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I like the Movie also get the Animators some respect because they went through all that trouble Animaine all those characters which is very hard because the characters are constantly moving🔥💧
I will say this the Animators deserve respect for this movie because I cannot imagine the pain and suffering they went through to Animate all those characters because they're constantly moving🔥💧
Oh, sweet baby Jesus, I don't know much about how the Pixar branch of Disney has been faring in terms of paying the animators, but I hope that these guys *at least* got decent pay after the sheer amount of brain cells were used on these designs and the quality of the animation.
So, to preface what I'm about to say- I'm definitely going to watch it, because I love animated movies and probably would have watched it no matter what, if only to reward the animators trying something more out there. However, for some reason, my brain REALLY does not like the fire people, and I can't figure out why. In some scenes it's totally fine, but then I'll see them in another clip and they just look...off? I've watched a whole bunch of clips trying to figure out what it is that's bothering my brain, and the best I can figure out is that it's maybe reminding me of badly animated lava from my childhood. But I'm going to push down the annoying part of my brain that doesn't like it, because I know it's NOT badly/lazily animated. So I look forward to watching it, and I'm glad to hear that at least it seems pretty cute!
Wade and Ember were aparently the hardest part to animate. I can see why, there both amazing with the movements/expressions! This is simply 😍 stunning. Bravo Pixar for that part.
Because they were promoting the hell out of The Little Mermaid, that they forgot about all the other releases, till the little mermaid came out in theaters
The theater I watched it in wasn’t super full, but when ember & wade finally confess their love every single person in the audience audibly said “aaawwwe!” Which just made me really happy for everyone who worked on this
I knowww! The theater I was watching in was literally sobbing and laughing throughout the whole movie. I could hear people choking on their tears when they thought that Wade died and all of the sudden there was a loud applaud when they heard him crying too. It was so sweet and I couldn’t help joining them. Loved this movie so much. ❤
@@rafresendenrafresenden.1644 There is mid which is the infuriating kind of meh, and there is ok which is the cute kind of meh. That's the way I see it at least
I think people have way too high of expectations nowadays for movies. Not every movie needs to be a mind blowing, genre bending, block buster. Sometimes a simple, down to earth story is okay. Soul, Luca, and now this are all good examples of this.
Yeah! I feel like we need more simple, chill, down to earth movies! A movie you sit and it feels like a checkpoint in your life. Not a loud movie bombarded with dramatic music, generational trauma or loud explosions, just… peaceful music and noise :)
I feel like this movie was a breath of fresh air amidst all the action-packed adventures thrill rides we've been getting recently. As much as I enjoy those, I also enjoy watching two adorable characters who have great chemistry slowly begin to fall for each other. Wade is absolutely precious and should be protected at all costs, and Ember is super fun and spunky. The animation and music was gorgeous, and honestly I had a lot of fun with this. I feel like this will end up becoming an underrated classic in the future
I agree! As I walked out of my theater, all I could think of was “That was wholesome”. It’s a nice change of pace from having to process all the action and plot twists to such a simple story.
It's weird we haven't got a straight forward romance from either Pixar or Disney since Wall-E and Tangled respectively. I thought it was a charming little movie with more nuance than people were giving it credit for. Not AS GOOD as the three Pixar films that sadly all went to Disney+ but definitely way more memorable than Lightyear.
I think the fact that it was a more straightforward romance was what made this movie feel meh. Pixar is more known for exploring the different types of love that someone can experience and that was way more special because every other studio is so focused on romance and usually forces it. And also the fact that this type of forbidden love trope honestly is overdone.
It's a shame that Elementals was poorly received. Movies don't deserve to be hated for being "only" decent. And yeah, it's tough to impress with an original story nowadays, as people are conditioned to seek out the familiar, sequels to things they already know they like. I appreciate your balanced and positive take!
People don’t like how pixar has fallen. They made original cclassic after original classic, but now, they go for safe cash grabs half the time, and decemt movies without risk the rest of the time. (lightyear flopped too btw)
Elemental is basically a love story between a Water Labrador and a Fiery Black Cat, like they remind me of a cat and dog relation ship where they are polar opposites but love one another
My feelings to this film are similar to how I feel about Onward, in that while it wasn’t the most spectacular film Pixar has put out, there are aspects about it that hit so personally that it got more tears out of me than some of the studio’s masterpieces. I, an American-born male, recently got out of a long term relationship with a Vietnam-born female immigrant. Many of the conversations about Ember and her obligation to her family vs her own aspirations are conversations my ex-partner told me she had with her parents. We held conversations about how she felt so profoundly different from others in our society, and how it caused pain for her, but there were moments where despite her and I’s differences, there was simply magic in the air. Seeing her eyes fill with wonder as we explored our part of the world together was something truly magical, and I absolutely bursted into tears during the scene where Wade showed Ember the flower and did nothing but bask in her happiness. Some time has passed and I’ve begun to make my peace with the split, as we mutually decided it was for the best at this point in our lives. But the story Wade tells of “the old man on his deathbed, remembering the ‘summer’ he fell in love, letting her go, sure that summer will come again, but then it didn’t,” also provided some meaningful closure. This film felt very personal, and I will probably always associate it to a personal story of mine. It came out at just the right time to move me, and I’m glad I saw it. I, for one, love the trend of Pixar films telling stories so personal or that might be more profound to a smaller subset of people, rather than a mass appealing moral everyone can connect to. There is a place for both kinds of stories to be told, in my opinion.
Completely agree, Elemental was just as good for me as the other Disney+ Pixar movies just because of how much personal it felt to me, didn't thought i would actually cry in a movie i thought it would be fun at best. i love Luca and Turning Red so much, Elemental was just a really nice surprise
I would add that one benefit of releasing movies that have such personal touches and themes to a smaller subset is that hopefully it helps the larger subset be familiar with and understand those struggles. Getting personally invested in and understanding the world of a fictional equivalent to a situation like this can be (I think) helpful to give those who have never even gotten close to being in that situation understand why someone would react, act, or feel a certain way in their situation. Or even just thinking about this scenario in a thoughtful way rather than on a surface level. This is especially important for kid's films because you can imagine how important it is for kids to be aware and understand struggles of others to hopefully build up a perspective in adulthood of acceptance and understanding.
This movie connected to me in a personal aspect as well. That’s why I absolutely love it so much. My family is very strict like Ember’s and my parents are immigrants too. Seeing how much Ember’s parents sacrificed for her by moving to make her have a good life made me think of all of the things my parents did. My parents have always been telling me to make them proud by being something like a doctor or a scientist so I can be successful in this new country when I really just want to be something simple like a musician or an artist. It’s really hard for me to tell them that I don’t want to because of literally the same reasons as Ember and this movie touched my heart so much. I also have lots of anger issues but I tend to bottle them up unlike Ember, but it ends up causing a lot of problems for me. Seeing how Ember was able to show her true feelings in the end of the movie (with the help of Wade) gave me a bit of hope that maybe I can tell my parents how I really feel too. I’d be lying if I said I didn’t cry in the theater watching this movie. It was truly unexpected as well. I went in thinking it would be something funny like Zootopia but I was mind blown when it started. I would do anything to see it for the first time again it was amazinggg!
Maybe it's just me, but I felt like Wade's crying in his first 3 minutes of screen time was intentional. I thought it was meant to put us in Ember's perspective. Seeing this bizarre, sentimental guy who briefly became a threat to the shop that we have become invested in. It wasn't until going to the Windbreaker game that we see how he uses his strengths to be productive and feel a bit more connected with him.
I'm in agreement that this would've served much better as a short. The idea of people based on the elements on how they get along and establish inter-relationships with each other sounds like a super neat idea for a short. But for a full length film, you can tell they struggled once they got past the conceptual stage. I think a simple short film following multiple couples of different elements and how they managed to work off each others' strengths and weaknesses would've been a cute idea.
It's crazy how good Spiderverse is doing. Theaters are still pretty full even on weekdays. The only thing stopping movie goers is that they had to make room for Flash. So rare to see animation do this well.
Mario did even better numbers 2 months ago, it's kind of interesting 2023 is so far the year of animation for box office (except Elemental which sadly flopped)
Yes it's simple... yes it feels like Disney Animation Studios couldn't figure this out, threw it at Pixar and said "fix it, but still make the deadline" but it's just so wholesome... I can't recommend it for kids under 8, just because there isn't much in this Rom-com for them to enjoy... but as an adult, I loved this film. It's not up to Pixar standards, but at the same time, you can tell Pixar's soul is there. I'm just super thrilled to see the "exclusively in theaters" logo again, and I will watch this again, just to support them, because they deserve it, and we deserve the best from them... so let's agree it's okay to be okay, just this once, and push this film to be just barely successful enough that it won’t bankrupt the company... and give them an honest attempt to produce the film we all know they're capable of making. If this is the blow that relegates Pixar to streaming-only status, I'd be crushed. Excellent video! Spoilers ahead. If you haven't seen Elemental, go watch it. I loved how Wade's character arc was finally finding somebody genuine. His entire family wants nothing but the best, but it's offered unconditionally. He could pursue any career, to any degree of success, or run away, and they'd never be anything other than happy for him. We see this when he can't hold a job. He has all of the pieces on the surface but he's never experienced genuine criticism, motivation, or anything other than "you're perfect no matter what, as long as you're happy, we're happy" and that's an insanely hollow, toxic relationship. Cue Ember. She too views her life as a failure, but for the extreme opposite reason... way too much pressure. Though her parents weren't harsh, and certainly endearing... they set an incredibly high bar, even if unintentionally, for Ember to clear... even if it was all in her head, it was always a much tougher love... that always came with the conditions and pressure of living up to your parents legacy, who literally founded a community. That's why she's so reluctant around Wade, and doesn't really affirm her love for him until he's dying trying to save her. All the growth she experienced up to that point was getting to enjoy life in general, with basically no consequences... to live a little... and eventually, Wade gets Ember to come out of her shell. Meanwhile every discussion and interaction Wade has with Ember is genuine, and covers the entire emotional spectrum... he's probably never had that experience from a peer or parental figure before... it's a beautiful arc.
My 7 year old enjoyed it, and so did I. It's better than a lot of the other "love story for kids" out there, especially all the straight-to-streaming stuff that our kids were stuck with for 3 years due to the pandemic. I'm considering taking my 4 year old to it as a first movie because I think it might be interesting enough for them. There is so much immigrant commentary in this movie that goes right over a kids head, but that a good number of adults will get ("What's your name? How do you spell that? Let's just officially name you something else"). I think that this is on par with the Cars movies - has a lot of care and heart in it, not the greatest plot out there, but still something that I'm happy enough to show my kids based on the overall message. If it had been a Dreamworks movie people would be raving about it.
