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Elemental (Pixar - June 2023)
- Thread starter DCBaker
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TP2000
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I'm convinced that there are no editors in what is left of "journalism". The typos and grammar errors alone prove it, but then you see stuff like this too.
It makes me chuckle, because even with crap mistakes like this, they still think they're better than everyone else.
jeangreyforever
Active Member
It doesn't look very good. It seems to suffer from what Onward had, which is a fantasy world that still feels too tethered to our real world and way too mundane.
doctornick
Well-Known Member
I'm wondering what people are watching because the trailer for Elemental to me looks awesome and really feels like old school Pixar. Fun premise filled with an emotional punch. I actually feel pretty good that this will be a hit especially if Disney does the sensible thing and lengthens the theatrical window (making it longer people to have to wait to see for "free" on Disney+) before going to streaming.
This looks nothing like Strange World, for example, which was kinda buried and blown off by the company as they knew they had a dude. They actually seem to be promoting this.
This looks nothing like Strange World, for example, which was kinda buried and blown off by the company as they knew they had a dude. They actually seem to be promoting this.
LittleBuford
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I love Onward and think it’s a really underrated film. It’ll always hold a special place in my heart as the last film I watched at a cinema in the Before Times.
Yeah…I certainly get that…I feel like one will never forget their last film in “the before times” mine was The Invisible Man”…IMO…a great movie as well
jeangreyforever
Active Member
It was the last movie I watched in a theater as well for about a year and a half. I will say that as underwhelmed as I was by the early trailers, I thought the final movie was much better. I've always appreciated how Dan Scanlon's movies never shy away from the truth and are pretty realistic in their messages. How even in a fantasy world, dead is still dead and the lead will never get to know his dad.
That being said, even though I ended up liking it, I haven't felt much of an urge to revisit it and I still think the premise of a fantasy world where magic has died out wasn't executed all that well.
"Thomas Newman (American Beauty, The Shawshank Redemption, 1917, Skyfall) has been tapped to score the upcoming animated feature Elemental. The film is directed by Peter Sohn (The Good Dinosaur) and features the voices of Leah Lewis and Mamoudou Athie. The movie is set in Element City, where fire-, water-, land- and air-residents live together and revolves around a tough, quick-witted and fiery young woman, whose friendship with a fun, sappy, go-with-the-flow guy challenges her beliefs about the world they live in. Denise Ream is producing the Pixar Animation Studios production. Newman has previously scored Pixar’s Finding Nemo, Wall-E and Finding Dory."
Thomas Newman to Score Pixar’s ‘Elemental’ | Film Music Reporter
Thomas Newman (American Beauty, The Shawshank Redemption, 1917, Skyfall) has been tapped to score the upcoming animated feature Elemental. The film is directed
filmmusicreporter.com
OwlHouseKing97
Active Member
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I don’t get why Warner Bros had to be foolish enough for The Flash to be pushed up to June 16th, the same day as Elemental’s release, I really don’t want this to be a big flop at the box office, because Disney has suffered enough from poorly performing animated films this decade(Onward didn’t last long because of the pandemic shutting down cinemas(and it didn’t return to the big screen), Soul, Luca, & Turning Red were wrongfully moved to Disney+(even though other studios bought War with Grandpa, Croods: A New Age, Boss Baby 2, Spirit: Untamed, and whatever else was in theaters during that time span(yes even during a pandemic), Raya was released day and date on both Disney+ for $30 and in theaters, Encanto had to wait out to find its audience until its Disney+ release, and Lightyear & Strange World both flopped hard at the box office(thanks to competition from the third mid Jurassic World(plus Top Gun 2) & Wakanda Forever respectively) due to both getting very mixed reviews and audiences understandably not caring about the two toons)
For this one, it has to be a hit at the box office, even if it doesn’t open at number one thanks to stupid Flash still happening(with its lead being a horrible person in real life), it should at least pull an Inside Out opening weekend(where it opens at #2, but can actually be profitable unlike Lightyear), there hasn’t been an animated Disney movie since Frozen 2 that opened at number one(I know Raya and Encanto were at number one, but they opened on top barely), and a Pixar movie that has opened at number one(NOT counting Onward), since Toy Story 4, and were successful based upon the box office alone(yes, Elemental wouldn’t make it to number one and yes it wouldn’t make as much money as the Mario movie(and I would like to say Across the Spider Verse, but we’ll see what happens to that film in theaters), but I hope it does better than what DreamWorks will do next with Ruby Gillman, so Universal can’t always be the number one choice for animated movies on the big screen)
If Elemental becomes another flop for Pixar, then Warner Bros will get the last laugh, for having Flash starring Ezra Miller beat out a Pixar movie on the big screen
Magenta Panther
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Cute. This looks like a return to form for Pixar. Yes, it's based on the old opposites-attract concept, but there's nothing wrong with that if it's done well. Too bad Iger has generated a lot of hostility from the public, as that, plus competition, could affect this movie's box office. We'll see what happens.
