'Strange World' Disney's 2022 Animated Film

[Ghost93]

To be fair to Strange World, the most direct comparison is to Puss In Boots: The Last Wish.

Puss In Boots shot past Strange World's 35 days of domestic box office on its 8th day. It's also doing vastly better overseas than Strange World did, and it's trajectory is still straight up through this weekend. Strange World was even less popular overseas than it was in the USA.

Puss In Boots reportedly had a production budget of $90 Million, or half that of Strange World.

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Puss in Boots: The Last Wish was admittedly a much better movie than Strange World, which is something I can't believe I'm saying as I was rather excited about Strange World and had zero interest in Puss in Boots before the positive reviews started coming out. I was actually quite surprised by how much I liked it, as I had felt the Shrek franchise really wore out its welcome after the 2nd movie. It gave Puss a great character arc, was funny without being obnoxious and tackled the subject matter of mortality in a surprisingly sophisticated way for a children's film. The animation was also gorgeous.

I'd be down for a Disney Plus spinoff series set in the world of Strange World, but I feel Disney will just sort of sweep the movie under the rug for a good 15-20 years until they realize there is a nostalgic following for it.

 

[_caleb]

Puss in Boots: The Last Wish was admittedly a much better movie than Strange World, which is something I can't believe I'm saying as I was rather excited about Strange World and had zero interest in Puss in Boots before the positive reviews started coming out. I was actually quite surprised by how much I liked it, as I had felt the Shrek franchise really wore out its welcome after the 2nd movie. It gave Puss a great character arc, was funny without being obnoxious and tackled the subject matter of mortality in a surprisingly sophisticated way for a children's film. The animation was also gorgeous.

I'd be down for a Disney Plus spinoff series set in the world of Strange World, but I feel Disney will just sort of sweep the movie under the rug for a good 15-20 years until they realize there is a nostalgic following for it.

I have not seen Puss In Boots: The Last Wish, but I hate it as it was clearly made by utter morons who just wanted to check boxes and just wait until I find some random statistics to support my uninformed opinion

 

[Ghost93]

I have not seen Puss In Boots: The Last Wish, but I hate it at it was clearly made by utter morons who just wanted to check boxes and just wait until I find some random statistics to support my uninformed opinion

I want to make the record clear I do NOT agree with TP2000's uninformed claims that Strange World existed only to check boxes. His weird obsession with cheering on Strange World's downfall is baffling.

But I do agree that from an artistic standpoint, Puss in Boots is the better movie.

 

[crispy]

I had also read Puss in Boots isn’t doing as well as expected?

Puss in Boots was released in the middle of an unprecedented winter storm event so it's opening weekend isn't a good indicator of how it will do. It seems to be on track to do well with pretty decent domestic and world-wide numbers over the last few days. It also not been released yet in some bigger markets like Japan and the UK. Overall, it appears that it will do very well.

 

[LittleBuford]

I think people wanted it to fail because they are putting their agendas ahead of the stories. It seemed like they didn't focus on creating something people wanted to watch. They just seemed to care about checking off boxes.

Have you seen the film? If so, what are your own thoughts on it?

 

[brb1006]

No, I have zero interest in ever watching this movie even for free. Looks absolutely atrocious in every way. I already regret watching Encanto last year on Disney+ and this is even less my cup of tea.

However, I'm not surprised to hear people feel the men are all useless and inept because Disney doesn't know how to write male characters any other way now. I would have been shocked to hear if that wasn't the case.

How was Encanto bad?

 

[Figgy1]

We finally saw it last night. It was cute and feel it would have done better with better marketing.

 

[RobWDW1971]

Regardless of your opinion on the article's conclusions, these are the types of stories the general public is seeing about Disney.

Combined with the continued erosion of the Disney brand in recent polls, this should be very concerning for Disney executives trying to maintain their position as the trusted mass market family entertainment brand.

https://www.foxnews.com/media/go-woke-go-broke-liberal-movies-books-tv-bombed-2022

 

[LittleBuford]

Regardless of your opinion on the article's conclusions, these are the types of stories the general public is seeing about Disney.

Combined with the continued erosion of the Disney brand in recent polls, this should be very concerning for Disney executives trying to maintain their position as the trusted mass market family entertainment brand.

https://www.foxnews.com/media/go-woke-go-broke-liberal-movies-books-tv-bombed-2022

I’d be more concerned if that particular outlet had positive things to say about Disney.

 

[Ghost93]

I’d be more concerned if that particular outlet had positive things to say about Disney.

It's Fox News. Stirring up culture war drama is the outlet's bread and butter. Also the article has numerous inaccuracies. Lightyear earned way more than $51 million at the box office.

 

[Californian Elitist]

The article’s title alone is silly and makes no sense, but then it states the themes in these films as being “far left.” Not to mention it’s Fox News.

