elemental is in my top 5 even with me recognizing the flaws of it that you discussed :)
Can we talk about how Ember could have used her glass blowing to go see the tree instead of an air bubble? The air bubble doesn't make any sense on how it works and nearly kills her. The glass blowing would have showed her talent for it again in a big way.
i'd say that rocks would be part of the earth element but yeah, i would be interested in seeing ice people. Maybe they'll represent Russians, Canadians or something along those lines.
i'd also say that ice would be by far the most dangerous to the 3 primary elements that reside in the city: - Water would be weak to it bc, well: ice is just that in solid form and would have water as their primary consumable - Earth would be weak to it bc irl, it suffers greatly from ice needles (or frostbite) in the winter, as well as plants having to hibernate at that point - Air would be weak to it bc when cooled down, they precipitate on
I've seen it a few times and I think the romance between wade and ember is nice (where before watching it I assumed it would be another standard love story rom com type thing) but I thought their scenes together were sweet. The immigrant story really touched me as well )despite not being an immigrant) but the want to impress your parents and continue their legacy while not really wanting that and knowing you won't be happy but wanting to make them proud and continue their dreams really hit me due to similar feelings of wanting to be better in my parents view. I just felt like parts of it were rushed and didn't make really good sense. I didn't like the break up, I didn't like the retiring party scene, I didn't like the ending climax with the flood, I didn't like how gale came around so quickly, and a lot of times when Wade would be being Wade like at the air ball scene just felt kinda cringey and unrealistic (which yeah I know it's a movie but still). I feel like it was like 5/10, you can watch it and enjoy it, but it's no where near movies like ratatouille, WALL-E, or Incredibles where you can rewatch and rewatch and rewatch and take away something new each time. But it's also not as bad as toy story 4, the good dinosaur, or Incredibles 2. It's fine. And sometimes that's the worse thing a movie can be. It's not bad enough for people to make long rants dissecting each failure, and it isn't good enough for people to praise each facet. It's just fine.
The point you had with the trailer for elementals using the worst jokes and writing moments to adverstise the film kinda got to me. I also get mad when the trailer's spoil good moments in the movie, but you also have to actually sell the movie... A trailer I think did a good job on this was the no way home. They even re-did shots to take out the other spidermen. for the trailers. One thing I wish budget was put into was creating dedicated content for the trailers. Which I dont think is impossible for huge studios. On the point about how they touch. There's this really sweet animated minecraft series where Steve and the mobs live together, and there's a reoccurring theme of the characters letting themselves get het hurt for the sake of better connection with the other character. Did the movie animate them getting smaller in size or atleast taking "damage" from touching each other atleast?
Not making promises is definitely the way to go, and I’m sure the majority of us understand how time consuming these are, it’s done when it’s done
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Yes. Many of us know how it's not easy.
I'd say Puss in Boots The Last Wish pulled off the "3rd act misunderstanding", mainly because it's not super long and drawn out, Kitty sees Puss running away, she thinks he's going for the Wish, she calls him on it, and then the fighting starts
We don't have some big emotional scene about how "You lied to me" and him trying to explain himself and her not believing, then going their seperate ways, only to reunite at the last 2nd, It's just over and done with
Yeah. Because of that, it ends up being one of my favorite scenes in the whole movie.
Another example of this is the ALMOST break up scene between Goldi and the Bears when she is pressured into revealing what her wish is.
@@SonicPlayer2004 It actually kind of reminded me of Austin Powers, I love how they're setting up the 3rd act misunderstanding with Austin stripping and making the fembots malfunction, only for Venessa to walk in, Austin explain himself real quick, and she's just like "Okay, I believe you" and it's not mentioned again lmao. Love that little bit of subversion and playing on those tropes
Exactly
If you think this movie had the most embarrassing and hard to sit through party crashing scene, you should see the season 6 finale of Regular Show.
That’s the only season I ended up skipping during watching it lol
Oh god not that one
Oooof
I love Regular Show, but that whole love triangle arc was an absolute dumpster fire.
Honestly I like that scene. It's cringe worthy but you know what I prefer an interesting character with flaws like Mordecai to someone who's just alright and kind of boring. I fully admit it's hard to sit through though lmao
I have issues with that arc too but more because of how wishwashy and boring Margret is then anything
I watched Elemental not too long ago, and personally, I think it was good. Not one of Pixar's strongest movies, as it did have some elements (hah!) that could have used more work, but definitely a b-tier. I liked Wade and Ember's chemistry throughout this film because I think they balance each other well. Wade clearly comes from a background where expressing yourself and being vulnerable is highly valued versus Ember's family where communication and emotional expression aren't as prevalent which we see in multiple instances like Bernie not sharing his and Cinder's immigration story with Ember for years.
It's why I actually liked the crying game scene because it perfectly demonstrates Wade's environment while growing up. Wade's uncle bringing up his and Wade's mom's nanna's (that's a lot of possessives) death during a game shows how they are extremely comfortable being open around one another, discussing sad memories, and providing each other emotional support. It also helps explain why Wade would crash the retirement party after their break up. In this case, Ember didn't just need more time or wasn't ready to open up to her parents; she fully admitted that she was willing sacrifice all her desires, including Wade and glass-blowing which make her incredibly happy, to run her family store like her father thinks she wants. Had Wade not intervened, Ember absolutely would have stayed silent about how she truly felt and continue to lie to her family and herself. When Wade crashes the party, he knows what he's doing is not a good idea, but he's desperate and thinks it is worth the risk.
As a character who believes in the importance of emotional honesty and support amongst family, Wade has been trying throughout the entire movie to convince Ember to try to talk with her parents about what she wants out of life, but Ember refused every single time. And now, she's doing the exact thing that will make her life miserable: taking over the shop. This is Wade's final chance to not only save their relationship, but also Ember's happiness. It is his last ditch effort to help Ember open up about her feelings and a grand show of his commitment to her. He is not willing to give up and let Ember throw the life she wants away. Unfortunately, it kind of back fires and results in the emotional flood gates bursting which is symbolized by the 3rd act flood climax.
These are just some of my reasons why I think the movie is better than a lot of people are giving it credit for.
