# Movies you've seen recently (Part 1)

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**Created:** [September 29, 2014, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906 "2014-09-29T21:53:08Z")\
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> [@RickJay](#):
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> Prior to the film, there was a trailer for the new Pixar movie, the one about element people, it’s like a Romeo and Juliet deal. The animation looked so boring by comparison. I am sure it’s well done and they put lots of work into it, but it looks like most Pixar films. It’s been done.

I saw Elemental last weekend, and I agree with Hatchie that it was really watchable, and quite thought-provoking.

Maybe it was just that I had very low expectations—I went to a cheapo matinee mostly because I wanted to see the new, and last, “Carl and Dug” short film from the Up universe that is viewable only as a warm-up act for Elemental in theaters—but I was pleasantly surprised.

Mind you, as I’ve acknowledged round these parts before, I personally have just about the cinematographic sensibility and sophistication of a golden retriever, so I never argue with the more sentient cinema viewers who complain about a film being visually inartistic or otherwise falling short in some technical respect. But overall, for what it’s worth, Elemental struck me as quite clever and fresh.

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