'Elemental' Controversy Explained
Pixar only has itself to blame for the problems with its latest box office disappointment.
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Pixar only has itself to blame for the problems with its latest box office disappointment.
The best Pixar films, like Toy Story, Finding Nemo or Up, were made by a team but dreamt up by a single creative mind, Pete Docter for instance, or Andrew Stanton, writers and animators full of original ideas and capable of thinking outside the box.
BRIAN VINER: Elemental is preceded by a short animation about an elderly widower and dog that I found wincingly twee; the film itself continues the recent Pixar trend of nearly-but-not-quite.
Directed by Peter Sohn, the animated film features Leah Lewis, Mamoudou Athie, Ronnie Del Carmen and Shila Ommi as voice artists
“Elemental” is written and directed by Peter Sohn (director of “The Good Dinosaur”) and co-written by Brenda Hsueh, Kat Likkel and John Hoberg. Set in Element City, a city where