I'll NEVER forgive Disney for how they advertised "Tresure Planet". When that movie came out I was 12, I absolutely loved the movie and thought the rest of the world would too. Then I saw the trailer in commercials, not only could I not believe how poorly they advertised the plot, but it was also mind baffling how they spoiled the villian! It always made me feel like they were intentionally sabotaging the film.
Now while I'm listening to critics talk about the poor advertising with this movie, especially among many recently, I'm genuinely wondering if is malicious, or out or touch editors making a trailer to compel to all audiences when it actually works for no one. There is so much work and passion that goes into animation, it's a shame to see Disney and Pixar, Studios that once stood so tall have fallen so far.
Some Wall-E ads made the Axiom Captain look like the bad guy, I think
15:54 that’s actually my biggest issue with Onwards, which ironically I actually think Elemental did fairly well… Onward has a very unique setting but it kind of takes a back seat to the main story
I kind of feel Onward is a better WORLD than a story.
I mean, if there was some sort of D&D world where technology replaced magic, but we still had magical creatures, it would be fun. Kind of felt like the Flintstones, in that you have normal things happening in a setting where you’d think different things would.
@@battybuddy Yeah, that’s how I feel, just to me, the world was really just a setpiece
If they did a story revolving around, say, environmentalism and used the “original magic” to illustrate that point, I’d like it better because it’s using the setting in a more meaningful way, instead of letting the setting take back seat to the story they could’ve told in a different one
@JFam388 yeah, the fantasy and contemporary settings in Onward felt like they were just there and barely complemented each other.
My biggest issue with Elemental is that the dam is never fixed, and the cloud woman was petty and apathetic about fixing it.
Also how Wade in the first 10 minutes of his presence in the movie feels like he was written by a completely different character than in the rest of the movie
Lol. I actually chalked the aptheticness being that she's a government worker, but I agree that Wade's first bits seem just to introduce him and the conflict in a rush before we actually get the REAL wade. It's mostly just how he's there, then hes headed to report the violations, while Ember's chasing after him and he's just steadily going like an automaton.
Actually one issue I had that's kind of brought up was the "Elements don't mix" thing- cause honestly, it seems water and earth work together wonderfully, and air doesn't really matter around anyone. Fire meanwhile is damaging to Earth and the usual problems between fire and water being a thing.
@@battybuddy to me it’s kind of a loose allusion to racism and outdated values, as Ember’s dad is the one who teaches her this while it isn’t always true
But frankly Zootopia did it better
@@Jfam11638 Thats because with Zootopia, it wasn't actually a race allegory- it was an othering allegory. People SAY it's a race allegory when ignoring the fact that if you just make it about race, then the fact that predators seemed to be in power in the beginning falls flat. As such, I saw it as saying that you don't solve the problems by changing who you discriminate against. In fact I was joking about "Toxic predatority"
Zootopia did it better by NOT making it about race, but about two distinct separate categories, that also have their own individual issues- Judy wasn't the first PREY cop, since they had them- she wasn't the first GIRL cop, like some people say cause they had them- she was specifically the first BUNNY cop.
Elemental made it more specifically a race allegory, what with the fire having their own culture and stuff.
Sorry, I have issues with people who think Zootopia is a "race" allegory when its really all about when you separate people of ANY kind into "Us" vs "Them" catagories. Right wing/left wing, Males/females, Religious/atheists.
@@battybuddy I think it’s like Zootopia only in the sense that there is a group that is viewed as more dangerous than the others, I only say Zootopia did it better because it actually explored that part of the story, while Elemental focused on other things, I didn’t mean to directly insinuate that Zootopia was about race lol, I know it’s much more nuanced than that
I HIGHLY appreciate people like you, who still expect a lot from movies, especially the writing and point out how much standards have fallen off a cliff in the last decade or so. It's a shame your videos take a while, but they are worth waiting for each time! Keep up the excitement work!
I think the only reason they showed less of air and earth is because if they had a big adventure type deal where four people from each element learned to co-exist it would be a slight rehash of Avatar. (The Nickelodeon show not the weird alien Pocahantas thing.)
Especially since Frozen 2 ans Raya already got flack for seemingly trying to rehash that.
@@FlyingFocs And both of those weren't particularly ground breaking. At most they cracked a rock.
Like how Harry Potter mostly cares about Griffendor and the snake one I cannot spell, but Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw are barely talked about until the last two-three books
I think the biggest issue with Elemental is that they fumbled on the Premise. Pixar is really known for 'PUshing it' with what they do with their movies, so seeing a generic 'Learning to accept eachother' premise from someone like PIxar is... offsetting.
Capitalizing the PU; clever, backwards for UP, I didn't notice at first, that or I'm over thinking it.
@@soundrogue4472Honestly I don't even remember much about UP other then the opening sequence.
@@globurim There was also this bird that had a boy name but was actually a female and had offsprings
Yeah that was ahead of it’s time
@@globurim oh what about that funny bird and the dog who can talk?
the premise (still not pixars best) definitely hits harder if you are the child of immigrants. its not just "learning to accept to eachother"
I was pleasantly surprised with Elemental, and I came out of the theater genuinely liking it. Sure it had it’s flaws, some of the gags were hit or miss, some of the character designs were pretty ugly to me, and the story was very predictable and did have some plot holes here and there. But, I don’t know, I didn’t care.
I really enjoyed the whole movie being about Ember and Wade spending time together and doing all the nice things to each other, it made their romance feel earned in my opinion, some of the gags did put on smile on my face, the animation was very beautiful and I liked all the creative things they do with it. Elemental’s heart is in the right place, and I can’t help but appreciate the movie for that.
It’s also one of those movies that I’d actually like to see more of in the form of a hypothetical sequel or a TV series… You know, if the movie made its money back. It’s too bad not a lot of people flocked to go see it because of the bad marketing…
Still a better love story than Twilight
@@Disneyfan82 YES!
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Yeah, Elemental is definitely not top 5 Pixar for me (in no particular order, Wall-E, Toy Story 2 and 3, Incredibles, Inside Out, Up, and Coco are all better to me), but I think it’s one of the better Pixar films in recent history. The story probably could have used a bit more work but ultimately I appreciated what they did with it. I hope Pixar keeps up the momentum.
