SlugTerra: Return of the Elementals (2014) poster
2014 · family · animation · adventure

SlugTerra: Return of the Elementals

Directed by Steve Sacks, Daniel DeSerranno, Behzad Mansoori-Dara, Johnny Darrell, Logan McPherson1h 3m2014
ElsewhereIMDb6.6240
  • cosy
  • kinetic
  • gentle
  • redemptive
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Cosy, breathless, gentle family / animation, inventive in texture. Redemptive, epic, tender, hand-scored across twelve axes of taste.

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A new member has joined Eli and the Shane Gang! Junjie, once the protector of the Eastern Caverns, is a master of the slugslinging art of Slug Fu! But even with the power of five slingers, the Shane Gang find themselves in over their heads as they race across The 99 Caverns in search of the Legendary Elemental Slugs. The five Elementals are ancient slugs of great power, and the forbearers of all slugs found in SlugTerra today. In the wrong hands, they could bring Slugterra to the brink of destruction. So when an evil alliance starts hunting down the Elementals, Eli and his friends — old and new — take off in pursuit of the greatest threat their world has ever faced!

Our read · SlugTerra: Return of the Elementals (2014) reads as a cosy, breathless, inventive family · animation · adventure entry — gentle in intensity, epic-stakes in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook. Hand-scored on twelve axes of taste — mood, pacing, weirdness, hope, stakes, humour, reality, density, warmth, auteur, intensity, and era — with a derived palette drawn from its dominant cinematography.

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You want colorful kids adventure with slug-slinging battles and heroic quests.

ends upliftingyou’ll be fine aftergrabs you earlygrips by minute 3attention 2/5breezes by
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around

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DNA · twelve axes

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Each axis is hand-scored — not derived from votes or genre averages. The marker shows where this film sits; the gradient fill uses the film's own cinematography palette.

Mood · HeavyCosy
Pacing · Slow-burnKinetic
Intensity · GentleExtreme
Weirdness · ConventionalSurreal
Hope · NihilisticRedemptive
Stakes · IntimateEpic
Humour · NoneBroad
Reality · GroundedFantastical
Density · SparseTwisty
Warmth · ColdTender
Auteur · TransparentSignature
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