I'm gonna be honest, Encanto would have made a LOT more money if it hadn't gone to Disney + in 30 days. The word of mouth was strong enough, but we felt no need to spend more money than what we were already spending for the holiday season since we could simply watch at home and pause it when necessary. I have no idea if the same would have been true for Luca and Turning Red...
There were still many theaters closed during Encanto's release regardless. But yes, delating the digital streaming would've helped the box office numbers a bit more.
I kinda have a feeling that Encanto somewhat exploded in popularity after it came out on Disney+ though. "We Don't Talk About Bruno" ended up being the first song to go #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts since "A Whole New World" in 1992! (for perspective, "Let It Go" made it to #5 in 2014)
@@BuizelCreamI’m pretty sure most if not all theaters were open again the fall and wonder of ‘21. Especially when big releases came out such as No Time to Die, No Way Home, and Sing 2 which all made big money. I know Omicron was going around, but not giving Turning Red a theatrical release was outrageous. By March, Omicron had greatly died down and by April family films such as Bad Guys and Sonic 2 were big hits
@@RYMAN1321 Many theaters were still closed in several cities of some countries, like where I lived. But yes, it was due to some of the remnants of Covid going around. No Way Home was the movie I first watched in theaters after the quarantine, followed it up with the Sonic sequel. I regretted never being able to watch Encanto in theaters tho. It was not possible yet at that time.
I don’t know, it felt really refreshing for me to see a straight forward and relatively calm movie. Yeah there were life threatening stakes at times but the majority were relatable emotional stakes.
Not every Pixar film needs to be life-changing experience. Elemental is a visual masterpiece with easy to understand plot and themes, soft-worldbuilding, and character based narrative. It deals with romance, immigration, racism and family. It's a sweet story and it works...if this was in cinemas 20 years ago it would now be a relative cult-classic Pixar film...we have learned to have so much high expectations from films that we can't enjoy anything nice anymore...
Yes the typical racism where racism is evil and your evil if you don’t want your country flooded with foreigners and your becoming a minority in their own country
The problem with that perspective is that it isn't twenty years ago. Other studios are innovating in terms of animation, world building and/or mature themes, whereas Pixar is stuck creating cute stories about "x with feelings" or sequels for previous films. Probably, being controlled by Disney has something to do with it, but it is a pity, nevertheless.
While i agree, i think it at least deserves a ok, if not a "pretty good for a person who likes love stories". It love story felt pretty natural. Also the advertising was shit for the movie.
This movie genuinely did rock my world, because I've never seen an animated film handle the struggles of being the child of immigrants the way Elemental handled it. It was beautiful and heartbreaking to hear Ember talk about not feeling good enough to make things up to her father for the sacrifice he made to give them a better life. And her fight with Wade at the train station in the final act was a great representation of how couples who are different races or from different economic classes can struggle in not understanding each other's barriers in society.
While I agree that the movie was cute and the immigration/family stuff was well done (I actually enjoyed that aspect a bit more than I did in 'Turning Red'), I do wish that Wade had more of a character beyond just 'sweet and adorkable guy who's in love'. The fact that his only goal was to 1) help Ember, 2) encourage Ember to pursue her own happiness, and 3) date Ember, he just sorta felt like Jack from Titanic in that his only purpose was to help make his love interest's life better before (temporarily) dying. I'd say he's a Manic Pixie Dream Boy, but outside all the crying he's not quite quirky enough for that
ok I doubt that If he was the dream boy ember wouldn't care when he said Your just so hot then she got mad and said what did you say! Make rules for the nice guy Break rules for bad men It's how every woman works
@@ribottostudio ok but in reality woman really don't care about Personality if they did then they would stop choosing bad men Who cheated, abused them, be Mean to them etc
Omg absolutely wade was missing something 😩 and how am I suppose to feel empathy for him in the actual “sad” scenes if hes been crying for like one third of the movie! He also fell for ember wayyy to quickly in my opinion, like head over heels in a few days. Him and his family are just so boring no matter how much they hecking cry
@@foxsden wayed fall in love So quickly happens with most men In reality that why they show him doing that to relate to men Because men and women love differently we're not the same
Man, Peter Sohn was thrown under the bus for his directorial debut. Having to savage The Good Dinosaur mid production after the sudden firing of the previous director was bound to hurt the project to some degree. Glad he finally gets a proper chance, but kind of a bummer it's with a movie receiving a lot of undeserving hate.
Yes, Elemental was a story close to his heart, but given the flop that this film will receive I imagine that at best he will change jobs in the studio, at worst he will be fired :/
Holy shite! I did not expect YOU of all people to give _The Unlucky Tug_ a shout out ( at 4:53 minute mark). Such a wonderful channel, and his content is incredibly well done. I don't think there has been anyone else that has given the Cars and Thomas franchises the amount of respect as he has through his high quality video essays. SInce his channel was gutted by RUclips a few months ago, he certainly deserves all the support he can get.
OMG I'm so glad I'm not the only person who went nuts over this. Couldn't agree more with you, Tug is an awesome RUclipsr and I'm glad that he is around. Without him I would have never become a Tugs fan.
In Peter Sohn’s defense, The Good Dinosaur had been passed around multiple directors before getting to him to just finish it. Elemental is much more personal to him as he based a lot of it on his parents and his own upbringing as a child of immigrants.
The reason I want to go see this movie is because of the romance angle. I like that stuff,and I actually think wade and ember are very cute together. I am also a big fan of wade, because he’s a lot like me, we’re both very emotional people who care very deeply about others.
wade is so lovable. I will never get tired of seeing him and his family bawl their eyes out lol. The scene where they try to make eachother cry is burned into my brain (pun intended)
It also probably helps that (like other Pixar originals in the 2020s) Elemental was a personal passion project for Peter Sohn (as a son born to immigrant parents), compared to Good Dinosaur where it suffered from production delays and he was called on at the 11th hour to salvage it.
I saw this movie a few days ago with some friends and we all loved it. Even my theater was having fun. I think the problem with calling it “cliche” or “already done before” is that the source material hits really close to home for many people. One of the friends I saw it with is second generation Nigerian, and another one who saw it before us is first generation Puerto Rican, and both of them RAVED about how accurate it was. Especially Embers story of finding your own path when you feel indebted to your parents. I think it’s slightly wrong to call a modern issue being delt with in storytelling “cliche” when it should be more of a sign of underlying issues that are still prevalent in society that artists are working through personally.
I'm planning on maybe going to watch this with my friend soon, so it's nice knowing that someone that hates ultra cliched romances as much as Cellspex found it enjoyable (i personally love a cheesy as fuck romance story, so maybe i'll enjoy it more?) Edit: Finally watched it with my friend WAY later than we expected... and we enjoyed it a lot, specially the romance elements! I dunno, maybe watching Wish before it with her and hating it helped us like this movie more, but i had a great time watching it
If you love cheesy romance stories, you're going to adore this movie. It's very much in the same realm as a romcom where some of the actions would be minor red flags in real life, but we ignore it for the sake of romance and for the fact that it's fictional and it all works out in the end anyway. I love this movie. I honestly haven't loved a movie like this in so long.
I was absolutely not expecting to love it so much. I got choked up a few times, but my boyfriend and I both had tears streaming down our faces at the end. And it takes a lot for him to do that. It may just be our past and life situation, but so many things hit home. It's not only a cute, cheesy love story, but a beautiful story about family. I understand why people don't like it, but don't go in expecting too much or thinking too hard about it. Just enjoy yourself and let yourself get absorbed!
@@ViOnline4432 Exactly, I often felt like I was Wade and his mom with all the tears I shed during the film. The romance is just so heartfelt and wholesome. I got so invested.
Nice update on your avatar, Cell. I'll admit I had some doubts when it came to the usual tropes, like the 'meet the parents' or 'breaking barriers' scenarios, as well as the 'polar opposites/rivals becoming friends' concept seen in other Pixar films. But after seeing the movie myself, I was relieved with how the story turned out. The backstory for Ember's parents was captivating and everything after Wade's initial debut felt organic, such as fixing the dam issue in a short amount of time building all the character interactions. Not to mention the animation and music were breathtaking, and the film did an amazing job playing around with the elements, especially when developing Wade and Ember's relationship. I do think, though, that maybe they could've delved a little more into how the city works with all the elements and show us more on how the earth and wind citizens function there. Beyond that, I had a great time watching this film and I really hope it'll earn more money while it's still in theaters. Also, that "Up" short was very sweet.
I'm glad to say I was pleasantly surprised with Elemental. The animation was beautiful, the characters were interesting, and Thomas Newman's music was magical. Although it's not at the same level as older Pixar movies it came much closer to recapturing classic Pixar than other recent movies. I'll definitely see it multiple times :D
I really respect you cellspex. You said people shouldn't judge a movie from its opening and two months later, its the highest grossing original movie since 2017!!😮
I'd like to watch at some point. It's a cool concept and very pretty. A lot of the naysay for it i see just amounts to "there was no big twist or something super original that grabbed me" and like... Idk this doesn't seem like the kind of movie to really look for that kind of thing in? It's a romcom about element ppl, not a high IQ adventure story. Idk, I just don't need every film to be that kind of a roller coaster. As long as it's fun and not horribly written/annoying, it's fine to enjoy stuff uniorinically lol.
Honestly Elemental is probably my favorite Pixar movie I have seen recently (last time I had a major favorite was when Inside Out and that’s saying something) Yeah sure it’s not Pixar’s top tier movies like say Wall E or The Incredibles but honestly it doesn’t have to be in order to be a fun movie and I personally respect it for that
@@luigi16852honestly I can’t put a finger on why. Maybe I can find the movie relatable to an extent to some of the characters and although I do like some of the more recent Pixar movies (like say Turning Red, Soul, and Luca) however something about Elemental was the movie that hits hard for me at home if you know what I mean
Pixar's process for voice casting is simple: the filmmakers have an idea for the cast in mind, then create the script both in writing and out loud to make sure the story and dialogue are secured, and finally do the casting process to further secure the story and dialogue.
Good review ! I still want the film to be overall more ambitious, but glad to know it's still well executed. Also, super glad you referenced Beastars: it's a fantastic series.
Definitely go watch Elemental. It's so far the best original movie of this year which feels like we're not getting that these days. It is cute, wonderfully animated and a joy to watch. I did get WALL-E vibes in some parts but I still enjoyed it. It is a nice apology from Pixar after Lightyear was a letdown. The short Carl's Date is one of the reasons why to watch the film. It's wonderful. And doesn't deserve the bad reviews it's been getting.