Fun fact: Peter Sohn also voiced Ned (I think that was his name) from Spider-Man Across the Spiderverse
Yeah that’s right
Who? Never heard of her
@@user-vh7ks8px3s Her? Peter is a guy, and so is Ned
elemental isn't pixars best, but my GOD is it a breathe of fresh air compared to pixar and disney's previous movies as of recent.
i personally enjoyed it quite a lot
This is one of my favorite Pixar movies. It's easily in my top 10 and maybe even my top 5 of Pixar favorites. I've watched it twice and it was even better on the second watch. I think they did a great job realizing this world and I love the core struggle Ember faces of wanting to take over the family shop, but slowly realizing that's not what she wants to do. Instead of being hamfisted like other movies where the character would be vocal and defiant about "going their own way," Ember tries far more to throw her gift away for her family's sake. Instead, it's her family that gives her the encouragement that it's okay to go a different path.
The marketing really didn't do this movie any favors, treating it like a generic love story. The romance aspect is more of a second subplot that gradually grows and develops throughout the movie. Since the story is so well paced, it felt very believable that they'd start to fall for one another. Through each other, they gained insight into each other's culture and appreciated something they had limited experience in.
I also think this movie's visuals are some of the best in any Pixar movie. I don't usually praise a movie's visuals, but they're so captivating here.
One last point on a criticism people have towards Elemental. I get why people say Elemental is a race allegory, but I think people are misreading it. It's more accurate to say that Elemental is about society not accomodating immigrants (like how most things are in English in the US despite how there are many Spanish speaking immigrants that don't understand English). The movie does a good job presenting this issue. Like in the real world, there's not a clear right and wrong here. We obviously can see the situation from the Fire elemental perspective, but the movie does a great job of showing why the other elementals might have these policies. Instead of presenting it as "other elementals are wrong and fire elementals are right," I think the movie instead uses Ember and Wade to show that both cultures have something valuable to share and gain. Because the society has so much to gain by being accomodating, it should be more accomodating to fire elementals. I think that's the real message of the movie.
Oh, man. And dont forget about "How Ralph wrecked not only Internet, but and everything".
Well, the part about not touching is really sad. They could have written an excellent, subtle representation of asexual romance.
Aka platonic friendship.
@@woldemunster9244 even platonic friends can make physical contact…
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@@woldemunster9244Not the same at all.
Alot have criticized Elemental for being same old, same old. Different people who aren't supposed to mingle and get along get along fine and everyone realizes how dumb it was to keep everyone segregated.
I guess compared to some of Pixar's previous outings it's passable but Disney has burned through all it's good will with audiences and it's showing at the box office. Some are even saying the flop of this movie might be the end of Pixar as a company where the studio shuts down and the employees disbursed to different parts of the animation department i.e. what happened to Viseral Games, Maxis, and many others under the EA brand.
Excited for whenever and whatever comes for the future for this channel, make sure you're not burning yourself out though, it's important that you take care of yourself as well when it comes to your content
Also, as an Owl House fanatic myself, and knowing how descriptive and thorough when it comes to things you love, I am going to absolutely adore that video when it comes out
Gotta say man, I respect how far out you go to create this stuff. I know it takes a lot of effort to produce videos like this, keep up the good work Trev.
Good to see you still uploading again
I saw it and really liked it. I think the trailers and build up for this movie (and the colossal failure of Lightyear) killed it before it even got its legs. I rank it my 4th or 5th favorite Pixar movie, and I do intend to see it again. Its final ranking is subject to change, but for now I really liked this movie (although that mid act break up made my eyes roll)
as much as it was obviously going to happen I think it felt more real as emebr realized that she could finally be with wade and not fear snuffing or extingishing each other in their relation ship, and at that point when she felt that hapines and relief she was hit with the memory of her father saying he is lucky to have her as a daughter and him excited for her to take over the shop in his place ie the sign with her name on it, and at the very moment ember made the choice of choosing wade or her father and like she did before she continued to lie to herself and chose her father leading to the mid break up.
yes the break up was to be expected from these romance story but I can say with confidence that it felt real and the motives behind it where genuine and understandable, especially as we see her almost cry on the train ride back and her face lighting up when wade interrupted their ceremony showing us that she knew the truth and was just looking for a way out and that was wade.
one thing I did not like from that sequence was wade telling ember was afraid of speaking up which I understand but felt like it made the situation worst with the break up instead of maybe imporviong it but whatever. still a good movie though.
Sad that elemental didn't do well box office wise
Unfortunately I think it’s something we have to expect for Disney now. There’s been so much crap coming out that people have lost their passion for new, exciting projects from Disney. Most of their money comes from the billions of remakes of things they know are popular and that the fans want (eg: Toy Story, frozen, etc), but nobody really cares about the new stuff. So by working for Disney on a new or unique project, you’ve kind of shot yourself in the foot because their reputation has been seriously damaged, and you would honestly be better off working for someone like dreamworks.
@@jackb1272 It's not so much that as the fact that Disney is pushing shit people don't want to see. So long as that trend continues then they will keep losing money and I wish they'd leave Toy Story alone. Toy Story 3 was a perfect ending.
@@muigokublack6487 I absolutely agree with what you’re saying. But I think it’s more a complex mix of Disney only advertising the stuff they know will do well, and people not being interested in what else Disney has to offer - not just one or the other. And yeah I really wish they leave franchises like toy story alone because it ended perfectly with 3
@@jackb1272 Cause it's not exclusive to Disney and Pixar, Marvel is having the same problem as well. People aren't watching. Guardians 3 is doing okay because it's a holdover from when the MCU was must-see entertainment. People want to see new things but when they see the Disney logo and everything they've pushed onto audiences people are rejecting and saying "no thanks". Audiences have lost faith in the Disney brand because it used to mean there was a standard of quality expected. Nowadays not so much.
@@jackb1272What's happened to them? And what's happened to people taking classic Disney for granted?
One thing i noticed about the movie is that the fire people kept saying "elements don't mix", even though water helps earth. They contradict themselfs and i think thats on purpose because the fire people can't interact w/ earth and water.
The amount of people that have slandered the Dial of Destiny actually gaslighted me into thinking it already came out
Dial of destiny has had several fan screening's and critics screenings. That's why a lot of people has been speaking about it.