Disney has announced a new animated short, Carl's Date, will also debut with Elemental.
Carl's Date was originally announced as coming to Disney+.
"With Elemental, Pixar Animation Studios will resume the magical moviegoing tradition of pairing their feature film with an animated short. The new short, Carl’s Date, catches up with Carl Fredricksen (voiced by Ed Asner) and his lovable talking dog, Dug (voiced by Bob Peterson), who were introduced in Pixar’s Oscar®-winning feature Up. Written and directed by Emmy® Award winner Peterson and produced by Kim Collins, Carl’s Date finds Carl reluctantly agreeing to go on a date with a lady friend—but admittedly with no idea how dating works these days. Ever the helpful friend, Dug steps in to calm Carl’s pre-date jitters and offer some tried-and-true tips for making friends—if you’re a dog."
thewaltdisneycompany.com
Carl's Date was originally announced as coming to Disney+.
"With Elemental, Pixar Animation Studios will resume the magical moviegoing tradition of pairing their feature film with an animated short. The new short, Carl’s Date, catches up with Carl Fredricksen (voiced by Ed Asner) and his lovable talking dog, Dug (voiced by Bob Peterson), who were introduced in Pixar’s Oscar®-winning feature Up. Written and directed by Emmy® Award winner Peterson and produced by Kim Collins, Carl’s Date finds Carl reluctantly agreeing to go on a date with a lady friend—but admittedly with no idea how dating works these days. Ever the helpful friend, Dug steps in to calm Carl’s pre-date jitters and offer some tried-and-true tips for making friends—if you’re a dog."
Pixar Debuts ‘Elemental’ Trailer and Announces Voice Cast - The Walt Disney Company
Today, Disney and Pixar released a new trailer for Elemental, an original feature film that transports moviegoers to an extraordinary place called Element City, …Read More
thewaltdisneycompany.com
Disney Analyst
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Now that looks great! Haven’t looked forward to a Pixar film in quite some time. This is the one.
This would be an appropriate IP for the Play Pavilion replacement with entire area devoted to Elements and edutainment.
Jedijax719
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Animation looks pretty good. But....plot???? Hello, plot???? Are you out there plot??? I can't see or find you anywhere.
LittleBuford
Well-Known Member
It's a classic "love across boundaries" tale. Whether such a plot appeals to you or not is another matter, but the plot itself is very much in evidence.
BuddyThomas
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From IMDB.COM - "The film journeys alongside an unlikely pair, Ember and Wade, in a city where fire-, water-, land- and air-residents live together. The fiery young woman and the go-with-the-flow guy are about to discover something elemental: how much they actually have in common."
cf. Romeo & Juliet
Disney Analyst
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And I’d also add, it’s the first trailer, how much plot is necessary? I got that premise from the trailer, that’s what you need.