I can't remember exactly what I wrote about Elemental. But I felt the same way you did more or less, it felt very derivative - and that I'd seen it done better elsewhere. What I liked about it - was the focus was on the female protagonist's vocation, and not on her romance. And she was in the typical male role - in which her father wanted her to inherit and run the business, but instead she pursued her own dream and he was able to let others do it. Usually that's a father/son tale, it was nice change of pace to make it a father/daughter one (not that it hasn't been done before and better elsewhere). But with Disney - it's nice that they are continuing the current trend of focusing more on family dynamics, than romance. Also the whole elemental metaphor for prejudice and immigration prejudices - was interesting, particularly how the water and air elements built the city in such a way that it wasn't hospitable or navigatible for earth and fire elements that came later. That was a nice touch.
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Date: 2024-01-12 02:34 pm (UTC)Agree on Quantumania.
I can't remember exactly what I wrote about Elemental. But I felt the same way you did more or less, it felt very derivative - and that I'd seen it done better elsewhere. What I liked about it - was the focus was on the female protagonist's vocation, and not on her romance. And she was in the typical male role - in which her father wanted her to inherit and run the business, but instead she pursued her own dream and he was able to let others do it. Usually that's a father/son tale, it was nice change of pace to make it a father/daughter one (not that it hasn't been done before and better elsewhere). But with Disney - it's nice that they are continuing the current trend of focusing more on family dynamics, than romance. Also the whole elemental metaphor for prejudice and immigration prejudices - was interesting, particularly how the water and air elements built the city in such a way that it wasn't hospitable or navigatible for earth and fire elements that came later. That was a nice touch.