Its another crap reboot. They did it to star wars already. Why the hell would anybody expect it to be good?
@@CBman11037 By definition the Star Wars sequels and this Indiana Jones movie aren't reboots. And I like to consider myself an optimist, I don't judge a piece of media by what came before.
Fire and water are in a few movies. Sharkboy and Lavagirl, Childrens of the rain, Fire girl and water boy the game, here too. Why there's nothing about Air and Earth? I would love to see a film about thoses elements. Just imagine the air people as talking tornadoes, pegasus made of clouds and griffins made of wind sounds fun! They could live on a giant floating island, the earth tribe can be half-rhinos and half-lizards living in a giant cave full of crystals and weird plants. It's more interresting than seeing cloud people playing basketball in the air 🙂
After i finish Rewatching Infinity War, i'll shall watch this
Have you finished yet
@@WriterNZane yes
I can't believe your Lightyear review was an entire year ago.
As for the question of what I found good about it that you may have missed: I feel like you didn't discuss the immigrant family plotline enough. You acknowledged that the movie was clearly personal to director Sohn, and I have to agree on a deeper level. Particularly in the beginning, there are so many references to Asian immigration that I started picking up on at lightning speed. At times, the community around the fireplace gave me memories of walking around chinatown as a kid, just based on smaller details. There are so many others such as the traditions, short phrases, and character dynamics within the shop, but it's hard to recall since I've only seen it once in theaters. Two of the most powerful parts of the movie for me were the bows of respect Ember and her father gave to each other, and the simple line of: "The city wasn't made with fire people in mind."
You pretty much summed up my thought perfectly except that most of your critiques with Elemental are so minor to me that I would consider Elemental to be one of the best Pixar movies. Idk why but this movie really connected to me on a personal level for some reason. I am very pleasantly surprised with how this movie came out, considering the marketing. I don’t understand why so many people dislike it.
One thing I don’t understand. If a water person evaporates, wouldn’t they just become a wind person? I can understand fire killing an earth person, and water killing a fire person, but evaporating shouldn’t kill a water person. Really the only way a water person could die was by some kind of sickness or just old age
Glad to see an update video. Super excited for the proyects man, keep it up!
My friend, who I would consider to be a fairly critical movie critic and intellectual person, was literally in tears by the end of the movie. He even didn’t want to see it in the first place, neither did I tbh, we had just watched asteroid city and my little sister made us go to elemental. We knew it had been ragged on, and it lost a bunch of money, so we were pissed and pessimistic. But it was actually pretty good. Great review man! Love your content so much!
Watching this after having already watched your Indiana Jones review is honestly a masterclass in tragic foreshadowing 😂
Right now Elemental is my 16th favorite Pixar film, above Finding Dory but below Luca
There are some good ideas in there. Unfortunately, the marketing and Non-Binary character have caused many to turn away from the film. I think the animation is one of the best - if you look, they have movement across their bodies. A well-marketed sequel could redeem it. A lot of people criticised the identity-driven plot rather than actual action rather than the character development. I reckon a sequel or a spin-off could expand upon the world and explain certain things.
What's wrong with the non-binary character? Are they badly written?
Yeah I’ve seen people criticize the movie for that non binary character and the few same sex couples, all of which are background characters and it seriously confuses me cause if it’s not being done at the expense of story and characters and it’s not preaching any message…. What’s the problem? I don’t think modern day children are going to be that negatively affected by the existence of the LGBT people. If anything it’s just annoying cause you know those characters are only there for domestic release and are gonna be cut out for international countries where it wouldn’t make money because of that.
@@johnnycraft4583they’re not even a character. They’re just kinda there for a few seconds.
@@parycartoons6840 Oh, well that sucks for any non-binary person who wants to watch it. Oh well, not my problem, I'm a boy so it doesn't really matter that much to me
@@parycartoons6840 "I don’t think modern day children are going to be that negatively affected by the existence of the LGBT people."
But, that's where you're wrong, kiddo.
I’m going to be patient. It’s important that you take your time on your Lightyear critique.
My long distance boyfriend flew from Virginia to Finland (where I live) for the summer and we went to see Elemental together in the theaters and it really spoke to us. Not only are Ember and Wade really similar to us in character but it also dealt with a lot of the cultural differences we both face and I know I'm speaking from personal experience on this but it's really in my top 5 solely because it came at a perfect time for us and maybe I'm a little biased but I just associate the movie as our own special little thing :) Great video once again! Even though I love this movie (And Luca!) I agree with you on most of the stuff. Can't wait to see my boyfriend again in 6 days since he's flying over here again for Christmas!
As an Owl House fan myself, I personally can't wait for the 6 hour breakdown on why it's an amazing show (and getting some much needed recognition)
Can we talk about how original Disney has been over the last 4 years?
1. Soul-2020
2. Luca-2021
3. Turning Red-2022
4. This Movie-2023
5. Wish-2023
6. Elio-20254
Don’t take my opinion seriously whatsoever, as I haven’t even seen the trailers for the movie, but based on how you described it (plus the clips you provided), it oozes passion and creativity, which is far, FAR better than whatever they’ve been churning out recently. It’s made with love, and that’s better than a cash grab any day in my eyes.
I watched it and i think its a very fun time. The relationship and cinematography is the best part and everything else is just okay. Id totally rewatch it but its just a decently good movie, nothing groundbreaking for me
I mostly agree with this, thought I think it's pretty weak how they actually handled the world in practice.
For example: Fire people are generally portrayed as the world being violently racist against them. I don't mean this in a hyperbolic sense. I mean this in the sense that even after setting them aside a whole district (conveniently cut off from the inner city by a large body of water), even though they recognized enough about water's hazardousness to Fire people, that they cut off water to the canal, they still didn't care enough to either keep an eye on the key infrastructure that kept that canal from opening up again to notice a massive hole (except sending one guy who acts like a first year intern) and much more horribly continu to run a mass transit system over firetown that regularily splashes massive amounts of water down on the street, that we multiple times see the main character need to dodge, or take out an umbrella for. This isn't even a case of water being uncomfortable for them. If that water were to splash down on a fire person, that fire person would be dead from the way it's presented. Hell, they even lampshade in the opening that it might even be dangerous to their baby if water gets on their stomach by having the parents make sure the mom's alright there.