Sorry, Spider-Verse is better and more original, to boot. As, well, it just asks more original complex themes like 'Should our fictional heroes be defined by tragedy?' and 'Just because you are different doesn't mean you don't belong and you shouldn't let others tell you otherwise.' also, the movie is someone's mixed media art project turned into a big budget animated movie.
@@tcrpgfan Spider-Verse is based on a existing property but I do see your point. Pixar is the only company I can rely on when it comes to fresh ideas even though they make necessary sequels. I admit that Spider-Verse is better than Elemental but you have to give Pixar props for their animation. It's not easy animating fire and water by making them people.
@@ryanperez1999 If there is one thing I've learned in this life... it's that being a part of a franchise doesn't make something potentially less original, it just means it has to put in more effort to be more original. All I need to do to prove my point is to point at Into the Spider-Verse. Sure it IS a Spider-Man movie as well as a western cgi film, but it takes those ideas rather liberally. More like a set of guidelines than actual rules, if you catch my drift, on every level. I'm not decrying Elemental, but they could have done something with the concept instead of yet another interracial romance.
@@tcrpgfan Good point. Also, when was the last time we saw an interracial romantic movie in animation? I know it's something you don't expect from Pixar but that's their thing. Taking a concept that sounds bizarre and executing into a surprising good idea. I mentioned before it gave me WALL-E vibes but it's forgivable.
@@ryanperez1999 Across the Spider-Verse and Beyond... You KNOW that's what they're doing with Gwen while also giving her her own arc about reconciling with her father and how that ties symbolically to Miles' own narrative, thus making her a character with her own agency and not a prop.
Personally I appreciate the fact that a movie has something on its mind more than the allegory being absolutely watertight. Cuz newsflash: no allegory is watertight. Zootopia for example (cuz I haven't seen Elemental yet) is certainly inspired by real life social issues and wants to remind us of them, but at the end of the day it is very much its own world, where predator and prey live together and the tensions that come with that. Of course that's not identical to the real world - because it's not the real world - but it may create some sensibilities for issues like it, how they happen and how to deescalate. Overthinking popculture can be a very fun creative excercise but it honestly annoys me that people keep confusing it with genuine criticism.
Yeah I’ve seen people say that Elemental doesn’t really have too good of an allegory because it’s using things that could literally kill each other if they’re not careful and that doesn’t happen in real life and say Zootopia does it better. But I feel like taking the fantastical circumstances of the movie world’s racism at face value and trying to align them to reality is not a door you wanna open when trying to determine which ones did it well. In Zootopia, as much as I adore that movie, had it’s racism rooted in the fact that historically one “race” as a whole constantly ate the other.
@@parycartoons6840 Which is why I'm saying that's a faulty way of looking at allegories because allegories are never perfect. I don't think the movie or anyone in the production team ever said "this is how racism works"! The movie is about societal tensions, prejudice (like bunnies are dumb, foxes are untrustworthy) and how the past is making things really difficult but its worth to keep trying. This is what the movie had to say. Not a 1-on-1 reflection of real social issues along with a solution for how to fix them. Everyone who expected that misunderstood how allegories are supposed to work.
I was looking forward to it because the teaser told me exactly what it would be. A romantic comedy of opposites attracting. The father/daughter storyline wasn't a surprise in the fact that I assumed romance wasn't going to be the only plot, but I loved that the two stories fed nicely into one another and that the father/daughter storyline represented a immigrants with a child real life experience of the director. On top of that I enjoy opposites attracting in my fictional romance watching, so fire and water might as well be the height of that type of romance. And along with fire and water comes teaching things about science without making it seem like that's what the story was doing (the movie said the two changed their chemistry's, when in real life they change only on a thermodynamic and physical level when another substance is added, and in the movie's case, the substance is love). Like most movies people can learn through both reality and fiction. Add to all that, it looks as great as all Pixar films. This was an under-rated movie in my opinion. Most pixar films are. None of them are outright bad. It's just about whether you like them or not.
I’m at least glad a film like Elemental exists in Pixar’s roster and in the world of animation in general, its a movie that really holds a special place in my heart just for how wholesome it is. It proved to be such a great theatre experience for someone who very much enjoys love stories and honesty I never thought too much about how the world works, I never did for the cars franchise and I will never let it hinder my experience of these non human stories.
3:45 This was what I was wondering about. Usually, when Pixar do a new challenge in animation they have a little bragging video about it. I have not seen that here, but it make very much sense it must have been a constant rendering pain to have the figures move all the time, and with the lighting an reflections - but if they don't tell us we don't know.
my friend and i went to a mystery screening of a film last night- turned out to be elemental. it's not a bad film; heard so much negativity going into it, but what we got was just a cute little love story.
i have to rant: the criticism of Zootopia's allegory doesn't make sense, in-universe predators haven't eat prey since literal prehistory, Zootopia's predators are not like Beastars', we are show no indication that they have any "natural" inclination to hunt sapient prey, in fact convincing the public that they have it is the plan of the villain, saying that Zootopia's prey are justified to fear predators because cavefoxes ate cavebunnies, is like saying that anti-indigenous bigotry is "justified" because some pré-colonial native tribes practiced cannibalism
12:53 Rejoice CellSpex, because Elemental just passed Lightyear's box office numbers by almost 30 million! Elemental has only been out for less than a month and it's made more money in that time than Lightyear did in over 388 days. Elemental continues to bring in several million each day in just domestic and isn't dropping as rapidly as Lightyear did, which is a very good sign. I think good word of mouth has helped this film a bit. It's also doing incredibly well in South Korea compared to other foreign movie markets like China or any European country. I have high hopes this will continue to do well on streaming and physical copy sales. I for one will definitely pick up a Blu-ray/4k copy when I can. This movie is so pretty that you want the best quality version you can find to appreciate it.
My and my bf has gone to see this movie so many time. It is our absolute favorite movie. And I mean I get it. It’s a generic love story. I’ve never liked love stories either but this one seemed special. Coming from an interracial couple, I feels like this movie was made for us. It has been so nice to see ourselves in a movie. My family wasn’t immigrants but that doesn’t matter to people. They just see you as brown and that’s all you are. It also especially hits home when most of the things Wade told Ember, has been spoken between me and my bf. I am 22 and I’ve never had anything speak to my heart more than this movie.
I enjoyed this film. I felt very fascinated with the concept of a world populated by the chemistry of elements, just like how I loved the concept of a world populated by talking cars, though that's another story. Hence, I also felt emotional with the romantic scenes as I nearly cried out of happiness and enjoyment.
I absolutely hate the society we're living in. It's filled with so many hypocrites. People are mad that Pixar keep making sequels, and they want them to focus on Originals, but when the sequels come out, they absolutely crush the new original Pixar films at the box office. Get your criticisms straight people. If you want more Pixar Originals, GO SEE THE ORIGINALS, because Pixar is a company, and not a charity. It makes content to make money, not to please the critics, so whatever makes the most money, is what they're gonna make.
Am I the only one who not only thought it was good when the trailer came out, but that it actually looked like some of the best that Pixar had done in years? And that it could be at the same level of classic Pixar? I honestly don't understand where all the negativity came from
It's because people didn't liked the plot that the trailers showed, now i still didn't see the movie rn beceause my country decided to release It on the 21st of June so i can't judge their opinion but i've Heard a lot of good things about this movie so i'm curious and i Will edit this comment After i will finished watching the movie
I wish the movie was a friendship instead, but that is just a super subjective take. I'm simply someone who is kinda tired of romances because, in my own experiences, the most meaningful connections I've made outside of family are with my friends. Also, I feel as an Anthropologist a better alegory for cultural/divergent cohabitation would be a respectful friendship. Especially since all the accommodation allegory for the flame people reminds me of my own experiences surrounding my own disabilites[yes, very subjective XD]. But I also can't judge the film too harshly based off of that, nor do I wish to invalidate anyone who finds meaning/value in the central relationship plot. I will see it's digital release whenever I can to satiate my curiosity, since I get nauseous looking at the flow of the fire and water characters. Btw this is coming from someone who gave themselves motion sickness playing Pokemon Snap lol.
Wade and ember relationship is one of the best in dinsey its up there with wallie and up. Wade helps ember to realx, to be able to deal with people without flaring up and helps understand what she wants and how she feeling and is help ember to understand that her glass work is a amazing talent and something to be proud of. Ember helps wade to start thinking about what he really wants out of life,to not let go of what's important, shows him the struggle of people who the city was not built for, the rasicm and danger they face or could face in every day life.
@@drewbrown3116 the meeting in the teaser is definitely more cliché though, which I think set people's expectations as "oh this movie is just another generic cliche love story" when it has a bit more going for it than that (namely themes of family and being an immigrant)
Sadly, I think that a lot of people will deprive themselves of seeing this movie in theaters because so many have speculated that it will be "WOKE trash" before it even came out. It seems that a lot of people hate any movie that comes from Disney out of obligation at this point. Had this exact same film come from Dreamworks or Illumination, people would be singing its praises. As proper reviews come out and clips start circling the RUclipss, hopefully people will go see it before its run in theaters are over. It'll likely develop a cult following once its on streaming, by then it'll be too late to demonstrate support for such original animations.
I am so tired over the woke obsession… please get over it you are an adult! The movie is not about it AT ALL. Is a shame that people follow and are bothered by that trend so much, is not that bad and it is not so many characters the ones that are like that. Come on…. Is because one of the water boys (I think is like a cousin or younger brother of Wade) is non-binary. But that is not mentioned in the movie at all and the character says only like 2 words the entire movie.
I saw not a single person saying it‘s woke? People are complaining because it‘s the most generic story you can come up with. They even used the most generic elements for their main cast too. At least air and earth would’ve made this somewhat special, but no… This story has been told 100.000s of times already
@tcrpgfan none of those have the same plot and setting as Elemental. The most they have in common a romance between two characters from conflicting cultures. Have you even watched Elemental?
This movie actually changed my life a bit. I am angry, I am furious all the time and after watching this movie my partner worked with me so much better. I cried for 30min straight, literally, and we figured out why I was so angry. It strengthened my relationship with her and I feel really calm.
