The Secret To Elemental's Major Comeback
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- When Pixar’s Elemental premiered, it was branded a total flop. But then, somehow, everything seemed to turn around and the film raked in the dough and was enjoyed by audiences. So what’s the truth about Elemental - is it a boring misfire or a heartwarming success? And why were people hating on it so much to begin with?
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CHAPTERS
00:00 Was Elemental a misfire?
00:24 Elemental's plot went back to basics
05:31 The major problems with Pixar releases
08:58 The secret to the big turnaround
CREDITS
Executive Producers: Debra Minoff & Susannah McCullough
Chief Creative Director: Susannah McCullough
Associate Producer: Tyler Allen
Writer: Jessica Babineaux
Narrator: Jessica Babineaux
Video Editor: Tyler Allen - Zábava
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Correction: Elemental came out a whole month before Barbenheimer. That’s actually why it was able to find a second life at the box office.
i thought Luca was pretty rad despite being pilloried for being mediocre by critics
To me, this movie perfectly blended its immigrant story and its romance, and the fact that they supplement each other so well is why this movie work so well for me 😁
I cried when the father said "The shop was never the dream, you are the dream" it was beautiful
I agree with you!
I think it's important to note how the Asian Pacific and specifically the South Korean markets helped make the movie a success. When word got out that it was a huge success in Asia I saw a lot more people realizing that Elemental wasn't just "Romeo and Juliet with fire and water" and had an important story to tell about the Asian American struggle and inter-racial relationships
yes yes! when I went to Korea our friend told us how popular it was and what a good film it was, and plenty of Korean celebrities have also been recommending it
Bingo!
Will say that as a Korean American family, my sis and I had very different reactions to the film, primarily because we BOTH felt that the cultural clash wasn't treated with realistic nuance, since Wade's position on her relationship with her father is treated as 100% correct, when it's never really that simple for us. I was still touched by the way he makes her reevaluate her false internalized narratives about her relationships without forcing her to lose her traditional customs, while my sister felt deep disgust at this idea that the "perfect match" for a responsible, but hot tempered immigrant child is this majority-privilege softboi who can't take spicy food and never apologizes for crashing a major family and community event. We agreed it was beautiful, and I personally thought it was largely a good film, but speaking from the immigrant experience, it didn't feel to either of us like it lived up to its potential in showing cultural clash with nuance.
@@SpiderLingual thank you for leaving this comment, bc it was very interesting to read and I feel like learned something. I love learning about how other people feel, I hope you and your sister are doing well :)
Disney no longer knows how to promote their movies correctly. It helps a lot that word of mouth is stronger especially through Tiktok.
Yep. Wish is coming out in 2 months and we've barely gotten any marketing 🫠
Social media like Tiktok really did help it gain traction. Movie wasn't bad at all, but the script was definitely underwhelming compared to other Pixar films. Even just Disney Zootopia had a more interesting story.
Honestly, yeah. I don't really recall the promotion for this. Same thing with Teenage Kraken. I'm pretty sure it was because both studios were busy with other things and the films didn't get much attention.
@@katherinealvarez9216Another thing is that compared to _Elemental’s_ marketing, _Ruby Gillman’s_ marketing revealed/spoiled the entirety of the film and the villain (Chelsea) was so "on the nose", along with the fact Ruby Gillman was suddenly announced 3 months before release.
@@EChacon that's right. I didn't know that the villain was supposed to be a twist.
I love that they inverted gender stereotypes by showing an emotional man who cries readily and isn't ashamed of it, and a fiery hot tempered woman who is loved for exactly who she is and learns to embrace her anger
her agressive side was more a problem than her strong point. her anger always caused problems and she never realy embraced her anger either but learned to control it. her strong side was always her creativity. most of the time that was in her glass making skills but also when she made a baloon on the spot to get a better view of the city with wade.
but every time her anger came out, something went wrong
"We touched, and changed each other's chemistry" is a great line from Wade. Anyone who says Elemental is not a good movie has no taste...
For real
Clarification mention: Lumping in Encanto with mentions of recent releases doesnt count, as its Pure Disney, not Pixar itself . And while its the same Overarching house, its not the same rules and creative direction, so it is not a valid comparative point on an apples to applies example , in how its used. I would think that the writers and minds behind the Take would know and avoided or caught this (usually pretty accurate here ).