This by itself is not the issue, this is just the context for how the world works. You absolutely can have a good story with this kind of blatant racism on display. In fact, you don't even need to 'solve' it. By itself, it's fine.
The real issue? The entire city as explicitly stated by core characters, is made mostly of glass skyscrapers.
Why is this an issue? Because we are shown directly that it's fire people who make glass, and if you think about it: Who else could even make glass? Water people can't work with heat, earth people are more like vegitation people, and large parts of their bodies instantly vaporize if exposed to any amount of fire, and that leaves the air people who... They MIGHT be capable of blowing glass, but inevitably IF they can even do it, they would be doing it in a fundamentally different way than a fire person would. In spite of this, the main character is offered an internship to work with the people who are responsible for the glassware in the city.
From the way this world is set up, the entire visual language of the city demands that fire people be the ones who actually build most of the stuff with all the sleek glassy architecture and vehicles. By all intents and purposes, they are a compltely indespensible and essential part of the world being able to exist in the form it does, because rather than the city being a series of connected balloons that could be suggested to be the expertise of the air people, or clay or moss you could associate with the earth people, or even ice so you could justify it being built by the water people or any combination of these three, the main visual theme of the entire city is Glass, which is also portrayed as the thing fire people are experts at, that is essentially the job that so far as we see, they probably are the only ones who can even do.
Despite that, the entire element of fire and heat in general is shown to be looked down upon, in this city that could not have possibly been built without it.
Now, don't get me wrong, I don't think this makes the movie bad. Like I said at the start, I mostly agree with you that it's a fine film, if nothing special, but for a movie that is so desperately trying to make you drink in the scenery and look at how each element fits into the world, (Air people have an air people only sport of Not-Quidditch, the only people we see working with pipes and plumbing are water people, Earth people... Exist... They really did not give them anything huh?) the story and narrative world building appears to be at complete odds with the visual world building.
I can't help but feel like how despite you said the two movies are very different, this might have had a Zootopia sort of rewrite somewhere along the way here, where they might have cranked the plight of the fire people up to 11, since it would make much more sense that the main characters can touch without trouble, there's a pipe system in the shop period (which shop's building physically was a crumbled mess when the dad moved there), and that the fire people are clearly integrated into the society of this world on a fundamental level as evident by the architecture, if in a previous version of the script water wasn't quite as deadly to them, and vice versa they weren't seen as a dangerous nuisance by most everyone else.
I gotta be honest. I really hope they decide to make some kind of Disney Channel spin off or sequel series to this. I just saw this movie, and while recent Pixar movies have been okay to me, I have not had this much love for a Pixar story since the golden years of Toy Story 2, Monsters Inc, and Finding Nemo. I'm not even joking. I truly view this movie in the same light as those movies. You'd be surprised at how much I'm a sucker for animated love stories, which are my favorite kind of animated movies, and while what they did in this movie is cliche, it felt like something you'd never expect from a Pixar film. I've never really seen them handle romance in a similar fashion as the main Disney studio does with their movies, but wow, did the romance in this movie blow me away to the point i would really love to see a continuation of the story to see they're relationship grow.
They could even set the series within the months before they even have to leave Element City, but after seeing this movie I would just love to see these characters again.
LOL The jokes that stood out to you also stood out to me. I loved the doorman battle, especially since they both are like "OK, you're pretty good" As for the second act breakup, yeah- it was a little cringe but it didn't take me out like it did you. As for the touch- it was unexplained, but I felt it was a good scene- it just kind of makes you wonder why but they don't explain it. My head was that they could but they were afraid to even try- but even that is a dumb excuse.
In the end- I see it as a good movie- not AS good as Pixar's heyday- but ABSOLUTELY better then what Disney's been churning out otherwise.
Also, I don't think Lightyear is ALL the reason behind Elemental's failure- it's also like you said- Disney has been VERY dumb with marketing it. They've invested too much more into Little Mermaid, and they DID treat it like Strange Worlds- which I didn't even know was out when it released.
im about to go nerd on ya for a sec so hold on, in a scientifc matter them touching is actually possible as their is a phenomenon called Leidenfrost Effect; in short when water interacts with a object (such as a red hot steel ball) which has a temperature way higher than its boiling point of said water then a shield of vapor forms between the surface of the hot object and the water wich protects the water from instantly vaporizing and slows down the heated objects temapture's decrease in temperature substantially.
in short I just wanted to say that the scene of them touching is basically possible through the Leidenfrost Effect which explains the vapor that shoots out from the close up scene and the vapor that forms every time they touch. so yea it can be done and the movie probably used that as the explanation of why they can touch without actually explaining it instead going for the visual story telling as we saw when the first touched. all in all it was a good scene and can be backed up with science but it is a animated movie so don't take things so seriously and just enjoy the movie as I liked elemental aswell.
@@skyworksreferenceart8986 that actually would have been pretty damn awesome if they established that was indeed what happened. I don’t know how they could explain it in such a short time to get a general audience to know that was what was happening…
But yeah, thank you. I learned something, AND it makes the scene even more awesome in retrospect… too bad they couldn’t have had it explained as such.
@battybuddy yea, it is but Hey the more you know, right :)
Hope this brought some light to that scene, Stay safe out their.
Bro it's all good these things take time but it'll definitely be worth the wait
Your analysis videos on movies always are
20:40 Foreshadowing 👀🦦
"super quick" 40 minutes long... i love this
The math checks out. 40 mins for him is like 5 min for most media review channels. 😂
@@kabsageigj8941 yeah makes sense, that should be the norm if you ask me
If you want a quick video from this guy, you should watch his thoughts on Toy Story 5.
@@cdangelo1843 how do you think i found this channel?
what i find funny though is the fact that i look at a 6 hour video and my reaction is "yeah that seems to be a normal length" given how many of those have popped up over the years
While I'm still waiting for the Lightyear video to come out, I checked out the audio commentaries and found them entertaining. Which is a nice surprise. So take your time with Lightyear and the other projects, the audio commentaries will keep me entertained in the meanwhile.
