Not quite good enough for four stars, not sure about the fourth part, seemed more of an add on rather than an integral part. However, enjoyed the first three elements, as Meggie swapped a closed community in cold and windy Scotland to sunny Australia, via fishing ports in the British Isles. The writing gave a living history to life in the fishing communities, especially gutting the herring. A hard life, but an escape from small village life. For the language of the fire people, David Peterson from Game of Thrones created this as "Firish" based on fire sounds that are part of Ember's family. [9] My copy of Elemental is full of underlining and scribblings, gems I don’t want to forget, and my defacement of a novel is directly proportional to my pleasure in it. Meggie Duthie/Tulloch is quite a philosopher, and her turn of phrase is delightful:

Pixar (May 30, 2023). "Elemental Living The Dream" (YouTube). YouTube. Archived from the original on June 13, 2023 . Retrieved September 22, 2023. In a Japanese trailer (and in the film itself), posters of the films The Good Element and Partly Cloudy can be seen at the Alkali movie theater (one of the locations in the film), with the former being a resemblance to (and a parody of) The Good Dinosaur, while the latter is based on the short film of the same name. [10] This is the second Pixar film of the 2020s to have the normal music and/or sounds for both of the opening logos, after Turning Red. It is also the first in this case to not have any musical or sound alterations to either logo at any given point whatsoever.Perhaps it is the simplicity of dear Meggie’s telling of “the life she made from the life given to me” the honesty of kneeling before both the hardships and joys and all their teachings. Resolve. Finally, fire. I could not see at first how this section would tie in. Surprisingly, the narrative jumps forward two generations, to when Laura (the lambsie for whom the story was written) is a mother herself. Laura's son Cooper (not, it seems, named purposefully for the profession of his Grandfather) is a firefighter who has been burned saving the life of a child. She waits by Cooper's bedside with his wife, Avril, and the pair of them bond over Meggie's journals which were withheld until now. a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q Sohn, Peter (May 24, 2023). " Elemental" (Credits). Getty Images. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 24, 2023 . Retrieved May 25, 2023. Bizwire, Korea (July 5, 2023). "Pixar's 'Elemental' Enjoys Popularity in S. Korea Despite Struggles in the U.S." The Korean Bizwire. Archived from the original on July 7, 2023 . Retrieved July 8, 2023.

Elemental': Pixar's Steamiest Love Story Will Leave You Cold". Rolling Stone. June 14, 2023. Archived from the original on June 22, 2023 . Retrieved June 22, 2023. I really want to read the second book right now. I just can't get enough of the preview and kewwwwl. The book has some other interesting intrigues as well. For instance, Griffin, Thomas's brother is a seer. Also, although everybody has an element not everybody can control it as they wish which causes some friction. Is this what love is? A force that makes you learn how to breathe again, breathe in a new way, because your heart is taking up more space in your body than ever it did, and nothing fits together any more, nor feels like it is human? Feathers in my lungs. Air in my blood. Bones as light as mussel shell. The core of me lifts on small beating wings and I know I can never be still again, nor earthbound, never be just that girl .... How does any one of us ever survive love? It took me over five days to read through this book. An average reading time for me is about an hour and a half. Maybe. If I haven't read through a book before or it has difficult themes or I'm distracted by something else. Generally, I'm a pretty fast reader. So, when it takes me five days to read through something, then I know something isn't working for me.Bùrdì and Síddèr , a fire couple from Fireland arrive at Element City, a large metropolis that houses people composed of the four basic elements: Water, Earth, Air, and Fire. Upon arrival, the couple are given the names Bernie and Cinder Lumen and try to look for a new home, but they are turned away due to their fiery appearances and abilities. They eventually find an abandoned abode in Firetown and make it their home and café, calling it The Fireplace. Bernie and Cinder have a daughter named Ember and raise her to help run the store for other fire people. As time passes by, more fire people move to Firetown. Bernie immediately grows to dislike other elements, especially water people most of all, as he and Cinder face a lot of discrimination from water people when they first arrived in Element City. a b Moreau, Jordan (May 16, 2022). "Pixar Announces Next Movie, Elemental, From Good Dinosaur Director Peter Sohn". Variety. Archived from the original on October 12, 2022 . Retrieved May 16, 2022. Having this story told to you from Meggie’s perspective is a precious gift, like getting to know someone who has walked the earth for many years before you were born, who has seen places and lived during a period in history that is slowly disappearing from the collective memory. Amanda Curtin has mined the archives and has emerged with some rich treasures that most of us probably haven’t seen or only heard of, such as the herring girls at the top of the world, with their hands constantly covered in blood, salt and fish guts; the Mills and Ware biscuit factory; the Castlemaine Brewery; the Ugly Men’s Association and the Uglieland fairground. This is the second Pixar film to be released on June 16, after Cars 3 and to be directed by Peter Sohn, after The Good Dinosaur. This is the fourth Pixar film to be composed by Thomas Newman after Finding Nemo, WALL-E, and Finding Dory.