I always get peeved when people lump in Pixar and the Disney Animated Canon as one studio.
Parents and children haven't cared about the difference anymore since Frozen.
@@zachryder3150 that's valid from the perspective of enjoy a story or movie or not. Which is not the point made above - where essay and review have a standard of accuracy to consider. Thanks for the 2 cents though :)
@@anthonyvillanueva5226What's even worse is that some people mistake dreamworks movies with Disney movies
@@Aryan-dr5ixto be honest, i used to think many movies are disney movies till i learned they are dreamworks.
To me, the most noteworthy aspect of the early discourse around the film's "failure" was that the ONLY problem with the movie that critics were able to name was that it somehow wasn't up to the Pixar standard, but they couldn't articulate WHY or what that even meant. Like, they couldn't point to an issue with the plotting or themes or characters, just that it somehow wasn't registering according to their high critical expertise. To me, that speaks to the larger critical body having some investment in the conversation around "Elemental" outside of assessing its quality.
You mention that critics remain an important part of the film ecosystem, but it bears mentioning that the current composition of film critics has some glaring biases in their dialogue, among them a sort of elitism that penalizes animated films.
Anyways, another thing I take away from the "Elemental" resurrection is that "Onward" would have experienced a similar long-term box office revival if it hadn't landed literally the week before a global shutdown.
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A lot has to do with cultural background as well. People from asia, a lot of the countries here are more familial in nature. A lot don't really have a choice most of the time and have to really live up to expectations. Reason i like this film wasn't really about the woke stuff and the struggles of being a immigrant, true it happens and I've seen my relatives that immigrated struggle with it. I feel like the movie is a lot more specific to couples struggling to understand each-other. Wade is a good example of how to be emphatic and truly listen to their partner. Although it might be surface level at first glance, but because the level of relationship shown in the movie is at the most basic one which is we're supposed to lift our partner, be their guide, have their back, understand them, and most of all know that their anger not all the times have shallow roots (well assuming the partner is not toxic and is actually a proper person that truly cares but struggled with stuff due to trauma).
Encanto isn't a Pixar movie. Pixar doesn't make musicals. (Coco doesn't count because the songs are diegetic)
Um...two incorrect statements. First, Encanto was Disney Animated Studios, not Pixar, which is an entirely separate animation studio.
Second, Elemental was released an entire month before Barbenheimer, so it was not affected by that phenomenon at all.
It was released around the time of Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
The silliest thing about this is that they started calling it a flop before it'd even been released everywhere. Like, when they first called it a flop it'd yet to be released in the UK and Japan... bit premature don't you think?
This is why I hate first impressions.
Who was calling it a flop?? Was it reviewers, like what did miss?? I genuinely thought it was released maybe a month ago, the marketing was so bad...like I loved the movie after watching it but good lord they dropped the ball on marketing imo
It almost felt like people wanted this film to fail before they even saw it.
Probably due to people’s negativity with Disney accidentally dragged Pixar with it.
Although I liked the movie, I wished that they'd focused on more elements than Fire and Water. Air and Earth could also make for compelling storytelling.
Maybe if it gets a sequel, they might focus on air and Earth.
Agreed. As a Taurus ♉️ with an Aquarius ♒️ mom
They wanted to do that at the beginning, with several couples of different elements but it was too much. I think they will do a series later, so maybe they will include that cut material.
@MoRPho151 yeah, a series would be awesome, giving us more room to see more
The amount of times I've heard "The film isn't perfect" kills me. There is no such thing as perfection in art except through the eyes of beholders. No story is perfect, there will always be weak spots, plot holes and things that aren't perfect 1:1 metaphors, but this movie has so much more heart than other Pixar movies as of late(not including Encanto which was simply a Disney animated film, not a Pixar film)
I'm not gonna lie. I loooved the movie. Probably my favorite after Incredibles 1 and 2!! Wade and Ember had great chemistry, and the animation was absolutely gorgeous. I'm kinda surprised they barely marketed the film, i think it was pretty dang good
Two things (and I know someone already pointed these out, but they bear repeating until we hear someone from The Take admit these mistakes)... 1. Encanto is not a Pixar film, it's a Walt Disney Animations film... 2. Elemental was released over a month before Barbie and Oppenheimer were (same weekend as The Flash in fact), so by the time Barbenheimer emerged, Elemental was already quite deep into its comeback (it even hung around fifth place the weekend of Barbenheimer which, given it had already been out for a month, was impressive)...