Honestly the owl house video is the one I’m probably looking forward to the most that and amphibia where the first show that I actually stuck to watching as new episodes come out from day 1 (I wish I could do that with shows like unicorn warriors eternal but I’m trying to watch all of South Park before the paramount + specials for this year come out or at least before season 27)
I really really liked the movie to be honest- I think it’s not for everybody, but seeing as I went to watch it with my boyfriend, who is a child of two immigrants, it was really relatable for both of us to see how it’s not really a sake of “my dad doesn’t like water people” and more of a sake of “I don’t want to let me dad down and I feel like I can’t ever live up to his expectations considering he uprooted his entire life in order to give me a future here”.
As for the flood in the third act, I think it was important because it essentially destroyed everything that her father worked so hard to make.
I also think the animation is something to ride home for. Wow it’s incredible- I remember when I had my doubts looking at 2D concept art for this film and I was like “how the hell are they gonna do this”
I do think that this movie was made for adults and more mature audiences, but I think it was great.
If you want a small, yet fun and strange, gem of a movie, I recommend Ernest and Celestine. It's beautiful, pretty sure traditionally animated, and the story has big issues it tackles in interesting ways. But it's a fun little French production with charming main characters and quirky side ones. I highly recommend
I haven’t properly watched Elementals yet, but something from the trailers that seemed to interest me was the joke about the pointless chain-link fence. Mainly from a worldbuilding standpoint, which a lot of your videos have helped me understand the importance of its integrity. I guess the fence itself could be for stopping Earth elementals at minimum, but it won’t stop the 3 others, and it might also be rough depending on the location of said fence. So I just wonder why it exists, other than just a joke.
I was just so bored watching elemental.
I just don't understand why they thought that making the villian be literal water was a good idea.
Especially in a world with living water.
I'd have to write a thousand+ word essay to explain all my thoughts and feelings, so i'll just say two this:
I didn't cry because of the lovestory. I enjoyed it, but it didnt make me cry. the part that got to me was when Ember said the thing about "the only way to repay a sacrifice that big is to sacrifice yourself" i resonated with that so. fucking. hard. what can I say? i have daddy issues lol
As for me, I think my reaction is best summed up with: by the time the third act rolled around, I turned off the movie because I was just that bored.
If I had been the director, I would have cut the romance parts of the film altogether, because clearly more emotional weight was put on Ember and Burnie’s relationship as father and daughter. THAT’S where all the stakes were truly lying, THAT’S the relationship I was rooting for and was worried about. Ember and Wade? *sigh* I’ll try to keep it brief. I agree with you-Wade is unbearably annoying when we first meet him-but then when we get to know about his past with his father, he makes sense, and I sympathise with him. Are we going to explore that *faucet* of his character more? NOPE. ONE SCENE OF EXPOSITION IS ALL WE’RE GONNA GET, MOVING ON!!! It’s not as though, when you’re in a romantic relationship, working through your personal problems so you can be a healthy human being and not poison the relationship is an important thing… or anything… And then, I have trouble picking up on any cues that the two of them actually like each other. Wade just… asks to hang out with her again. It’s more like they’re platonic work buddies. Judy and Nick from Zootopia oddly had more chemistry. And they just… spend a lot of time doing nothing around Element City… like, sure, it’s relaxing, and I appreciate the slower pace, but… this is supposed to be a rom com, right? As in, one of its main storylines is this couple’s budding relationship, right? So then… why don’t we actually get to see that more? We see it sometimes, in the forced exposition scene in the hot air balloon where we randomly bring up that flower, and then Wade takes her to see that flower later, but… that’s not a relationship. That’s a girl, telling a guy about something she’s angry about, and him doing something nice for her later, and all of this exists in a vacuum. Does Ember give a flying feather about Wade’s relationship with his dad and how that’s CLEARLY been having a negative effect on him-the man is literally directionless in life and she just doesn’t care? No, we need to make Wade INEXPLICABLY OBSESSED with Ember, simping over her, complimenting her ALL. THE. TIME. Asking about HER dreams and what SHE wants, all the while he is literally an amorphous blob of a character with NO OTHER MOTIVATION than “CUTE FIRE GIRL, MUST COMPLIMENT. YAS QUEEN, SLAY!” And then-this part cracks me up-he tells her “why should anyone get to tell you what to do with your life?” Right? But then, she makes the VERY mature and responsible decision to put her family first and take over her father’s shop, AND HE GETS MAD ABOUT IT!!! Like, she’s CHOOSING THIS!!! This is HER DECISION!!! AS AN ADULT!!! AND HE’S SO BUTT HURT ABOUT IT THAT HE CRASHES THEIR PARTY AND PRACTICALLY BEGS HER TO CHOOSE HIM AND THE GLASS JOB INSTEAD!!! LIKE, DUDE!!! DID YOU REALLY WANT HER TO MAKE HER OWN CHOICES, OR JUST MAKE OUT WITH YOU?! Ugh… and that’s where I stopped watching, so… the other thing is that aforementioned glass artistry job. Ember has a natural talent, sure, but never once during the movie do I remember her ever having a passion for it. There’s never a moment where she actively wishes she could do something more with it, or pursue art or anything. Wade’s mom is the one who FORCES IT ON HER. SHE’S the one who sets it up and gets her that interview, and SHE’S THE ONE who encourages her to go, despite the fact that Ember clearly doesn’t want to at that point in time. LIKE, GUYS, HOW CAN YOU BE THIS UN-SELF-AWARE?! And Ember doesn’t need to go far away to pursue that dream-HER FAMILY OWNS A STORE. SHE CAN MAKE AND SELL HER OWN ART THERE. SHE CAN BECOME SUCCESSFUL AT SOMETHING SHE LOVES *AND* RUN THE STORE AT THE SAME TIME. BRUH. And by the way, Ember’s whole “outbursts” thing? I hate how they try to make that seem like it’s her emotions’ way of trying to tell her that she’s not happy working at the store. NO. XD that’s not how emotions work you-oh my goodness, I gotta stop before I hurt myself. This emotional reaction is very real, it’s human, it’s honest-people do experience it. But you wanna know what it really is? I’ll tell ya. It’s not an excuse to bail on your family, it’s your FLIPPIN INSECURITIES AND ANXIETIES ABOUT FAILING TO RUN THE STORE AND DISAPPOINTING YOUR DAD, AND YOU WOULD FEEL A LOT BETTER IF YOU JUST STINKIN TALKED TO HIM ABOUT IT INSTEAD OF BOTTLING IT UP ALL THE TIME!!! Like… see a therapist… girl. Then there’s the whole, “Ember is better when she’s with Wade” stuff, and she’s less angry all the time. This is not a good way to show that their relationship is “meant to be,” as the movie tries to tell us. She’s in love. She’s in a better mood. NO STINKIN DUH SHE’S NOT GONNA BLOW HER TOP OFF ALL THE TIME. It’s like the writers want to send the message, “ALWAYS FOLLOW YOUR UNBRIDLED AND UNCHECKED EMOTIONS BECAUSE THEY ALWAYS KNOW BEST!!!”
