‘Elemental’ Gets Hosed At The Box Office, Has Worst Opening Weekend For A Pixar Film Ever
(boundingintocomics.com)
You're viewing a single comment thread. View all comments, or full comment thread.
Comments (47)
sorted by:
The movie is supposedly an allegory of writer Peter Sohn's experience of being a second-generation Korean immigrant, with the fire girl being his self-insert. Which would be fine, if the story went anywhere other than, "Boo hoo, I don't fit in."
Even the Mario movie did multi-generational immigration better with Mario's very Italian family and Mario admitting he was faking the accent because he's third-generation. That's relatable, at least.
Which would be fine if the budget wasn't $200 million. Between this and Turning Red, Disney has spent $400 million plus marketing on that niche topic.