I loved this movie so much I didn't know that it was considered a flop and I had not heard anyone say bad about it...😅 I cried so hard at the end. It hit so close to home.
And I didn't even go see Barbie/OP either 😂
I’m glad Elemental didn’t flop after all (despite the bad marketing and overused storylines) and I am hoping Wish in November will be a success (hopefully the strike will be over by then and they’ll go back to Disney classic traditions)
Disney better hope for it too they've only got two chances to recover a bit from the horrendous year they've had and one of them will have yet another insane budget if the rumors are true.
I didn't see this movie but "You were the dream," holy shit 😭
I saw this film the same day as Barbie (with a 9 year old girl I was looking after for the day), and this was the one with the well-earned emotional gut punch. It wasn't the romance, which everyone knew would turn out well, it was the story with her family that had me reaching for the tissues.
I think it also represents the aspects of ourselves that we need to heal, internally and in our relationships, and how to have them work with each other and not against them. Water is emotions and getting swept up in them, fire is the relationship with our temper and our passion, and when you cut off your temper you cut off your passion. I'm so glad word of mouth caught on! Thank you for all of your hard work on these videos, always enjoy them
Let's just hope it's enough to give Pixar a step to recovery
Also, what do you mean Elemental premiered the weekend before Barbenheimer?! Elemental came out a whole month before Barbenheimer
That is the level of research this channel does.
When I saw the trailer I genuinely thought Elemental looked like a stupid movie. The marketing for it was really bad, it's as if Disney wanted it to be a failure! Now that I'm learning more about what the film is actually like I think it looks really cute I'm definitely gonna check it out.
Elemental proved People shouldn’t dismiss movies as flops based on original reception and that we should wait and give them time to grow also there’s more than one way to factor success outside of box office there’s dvd sales there’s merch sales there’s streaming numbers also views from tv reruns so box office should start factoring in the other stuff otherwise it’ll become outdated and archaic. A lot of times those other avenues can carry the slack of a lacking box office. Encanto,soul,luca, and turning red and proof of this
Again about my point about box office being outdated and how there’s more than one factor to a movie’s success in the age of the internet and social media there’s dvd sales there’s merch sales there’s streaming numbers also views from tv reruns so box office should start factoring in the other stuff otherwise it’ll become outdated and archaic. A lot of times those other avenues can carry the slack of a lacking box office. Encanto,soul,luca, and turning red and proof of this
I am tired of people discussing movies in terms of the box office only. I don´t know if it is because I was a child back then but recently I have noticed that movies I loved as a child like Bug´s life would be considered like failures by today´s standar and back then I don´t remember anyone caring about that. As a child I enjoyed that movie a hole lot, and is also a fun movie that is not too deep or impactful. That movie is also not considered one of Pixar´s best films but I feel like the creators just relaxed and made something fun. In the case of elemental I like that is more like an slice of life take, and I like that is based in the experience of one of the creators and animators. The movie is not too impactful or deep but it feels honest and transparent, also is fun and cute, and that is why I liked it.
It's a beautiful touching relatable story with no evil villain, a slice of life experience, familial love & a happy fucking ending! The world needs such positivity every once in a while..
I think this movie got to me as much as it did because I myself am a child of an immigrant. I really resonated with many scenes. I grew up hearing family members immigration stories, so some scenes I didn't relate to, I still empathized with due to what I grew up hearing my entire life.
There were multiple scenes that made me teary eyed, which is rare for a movie to do.
I liked that Fire was a mix of Asian, Middle Eastern and Arab cultural references. I like that they didn't just pick one, but made relatable for many cultures that way.
I thought the animation was gorgeous! I'm glad I saw it on the big screen!
The world building was well thought out! I'd love to see more of this world!
The romance was very well done too!
It was a great film for many reasons!
I enjoyed the movie so much. It’s an amazing animation and lovely story
Disney's major shortcoming in recent years has been partly a lack of new ideas and poor marketing. When Pixar releases a movie like Elemental that finally feels like something unique and new, they market it poorly. I was interested enough to see the film and think it is one of the best films I have seen. A lot because I like that it's not just a pure love story but also revolves around Ember's relationship with her father. If they had marketed it better, I think the interest would have been greater and the film might have done even better in cinemas. Now it managed to pick up quite well anyway thanks to us spreading information on the internet. Love Elemental.