It’s a very cute movie that cheered my friend up after a tough week, loads better than the live action little mermaid we saw the week before. It’s not sensational but it’s good and fun, plus the animation was pretty. ( I told her it wouldn’t be good but she likes Ariel, she did not end up liking that film)
I cannot tell you how excited I was for elemental I kept bugging my friends saying “I can’t wait to go see elementallll” all of that jazz. Wasn’t disappointed! I love this movie :)
"it's not that they're terrible, it's that are they worth how expensive theatres have gotten?" i saw spiderverse in theatre with my bf and luckily went on a day when tickets were 30% off. i paid a little under $30, but if i went any other day it would have been over $40. not counting drinks or food. i remember my grandpa used to take my brother and i as kids out to almost every animated movie that released as a treat. deciding to see a movie in theatres right now is like a huge gamble and you have to decide whether or not you want to risk seeing a bad/mediocre movie for over $20 usd per person or just rent it/wait until the streaming option releases. it kinda sucks because going to see a movie in theatre was fun thing you could do if there wasn't much other entertainment where you lived, especially as a rural kid.
This is not even a little bit related to this video, but I really love your channel and narration, and watching your older videos has semi-accidentally gotten me into MLP, which is now the only thing I'm able to think about (hyperfixations, you know how they are). So thank you for your work! And I love the new sprite design.
Seeing this video's title on the home page two days ago was very encouraging! : ) I saw the movie today and it exceeded my expectations. The trailer made me think it was just another iteration of Overwhelming Parental Expectations combined with Opposites Attract. I really appreciated the exploration of the culture clash and the immigration experience. The romance was sweet. Wade did feel like a bit much at first, but as the movie went on, his transparently emotional personality was kind of refreshing (and after we learn he lost his dad, it made sense that he zeroed in on Ember's in the family picture). And I loved how colorful it was - the light and water effects were beautiful. As for "Carl's Date", I was disappointed that we never met Ms. Meyers, but Carl preparing himself to go out at all is a worthy story. I thought the end credits of Up implied that Carl ended up moving into Shady Oaks, though (I haven't seen Dug Days)?
The difference between the reception of this film to the Mario movie is proof that people have pretty terrible double standards when it comes to Pixar and Disney. Look, as a Mario fan and someone who enjoyed the Mario movie, there are still issues with it that would cause people to rip it to shreds if it was produced by Disney or Pixar. Yet, people still generally like it and made tons and tons of money. And here we have a movie that isn’t perfect but still pretty well made and people still hate on it just because it isn’t a masterpiece.
As someone who likes both movies, I somewhat agree. The reason why Mario worked for plenty of people (outside of the brand recognition and some the low expectations) is because it stayed in its lane and gave what the general audience wanted for a Mario Movie in almost 30 years of absence from the big screen. Elemental had an uphill battle to fight since its concept reveal. The vast majority literally made fun of its premise (the love story) and they focused on that over everything else. The real story (the immigration experience) might have been a bit difficult to sell to the vast market, so they didn't bother highlighting it during market. Which is a shame because it's a cool idea and I like how it portrayed in the movie. Either way, I think expectations have a huge factor into how people take in movies, and 2023's theatrical animation slate is the true test of that, just like you said.
I do have to agree with the take that the film would have been better 2d, or at least not as "realistic" but some shots were very pretty. The strain of it overall being so liquid 3d was quite present
Elemental was so spot on with it's correlation with racism that zootopia never accomplished. One-liners like Wade's mother saying how fire people made most buildings and knowing the local govt ignored a dangerous hazard conveniently targeting a specific element feels very spot on without having to hold your hand through the allegory. That AND it's through the lens of an interracial relationship to highlight the lived differences between each element. Idk what people are saying about how it doesn't work. The details of this movie both in environment and pieces of dialogue feel very intentional and mature for a family movie, I enjoyed it a lot!
All the ads I had heard for Elemental had been about the city, the city, oh isn't it so interesting that there's an elemental city. Right before it opened, I heard an ad that mentioned that it was a love story...and that they save the city. This is Wii U levels of bad marketing.
Wade was my MVP for this film, but my favorite parts were when they played with the elements. Wade manipulating light? Watching Ember do anything with glass? Yes. THAT I will watch all day.
Even if I'm just not a fan of the character designs and not interested in seeing it, I'm glad to hear that this film is far more sincere than the marketing made me fear. It's nice that it's a cute little rom com
I think it's a shame people tend to lock onto one metaphor. Yeah, the film leans into the elements as different races, but it's also a film about ableism and the destructiveness of ambivalence. I loved that Element City was both beautiful and hostile, and how the water people tend not to think about that because the city is foremost designed with them in mind. And pretty much any elemental has the potential to harm another kind of elemental, but SPOILER ALERT it's worth noting that when they consciously don't want to hurt each other and put effort into it, they don't hurt each other. Maybe a bit of discomfort, but that's it. I thought a neurodivergent reading was particularly interesting because the fire people’s emotional outbursts are so heavily shamed whereas the water people’s is normalised, even though it is potentially lethal to fire people. There were definitely things that bothered me, like the way the city council does nothing to fix a potentially lethal hazard to fire people, and that at the end of the film, Ember has still absorbed the city’s ambivalence towards her needs and considers it her fault. But overall, I enjoyed the film.
What I loved the most from this movie was how ember was able to see that she had a choice by experiencing new and different things. Wade listen to her, understood her and helped her just because he wanted to and then wanted to hang out with her even more. It's not generational trauma it's feeling like you owe your parents for their sacrifices, for leaving family and starting from nothing. It shows that you have a choice to follow your dreams without feeling guilty. Yes I just watched the movie and it made me cry. It was beautiful.
It constantly baffles me how many non-immigrant (usually white) people don't really see how this movie was very effective at getting at the core of how second generation immigrants feel about their family dynamics in a country that doesn't understand or accommodate them. It is weird how you went for the neurodivergent thing or "generational trauma" when the absolute on-the-nose allegory is the relationship between immigrant children and their parents. It is so blatantly obvious, yet so many reviewers just miss it for something else. It also explains why the film was so successful in Korea, where the director's parents emigrated from.
I saw it tonight, and it was more entertaining and cute than I'd thought it would be. The end actually had me tearing up. Dammit, Pixar. Even in your B movies you can make me cry. I love that it's entirely original. It doesn't piggyback on an existing IP. The world is creative, detailed, and the animation is beautiful. The animators need a standing ovation just for the fire and water physics. This takes those tropes of family expectation and colors it in a unique way that's both relatable and new. Honestly, I liked it. It doesn't deserve the hate its getting. And Wade and his family crying at the drop of a hat is a bit annoying, but they're water people. The fire people have tempers, the water people are emotional, the earth people are grounded, and the air people are flighty. Gale being a cumulonimbus cloud - the tallest cloud in the sky - is just hilarious to me.
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absolutely love your new character design, it’s wonderful and fits you so well
I like the Movie also get the Animators some respect because they went through all that trouble Animaine all those characters which is very hard because the characters are constantly moving🔥💧
I Guess everyone is needs a change (loving that new look).
I like the new look CellSpex, it really shows more of your personality through the extra detail!
A kids’ romance film where the characters go on a modern, normal date less than halfway through the runtime is so refreshing
When The Movie Will Released Again?
@@vampirepumking9941 it’s already out
@@ChristopherMoreno005 O Yes I C!
Especially since after watching too many shows where the main couple takes way too long to get together which takes us seasons to get to.
So like every fucking kids romance movie???
I will say this the Animators deserve respect for this movie because I cannot imagine the pain and suffering they went through to Animate all those characters because they're constantly moving🔥💧
Agreed; all that money went into all that detail. Also, this movie is a first for me: No major external antagonist to divide an internal situation.
Oh, sweet baby Jesus, I don't know much about how the Pixar branch of Disney has been faring in terms of paying the animators, but I hope that these guys *at least* got decent pay after the sheer amount of brain cells were used on these designs and the quality of the animation.
So, to preface what I'm about to say- I'm definitely going to watch it, because I love animated movies and probably would have watched it no matter what, if only to reward the animators trying something more out there. However, for some reason, my brain REALLY does not like the fire people, and I can't figure out why. In some scenes it's totally fine, but then I'll see them in another clip and they just look...off? I've watched a whole bunch of clips trying to figure out what it is that's bothering my brain, and the best I can figure out is that it's maybe reminding me of badly animated lava from my childhood. But I'm going to push down the annoying part of my brain that doesn't like it, because I know it's NOT badly/lazily animated. So I look forward to watching it, and I'm glad to hear that at least it seems pretty cute!
Animators always deserve the most credit for an animated movie, let's get that right.
Wade and Ember were aparently the hardest part to animate. I can see why, there both amazing with the movements/expressions! This is simply 😍 stunning. Bravo Pixar for that part.
you did a better job selling this movie than the whole marketing
Well said
Yeah now I’m interested.
Because they were promoting the hell out of The Little Mermaid, that they forgot about all the other releases, till the little mermaid came out in theaters
Seriously
Marketing killed this movie and its hype.
The theater I watched it in wasn’t super full, but when ember & wade finally confess their love every single person in the audience audibly said “aaawwwe!” Which just made me really happy for everyone who worked on this
I knowww! The theater I was watching in was literally sobbing and laughing throughout the whole movie. I could hear people choking on their tears when they thought that Wade died and all of the sudden there was a loud applaud when they heard him crying too. It was so sweet and I couldn’t help joining them. Loved this movie so much. ❤
Never has a movie left audiences so divided over whether it's a cute kind of meh or an infuriating kind of meh.
there are not 2 types of meh, meh is meh
@@rafresendenrafresenden.1644 There is mid which is the infuriating kind of meh, and there is ok which is the cute kind of meh. That's the way I see it at least
@@ImTheGuy meh is literally meh, you are changing the meaning of that word.
I’ve actually seen many people saying it’s really good
I believe in the two types of meh,
Chips: good meh
Protein bars: bad meh
I think people have way too high of expectations nowadays for movies. Not every movie needs to be a mind blowing, genre bending, block buster. Sometimes a simple, down to earth story is okay. Soul, Luca, and now this are all good examples of this.
Yeah! I feel like we need more simple, chill, down to earth movies! A movie you sit and it feels like a checkpoint in your life. Not a loud movie bombarded with dramatic music, generational trauma or loud explosions, just… peaceful music and noise :)
Wasn't Soul like super hyped? .-.
unless its pixar which has a reputation for amazing movies.
@@jojo-xk8riNow that’s a straight up lie. They were good back in the days but their recent movies are just bad
True, this is indeed a laid back movie but tackles a lot of issues and topics which are relevant today
I feel like this movie was a breath of fresh air amidst all the action-packed adventures thrill rides we've been getting recently. As much as I enjoy those, I also enjoy watching two adorable characters who have great chemistry slowly begin to fall for each other. Wade is absolutely precious and should be protected at all costs, and Ember is super fun and spunky. The animation and music was gorgeous, and honestly I had a lot of fun with this. I feel like this will end up becoming an underrated classic in the future
I agree! As I walked out of my theater, all I could think of was “That was wholesome”. It’s a nice change of pace from having to process all the action and plot twists to such a simple story.
