Took my oldest daughter to go see Elemental by Pixar yesterday. It looked lovely. Was touching and heart warming, if a tad long. My daughter cried. I’m glad I didn’t bring my youngest as she would have been bored to tears. The fart jokes were funny enough. I’m not certain there was enough meat on that bone to warrant nearly 2 hours of film. I think if they had whittled it down to 90 minutes that would have been their sweet spot. I did not pay attention to any of the marketing for this movie. I had heard a few people on twitter say it was good but the marketing focusing on Clod was weird, since the wee “boy” doesn’t really factor in for more than perhaps a minute of total screen time. If I hadn’t of heard about that, I would not have had any thoughts about it one way or another. I’d say wait for Disney+ to show it in October, if not sooner. I used my Scene Points, so technically I did not pay cash for us to see the film. Just opportunity cost for potential other uses for those 2400+ points from Scene. After driving, bathroom breaks, concession stand and the movie itself, it was a nice air conditioned way to occupy 3.25 hrs with my daughter.
The most striking thing about the Carl & Dug short at the start was how photorealistic the backgrounds were. The story itself was a waste of time. Though I like the dog. The squareheadedness of Carl is off putting, and he looks oddly out of place against such beautifully rendered backgrounds, objects, and environment. Pay those folks more. Their portion, or contribution was notably better in almost every aspect.
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