#Peter Sohn

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ELEMENTAL (2023) dir. Peter Sohn

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Character Posters For 'Lightyear', 2022

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Elemental is a delightful surprise...

I am generally a fan of anything Pixar. They probably have the best quality track record of any major studio in Hollywood. So I expected a minimum level of quality going into the movie, but the reviews for the film were more moderate than top tier Pixar. Frankly, after watching the movie, I am shocked that the reviews aren't higher because the movie is an absolute delight. A beautifully animated, visually stunning, and very fun and well meaning movie which was hilarious and moving at various points. The movie is a mixture of a romcom, a first generation immigrant story, and a self discovery story, and these elements are all juggled together due to a creation of some really likable characters. This is genuinely the best romcom that we have seen in years. Romcoms have become a rarity in theatrical release, but Elemental has all the ingredients of a good one. There is great chemistry between Ember and Wade, which made me really root for them. There are funny moments, genuinely romantic moments, and some heartbreaking moments between them. The first generation immigrant story is also heartwarming. There are little touches that work so well, like Bernie and Cinder having to keep names that are easier to pronounce in Element city, Bernie's english not being perfect, and having their own community and traditions, separated from the rest of Element city. The story of dealing with the pressure of expectations, and the battle between duty to your parents vs doing what you want is an evergreen story. If there is a ding against this film, it is that these are all stories and tropes that have been done before, including by Disney, and the metaphors are fairly obvious. But it honestly didn't matter to me because the execution was great. And frankly, these are stories that are always relevant. All the individual aspects of the story just work and there are numerous quite moving scenes. I will say that I was surprised by just how much the very ending scene moved me. Of course, being Pixar, the animation is breathtaking. The way they show emotions of Ember by how her flames ebb and flow is just a joy to watch. Element city is vibrant and full of color. There is a dance scene with Wade and Ember that is beautiful, romantic, and intimate, and a lot of credit has to be given to the design and animation of that scene.

All in all, I think Peter Sohn has done an excellent job with this film. It is definitely an improvement over The Good Dinosaur. The voice acting is stellar, particularly by Leah Lewis as Ember, Mamoudou Athie as Wade, and Ronnie del Carmen as Bernie. I hope that the film has legs and people watch it because it is worth watching. An 8.5/10.

[gottdeswill]

Tishók It means embrace the light while it burns because it won't always last forever.

“When I met you I thought I was drowning. But that light... That light inside you has made me feel so alive. And all I want now is to be near it. Near you. Together.”―Wade Ripple to Ember Lumen

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Elemental (2023) Peter Sohn.

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Elemental (Ember Lumen)

[weheartchrisevans]

@Pixar: Can you spot the lie faster than the cast of Lightyear? 🚀

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ELEMENTAL is now in theaters

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Lightyear (2022)

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Elemental (2023) -------------------- dir. Peter Sohn cin. David Bianchi, Jean-Claude Kalache cs. USA

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Our Exclusive Look at ‘Elemental’ (and Details from the Press Event)

“Though it has Pixar’s signature outside-the-box worldbuilding and humor, Elemental has a grounded story at its core. It is one in a long line of Pixar films that sprouted from a director’s own story. The film is “a very personal project” for Sohn as it is directly inspired by his journey as well as the life and sacrifices of his parents.”

[cdmagic1408]

I just want to say I’m super happy Peter Sohn got to bring his very own original story to life for Elemental

He’s worked at Pixar for about as long as I’ve been alive and this is HIS moment

That said, I’m watching his film in theaters in a few hours and I can’t wait to see it 🔥❤️💧

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Monsters University (2013)

This is a Movie Health Community evaluation. It is intended to inform people of potential health hazards in movies and does not reflect the quality of the film itself. The information presented here has not been reviewed by any medical professionals.

Monsters University has a party scene where strobe lights are used throughout, which becomes safe when things get quieter, and what happened during the strobes is shown in safe circumstances. Late in the film, emergency vehicle strobe lights are used for about 30 seconds. Flickering lights are used in the climactic moment of the film. There are a few moments with quick camera flashes, which use the double-flash effect. Two scenes have people running with flashlights, which may create brief, mild strobe effects.

Some high-speed action is followed, but all of the camera work is very smooth.

Flashing Lights: 7/10. Motion Sickness: 1/10.

NOTE: Our evaluation Gran Turismo is now available on our Patreon page at Patreon.com/MovieHealth, and will be available on this page on Tuesday, August 29.

Image ID: A promotional poster for Monsters University

[franciya]

About Elemental, I avoided it for months, first thing to turn me off was the fact it's a romcom, don't care for those, next.

Then I heard it's supposed to be an allegory about immigrants, just like Zootopia was an allegory for racism etc so I was like....huh..... still didn't see it in theaters though, broke Brazilian over here.

Now that it's on Disney Plus, I figured why not and did the whole "experience", I watched Carl's Date first, it was cute, then Elemental plus the documentary called "Good Chemistry" where the director talks about his South Korean parents for 45 minutes straight and what I have to say is.....

Watch this instead!

Dude talks about how his parents went to the U.S. separately, the Mom very tall, the Dad very short, they met at a Church, didn't hit it off immediately but ended up falling in love and having him, all the Dad had at first to support his new family was a rented hot dog cart, with that managing to save enough money to buy a property and build a grocery store from scratch, then another.

He also talks about how he hid his relationship with a white woman from his parents for 7 years, afraid of their reaction since his grandma died saying he should only marry Korean, no one else would ever be good enough.

And the entire time I was here like "Shit! I wanted to have seen THAT movie lmao!!!"

What we got instead was a passion project from someone who clearly wanted to tell a genuine story but had the hands of too many old, crinkled, white studio execs getting in the way, turning it into a bland, unfocused, ultimately unremarkable final product, it's sad, really.

All I think about is what could have been if creators were allowed to display their vision in it's full potential, at least it paid itself..... eventually.

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