I'm less worried about Elio "bombing" than I am about everyone already calling it that when its theatrical run just started.

>the "aliens" are based on earth's early lifeforms

lame

xenophilia

>>149139346
?

>>149139339
FPWP

>>149139346
kys

man

>>149139284 (OP)
This movie is so ugly. All those aliens look like parasites and bedbugs. The backgrounds are all just blobs. It isn't like the backgrounds are memorable like Zootopia.

>>149141540
>why do aliens look weird?

>>149141565
Are you retarded?

>>149139284 (OP)
Dude, the Last Wish was a fluke
Word of mouth can't salvage movies with awful box office openings
And there's Korea to save it this time

>>149139339
Lovecraft once tried to come up with a truly “alien” life form and the best he could come up with was “what if, a color were evil?” And it turns out adapting that into a movie doesn’t go so well because then the incomprehensible color is just purple. I prefer a sentient jellyfish.

>>149142625
>it has happened before but that doesn't count because no

>>149139284 (OP)
Elemental ate shit when it started and it eventually found its footing to the point that it was a genuine success.

>>149142992
Didn't save Transformers One

>>149139284 (OP)
>>149143033
Holy cope

>>149142903
>Malicious Magenta

>>149142625
*no Korea

>>149139284 (OP)
Monday showed a very big drop from an already poor weekend, word of mouth isn't going to save it.

People aren't watching it because the premise, the art and the characters aren't interesting to them. The trailers aren't even deceptive. Sometimes a product can be released that won't sell regardless of quality because it has no target audience of note.

>>149143099
>A cinemascore
>a holiday (July 4th) is approaching that could give it a boost
>no serious animated coemption until August
>isn't out in Japan until August
I'm gonna laugh at (You) so fucking hard when (not if) it bounces back harder than Elemental.

>>149139339
What kinds of lifeforms?

>>149143194
Superman and Fantastic Four are huge among kids. Those are gonna completely overshadow Elio. Shame.

>>149143033
Elemental had the Korean love, much like how NeZha 2 was carried by the Chinese box office. Elio was good, but it doesn’t have much staying power. It’s a typical “kid struggles to fit in and then finds himself living his dreams of fantasy and adventure” story.

>>149139284 (OP)
It's so fucking ugly.

>>149144359
no it isnt!!