I really liked it..,. Reminded me of old school summer blockbusters…I thought Brad Pitt was fantastic in the role
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Elio (Pixar - June 2025)
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Disney Irish
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Me too, I saw it twice once in ScreenX and once in IMAX.
I had the thought that it might be perfect for Screenx….we have one about a 45 minute drive
Animaniac93-98
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I don't see how the movie could have done worse than it did had they gone along with the director's cut, especially since they spent more money to give us the final edit.
The original version may have stirred more controversy, but at least people would have known it existed and that it wasn't a generic "kiddie movie"
The original version may have stirred more controversy, but at least people would have known it existed and that it wasn't a generic "kiddie movie"
Tha Realest
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Pixar’s competitive advantage is melding technological innovations with air-right storytelling, coupled with a managerial/creative brain trust that tweaks and fine tunes the story. This is how Toy Story 2 was salvaged. I submit that Pixar’s competitive advantage does not lie with mollifying disgruntled employees that react petulantly when someone as talented and accomplished as Pete Docter (the COO of the subsidiary) offers notes.
Phroobar
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Problem is we haven't had that air-tight storytelling since Coco. The brain trust was getting priorities from Disney execs.
Phroobar
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Like Zootopia 2 and Frozen 3. Does Disney Feature Animation even have an original movie in the pipeline?I guess it’s sequels forever.
Tha Realest
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Since Coco, we’ve had:
Incredibles 2 (93%RT)
Toy Story 4 (96%RT)
Onward (88%RT)
Soul (95%RT)
Luca (91%RT)
Turning Red (95%RT)
Inside Out 2 (91%RT)
Lightyear, Elemental, and Elio are the only real critical misses, but at least one of those overcame a slow start and legged out a win. I don’t see how you could argue the other post-Coco films weren’t coherent and well/crafted stories.
Tha Realest
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They presently have an “unannounced” film to be released in Nov ‘26. Not sure if that’s still accurate but they did announce this as part of a slate in 2023.
Yes
Yes, but I don’t know what it’s called yet.
Maybe you'd want to see what Lasseter has been up to in order to understand why Disney doesn't want to see what Lasseter has been up to.
mickEblu
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Haha.
Clearly Lasetter, Doctor, Stanton etc and all the guys had something special going when they were TOGETHER.
Phroobar
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He's Apple's property.
Spellbound - Let's make a fantasy kids movie about divorce staring Rachel Zegler.
Wondla - a woman tries to find her place in the world with her robot mom.
Luck - the struggle between Luck and Misfortune
and a couple of shorts.
Phroobar
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Zootopia 2 and Frozen 3 will make bank but will feel unsatisfying and hollow kind of like Inside Out 2 did days after viewing.
coffeefan
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That's not what that means. It's not as simple as having a recipe any company can just follow to duplicate.
Disney Irish
Premium Member
He's actually head of Skydance Animation, now joined with Paramount Animation post-merger.
They produced a couple projects that were distributed by Apple, but are not actually part of Apple. Of that list only Luck and Wondla were Apple, Spellbound was Netflix.
Fox&Hound
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Saw Elio today. Really cute.
I blame Disney for releasing this as a summer movie when it would have done much better as a Feb drop. Also a movie (no spoilers) about a lonely kid befriending aliens right after Lilo and Stitch live action?!? Like come on Disney….
I recommend it.
I blame Disney for releasing this as a summer movie when it would have done much better as a Feb drop. Also a movie (no spoilers) about a lonely kid befriending aliens right after Lilo and Stitch live action?!? Like come on Disney….
I recommend it.