*inhale*
NO!!!! FOR YOUR OWN SAFETY, PLEASE STOP!!!!
“Following your heart” is an old saying, and it sounds all cute and wholesome and healthy, but girl… your heart is still you. Are you good at making critical decisions? If the answer is no, then why would you ever assume that your “heart” is better at it? More often than not, your “heart” will lead you straight off a cliff. Your emotions are not your brain. They are not your master. You are not a slave to them. They shouldn’t be controlling you. Understanding and expressing your emotions is one thing, but letting them tell you how to live your life? Following their every last whim? Doing everything because “you felt like it?” Not only is that dangerous, it’s irresponsible! No one gets up in the morning and says, “I really love changing my childrens’ diapers and doing the dishes and taking out the trash!” We don’t always do things because we feel emotionally compelled to do them or because they make us “feel good” inside. We do them because they’re good, necessary things that NEED to be done, even if they don’t make us “feel good” in the moment. Life is not an endless pursuit of pleasure through emotional gratification, it’s hard work, building toward a better future, which hopefully includes your family and other loved ones. Good things take hard work. Shallow meaningless things take emotional carelessness.
…sorry, that got long… whoops…
I watched it the other day, and really enjoyed it. I cried like a baby. Fantastic review!
I really liked this movie and the realistic portrayal of the romance was very “touching” for me. I always thought it was that they balanced to heat with the cool, but I do agree with your criticisms. But it’s not gonna stop me from going crazy over this movie
Based off personal life experience, Wade did the right thing when speaking up for himself... even if it exposed Ember's secrets. Wade living the rest of his life without openly expressing his own feelings publicly tends to lead to unresolved trauma. Shame on Ember for keeping secrets and trying to people please everyone in the first place. People need to learn how to openly and honestly communicate these days.
I do absolutely agree about Wade coming back to life. He should have stayed dead. He sacrificed himself completely for Ember and it wasn't until then that Ember learned her lesson.
I came out really happy with it and it was so great
Mario Galaxy is Elemental prequel confirmed
At least it’s a better Love Story than Twilight
What a high bar
Let’s be real, EVERY love story is better than Twilight (yes, even Fireafy)
Creating art takes time. Work at your own pace, dont burn yourself out. We'll be ready when you are, chief.
Once more, your thoughts match mine exactly, just said more eloquently. When I came home from the theater, I thought, "That wasn't a bad movie, but it didn't blow me away. It was a small, light hearted story with some clever elements (pun intended) and some really stupid decisions too. It gave me Luca vibes. Just a sweet story that was worth watching."
Are you still gonna do a Ralph Breaks the Internet video? And/or a breakdown of the HALO TV series? Or a FNAF Security Breach rant? Absolutely no rush.
Also I think Indiana Jones 5 is going to boil your blood and you're gonna have another angry rant video to make. Free anti-spoiler: Mutt's dead.
Hey man I know I talking about another video of yours but thank you, for making the Lego star wars the complete saga series. it was really helpfull
Maybe on the Lightyear updates you can just say if you are adding something to the original plans or say that you were able to finish the part about Toy Story 5, but the lay-offs will still take time, just letting people know if more work is added and what parts are done, just a quick update if that is possible
I completely agree about thw second act break up, it made me so mad cause the relationship was going so nice and cute until that outta character and rude moment
And my complain about the relationship is that is almost entirely romantic more like to focussing on the relationship, especial at the end focussing on love rather than how they actually affected each other
31:34 LOOK MA I GOT IN A VIDEO
All jokes aside, I can totally relate to losing interest in making one thing for too long. Im currently working on what is going to eventually be my longest fanfic ever, but due to my attention span and overthinking nearly every single line, I just am like, "do I want to" and then go play video games and/or watch RUclips. The prologue will get done, but I still have a loooooooooooooooooooooong way to go.
I can't wait for your Ralph Breaks the Internet video
15:32 that could’ve been one of the smoothest transitions in RUclips history
I agree on the second act breakup- I actually liked it in Luca because it pushed the idea of how wanting to be accepted can cause you to turn on people who’re like you (not to bring up the idea of Luca being a gay metaphor, but its basically someone keeping themselves in the closet for their own safety) but in turning red it REALLY wasn’t needed- and I REALLY LIKE turning red
We are just tired of the sanctimonious patronizing from corporations who have zero actual interest in people (only money) but act like they have the moral high-ground on every matter. Moral grandstanding sells nowadays with the hyper-politicized youth who have to scream every message at the top of their lungs; but for 99.9% of people over the age of 13, we have already learned and been employing the "live and let live" and "let's all live in harmony despite our different backgrounds" messaging since the late-1960s. It is the furthest thing from a revolutionary message and just comes off as insulting to be so blatantly shoved in our faces. Pixar and Disney act like they're breaking ground, but their messaging has been taught to preschoolers for over half a century now.
I totally agree with you. They are half century late for this.
15:20 25:10 to avoid spoilers
What were your thoughts on Puss in Boots 2? You said that you thought the first film was terrible, but did you like the sequel?
He loved it. But not to a “Best of all time” degree.
Wade’s actions in the end at the party Didn’t bother me as much as they did for you. The truth had to come out somehow, and Ember’s biggest character flaw was her issue of bottling up and not expressing emotions, literally leading to violent outbursts. Him pushing her to do the opposite of suppressing everything even though it shouldn’t have been in front of everyone besides her family, was likely better for her in the end.