It's weird we haven't got a straight forward romance from either Pixar or Disney since Wall-E and Tangled respectively. I thought it was a charming little movie with more nuance than people were giving it credit for. Not AS GOOD as the three Pixar films that sadly all went to Disney+ but definitely way more memorable than Lightyear.
At this point, ANYTHING is better than Lightyear, but by the way, I saw the trailers for this movie, at least the animation is really cool
@@BeautifulBelladonnaand yet Lightyear is light-years better than Cars 2, won't apologize for telling you facts
@@erichfiedler1481 Can't argue with that
At least Cars 2 is so bad it’s funny, Lightyear’s just a slog to get through
I think the fact that it was a more straightforward romance was what made this movie feel meh. Pixar is more known for exploring the different types of love that someone can experience and that was way more special because every other studio is so focused on romance and usually forces it. And also the fact that this type of forbidden love trope honestly is overdone.
It's a shame that Elementals was poorly received. Movies don't deserve to be hated for being "only" decent. And yeah, it's tough to impress with an original story nowadays, as people are conditioned to seek out the familiar, sequels to things they already know they like. I appreciate your balanced and positive take!
People don’t like how pixar has fallen. They made original cclassic after original classic, but now, they go for safe cash grabs half the time, and decemt movies without risk the rest of the time. (lightyear flopped too btw)
Guess what, ELEMENTAL' has passed 'ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE' internationally. 2nd highest grossing animated movie of 2023 in international markets 😊
Elemental is basically a love story between a Water Labrador and a Fiery Black Cat, like they remind me of a cat and dog relation ship where they are polar opposites but love one another
Which movie are you referring to?
@@mz7315 They're not talking about a specific other movie, they're talking about a general vibe.
My friend said that after the movie and it ain’t wrong lmao-
Love this! Great analogy!
My feelings to this film are similar to how I feel about Onward, in that while it wasn’t the most spectacular film Pixar has put out, there are aspects about it that hit so personally that it got more tears out of me than some of the studio’s masterpieces.
I, an American-born male, recently got out of a long term relationship with a Vietnam-born female immigrant. Many of the conversations about Ember and her obligation to her family vs her own aspirations are conversations my ex-partner told me she had with her parents. We held conversations about how she felt so profoundly different from others in our society, and how it caused pain for her, but there were moments where despite her and I’s differences, there was simply magic in the air. Seeing her eyes fill with wonder as we explored our part of the world together was something truly magical, and I absolutely bursted into tears during the scene where Wade showed Ember the flower and did nothing but bask in her happiness.
Some time has passed and I’ve begun to make my peace with the split, as we mutually decided it was for the best at this point in our lives. But the story Wade tells of “the old man on his deathbed, remembering the ‘summer’ he fell in love, letting her go, sure that summer will come again, but then it didn’t,” also provided some meaningful closure.
This film felt very personal, and I will probably always associate it to a personal story of mine. It came out at just the right time to move me, and I’m glad I saw it. I, for one, love the trend of Pixar films telling stories so personal or that might be more profound to a smaller subset of people, rather than a mass appealing moral everyone can connect to. There is a place for both kinds of stories to be told, in my opinion.
Completely agree, Elemental was just as good for me as the other Disney+ Pixar movies just because of how much personal it felt to me, didn't thought i would actually cry in a movie i thought it would be fun at best. i love Luca and Turning Red so much, Elemental was just a really nice surprise
I would add that one benefit of releasing movies that have such personal touches and themes to a smaller subset is that hopefully it helps the larger subset be familiar with and understand those struggles. Getting personally invested in and understanding the world of a fictional equivalent to a situation like this can be (I think) helpful to give those who have never even gotten close to being in that situation understand why someone would react, act, or feel a certain way in their situation. Or even just thinking about this scenario in a thoughtful way rather than on a surface level. This is especially important for kid's films because you can imagine how important it is for kids to be aware and understand struggles of others to hopefully build up a perspective in adulthood of acceptance and understanding.
This movie connected to me in a personal aspect as well. That’s why I absolutely love it so much. My family is very strict like Ember’s and my parents are immigrants too. Seeing how much Ember’s parents sacrificed for her by moving to make her have a good life made me think of all of the things my parents did. My parents have always been telling me to make them proud by being something like a doctor or a scientist so I can be successful in this new country when I really just want to be something simple like a musician or an artist. It’s really hard for me to tell them that I don’t want to because of literally the same reasons as Ember and this movie touched my heart so much. I also have lots of anger issues but I tend to bottle them up unlike Ember, but it ends up causing a lot of problems for me. Seeing how Ember was able to show her true feelings in the end of the movie (with the help of Wade) gave me a bit of hope that maybe I can tell my parents how I really feel too. I’d be lying if I said I didn’t cry in the theater watching this movie. It was truly unexpected as well. I went in thinking it would be something funny like Zootopia but I was mind blown when it started. I would do anything to see it for the first time again it was amazinggg!
Maybe it's just me, but I felt like Wade's crying in his first 3 minutes of screen time was intentional. I thought it was meant to put us in Ember's perspective. Seeing this bizarre, sentimental guy who briefly became a threat to the shop that we have become invested in. It wasn't until going to the Windbreaker game that we see how he uses his strengths to be productive and feel a bit more connected with him.
I'm in agreement that this would've served much better as a short. The idea of people based on the elements on how they get along and establish inter-relationships with each other sounds like a super neat idea for a short. But for a full length film, you can tell they struggled once they got past the conceptual stage. I think a simple short film following multiple couples of different elements and how they managed to work off each others' strengths and weaknesses would've been a cute idea.
shorts are sooo boring, I prefer movie length.
Ah, I see... focusing on the whole society as a whole instead on only a few characters? Yeah, that probably could've worked well!
@@rafresendenrafresenden.1644How are they boring, exactly? Because the characters aren't constantly talking?
I think Elemental was based off of a Pixar short about clouds making babies for storks to deliver.
That's only if you focus on the romance though. The immigrant story aspect paired with it worked fine for a movie (plus we already had Bao)
It's crazy how good Spiderverse is doing. Theaters are still pretty full even on weekdays. The only thing stopping movie goers is that they had to make room for Flash. So rare to see animation do this well.
i want to see spiderverse again frrr
@@CrowLady0_0 girrrlllll I've seen it three times in theaters so I can focus on different details every time
Mario did even better numbers 2 months ago, it's kind of interesting 2023 is so far the year of animation for box office (except Elemental which sadly flopped)
I really wanna see the new Spider-verse, allthough I haven't been to theaters in years. Still, congrats on the film.
@@BJ_Freeplay ugh i am so jealous!! i have the dvd preordered, but i still want to go in theaters at least once more
Yes it's simple... yes it feels like Disney Animation Studios couldn't figure this out, threw it at Pixar and said "fix it, but still make the deadline" but it's just so wholesome... I can't recommend it for kids under 8, just because there isn't much in this Rom-com for them to enjoy... but as an adult, I loved this film. It's not up to Pixar standards, but at the same time, you can tell Pixar's soul is there. I'm just super thrilled to see the "exclusively in theaters" logo again, and I will watch this again, just to support them, because they deserve it, and we deserve the best from them... so let's agree it's okay to be okay, just this once, and push this film to be just barely successful enough that it won’t bankrupt the company... and give them an honest attempt to produce the film we all know they're capable of making. If this is the blow that relegates Pixar to streaming-only status, I'd be crushed. Excellent video!
Spoilers ahead. If you haven't seen Elemental, go watch it.
I loved how Wade's character arc was finally finding somebody genuine. His entire family wants nothing but the best, but it's offered unconditionally. He could pursue any career, to any degree of success, or run away, and they'd never be anything other than happy for him. We see this when he can't hold a job. He has all of the pieces on the surface but he's never experienced genuine criticism, motivation, or anything other than "you're perfect no matter what, as long as you're happy, we're happy" and that's an insanely hollow, toxic relationship.
Cue Ember. She too views her life as a failure, but for the extreme opposite reason... way too much pressure. Though her parents weren't harsh, and certainly endearing... they set an incredibly high bar, even if unintentionally, for Ember to clear... even if it was all in her head, it was always a much tougher love... that always came with the conditions and pressure of living up to your parents legacy, who literally founded a community. That's why she's so reluctant around Wade, and doesn't really affirm her love for him until he's dying trying to save her. All the growth she experienced up to that point was getting to enjoy life in general, with basically no consequences... to live a little... and eventually, Wade gets Ember to come out of her shell. Meanwhile every discussion and interaction Wade has with Ember is genuine, and covers the entire emotional spectrum... he's probably never had that experience from a peer or parental figure before... it's a beautiful arc.
My 7 year old enjoyed it, and so did I. It's better than a lot of the other "love story for kids" out there, especially all the straight-to-streaming stuff that our kids were stuck with for 3 years due to the pandemic. I'm considering taking my 4 year old to it as a first movie because I think it might be interesting enough for them.
There is so much immigrant commentary in this movie that goes right over a kids head, but that a good number of adults will get ("What's your name? How do you spell that? Let's just officially name you something else").
I think that this is on par with the Cars movies - has a lot of care and heart in it, not the greatest plot out there, but still something that I'm happy enough to show my kids based on the overall message. If it had been a Dreamworks movie people would be raving about it.
Beautifully worded!! Thank you for this!
It's a beautiful comment.
I love this analysis! It’s so beautiful!
I'm gonna be honest, Encanto would have made a LOT more money if it hadn't gone to Disney + in 30 days. The word of mouth was strong enough, but we felt no need to spend more money than what we were already spending for the holiday season since we could simply watch at home and pause it when necessary.
I have no idea if the same would have been true for Luca and Turning Red...
There were still many theaters closed during Encanto's release regardless. But yes, delating the digital streaming would've helped the box office numbers a bit more.
I kinda have a feeling that Encanto somewhat exploded in popularity after it came out on Disney+ though. "We Don't Talk About Bruno" ended up being the first song to go #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts since "A Whole New World" in 1992! (for perspective, "Let It Go" made it to #5 in 2014)
@@BuizelCreamI’m pretty sure most if not all theaters were open again the fall and wonder of ‘21.
Especially when big releases came out such as No Time to Die, No Way Home, and Sing 2 which all made big money.
