Elemental (Pixar - June 2023)

[Trauma]

That can’t be right, they expect this to do even worse than Lightyear?

What is going on with Pixar?

I don’t know but it’s time to either shut it down or bring back Lasseter.

 

[BuddyThomas]

It seems the movies threads have become the venue of choice for trolls intent on airing their grievances and casting aspersions. Discussion of the films themselves has become next to impossible in the face of so much relentless derailment.

I honestly don’t know what is going on here. If these people hate all things Disney, what are they doing here???

 

[LittleBuford]

I honestly don’t know what is going on here. If these people hate all things Disney, what are they doing here???

There is plenty of negativity to be found elsewhere in the forum, but I agree that something particularly strange and distasteful is going on here in the movie threads. It's the sheer relentlessness of the trolling that really strikes me. Post after post after post gloating about, or hoping for, the "failure" of whatever film is the topic of the thread (at the expense of any actual discussion about that film). It's truly bizarre.

 

[TP2000]

Spider verse cost $100 million, Super Mario Bros cost $100 million, Minions cost $85 million… I appreciate that Disney goes beyond the other studios to give a more detailed film but I still don’t understand why their animated films cost 2 to 3 times more than the other studios similar offerings.

Probably catering.

And comped Tesla charging on the Burbank lot.

 

[Tha Realest]

I honestly don’t know what is going on here. If these people hate all things Disney, what are they doing here???

Hoping, desperately, that Disney corrects its trajectory.

If you want future Disney films, you should root for them to be profitable.

 

[Phroobar]

Hoping, desperately, that Disney corrects its trajectory.

If you want future Disney films, you should root for them to be profitable.

We won't see anything good for the next four years. It takes time to course correct. We shouldn't root for crap because crap is what you will continue to get. They need a large course correction. What are they going to do? Not make movies?

Every other company is making some incredible stuff except Disney.

 

[Vegas Disney Fan]

I honestly think a hand drawn movie would be a big hit right now, especially if it was a Princess movie, CG took over because it was new and wowed everyone, now we’re used to it, they should mix it up and go back to the old school.

 

[Disney Irish]

I honestly think a hand drawn movie would be a big hit right now, especially if it was a Princess movie, CG took over because it was new and wowed everyone, now we’re used to it, they should mix it up and go back to the old school.

Wish should then do well.

 

[Stripes]

Elemental looks like a movie I’d want to see. Cautiously optimistic.

 

[MoonRakerSCM]

Just got back from a week long vacay. Saw this at LAX and was amused... If you have the same poster 50 times in a row, people will want to see it right?

 

[Communicora]

Spider verse cost $100 million, Super Mario Bros cost $100 million, Minions cost $85 million… I appreciate that Disney goes beyond the other studios to give a more detailed film but I still don’t understand why their animated films cost 2 to 3 times more than the other studios similar offerings.

This article might help you understand where some of the money goes. Given Pixar's history, it makes sense that there is a lot of focus on building new tools and techniques. I know they sell RenderMan, perhaps they will eventually sell other tools like Presto.

 

[Phroobar]

I honestly think a hand drawn movie would be a big hit right now, especially if it was a Princess movie, CG took over because it was new and wowed everyone, now we’re used to it, they should mix it up and go back to the old school.

Maybe Disney should use CG to be more artistic instead of the same CalArts character designs every time.

 

[Trauma]

I’m being serious here why is the gonna flop so hard ?

Has there been any reason given ?

Is it just not good ?

 

[doctornick]

Elemental looks like a movie I’d want to see. Cautiously optimistic.

Same with me. I very much do not want it to fail - though I don't have much optimism at all - as this looks like exactly what we should be getting from Pixar and Disney in general. I actually feel like this moving doing poorly will send absolutely the wrong message to the decision makers at Disney.

 

[Tha Realest]

I’m being serious here why is the gonna flop so hard ?

Has there been any reason given ?

Is it just not good ?

I think it’s a crowded release calendar + finite marketing dollars and oxygen/platforms

 

[Disstevefan1]

The plot has been done over and over again. If this movie is funny and has a lot of laughs, I think it could do well.

 

[Phroobar]

I can take or leave Elemental. I'd be just as happy seeing it on Disney+.
However Asteroid City looks really fun. It opens the same day.
I hear once you get pass the first hour the Flash, it becomes a really good movie. I think that opens the same day too.

 

[MisterPenguin]

Just got back from a week long vacay. Saw this at LAX and was amused... If you have the same poster 50 times in a row, people will want to see it right?

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You're supposed to run past it fast enough that it becomes animated.

 

[Disstevefan1]

Just got back from a week long vacay. Saw this at LAX and was amused... If you have the same poster 50 times in a row, people will want to see it right?

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If it does poorly, one excuse we can’t make is, not enough spent on marketing.

 

[Phroobar]

If it does poorly, one excuse we can’t make is, not enough spent on marketing.

I always make my movie viewing choices by what is on the terminal connector walls at LAX.
Doesn't everybody?