I was pretty underwhelmed with Inside Out, so I don't think I'm going to even bother with this movie. If you like these movies, that's great, I'm glad you do, but that's just my personal taste. Thanks for the video, I always enjoy your thoughts on movies.
imo the movie was pretty nice, and I feel like it’s more about a difference between togetherness and mixing
No, elements CAN’T mix, but that can’t stop two very different people from being together in a relationship because it’s not about mixing given the fact that mixing would literally destroy them both
I just wish that the film was hinting more to that, I feel like it’d be a more mature way of showing a relationship between polar opposites and avoiding toxic or codependent relationships that can hurt everyone involved because it’s literally fire and water: they CAN be together, but they shouldn’t mix
20:00 No, I was thinking the same thing. I also got a bit emotional at the end. Maybe more than I should have. But I had completely forgotten about the bow of respect. So it shocked me into tears after being taken out of the movie by that scene you mentioned. As well as the fake death of Wade. Not the best Pixar movie. Far from it. But it is better than TS4 and Cars 2
People seem to just not care about Disney and Pixar movies anymore and honestly they caused that themselves, so even the most average of their movies will be seen as terrible on reputation alone
I think it's good.... I really respect the intent behind it with the staff's emotions the most and I'd support them, but yeah, good
Nice review! :)
In Lightyear Star Command it was revealed that Zurg wasn’t his father, he told him that to mess with him.
The fact that my comment about lightyear was on his 2nh channel 😂 that's fine, take your time. I'd rather you make projects that you actually care about then the ones we do. I'll watch them regardless.
trevor have you consider an letterbox account, I think it would help create more engagment with you audience
For what it's worth, but the 3D was also extremely good in this movie. Also I use the exact same editing program.
I enjoyed Elemental myself pretty well despite the flaws, felt the only element that was kinda neglected was the earth element. Pivoting towards some of your complaints however? I personally thought the bow was a perfectly fine scene, and the reasoning behind why Wade and Ember can touch is using the Leidenfrost effect I believe. Same reason humans can slap molten lava. If Wade being able to reform from boiling away works out (even if it makes worldbuilding a bit strange), then it should be similar there.
Also, while you're taking your time with Lightyear. I'd consider addressing a small mistake you made in the initial review. Buzz didn't say "in case I got out alive" but "in case I got out of line". As getting out of line does sorta justify why Sox would have a tranquilizer. To be safe in case Buzz lost his mind from the failed flights and got violent.
I watched Elemental and was one of those ones that cried multiple times. Why? I can’t quite pinpoint. Perhaps the art in combination with music? The deep self doubt within the lead fire. I can’t say. Elemental is in my top 5 even with me recognizing the flaws of it that you discussed :)
Can we talk about how Ember could have used her glass blowing to go see the tree instead of an air bubble? The air bubble doesn't make any sense on how it works and nearly kills her. The glass blowing would have showed her talent for it again in a big way.
You wasted an opportunity to have Fireboy and Watergirl as the gameplay on the background...
Heh, I wonder what his thoughts were on Puss in Boots 2.
Especially after he said “I have no hope for the sequel” 😂😂😂
He loved it.
@@SonicPlayer2004 good
Can do a top 20/10/5 on more topics, for example, tv shows, music/albums, game series l, ect
32:36 What is the game in the background looks cool
It's Ori and the will of the wisps, the sequel to Ori and the blind forest.
Your idea of them never being able to touch, but choose to be together would be a cute way to represent asexual couples, and I love it!!
But are there rock and ice people in this universe?
i'd say that rocks would be part of the earth element but yeah, i would be interested in seeing ice people. Maybe they'll represent Russians, Canadians or something along those lines.
i'd also say that ice would be by far the most dangerous to the 3 primary elements that reside in the city:
- Water would be weak to it bc, well: ice is just that in solid form and would have water as their primary consumable
- Earth would be weak to it bc irl, it suffers greatly from ice needles (or frostbite) in the winter, as well as plants having to hibernate at that point
- Air would be weak to it bc when cooled down, they precipitate on
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-... themselves, causing them to become heavier or worse, turn into water.
I've seen it a few times and I think the romance between wade and ember is nice (where before watching it I assumed it would be another standard love story rom com type thing) but I thought their scenes together were sweet. The immigrant story really touched me as well )despite not being an immigrant) but the want to impress your parents and continue their legacy while not really wanting that and knowing you won't be happy but wanting to make them proud and continue their dreams really hit me due to similar feelings of wanting to be better in my parents view. I just felt like parts of it were rushed and didn't make really good sense. I didn't like the break up, I didn't like the retiring party scene, I didn't like the ending climax with the flood, I didn't like how gale came around so quickly, and a lot of times when Wade would be being Wade like at the air ball scene just felt kinda cringey and unrealistic (which yeah I know it's a movie but still). I feel like it was like 5/10, you can watch it and enjoy it, but it's no where near movies like ratatouille, WALL-E, or Incredibles where you can rewatch and rewatch and rewatch and take away something new each time. But it's also not as bad as toy story 4, the good dinosaur, or Incredibles 2. It's fine. And sometimes that's the worse thing a movie can be. It's not bad enough for people to make long rants dissecting each failure, and it isn't good enough for people to praise each facet. It's just fine.
Do you think you’ll make an analysis on a dreamworks movie?
Did GamingMagic13 Mention the best ComicBook movie in his Video?!
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The point you had with the trailer for elementals using the worst jokes and writing moments to adverstise the film kinda got to me. I also get mad when the trailer's spoil good moments in the movie, but you also have to actually sell the movie...
A trailer I think did a good job on this was the no way home. They even re-did shots to take out the other spidermen. for the trailers.
One thing I wish budget was put into was creating dedicated content for the trailers. Which I dont think is impossible for huge studios.
On the point about how they touch. There's this really sweet animated minecraft series where Steve and the mobs live together, and there's a reoccurring theme of the characters letting themselves get het hurt for the sake of better connection with the other character.
Did the movie animate them getting smaller in size or atleast taking "damage" from touching each other atleast?