I think this highlights just an overall issue with the industry as a whole, there is so much content that it becomes hard to remember everything that has been released, not to mention rewatchability of any or all of it.
Yeah they definitely could have added more realistic life into their emotions. Burton does that in his movies for some reason. While that may work in something darker like Sleepy Hollow or Adams Family, it does stand out as odd in a story like Dumbo.
I love that scene!
Right…which is the same reason I only commented on that one post of yours
Agreed…it’s one of the best scenes in the OG
I don’t love it but I don’t understand what’s wrong with it either.
Is the rest of the “industry” doing repetitive live action retakes of cartoons?
Universal is.
Well if how to train your dragon is a success expect more. A lot more.
I know you like to make everything we discuss being exclusively a Disney problem, but this isn't isolated to just the remakes or even Disney. Consumers have access to more content than any time in the history of media, and a lot of it is very forgettable shortly after its been consumed. The average human brain doesn't have the capacity to remember all the content released today let alone what released 5-6 years ago. Disney with the remakes tries to rely on nostalgia to cut through all the noise, but even that is getting drowned out as we can see.
Because people like what people like. The Lion King and Beauty and the Beast both grossed $500 million domestic. The Lion King made took in $1.6 billion world wide on a $260 million production cost and BatB grossed $1.2 billion costing $160 million to make. And I'm certainly not an expert on the remakes, but as best I can tell, these two stuck the closest to their originals.
That is a factor yes, but you have to look beyond just the monetary part for these individual films. The idea with these remakes is not to just make X amount on remake movie Y, its to introduce and in some cases reinvent a franchise for a new generation. The original movie is still there for those that enjoy it, but it doesn't have the same nostalgia factor for new generations coming up today that are sometimes 30+ years removed from the source. Because if you can get a next generations hooked on the remake that becomes the nostalgia that fuels revenue for decades to come way beyond what an individual film can bring in.
I would cease making it “about disney” if about 5 cherished posters wouldn’t splain away every mistake or questionable judgment on their part…
And no one is going to take your charter membership card to the "Iger must go" club if you didn't make every post about Disney.
QUESTION: How do you "introduce a franchise for a new generation" and "get the next generation hooked on the remake"?
That is your take on it, but that is not the only or even ultimate answer. As not everything can get shot for shot remakes for a variety of reasons, least of which being the common response given by many here "If its a shot for shot remake why do you need it in the first place".
Good luck with the original Snow White lol.
Well, the company has certainly chosen to go a different way. Let's see how it works out for them and then we'll be able to tell if my recommendation was better than their plan.