Elio

there is an interesting story here but ultimately its to undercooked or familiar to be memorable.
im sorry but i don't need the liar reveal trope in the big 25(especially not in a kid fllm)
elio feels just like a reskin of other young boys, just swapped with a different interest.

also lowkey never forgiving zoe saldana for last year lmfao.
the animation on a technical level is good but it feels like its trying WAY to hard to appeal to children with its round and colorfull movement.
not saying colorfull equals for children but its the way you go about it.
also the whole shtick of pixar's character models and enviroments clashing with eachother is getting so old.'
you tell something meaningfull with that template but they've used so often that its lost all its usefullness.

there were also huge production issues with this film like it being reworked and scrap the queerness out of the whole picture which im not suprised by. i don't feel like someone wanted to tell this story because what was once there, what the people did want to tell was halfly changed probably by the studio which kinda sucks.