My experience of Elio (2025), the animated adventure about a young space fanatic who desperately wants to be abducted by aliens, didn’t exactly go well.
The visuals are as rich and engaging as I’d hoped. I was honestly locked in right away, and things were fun enough once Elio finally got to Space. Yet, seemingly out of nowhere, I lost interest at the point when Elio was left to take on the space bullies.
Something inside decided that that specific hero’s journey, with those characters, wasn’t for me at that time. I suspected where the story was going to go and chose to leave it to those who are more enthused by Elio’s upcoming face-off.
I may return to Elio another time, but I’m choosing to look forward to Zootopia 2 (2025) instead, which I hope will have me fully locked in, especially since I absolutely loved Zootopia (2016).
I’m curious, did you watch Elio and have a good time?
Happy Film Loving,
G
The Movie My Life 
I’ll read this after I watch it. 😇
I look forward to reading your thoughts. 🤓🥂
That’s how it goes sometimes. I find it’s generally quite personal, the thing that takes you out of it.
You’re not wrong. Sometimes one’s being just says no, or not now. Who knows if I’ll return.
I feel like I’d have the same experience, honestly. Idk… something about this one just isn’t pulling me in🤔🛸
One might argue that the trailers had me lost in all the colourful special effects and cuteness, before the harsh and decisive awakening. ☺️🤓
G, my wife and I passed on this one…but I note you are looking forward to the Zootopia sequel and both of us are as well. Really enjoyed the first one, which we felt was a cut above many of the other aniimated films which came out around the same time.
We are so on the same page about Zootopia. It’s a good sign that it took so long for the second film to be made. I tell myself it means they were super careful to make it worthwhile. 🤓🤞🤞