Just watched Elemental last night. The marketing really was the reason it bombed. The trailers made it look like a forbidden love story, but it was actually about the struggles of immigrant families and 2nd generation immigrants’ pressures of living up to their parents’ dreams.
Yeah they really dropped the ball there. I wasn't interested at all by the trailer. It looked like their least inventive yet.
It lacked the wide age range appeal other Pixar movies manage to pull off. I didn't like the fundamental elements as a metaphor for race/culture either, it's sort of racist to imply people of different backgrounds are so fundamentally different like that, although it did serve as a strong visual for the story. It would have been more accurate if the characters were projecting fundamental differences on to the same element, like different phases of water or something. That was the only real thing I thought was actually wrong with it, otherwise it just lacked the magic that other Pixar movies have.
That is 100% why I didn't care. Hell a friend of mine had a copy and I wasn't even interested cuz the trailer made it sound like the most 2008 thing to ever exist
We don't really read the reviews for anything. We pirate everything cause fuck corporations. Our kids never saw anything about elemental but the cover. They love it.
If you enjoy animation, yes. It's not the top tier of Pixar but it's not near the bottom either. I was pleasantly surprised.
I'd put it in the ran-out-of-other-things-to-watch category. It's not bad, but not the best either. It had pacing issues, inconsistencies with how their world works, and some plot holes, but the animation was great and there were some genuinely funny lines.
Lmao I saw that meme a while ago but completely forgot about it until the scene came up. Honestly, the character wasn't on it enough to be annoying. He had like less than a minute of total screen time even with all the dumb pickup lines.
Have you talked to a Canadian in the past 15 years? Tim's is low tier. Perhaps the bottom. McDonald's coffee is even leagues ahead. Tim's changed their bean supplier years ago and I've heard McDonald's now uses it.
Kinda, what happened is Tim Hortons used to get their coffee from a supplier that would roast the beans for them, when they were bought out they switched to roasting their own beans which was cheaper.
When McDonald's entered the market they approached that same supplier and a blend was created for them, its not the same roast as Tim Hortons. But it is a premium roast vs Tim Hortons roasting on the cheap. Which is why Tim Hortons coffee got weaker. McDonald's coffee is more akin to what Tim Hortons used to be.
They are classical elements, but it would have been funny if the movie had bromine and bismuth folk or something like that instead.
Proud of your boy I'll make you proud of your boy Believe me, bad as I've been, Ma You're in for a pleasant surprise
I've wasted time I've wasted me So say I'm slow for my age A late bloomer, Okay, I agree
Should probably just keep listing movies back a century, and then books back for centuries before that, since "having feelings" is just how you tell stories that people like
Oh, so that's why I didn't understand what was going on.... Someone swapped my maple syrup with feelings.
I've got the opposite problem.
Now people hang buckets off me before they break the bad news.
Canadians only have two feelings. Being apologetic and being happy to see ya.
Sometimes blood thirsty lumberjacks in a diabetic rage without the diabetes, but only when ya fuck with the maple.
I am shocked that young children's movies are centered around emotions. Shocked!
Turning Red
Takes place in Canada, not America. So more accurately it should say 'Chinese-Canadians' instead of just Canadians.
2020: What if nerds had feelings?
Onward?
Yeah makes sense, for 2022 they actually didn't list Lightyear, but that doesn't match the "Chinese" part in the parent comment.
Yes Onward, I love that movie :)
Anyone who thinks that was the main plot point didn't actually watch it and just listened to crazy people complaining about the movie.
Legally, yes. Heritage is still Chinese though. I'll just say it's about Chinese-Canadians and stop splitting hairs.
Still about some Canadians. You are still splitting hairs. The lessons aren't specific to Chinese heritage people.
No, but when I see people who are proud of their heritage and are trying their best to keep it alive, I consider that that's what they are and want to be identified with. It's not like I'm hating on these fictional characters and being racist. I saw a film of a family who were proud of who they are and took it at face value. Never even considered their location to a part of the equation.
You watched the movie then? It just seems weird to be bothered the meme wasn't specific enough.
Also, anecdotal, but I have friends who maintain pride in their home culture but have also worked hard to be able to officially be called "Canadian".