These movie companies have to figure out how to get families back into the theatres. In America many families are choosing to wait till a movie hits streaming to watch family movies. They gave away movies like turning red and soul for free that it’s more appealing for families to watch these movies in their own homes. Barbie and Oppenheimer appealed to adults and many saw it as a date night movie.
You've got people hating on the movie moving the goalpost on how it was "barely" profitable thus still a flop in their eyes. Those cynics I tell you, just let us be happy that the film did well in the end.
0:32-0:37 is the problem with reviews from most pop culture today (even if it's a spoiler review).
I don't think the movie ever under-performed. I think, like a lot of times, reviewers jumped the gun without giving too much thought to what they had watched. It's part of why official overal opinions don't matter until decades later. And even then it's never clearly the overall opinion, which to me is the point.
Encanto was NOT a Pixar movie. It was a Disney Animated Studios film.
Honestly, if kids actually liked this movie, my opinion is irrelevant to this.
Yeah, people our age are now expecting Pixar to keep make movies for us too but they've always made movies primarily for kids and families. Although I do get the sense that they've been making stuff more for kids these days.
@@samfilmkid Soul by the looks of it was more focus on a more mature audiences.
The crazy thing is I kind of want Elemental to get a sequel or more content because there are a lot of potential and interesting ideas for the story to continue forward. Which does give me hope for the future of Pixar.
I even had an idea for the sequel where both Ember and Wade decide to go back to visit their parents in Element City, but time has changed, and they haven't seen them for so long that they feel a bit disconnected from them and the similar situation can be said for their parent, while they would be a lot more friendly and maybe even visit each other they also a bit distance as well especially with the times changing and society giving them new influences. I even had this idea for the villains of the story first starting off as a typical one-off random couple but as the story goes on Ember and Wade realize how toxic they are to themselves, their own relatives, and others. Once they know their backstory they realize the couple is actually Clod’s parents and they are trying to find Clod, who was taken far away as a baby by a relative or someone in order to escape the abusive relationship. Realizing this, Wade and Ember decided to make sure they never met Clod again.
6:54 also another factor why Encanto was a Pixar exception: Encanto wasn't Pixar. It was made by just Disney.
No one forgot about soul luca and turning red trust me 😂
“Forgotten”
Has Soul really been “mostly forgotten”? It’s definitely one of my favorite Pixar movies of the last decade.
I think the pandemic and lack of marketing really crippled that movie. The animation was gorgeous and the message really spoke to a LOT of people, I think it would have done so much better if it was released in another year. I just hope it is remembered for being as great as it was tbh
@@alim.9801 Agreed, I hope it eventually gets the recognition it deserves!
I think this film, like many others in these last few years, is a victim from what i called, "Culture war seekers", especially when a movie, stream show or music, video games or any art interpretation, does not confirm to what they think is normal, regardless of it's quality, they will try to bash it, condemn it, blaming their creators for "attacking their own fans", all only for seeking more clicks... On my own perspective, Pixar's art design choices in it's animation is starting to feel old, specially with the new styles coming up, like the Spider-verse films, Love Death + Robots or Arcane, but a good basic story is still there, and those CW seekers will try to blame not so great box-office performance in "Hollywood liberal indoctrination" or what ever they think it's current... I do believe this film looks a lot like Zootopia, a 7 year old Disney film...
There was little to no promotion for this movie and critics who did see and review the trailer were very negative bc it didn’t remind them of early 2000s PIXAR, which is super unfair. I saw the movie, I understood the themes and cried at the ending. Beautiful movie and good story for children.
As much as I love pixar movies not every movie they make has to be deep what if they feel like making something that’s just cute I don’t see any issue with that
People should let creators create what they want
When you set a high standard on yourself for the past two decades people are going to expect those standards.
@@damonlam9145 very understandable and you're right, but ig we just hope the Pixar people know since they're basically known for only making masterpieces. It's ok to create a simple, fun story about love etc every now and then :)
This movie is a superior race allegory to Zootopia because it doesn't glorify cops
It kinda does the inverse, and show us how problematic social systems can be for people it wasn't designed for.
it’s a sweet movie, made my cry. it’s creative, funny and also relatable as an immigrant.