I know Omicron was going around, but not giving Turning Red a theatrical release was outrageous. By March, Omicron had greatly died down and by April family films such as Bad Guys and Sonic 2 were big hits
@@RYMAN1321 Many theaters were still closed in several cities of some countries, like where I lived. But yes, it was due to some of the remnants of Covid going around.
No Way Home was the movie I first watched in theaters after the quarantine, followed it up with the Sonic sequel. I regretted never being able to watch Encanto in theaters tho. It was not possible yet at that time.
I don’t know, it felt really refreshing for me to see a straight forward and relatively calm movie. Yeah there were life threatening stakes at times but the majority were relatable emotional stakes.
Not every Pixar film needs to be life-changing experience. Elemental is a visual masterpiece with easy to understand plot and themes, soft-worldbuilding, and character based narrative. It deals with romance, immigration, racism and family. It's a sweet story and it works...if this was in cinemas 20 years ago it would now be a relative cult-classic Pixar film...we have learned to have so much high expectations from films that we can't enjoy anything nice anymore...
Yes the typical racism where racism is evil and your evil if you don’t want your country flooded with foreigners and your becoming a minority in their own country
The problem with that perspective is that it isn't twenty years ago. Other studios are innovating in terms of animation, world building and/or mature themes, whereas Pixar is stuck creating cute stories about "x with feelings" or sequels for previous films. Probably, being controlled by Disney has something to do with it, but it is a pity, nevertheless.
While i agree, i think it at least deserves a ok, if not a "pretty good for a person who likes love stories". It love story felt pretty natural. Also the advertising was shit for the movie.
@@VexxenCreationsart is subjective, it depends on the person watching it.
I agree 100%. I have been waiting to see this.
This movie genuinely did rock my world, because I've never seen an animated film handle the struggles of being the child of immigrants the way Elemental handled it. It was beautiful and heartbreaking to hear Ember talk about not feeling good enough to make things up to her father for the sacrifice he made to give them a better life. And her fight with Wade at the train station in the final act was a great representation of how couples who are different races or from different economic classes can struggle in not understanding each other's barriers in society.
While I agree that the movie was cute and the immigration/family stuff was well done (I actually enjoyed that aspect a bit more than I did in 'Turning Red'), I do wish that Wade had more of a character beyond just 'sweet and adorkable guy who's in love'. The fact that his only goal was to 1) help Ember, 2) encourage Ember to pursue her own happiness, and 3) date Ember, he just sorta felt like Jack from Titanic in that his only purpose was to help make his love interest's life better before (temporarily) dying. I'd say he's a Manic Pixie Dream Boy, but outside all the crying he's not quite quirky enough for that
ok I doubt that If he was the dream boy ember wouldn't care when he said Your just so hot then she got mad and said what did you say!
Make rules for the nice guy
Break rules for bad men
It's how every woman works
Only thing is Jack from Titanic was actually interesting as a character and Wade (Wade, Wave omg pixar lol) just seems rather bland.
@@ribottostudio ok but in reality woman really don't care about
Personality if they did then they would stop choosing bad men
Who cheated, abused them, be
Mean to them etc
Omg absolutely wade was missing something 😩 and how am I suppose to feel empathy for him in the actual “sad” scenes if hes been crying for like one third of the movie! He also fell for ember wayyy to quickly in my opinion, like head over heels in a few days. Him and his family are just so boring no matter how much they hecking cry
@@foxsden wayed fall in love
So quickly happens with most men
In reality that why they show him doing that to relate to men
Because men and women love differently we're not the same
Man, Peter Sohn was thrown under the bus for his directorial debut. Having to savage The Good Dinosaur mid production after the sudden firing of the previous director was bound to hurt the project to some degree. Glad he finally gets a proper chance, but kind of a bummer it's with a movie receiving a lot of undeserving hate.
Also i Heard it flopped so Rip for the director, the animators and the 150k Computers that had to render all that stuff
Yes, Elemental was a story close to his heart, but given the flop that this film will receive I imagine that at best he will change jobs in the studio, at worst he will be fired :/
i mean, it beat the flash, thank god
@@lowkie78That may not happen now, the film has had a huge comeback
@@RYMAN1321 Yes I know, I really didn't believe it but in the end the box office turned out much better than initially expected and that's great :)
Holy shite! I did not expect YOU of all people to give _The Unlucky Tug_ a shout out ( at 4:53 minute mark). Such a wonderful channel, and his content is incredibly well done. I don't think there has been anyone else that has given the Cars and Thomas franchises the amount of respect as he has through his high quality video essays. SInce his channel was gutted by RUclips a few months ago, he certainly deserves all the support he can get.
OMG I'm so glad I'm not the only person who went nuts over this. Couldn't agree more with you, Tug is an awesome RUclipsr and I'm glad that he is around. Without him I would have never become a Tugs fan.
Yes I almost squealed when she mentioned him 😭 love the guy to death, and what he’s done for the Thomas fandom
@@ChrysanthosC. Same here, everytime I watched that little bit I got excited.
same!
I don’t care if it’s Pixar’s best, I absolutely love Elemental.
Agreed. After 12 watches, I'd argue it's their very best (undoubtedly my favourite)
The story is giving kdrama romance and i honestly love it I wasn't expecting a lovestory and it was adorable
And now Elemental has literally defied all expectations since it's left theaters making almost 500 million dollars😱👏
In Peter Sohn’s defense, The Good Dinosaur had been passed around multiple directors before getting to him to just finish it. Elemental is much more personal to him as he based a lot of it on his parents and his own upbringing as a child of immigrants.
The good dinosaur was dumbed before he came out and a lot of people think he isn’t skilled enough
3:08 "[Wade] proves himself to be a very sincere and caring person."
Who'd have thought the water elemental would be so emotionally transparent~?
As someone with familial issues it made me cry especially at the end, so it’s a keeper in my book.
Just saw the movie myself, I can tell this is gonna be a guilty pleasure, especially for those who love a romance story like myself
The reason I want to go see this movie is because of the romance angle. I like that stuff,and I actually think wade and ember are very cute together.
I am also a big fan of wade, because he’s a lot like me, we’re both very emotional people who care very deeply about others.
wade is so lovable. I will never get tired of seeing him and his family bawl their eyes out lol. The scene where they try to make eachother cry is burned into my brain (pun intended)
It also probably helps that (like other Pixar originals in the 2020s) Elemental was a personal passion project for Peter Sohn (as a son born to immigrant parents), compared to Good Dinosaur where it suffered from production delays and he was called on at the 11th hour to salvage it.
I saw this movie a few days ago with some friends and we all loved it. Even my theater was having fun. I think the problem with calling it “cliche” or “already done before” is that the source material hits really close to home for many people. One of the friends I saw it with is second generation Nigerian, and another one who saw it before us is first generation Puerto Rican, and both of them RAVED about how accurate it was. Especially Embers story of finding your own path when you feel indebted to your parents. I think it’s slightly wrong to call a modern issue being delt with in storytelling “cliche” when it should be more of a sign of underlying issues that are still prevalent in society that artists are working through personally.
I'm planning on maybe going to watch this with my friend soon, so it's nice knowing that someone that hates ultra cliched romances as much as Cellspex found it enjoyable (i personally love a cheesy as fuck romance story, so maybe i'll enjoy it more?)
Edit: Finally watched it with my friend WAY later than we expected... and we enjoyed it a lot, specially the romance elements! I dunno, maybe watching Wish before it with her and hating it helped us like this movie more, but i had a great time watching it
Great! You're gonna love it! I'm gonna be seeing it for a second time this Friday!
It's super adorable and wholesome. I've seen it 3 times, I'm sure you'll love it.
If you love cheesy romance stories, you're going to adore this movie. It's very much in the same realm as a romcom where some of the actions would be minor red flags in real life, but we ignore it for the sake of romance and for the fact that it's fictional and it all works out in the end anyway. I love this movie. I honestly haven't loved a movie like this in so long.
I was absolutely not expecting to love it so much. I got choked up a few times, but my boyfriend and I both had tears streaming down our faces at the end. And it takes a lot for him to do that.
It may just be our past and life situation, but so many things hit home. It's not only a cute, cheesy love story, but a beautiful story about family.
I understand why people don't like it, but don't go in expecting too much or thinking too hard about it. Just enjoy yourself and let yourself get absorbed!
@@ViOnline4432 Exactly, I often felt like I was Wade and his mom with all the tears I shed during the film. The romance is just so heartfelt and wholesome. I got so invested.
Nice update on your avatar, Cell.
I'll admit I had some doubts when it came to the usual tropes, like the 'meet the parents' or 'breaking barriers' scenarios, as well as the 'polar opposites/rivals becoming friends' concept seen in other Pixar films. But after seeing the movie myself, I was relieved with how the story turned out.
The backstory for Ember's parents was captivating and everything after Wade's initial debut felt organic, such as fixing the dam issue in a short amount of time building all the character interactions. Not to mention the animation and music were breathtaking, and the film did an amazing job playing around with the elements, especially when developing Wade and Ember's relationship.
I do think, though, that maybe they could've delved a little more into how the city works with all the elements and show us more on how the earth and wind citizens function there. Beyond that, I had a great time watching this film and I really hope it'll earn more money while it's still in theaters. Also, that "Up" short was very sweet.
I'm glad to say I was pleasantly surprised with Elemental. The animation was beautiful, the characters were interesting, and Thomas Newman's music was magical. Although it's not at the same level as older Pixar movies it came much closer to recapturing classic Pixar than other recent movies. I'll definitely see it multiple times :D
I really respect you cellspex. You said people shouldn't judge a movie from its opening and two months later, its the highest grossing original movie since 2017!!😮
Thank you for making the point I was going to make…2 weeks ahead of me 😂.
I'd like to watch at some point. It's a cool concept and very pretty. A lot of the naysay for it i see just amounts to "there was no big twist or something super original that grabbed me" and like... Idk this doesn't seem like the kind of movie to really look for that kind of thing in? It's a romcom about element ppl, not a high IQ adventure story. Idk, I just don't need every film to be that kind of a roller coaster. As long as it's fun and not horribly written/annoying, it's fine to enjoy stuff uniorinically lol.
4:53 The Unlucky Tug makes great video essays beyond his Cars one. I'd definitely recommend looking at a few of them.
I wanted this movie to work because the last time we had a movie centered around a couple and not having a forgettable romantic subplot was Wall-e.
Honestly Elemental is probably my favorite Pixar movie I have seen recently (last time I had a major favorite was when Inside Out and that’s saying something)
Yeah sure it’s not Pixar’s top tier movies like say Wall E or The Incredibles but honestly it doesn’t have to be in order to be a fun movie and I personally respect it for that
This is an interesting opinion to have. What made this one better than the other films for you?
