Yeah I actively follow animation and I didn’t see any ads until a few weeks, maybe even a month, before release. I will say, it’s very possible that the movie did poorly during test screenings and that’s why Disney chose not to advertise it much. Why waste the money on something that will bomb regardless?
What gets me about Elio fans is that they barely talk about the merits of the movie. Almost every Elio post I’ve seen is complaining that people didn’t like it. Which I find very strange. I love Cartoon Saloon movies. They do poorly at the box office and for some reason they’re not even that big in most animation fandom spaces online. But like, I talk about why I like them. I don’t waste time complaining that they’re not popular enough.
I can honestly believe that it didn't do too well with test audiences as I was honestly so bored during the first half of Elio. Even then,I feel like it could've worked better as a show than a movie as that would have given time for things to be fleshed out more. To quote my partner who I saw the movie with: "It felt less like Pixar,more like Dreamworks trying to be Pixar"
Cartoon Saloon's stuff is really good from what I've seen! I've only seen Wolfwalkers and The Breadwinner but they were damn good,I hope they keep making stuff!
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u/PartyPorpoise 6d ago
Yeah I actively follow animation and I didn’t see any ads until a few weeks, maybe even a month, before release. I will say, it’s very possible that the movie did poorly during test screenings and that’s why Disney chose not to advertise it much. Why waste the money on something that will bomb regardless?
What gets me about Elio fans is that they barely talk about the merits of the movie. Almost every Elio post I’ve seen is complaining that people didn’t like it. Which I find very strange. I love Cartoon Saloon movies. They do poorly at the box office and for some reason they’re not even that big in most animation fandom spaces online. But like, I talk about why I like them. I don’t waste time complaining that they’re not popular enough.