Pretty solid video, but you tend to use Disney and Pixar interchangeably. Pixar did not work on the live-action Little Mermaid or Encanto. Both of those were purely Disney. Pixar is it’s own studio like Lucasfilm and Marvel Studios. Disney’s input as the parent company has to do with the marketing strategy and the release strategy (which hurt Luca, Soul, and Turning Red).
Because it’s not the 90s and 2000s and every era has different expectations and rather than living upto the past they should just create what they want and create something with it’s own unique individual magic
Yes. Just the stereotypical small female- broad shouldered male made me not want to watch this movie. We're in 2023. Why does every single non-human main character in animation conform to 1990's (that's 30 years ago, folks) gender stereotypes?
I couldn't go to the movies coz I am a new mom so I just waited for the release for TV. First day, husband and I were watching at 11pm and I cried like a baby on the idea of losing the love of my life, my husband would have been the one who got away hadn't I married him ... Resonated a lot coz my parents are immigrants who came years ago, language barrier and the like. Then also I'm a hot tempered woman, so this was like a breeze of fresh air. The line of 'go back to fire city' hit me so bad, this movie was so relatable, it would have been weird if it flopped...
I’ve already watched Elemental 5 times since first watching it this week. I’ve seen Barbie-it was fun and had a message, but I doubt I’ll watch it again unless someone else wanted to.
Big news, Elemental has now surpassed _Puss in Boots: The Last Wish_ at the box office.
I know this was mostly about being in an immigrant family, but it also (for me) modelled the social model of disability, where you could see how life was much harder to be a fire element when living in a city built for all of these other elements, and Ember had to work much harder to just exist in those spaces. It made me think of being neurodiverse in a space designed for neurotypicals.
As a non inmigrant latina living in Latinoamerica, I related to the beautiful relationship of Ember and her father, I have a picture of kid me and my dad in his grocery shop 😊
Encanto is not pixar also it flopped at the box office Disney plus carried it’s weight which was my point about the box office being outdated
This is great, only thing I'd correct is that Encanto was not Pixar. It was made by Disney.
I’m confused …. If this premiered the week before barbenheimer, how did I see it middle of June? (Also Encanto is WDAS not Pixar)
Where do you live? It was released in different places at different times.
@@Ragachagel Florida 🤷🏾♂️
This is one of my favorite Pixar movies!! Saw it in the theater!
I had no idea that film was like this. The trailer really made it seem dull
I would say Elemental is a solid underperformer. It may have made five times its opening weekend quickly, but like the video said it had the 2nd lowest opening weekend for a Pixar movie. I do strongly agree that a movie doesn't have to make billions of dollars to be enjoyed.
Encanto was not Pixar
Ok forgive me if I'm wrong but it didn't seem like you said "spoiler alert" at the beginning of the video? I don't know, that felt a little off, especially since someone watching can easily change their minds, stop watching the video, and go watch the movie first. I also just feel that it's the "polite" thing to do. But then again the viewer should've seen it coming I guess.
So I loved the film, I thought it was beautiful and interesting. But even if I didnt love it, I would still stand by Pixar as I have done with other of their films I was less keen on, because of their commitment to originality. Not churning out endless remakes, sequels, spin-offs and existing IP means taking more risks and that comes with the potential for things to fail. While I'm not suggesting that Pixar are some wild, risqué rebels in cinema (at the end of the day they make family-friendly films), I believe that the risks they take should be rewarded even if/especially when they don't pay off
I had NO plans of watching this movie based on the trailers. It looked like a remake of Zootopia. But my sister convinced me to watch it, and it was BEAUTIFUL!! It made me cry!! I’d say it was another Pixar hit!!
I cannot believe how dirty Disney did the Elemental team in the way they marketed this movie.
In fact, I’m not even convinced it was a coincidence. It has the same stink as when Disney purposefully released Treasure Planet at the same time as Lilo and Stitch, and sabotaged the marketing and roll out of Treasure Planet because they wanted Lilo and Stitch to do better.
Shame on them. i’m glad people saw this movie for what it was, despite their awful marketing.
Wait. Encanto is Disney, not Pixar. Did y'all mix that up?