@@luigi16852honestly I can’t put a finger on why. Maybe I can find the movie relatable to an extent to some of the characters and although I do like some of the more recent Pixar movies (like say Turning Red, Soul, and Luca) however something about Elemental was the movie that hits hard for me at home if you know what I mean
Faxx. I like the movie too
@@luigi16852 Op didn't rlly say it was better than other recent movies, just that it became one of their favorites.
I will agree with u, to me a movie doesnt need to be plot heavy it just need to be enjoyable which it did deliver
Pixar's process for voice casting is simple: the filmmakers have an idea for the cast in mind, then create the script both in writing and out loud to make sure the story and dialogue are secured, and finally do the casting process to further secure the story and dialogue.
I am very happy to see you giving The Unlucky Tug a shout-out, his channel is excellent and deserves a watch!
Appreciate the shout-out at 4:53! Great review!
Good review ! I still want the film to be overall more ambitious, but glad to know it's still well executed. Also, super glad you referenced Beastars: it's a fantastic series.
Definitely go watch Elemental. It's so far the best original movie of this year which feels like we're not getting that these days. It is cute, wonderfully animated and a joy to watch. I did get WALL-E vibes in some parts but I still enjoyed it. It is a nice apology from Pixar after Lightyear was a letdown. The short Carl's Date is one of the reasons why to watch the film. It's wonderful. And doesn't deserve the bad reviews it's been getting.
Sorry, Spider-Verse is better and more original, to boot. As, well, it just asks more original complex themes like 'Should our fictional heroes be defined by tragedy?' and 'Just because you are different doesn't mean you don't belong and you shouldn't let others tell you otherwise.' also, the movie is someone's mixed media art project turned into a big budget animated movie.
@@tcrpgfan Spider-Verse is based on a existing property but I do see your point. Pixar is the only company I can rely on when it comes to fresh ideas even though they make necessary sequels. I admit that Spider-Verse is better than Elemental but you have to give Pixar props for their animation. It's not easy animating fire and water by making them people.
@@ryanperez1999 If there is one thing I've learned in this life... it's that being a part of a franchise doesn't make something potentially less original, it just means it has to put in more effort to be more original. All I need to do to prove my point is to point at Into the Spider-Verse. Sure it IS a Spider-Man movie as well as a western cgi film, but it takes those ideas rather liberally. More like a set of guidelines than actual rules, if you catch my drift, on every level. I'm not decrying Elemental, but they could have done something with the concept instead of yet another interracial romance.
@@tcrpgfan Good point. Also, when was the last time we saw an interracial romantic movie in animation? I know it's something you don't expect from Pixar but that's their thing. Taking a concept that sounds bizarre and executing into a surprising good idea. I mentioned before it gave me WALL-E vibes but it's forgivable.
@@ryanperez1999 Across the Spider-Verse and Beyond... You KNOW that's what they're doing with Gwen while also giving her her own arc about reconciling with her father and how that ties symbolically to Miles' own narrative, thus making her a character with her own agency and not a prop.
I'm now just realizing that we don't see many animated rom-coms that aren't fairytale movies (Disney Animation, the Shrek franchise, etc)
Elementals is another of Pixar's movie that suffered a lot with how it was advertised.
It's honestly a very sweet romance movie worth rewatching.
I haven't even seen the movie yet but I still think the people saying that it's worse than Cars are being a little hyperbolic
huh!?, cars isn't a bad movie
@errorerror9651 true but it wasn't really anything new besides the fact that they were all cars.
Because of how sweet it is it’s now in my top 5 pixar movies
lol same i had a really lovely time watching this
Same here lol, absolutely loved it
Personally I appreciate the fact that a movie has something on its mind more than the allegory being absolutely watertight. Cuz newsflash: no allegory is watertight. Zootopia for example (cuz I haven't seen Elemental yet) is certainly inspired by real life social issues and wants to remind us of them, but at the end of the day it is very much its own world, where predator and prey live together and the tensions that come with that. Of course that's not identical to the real world - because it's not the real world - but it may create some sensibilities for issues like it, how they happen and how to deescalate.
Overthinking popculture can be a very fun creative excercise but it honestly annoys me that people keep confusing it with genuine criticism.
Yeah I’ve seen people say that Elemental doesn’t really have too good of an allegory because it’s using things that could literally kill each other if they’re not careful and that doesn’t happen in real life and say Zootopia does it better. But I feel like taking the fantastical circumstances of the movie world’s racism at face value and trying to align them to reality is not a door you wanna open when trying to determine which ones did it well. In Zootopia, as much as I adore that movie, had it’s racism rooted in the fact that historically one “race” as a whole constantly ate the other.
@@parycartoons6840 Which is why I'm saying that's a faulty way of looking at allegories because allegories are never perfect. I don't think the movie or anyone in the production team ever said "this is how racism works"! The movie is about societal tensions, prejudice (like bunnies are dumb, foxes are untrustworthy) and how the past is making things really difficult but its worth to keep trying. This is what the movie had to say. Not a 1-on-1 reflection of real social issues along with a solution for how to fix them. Everyone who expected that misunderstood how allegories are supposed to work.
I was looking forward to it because the teaser told me exactly what it would be. A romantic comedy of opposites attracting. The father/daughter storyline wasn't a surprise in the fact that I assumed romance wasn't going to be the only plot, but I loved that the two stories fed nicely into one another and that the father/daughter storyline represented a immigrants with a child real life experience of the director. On top of that I enjoy opposites attracting in my fictional romance watching, so fire and water might as well be the height of that type of romance. And along with fire and water comes teaching things about science without making it seem like that's what the story was doing (the movie said the two changed their chemistry's, when in real life they change only on a thermodynamic and physical level when another substance is added, and in the movie's case, the substance is love). Like most movies people can learn through both reality and fiction. Add to all that, it looks as great as all Pixar films. This was an under-rated movie in my opinion. Most pixar films are. None of them are outright bad. It's just about whether you like them or not.
honestly it is one of my favorite animated films as of late It was super cute and sweet and just a breath of fresh air
I’m at least glad a film like Elemental exists in Pixar’s roster and in the world of animation in general, its a movie that really holds a special place in my heart just for how wholesome it is. It proved to be such a great theatre experience for someone who very much enjoys love stories and honesty I never thought too much about how the world works, I never did for the cars franchise and I will never let it hinder my experience of these non human stories.
3:45 This was what I was wondering about. Usually, when Pixar do a new challenge in animation they have a little bragging video about it. I have not seen that here, but it make very much sense it must have been a constant rendering pain to have the figures move all the time, and with the lighting an reflections - but if they don't tell us we don't know.
Good to see the Unlucky Tug getting some love.
my friend and i went to a mystery screening of a film last night- turned out to be elemental.
it's not a bad film; heard so much negativity going into it, but what we got was just a cute little love story.
I really liked Ember and Wades dates. I could watch two hours of them just exploring the city, lol
i have to rant: the criticism of Zootopia's allegory doesn't make sense, in-universe predators haven't eat prey since literal prehistory, Zootopia's predators are not like Beastars', we are show no indication that they have any "natural" inclination to hunt sapient prey, in fact convincing the public that they have it is the plan of the villain, saying that Zootopia's prey are justified to fear predators because cavefoxes ate cavebunnies, is like saying that anti-indigenous bigotry is "justified" because some pré-colonial native tribes practiced cannibalism
That's a good point. Though I believe some of the cannibalism accusations were exaggerated.
12:53 Rejoice CellSpex, because Elemental just passed Lightyear's box office numbers by almost 30 million! Elemental has only been out for less than a month and it's made more money in that time than Lightyear did in over 388 days. Elemental continues to bring in several million each day in just domestic and isn't dropping as rapidly as Lightyear did, which is a very good sign. I think good word of mouth has helped this film a bit. It's also doing incredibly well in South Korea compared to other foreign movie markets like China or any European country.
I have high hopes this will continue to do well on streaming and physical copy sales. I for one will definitely pick up a Blu-ray/4k copy when I can. This movie is so pretty that you want the best quality version you can find to appreciate it.
I feel the same, it was a cute movie and I think it could be something of an underrated classic, maybe. Cool avatar redesign btw.
I thought it was cute, and had delightfully good animation. The glassblowing was so pretty everytime.
My and my bf has gone to see this movie so many time. It is our absolute favorite movie. And I mean I get it. It’s a generic love story. I’ve never liked love stories either but this one seemed special. Coming from an interracial couple, I feels like this movie was made for us. It has been so nice to see ourselves in a movie. My family wasn’t immigrants but that doesn’t matter to people. They just see you as brown and that’s all you are. It also especially hits home when most of the things Wade told Ember, has been spoken between me and my bf. I am 22 and I’ve never had anything speak to my heart more than this movie.
Never thought The Unlucky tug would be mentioned here but cool!
I enjoyed this film. I felt very fascinated with the concept of a world populated by the chemistry of elements, just like how I loved the concept of a world populated by talking cars, though that's another story. Hence, I also felt emotional with the romantic scenes as I nearly cried out of happiness and enjoyment.
i feel like this movie has a lot of potential for sequels, cause itd be interesting to see a movie centered around other elements as well
I absolutely hate the society we're living in. It's filled with so many hypocrites. People are mad that Pixar keep making sequels, and they want them to focus on Originals, but when the sequels come out, they absolutely crush the new original Pixar films at the box office. Get your criticisms straight people. If you want more Pixar Originals, GO SEE THE ORIGINALS, because Pixar is a company, and not a charity. It makes content to make money, not to please the critics, so whatever makes the most money, is what they're gonna make.
Am I the only one who not only thought it was good when the trailer came out, but that it actually looked like some of the best that Pixar had done in years? And that it could be at the same level of classic Pixar? I honestly don't understand where all the negativity came from
It's because people didn't liked the plot that the trailers showed, now i still didn't see the movie rn beceause my country decided to release It on the 21st of June so i can't judge their opinion but i've Heard a lot of good things about this movie so i'm curious and i Will edit this comment After i will finished watching the movie
I wish the movie was a friendship instead, but that is just a super subjective take. I'm simply someone who is kinda tired of romances because, in my own experiences, the most meaningful connections I've made outside of family are with my friends.
Also, I feel as an Anthropologist a better alegory for cultural/divergent cohabitation would be a respectful friendship. Especially since all the accommodation allegory for the flame people reminds me of my own experiences surrounding my own disabilites[yes, very subjective XD]. But I also can't judge the film too harshly based off of that, nor do I wish to invalidate anyone who finds meaning/value in the central relationship plot.
