Now that I’ve seen Disney & Pixar’s #Elio all the 5 times in the three different formats I planned to see it in, I find it amazing how far Pixar has come from the friendships that they’ve made for the big screen since beginning with Woody and Buzz in Toy Story back in 1995 and now continuing with Elio and Glordon. It makes me eagerly await the other friendships Pixar will give us in the years to come in their next original movies like #Hoppers next March and especially #Gatto in 2027.
That’s a true testament to the ever persisting strength that Pixar has, despite the continuing challenges they face, and it shows, despite the worries for their future, that their future is bright, more bright than those who fear what’ll happen to it say it is. I’ve seen the studio do great things and go through many things. A pandemic, a shift in the way people view them now compared to the early 2000’s. And year after year, they still manage to make films for themselves and those in charge of them, in spite of the stumbles and challenges they continue to face today. So who is the weaker studio? It’s the studio that sends their original animated films to streaming in Sony Pictures Animation, not Pixar. That studio is a lot stronger than the folks who doubt it will last any longer say it is.
And they know that. Don’t they.
Anyway, #Elio’s still a great movie after the five viewings of it I’ve seen and I hope that with the still strong reviews it’s getting, people will open their minds and give it a fair chance before it’s too late. Even those who doubted it now realize they shouldn’t have doubted it over trailers that didn’t do the film justice, unless it was the one shown at D23 in Anaheim last August.
I’ll forever be glad that I never gave up on this movie, regardless of what its fate at the box office may be.