I would like to know why there is no video about WALL-E when there are so many videos about almost every other Pixar movie. That movie I think gets better with age and has a touching as well as thought provoking narrative about mega corporations monopolising every aspect of life and the need for human intimacy, which is expressed well between the two main characters who are robots.
I'm in love with this movie! I was fooled by some bad reviews. I'm glad I decided to give it a chance.
if The Take is going to make a video specifically about the financial success of Elemental, then a nonbiased objective Take would be to address all factors that may affect box office returns, not just the ones that fit their narrative. Certain websites with a combined far larger viewership than "The Take" mentioned "Elemental's" nonbinary controversy prominently, so The Take can't pretend that it didn't have an impact.
I see the 'OUCH' zoomed by wter in Wave's head
Who wants to break it to them Pixar DIDN'T make ENCANTO?
i had no idea elemental flopped - i adored it when i saw it at the cinema, sobbed like a baby 🥺
Can you guys make a video on the themes and your thoughts about the menu? ❤
"Encanto" also made a huge comeback after it temporarily bombed at the box office
marketing department dropped the ball.
I don’t remember seeing any advertisements outside of the poster, but when I started seeing the previews I got excited. Due to the negative reviews I decided to wait to watch it in Disney plus,I looked forward to seeing if it was going to be good or bad….i was not disappointed and now I can’t get enough
Oh I wept at this film. I adored it
I was surprised by how I cried by the end, too.
Elemental was released around the time of Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse and not Barbie and Oppenheimer
I Loved Elemental! Thanks Take❤
I wish they could’ve focused on air and earth elements just as much as Fire and Water. I liked the film overall tho.
Hopefully in the next sequel, they also give Gale and Fern more attention
I saw ads on CZcams and people on Twitter took photos of the movie having billboards so not true
Also it came out during the strike so it’s staff weren’t allowed to promote it
They know how to promote fine it was other things that affected the movie
it's almost like opening weekend numbers aren't the only thing that matters or something O:
It’s important to remember to think for yourself and choose to experience things because you want to, not because of what ratings websites or news reports determine. I loved this movie and saw it on the eve of its opening. Cream always rises to the top.
Everything changed when the fire nation went to theatres.
I will love this movie forever ❤❤
Stop saying it is flawed. elemental is perfect 🤩
6:53 um, Encanto is a Disney movie not Pixar
Never heard of this movie until some youtuber mentioned it. I watched it, and at first found it to be a bit of a boring rehash of Zootopia and Turning Red. Like, we had that huge world-building experience of Zootopia, plus Asian-American cultural clashes and generational problems in Turning Red, so why would we need this movie? But it's a really good movie, with a really good message. The story is fantastic. Had they made the universe-building a little differently, it would have felt fresh and original from the start. That is, it WAS fresh and original, but it didn't feel that way.
I always give Pixar a chance because despite the fact that going against conventional wisdom has been their brand since Toy Story 2, some audiences haven’t learn that yet and keep going off of first impressions. Pixar doesn’t have a perfect record but they still have one of the best records around considering how long they’ve been making movies.
People are putting way too much pressure on Pixar to deliver gods gift to movies every single time they release something. But that's just unfair and unreasonable to expect, yes most of the time Pixar hits the bullseye but sometimes they just get really close to it and that's ok to do.
And then expecting it to make a billion dollars was just unrealistic considering all the abuse they got from Chapek along with Lightyear ending up mixed. Making for a situation where they have no momentum anymore and people were trained to expect Pixar movies exclusviely on disney plus. My best bet was 500 million dollars at the box office and it got really close to that, that'll help Elio out alot next year and hopefully Pixar can get things back on track.
As for the movie itself I really loved it, the romance was well built up and both main charachters are really likeable. They even managed to make a liar revealed story not frustrating to watch and considering how easy it is to screw up that trope that's pretty impressive in my book.
I honestly, to my surprise, actually enjoyed watching this movie. While not perfect, it's still very fun to watch; and some scenes were emotional enough to touch me. The animation is unique, the story is good, the music is catchy, and the characters are fun. And the chemistry between Wade and Ember is pretty believable, because it does take its time to develop it - even if you can tell almost right away. And I suppose their personalities almost match their elements: Ember has trouble with her fiery temper, while Wade tends to be a sympathetic crier. To me, Wade and Ember have one of the most realistic relationships in any Disney movie, because while you can tell there is something between them, they still start off as good friends, and confirm their love near the end of the movie; thus becoming a real couple. They say opposites attract, and that's very true in their case - but they also have things in common. The moment when Ember met Wade's family was fun to watch because it showed how far society has come to accepting others; and yes, the game where Wade made Ember cry for the first time was very touching because it what sparked their true feeling for each other.
