Disney Irish
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So every movie they greenlight is for mass appeal and making profit? You really want to go down that road? Because we can pull up the list of hundreds of movies that Disney has greenlit over the years that surely wasn't for mass appeal or making profit, especially lately with Searchlight. We can also pull up the list of hundreds of movies that Disney has greenlit over the years that never saw a ROI. The movie business is not a for sure thing, it never has been, and never will be.
Heck for that matter, how many times have you said in this and other threads how xyz movie didn't have mass appeal and Disney should have known it? I mean if you can see it and so can others surely Disney can too. So that must mean they don't always do things for those reason, ie its not always going to be what you want or expect out of Disney. I mean clearly since you constantly rail against them in almost every post.
At a certain point you have to realize that the old Walt saying of "We don't make movies to make money, we make money to make movies" still rings true, even today, even under this management. Which for the record I'm not a fan of either for the most part, but doesn't mean I can't enjoy what they produce.
I have no issue with people wanting to air their grievances against Disney. I do have an issue with people wanting to claim this thread was about one thing then go and air their grievances continually about things not related to the box office and then complain when others try to discuss the nuances of the box office by providing context. So which is it? Are we only here to discuss the box office numbers and nothing else or are we discussing things related to the box office that end up in nuanced discussions that provide context, which include grievances. Because if its the former and not the latter, then unfortunately about 95% of this thread would be deleted including about 99.9% of your posts.
Actually we can't assume that, and that is the point. Because not every movie is going to have a direct ROI, nor is every movie going to have mass appeal, again the whole point. Because for every Batman, there is about 100 Bill and Ted's.
Also again I think you're talking about YOUR stated goals, not Disney's.
Yes there is a lot more to movies than the actual production. Development phase can and does take years. Disney and every studio has movies in various stages of development at all times. So you don't think they have scriptwriters out there today pumping out a script that will never see the light of day? Come on man, you should know better than that. Disney and every studio sees and accepts and purchases hundreds of scripts that don't ever get made. They will never see a direct ROI ever, and yet they spend money on them every day of every year. Because that is how Hollywood works. They don't make every movie they greenlight, they don't make every script they buy.
Now I'm ok with saying thats a waste of money, but that is the nature of this business. Sorry if that is not ok with you, but it does and will continue to happen. And so yeah in that regard it is just like WDI.
