Elemental never really stretches beyond the straightforwardness and banality of its love story - that in a melting pot where desires to maintain our individual ancestral identity paramount all, boundaries and traditions were meant for breaking. In the typical overdone relationship dynamic, Ember plays the more rebellious individual while Wade is the more averse, introverted individual. The magic of Elemental lays in the fictitious world it has created for itself. The canvas painted by the animators is nothing short of some of Pixar's best work, steeped in rich visuals, textures, and blithesome neighborhoods. There is lots of curiosity-peaking interest in this universe worth exploring, unfortunately the film and story just never decides to fully take its viewers there...