It would have been nice to hear more about Wade's father; like what kind of man he was, what he did for a living, and what caused his relationship with Wade to drift away. It also would have been nice to see more of Clod, he definitely should of had a bigger role. I also wish they explained more of the crack in the dam - did it just get old, or was it caused by something? The part where Ember and Wade have an argument over their differences, that I also wish had a bit more attention put to it. I mean, Ember got her say on how she feels, but Wade never really explained his point of view. Maybe he could have told Ember that just because he comes from luxury, he never truly did what he wanted because of everything his father expected of him growing up - and his dying wish was for Wade to find his own path. Also, Wade could have told Ember that the reason his family has money is because of how much hard work they put into making a life for their families.
Overall, I did enjoy the movie. And I actually thought that Wade died in the end - but it's Disney; they don't do that. And I'm actually glad they didn't. It would have been nice to see more of Ember and Wade's childhood. Maybe have them cross each other's paths multiple times (as they grew up), but never actually interacted. And the movie could have also explained why the are things fire can touch, while there are things that burst into flames. If there's ever a sequel...I'd watch it. Maybe it could be about Wade and Ember getting married and starting a family.
Um Elemental came out a month before Barbie and Oppenheimer (June 16 vs July 21)
Companies need to work on their trailers. I really do think they need to bring back trailer voiceovers. Just showing scenes do not give a good idea on what a movie is about.
It was a cute movie. The trailer seemed very generic and didn't really give a proper overview of the movie's themes.
The budget was too high. It was 200 million without marketing. It made little to no money.
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It's important to clarify that, although the movie recovered historicaly, It still was finantialy just fine, taking into acount how expensive It was to make. Also, It can not be ignored that elemental was compared a lot to Spiderman across the spideverse and It didn't go well for It, as It was considered the lesser of the two movies. It surprises me that you didn't tall about It. Not saying that the movie isn't good, but It still hasn't taken Pixar out of the creative and financial problem It Is in.
It was good, but it also kind of felt back to basics to a fault. Almost like they were following a Pixar formula a little too closely. Make a character out of something that's not sentient, put in some kind of metaphor, build to a scene that makes audiences cry at the end. Not bad by any means, but kind of like someone playing a song note perfectly but without much feeling. Still, I'm glad it did well and people liked it. Pixar really needed a hit after the last couple years, even though I think they've been struggling to meet the bar that they themselves raised in animation for a while now.
Yeah exactly, it was a fine movie. It was predictable but somewhat fun. I don't think it goes much deeper than that and the people saying it does are most likely projecting that because it's kind of a blank canvas as a movie.
I actually love Pixar's new abstract storytelling, it carries that humanity from the first more child-friendly movies.
Exactly
Elemental premiered a month before Barbie and Oppenheimer so how can you even make that comparison?
Btw, the soundtrack was absolutely fantastic!
I loved this movie and no one listened to me how good it was. Now all those people are finally seeing it and love it. I have seen it twice.
It’s a beautiful movie- but I wouldn’t have known that before watching the trailer didn’t give much
I'm a bit disappointed with your take on this one, because unlike many other videos of you, I didn't learn much, and it was statements I mostly could have done myself.
Though, I *loved* the movie, it was so warm (no pun intended) and charming. It leaned deeply into feeling and expressing emotions (both positive and negative, strong ones and light ones) and not be afraid of it. I find this missing in most movies, and rare.
So happy to see this, i loved it
I thought elemental was only ok. Interesting concept, nice visuals, but the story just wasn’t as compelling to me.
The steaming platform makes it hard. Why go to the movies when you know it will be out next month on a platform already paid for?
Your video seems to confuse Pixar Animation Studios (Elemental) with Walt Disney Animation Studios (Encanto) and Walt Disney Pictures (The Little Mermaid). If doing a video essay and making broad statements about Pixar Animation in contrast with Disney and Disney live action (VFX animation) I would suggest rephrasing some of the comparisons.