Aren’t most films “liberal?” Silliness.

 

[Californian Elitist]

I just finished the movie. I enjoyed it more than I thought I would. I went in with very low expectations because I genuinely wasn’t impressed with the trailer and found nothing exciting about it. I thought it was funny and I enjoyed the story and message. The world they created was really neat, colorful, and interesting. I wanted more details about it; that’s one criticism I have.

The gay subplot was harmless, but I already knew that wouldn’t bother me going in. It didn’t seem forced at all. A married couple has a son and he’s gay. Really as simple as that. It didn’t take over the general premise of the plot at all. I’m surprised we didn’t see/hear any whining about the interracial couple agenda.

Is this going down as a classic for me? No. I’d say out of all the environmental Disney films (this one, Moana, and Wall•E), it’s my least favorite. But, that doesn’t mean I didn’t like it. Really, the best thing about the movie is the music. The score is really beautiful, and I could listen to it over and over again. I really loved the hand-drawn artwork in the credits. It looks much better than computer animation and I seriously wish Disney would throw in some hand-drawn/2-D animation in their films again. It’s greatly missed.

 

[LittleBuford]

I’m surprised we didn’t see/hear any whining about the interracial couple agenda.

There have been a few posts here dismissing it as “box checking”.

I seriously wish Disney would throw in some hand-drawn/2-D animation in their films again. It’s greatly missed.

1000%.

 

[Californian Elitist]

There have been a few posts here dismissing it as “box checking”.


1000%.

Looks like I simply missed those posts. I knew my intuition was correct lol.

 

[Figgy1]

I just finished the movie. I enjoyed it more than I thought I would. I went in with very low expectations because I genuinely wasn’t impressed with the trailer and found nothing exciting about it. I thought it was funny and I enjoyed the story and message. The world they created was really neat, colorful, and interesting. I wanted more details about it; that’s one criticism I have.

The gay subplot was harmless, but I already knew that wouldn’t bother me going in. It didn’t seem forced at all. A married couple has a son and he’s gay. Really as simple as that. It didn’t take over the general premise of the plot at all. I’m surprised we didn’t see/hear any whining about the interracial couple agenda.

Is this going down as a classic for me? No. I’d say out of all the environmental Disney films (this one, Moana, and Wall•E), it’s my least favorite. But, that doesn’t mean I didn’t like it. Really, the best thing about the movie is the music. The score is really beautiful, and I could listen to it over and over again. I really loved the hand-drawn artwork in the credits. It looks much better than computer animation and I seriously wish Disney would throw in some hand-drawn/2-D animation in their films again. It’s greatly missed.

IMHO it didn't even rise to subplot level as you could easily blink and miss it
We're all planning on watching it again and I do hope this movie catches on, on Disney+
You're correct the trailers didn't do it justice and the marketing STUNK
Comparing anything to Wall E is unfair because that was a once in a lifetime film
Again, the marketing stunk because I'd totally buy a plush version of the dog and the little blue creature

 

[Californian Elitist]

IMHO it didn't even rise to subplot level as you could easily blink and miss it
We're all planning on watching it again and I do hope this movie catches on, on Disney+
You're correct the trailers didn't do it justice and the marketing STUNK
Comparing anything to Wall E is unfair because that was a once in a lifetime film
Again, the marketing stunk because I'd totally buy a plush version of the dog and the little blue creature

I loved both Splat and the dog as well.

It’s a shame Disney essentially didn’t market it. I’m not sure if it was because they had no faith in it, but whatever the reason is, it’s sad. I brought up WALL•E and Moana only for the environmental message similarity. They’re all their own unique films.

I would watch Strange World again.

EDIT: I forgot to comment on the homosexuality component. You’re right, it’s not even subplot. There was plenty of straight love and affection in the movie, though. We all know Disney has a heterosexual agenda, though, so that’s no surprise.

 

[LittleBuford]

IMHO it didn't even rise to subplot level as you could easily blink and miss it

I don’t agree. You’d have to really not be concentrating to miss the four or five references to Ethan’s crush on another boy. And that’s a good thing in my opinion!

 

[Californian Elitist]

I don’t agree. You’d have to really not be concentrating to miss the four or five references to Ethan’s crush on another boy. And that’s a good thing in my opinion!

I agree, but it definitely didn’t take over the film. With the way folks were clutching their invisible pearls in this thread, one would have thought that the whole movie was encompassed in homosexuality.

 

[LittleBuford]

I agree, but it definitely didn’t take over the film. With the way folks were clutching their invisible pearls in this thread, one would have thought that the whole movie was encompassed in homosexuality.

Oh, absolutely. But some just have to spin the “Go woke, go broke” narrative for all it’s worth (which isn’t much).

 

[Chi84]

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