I will see it's digital release whenever I can to satiate my curiosity, since I get nauseous looking at the flow of the fire and water characters. Btw this is coming from someone who gave themselves motion sickness playing Pokemon Snap lol.
Yes how dare the director base the movie off his own experience as an immigrant and falling in love
Wade and ember relationship is one of the best in dinsey its up there with wallie and up.
Wade helps ember to realx, to be able to deal with people without flaring up and helps understand what she wants and how she feeling and is help ember to understand that her glass work is a amazing talent and something to be proud of.
Ember helps wade to start thinking about what he really wants out of life,to not let go of what's important, shows him the struggle of people who the city was not built for, the rasicm and danger they face or could face in every day life.
It took a little bit, but I think people are coming around to elemental
Nice design change. I don't know if you had it for a while or if it's new, but cool
I never thought I'd see a Cowboy Bebop reference and an Unlucky Tug reference in the same video.
Personally, I think this premise works better as a short instead of a movie.
I agree with you.
I'm pretty sure this premise already exists as a short film!
the teaser as well is more intriguing than the final product, esp since how they meet is a bit more different as well
@@drewbrown3116 the meeting in the teaser is definitely more cliché though, which I think set people's expectations as "oh this movie is just another generic cliche love story" when it has a bit more going for it than that (namely themes of family and being an immigrant)
@@louise4152 hmm, that I can see tho do prefer the earlier version so... (shrug)
Sadly, I think that a lot of people will deprive themselves of seeing this movie in theaters because so many have speculated that it will be "WOKE trash" before it even came out. It seems that a lot of people hate any movie that comes from Disney out of obligation at this point. Had this exact same film come from Dreamworks or Illumination, people would be singing its praises. As proper reviews come out and clips start circling the RUclipss, hopefully people will go see it before its run in theaters are over. It'll likely develop a cult following once its on streaming, by then it'll be too late to demonstrate support for such original animations.
I am so tired over the woke obsession… please get over it you are an adult! The movie is not about it AT ALL. Is a shame that people follow and are bothered by that trend so much, is not that bad and it is not so many characters the ones that are like that. Come on….
Is because one of the water boys (I think is like a cousin or younger brother of Wade) is non-binary. But that is not mentioned in the movie at all and the character says only like 2 words the entire movie.
I saw not a single person saying it‘s woke? People are complaining because it‘s the most generic story you can come up with. They even used the most generic elements for their main cast too. At least air and earth would’ve made this somewhat special, but no… This story has been told 100.000s of times already
@taki7546 name another movie which has used this same plot and setting.
@@didjargo Titanic, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, A Bronx Tale, Avatar, West Side Story, Romeo and Juliet, should I go on?
@tcrpgfan none of those have the same plot and setting as Elemental. The most they have in common a romance between two characters from conflicting cultures. Have you even watched Elemental?
10:42 That's why I support this movie. It's original.
This movie actually changed my life a bit. I am angry, I am furious all the time and after watching this movie my partner worked with me so much better. I cried for 30min straight, literally, and we figured out why I was so angry. It strengthened my relationship with her and I feel really calm.
It’s a very cute movie that cheered my friend up after a tough week, loads better than the live action little mermaid we saw the week before. It’s not sensational but it’s good and fun, plus the animation was pretty.
( I told her it wouldn’t be good but she likes Ariel, she did not end up liking that film)
I cannot tell you how excited I was for elemental I kept bugging my friends saying “I can’t wait to go see elementallll” all of that jazz. Wasn’t disappointed! I love this movie :)
the marketing just didn't do it justice :(
"Who exactly is invested in Cars that much?"
I feel called out
"it's not that they're terrible, it's that are they worth how expensive theatres have gotten?"
i saw spiderverse in theatre with my bf and luckily went on a day when tickets were 30% off. i paid a little under $30, but if i went any other day it would have been over $40. not counting drinks or food.
i remember my grandpa used to take my brother and i as kids out to almost every animated movie that released as a treat. deciding to see a movie in theatres right now is like a huge gamble and you have to decide whether or not you want to risk seeing a bad/mediocre movie for over $20 usd per person or just rent it/wait until the streaming option releases. it kinda sucks because going to see a movie in theatre was fun thing you could do if there wasn't much other entertainment where you lived, especially as a rural kid.
This is not even a little bit related to this video, but I really love your channel and narration, and watching your older videos has semi-accidentally gotten me into MLP, which is now the only thing I'm able to think about (hyperfixations, you know how they are).
So thank you for your work! And I love the new sprite design.
Honestly I was feeling zero hype for this movie but you somewhat convinced me to go and see it
Did you see It?
Seeing this video's title on the home page two days ago was very encouraging! : ) I saw the movie today and it exceeded my expectations. The trailer made me think it was just another iteration of Overwhelming Parental Expectations combined with Opposites Attract. I really appreciated the exploration of the culture clash and the immigration experience. The romance was sweet. Wade did feel like a bit much at first, but as the movie went on, his transparently emotional personality was kind of refreshing (and after we learn he lost his dad, it made sense that he zeroed in on Ember's in the family picture). And I loved how colorful it was - the light and water effects were beautiful.
As for "Carl's Date", I was disappointed that we never met Ms. Meyers, but Carl preparing himself to go out at all is a worthy story. I thought the end credits of Up implied that Carl ended up moving into Shady Oaks, though (I haven't seen Dug Days)?
The difference between the reception of this film to the Mario movie is proof that people have pretty terrible double standards when it comes to Pixar and Disney. Look, as a Mario fan and someone who enjoyed the Mario movie, there are still issues with it that would cause people to rip it to shreds if it was produced by Disney or Pixar. Yet, people still generally like it and made tons and tons of money. And here we have a movie that isn’t perfect but still pretty well made and people still hate on it just because it isn’t a masterpiece.
As someone who likes both movies, I somewhat agree. The reason why Mario worked for plenty of people (outside of the brand recognition and some the low expectations) is because it stayed in its lane and gave what the general audience wanted for a Mario Movie in almost 30 years of absence from the big screen.
Elemental had an uphill battle to fight since its concept reveal. The vast majority literally made fun of its premise (the love story) and they focused on that over everything else. The real story (the immigration experience) might have been a bit difficult to sell to the vast market, so they didn't bother highlighting it during market. Which is a shame because it's a cool idea and I like how it portrayed in the movie.
Either way, I think expectations have a huge factor into how people take in movies, and 2023's theatrical animation slate is the true test of that, just like you said.
@@focusfireno.1099 and there’s a knee jerk hate reaction to everything related to Disney these days which is really unfair to movies like this.
Your new avatar decal is so cute! Small changes but very pretty!!
Thank you!! 😊
I do have to agree with the take that the film would have been better 2d, or at least not as "realistic" but some shots were very pretty. The strain of it overall being so liquid 3d was quite present
4:54 What a coincidence, I was just rewatching that same video for his rant about Cars 2’s terrible logic.
Elemental was so spot on with it's correlation with racism that zootopia never accomplished.
One-liners like Wade's mother saying how fire people made most buildings and knowing the local govt ignored a dangerous hazard conveniently targeting a specific element feels very spot on without having to hold your hand through the allegory. That AND it's through the lens of an interracial relationship to highlight the lived differences between each element.
Idk what people are saying about how it doesn't work. The details of this movie both in environment and pieces of dialogue feel very intentional and mature for a family movie, I enjoyed it a lot!
All the ads I had heard for Elemental had been about the city, the city, oh isn't it so interesting that there's an elemental city.
Right before it opened, I heard an ad that mentioned that it was a love story...and that they save the city.
This is Wii U levels of bad marketing.
Wade was my MVP for this film, but my favorite parts were when they played with the elements. Wade manipulating light? Watching Ember do anything with glass? Yes. THAT I will watch all day.
according to the internet
didn't do well at the box office = BAAAAD
Even if I'm just not a fan of the character designs and not interested in seeing it, I'm glad to hear that this film is far more sincere than the marketing made me fear. It's nice that it's a cute little rom com
I think it's a shame people tend to lock onto one metaphor. Yeah, the film leans into the elements as different races, but it's also a film about ableism and the destructiveness of ambivalence. I loved that Element City was both beautiful and hostile, and how the water people tend not to think about that because the city is foremost designed with them in mind. And pretty much any elemental has the potential to harm another kind of elemental, but SPOILER ALERT it's worth noting that when they consciously don't want to hurt each other and put effort into it, they don't hurt each other. Maybe a bit of discomfort, but that's it. I thought a neurodivergent reading was particularly interesting because the fire people’s emotional outbursts are so heavily shamed whereas the water people’s is normalised, even though it is potentially lethal to fire people.
There were definitely things that bothered me, like the way the city council does nothing to fix a potentially lethal hazard to fire people, and that at the end of the film, Ember has still absorbed the city’s ambivalence towards her needs and considers it her fault. But overall, I enjoyed the film.
What I loved the most from this movie was how ember was able to see that she had a choice by experiencing new and different things. Wade listen to her, understood her and helped her just because he wanted to and then wanted to hang out with her even more. It's not generational trauma it's feeling like you owe your parents for their sacrifices, for leaving family and starting from nothing. It shows that you have a choice to follow your dreams without feeling guilty. Yes I just watched the movie and it made me cry. It was beautiful.
I really love Cellspex’s new persona art style
It constantly baffles me how many non-immigrant (usually white) people don't really see how this movie was very effective at getting at the core of how second generation immigrants feel about their family dynamics in a country that doesn't understand or accommodate them. It is weird how you went for the neurodivergent thing or "generational trauma" when the absolute on-the-nose allegory is the relationship between immigrant children and their parents. It is so blatantly obvious, yet so many reviewers just miss it for something else. It also explains why the film was so successful in Korea, where the director's parents emigrated from.
Well it's no Zootopia, but it’s definitely no Strange World.
I saw it tonight, and it was more entertaining and cute than I'd thought it would be. The end actually had me tearing up. Dammit, Pixar. Even in your B movies you can make me cry.
I love that it's entirely original. It doesn't piggyback on an existing IP. The world is creative, detailed, and the animation is beautiful. The animators need a standing ovation just for the fire and water physics.
This takes those tropes of family expectation and colors it in a unique way that's both relatable and new.
Honestly, I liked it. It doesn't deserve the hate its getting.
And Wade and his family crying at the drop of a hat is a bit annoying, but they're water people.
The fire people have tempers, the water people are emotional, the earth people are grounded, and the air people are flighty.
Gale being a cumulonimbus cloud - the tallest cloud in the sky - is just hilarious to me.