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| Topic | So is Elemental actually good? |
| Toonstrack 02/26/24 12:30:01 PM #19: | Its great.
It manages to be both a compelling romance story and also an allegory for a young child of immigrants without siply delving into the tropes of either of those genres fully. It would've been easy for the movie to say "yeah theres lots of racism here" and just shoe them overcoming that but it's a more nuanced and personal handling of the topic that refers to ones expectations and desires and weighing that against the stability their parents fought to provide. --- This post didn't exist to you until you read it. You willed it into existence in your psyche by choosing to observe it. Thats the power you have. Use it well. ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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