DIRECTOR'S CUT: Movie Boyfriend of the Year: Wade from Pixar's ELEMENTAL
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Licensed therapist Jonathan Decker and filmmaker Alan Seawright are reacting to Pixar’s latest movie, Elemental. They take a look at Ember’s relationship with her dad and how Wade models emotional openness. Jonathan talks about what it means to be angry and what Ember is really feeling, as well as Ember’s complicated emotions about the shop and her dad’s sacrifice. Alan talks about the stunning and challenging visual effects work to create characters made of elements. And he wonders why Pixar movies make him cry so much. Wade looks like Jonathan but acts like Alan... do you think Pixar is watching?
Comments
THANK YOU! I thought the same thing when I first saw this lol.
SaucyJTD
2024-04-28 20:00:53 +0000 UTCI love you guys. I pretty much always end up laughing watching and this time I laughed a lot. Y'all are adorable together and I love it. Thanks.
Amber
2023-11-09 15:01:18 +0000 UTCWhen my kid struggled, we got her involved in "play therapy." Pixar always leaves me feeling like I have just attended "movie therapy."
Traci Koehler
2023-10-13 16:30:27 +0000 UTCThat last cheek flap made me laugh. Excellent episode as usual, I cried more in your episode than I did watching the actual movie
Omen the Black Cat
2023-10-02 22:28:18 +0000 UTCAlan: I've explained tears to my kids as someone having so much emotion, it flows out from their eyes.
Angie
2023-10-02 15:05:53 +0000 UTCAnd FWIW I think it's unpopular only because it isn't well-known, not because it's incorrect or a hot take.
Angie
2023-10-02 14:57:54 +0000 UTCI think you're spot on here -- life isn't a binary with clear-cut right/wrong, villain/hero, and it's very difficult to retrain as an adult with decades of reinforcement of the forced binary. It takes experience, compassion, and empathy to overcome if no one teaches us as children.
Angie
2023-10-02 14:56:49 +0000 UTCPraise to the post team -- I really liked the cut ins of the voice actor with their character when Alan was talking about connecting with the actor. Brilliant.
Angie
2023-10-02 14:53:36 +0000 UTCUnpopular Opinion. Pixar do what they do so well because they show the hardships of an issue without painting all of one side as the villian. Too many people try to make an issue as 'us vs them' without showing any middle ground to try meet on. Pixar understands the middle ground is needed to show the solution and tell a story well.
Ariadwyn
2023-09-29 01:22:56 +0000 UTCwhy not both!!
Julia Pearson
2023-09-27 15:16:54 +0000 UTCI have rarely been so seen in a disney movie, and I definitely saw myself in both of these characters. Both Wade and Ember both reflected really different parts of myself, and not only was the love story amazing, but it kind of reminded me that those two parts of me can live together. That plus the amazing parallels to life, and the fact that Wade got sad at people making fun of Lutz (Something that I do at like every sports event I go to), it made it a really special experience for me. great movie!!!!
Allison Hall
2023-09-27 02:01:22 +0000 UTCI can relate to crying at everything, especially pixar. It's like I'm feeling too many or too much feelings and it bubbles over and the damn breaks. But sometimes it's good, like food for the soul, to feel overwhelmed by good feelings. I loved this movie when I saw it in cinemas and was excited when I saw that you'd reacted to it. As always, your team are doing incredible.
Melissa Young
2023-09-26 21:02:47 +0000 UTCJonno's send-off had me in stiches. Thanks Alan for pointing out the things us pixar newbs would miss out on. ;)
Nova Villmark
2023-09-26 20:10:24 +0000 UTCBut should we do the Mara Wilson version, or the musical??? Or somehow both...? 🤔
Cinema Therapy
2023-09-26 18:42:08 +0000 UTCSee, it's not that Pixar's Airball is nebulous and unclear... it's that it's clearly Blitzball from Final Fantasy 10, which is FRIGGIN' IMPOSSIBLE NONSENSE.
Smidge
2023-09-26 17:56:26 +0000 UTCloved this movie, great episode! would love if you guys did a video on Matilda, definitely one of my favorite childhood movies
Julia Pearson
2023-09-26 16:24:14 +0000 UTCAfter watching this, I absolutely want to see this movie. I was turned off my the makreting (no shade to the marketing people! They're doing their best!). I love that you never spoil the ending of these newer movies for us!
Susanna Italiano
2023-09-26 10:37:43 +0000 UTCI must say that I now also have doubts that Pixar may indeed have made a representation of Alan in Wade. It's just too uncanny at this point. XD That was a wonderful episode, guys. Thank you!!
Marie-Soleil Cha
2023-09-26 05:02:46 +0000 UTCThis was a movie I saw before hearing the negative reviews for, and I actually thought it was an okay movie. Not my fav Pixar by far, and not a super strong movie, but it was still a good one, and my 5yr old loves it and watches it often, and it isn’t trash like Cocomelon, so that’s a win for me lol. Also, Jono is both so cringe and likeable at the same time. Reminds me of me. It’s like he’s like my spirit animal..? Spirit-animal-internet-dad? Thank you for showing me that you can be brave, and risk the cringe moments to the world, and still be cool accepted. Alan, thank you for showing that you can be vulnerable and cry to the world, and still be strong and accepted.
Donut_Worry
2023-09-26 03:51:58 +0000 UTCJohn's flapping gums will forever haunt me in my dreams; May the lord please cleanse my thoughts of their unholy nature. Amen.
Roz_Is_Watching
2023-09-25 19:28:00 +0000 UTC29:50 - and that is exactly why Pixar films devastate you, Alan; they give your innermost little one the things it was the adults' jobs to give you.
E Noonan
2023-09-25 19:12:12 +0000 UTCI skipped this movie due to the negative reviews (from people I know as well), and I will be watching it ASAP. You are 100% correct that the marketing did not reflect any of this.
Jimmy Danielle
2023-09-25 18:42:15 +0000 UTCIt's SO good!
Cinema Therapy
2023-09-25 17:18:10 +0000 UTCI LOVED THIS MOVIE SO MUCH.
Abigail Friedman
2023-09-25 16:53:16 +0000 UTCI loved this movie! I knew it would be a fabulous movie for the show. Thanks for helping us laugh through the tears
Holly✌️
2023-09-25 16:46:24 +0000 UTCI really liked the score as well.
Christina Cupp
2023-09-25 16:18:07 +0000 UTCGreat episode, thanks everyone! :)
Kris Mahoney
2023-09-25 16:08:54 +0000 UTCIt was poorly marketed and deserves so much better!
Cinema Therapy
2023-09-25 15:46:30 +0000 UTCJust in time! Finally watched this movie last week (really enjoyed it and glad that it managed to recover from the initial low box office reception) so I can watch you guys talk about it!
Wayward Ace
2023-09-25 15:36:29 +0000 UTC
