Disney Speaks Up on Country Bears Failure

[MickeyMoose15]

Disney executives add to the Wall Street Journal that the studio's label serves as a sort of "Good Housekeeping seal of approval" that tells parents whether a film is appropriate for the whole family. But that stamp of approval doesn't always trump the public's disinterest in films like The Country Bears. Rather than deploying digital effects to bring the movie's singing bears alive--which Warner Bros. has done successfully with its recent hits Scooby-Doo and Kangaroo Jack--the studio opted to make a film featuring actors in cheap-looking bear costumes. "In this day and age, the guys in bear suits just didn't fly," says Nina Jacobson, president of Buena Vista Motion Pictures Group. She's banking on the idea that a big-budget offering such as Haunted Mansion, with its pricey special effects and family star, Eddie Murphy, will reverse the perception that films with theme-parks ties are lightweight attempts to capitalize on a familiar piece of Disneyana.

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[pheneix]

>>>the studio's label serves as a sort of "Good Housekeeping seal of approval" that tells parents whether a film is appropriate for the whole family<<<

Thank God for the virtual babysitter!!!

>>>She's banking on the idea that a big-budget offering such as Haunted Mansion, with its pricey special effects and family star, Eddie Murphy, will reverse the perception that films with theme-parks ties are lightweight attempts to capitalize on a familiar piece of Disneyana.<<<

Regardless of how big the budget is or what kind of over payed has been from the 90's stars in it, a bad script with bad cliches and an unoriginal storyline is still going to fail just as badly. Treasure Planet proved it, Final Fantasy proved it, and even the Country Bears proved it.

I find is absolutely hilarious that Disney blamed the low-budget aspect of the films development as the reason it failed since the biggest success story of last year was a an art house flick with pocket change for a budget- My Big Fat Greek Wedding.

 

[MickeyMoose15]

The story is what is important.

 

[prberk]

Originally posted by MickeyMoose15
The story is what is important.

Amen.

In the case of the Country Bears, they also could have used some participation by people who actually know country music or something about the attraction. I am convinced that the writers did not understand the attraction or its fans (or country/western music) at all.

 

[MickeyMoose15]

They had no country music or very little of it. It was mostly that pop crud.

 

[BRER STITCH]

Originally posted by MickeyMoose15
"In this day and age, the guys in bear suits just didn't fly," says Nina Jacobson, president of Buena Vista Motion Pictures Group.
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Gee.....No crap Nina! Do ya really think so??

Her head should roll. Why didn't that thought enter her head BEFORE that disgrace was made and released?

With amazing digital imaging from PIXAR available, is she really shocked she couldn't pass off a guy in a bear suit as a REAL bear?

Yeah....right!.......and somebody better tell her kids Barney isn't a real dinosaur........

:hammer:

 

[MickeyMoose15]

The suits were made by Jim Henson's Creature Shop so maybe they thought they would be better then they actually were.

 

[BRER STITCH]

Originally posted by MickeyMoose15
The suits were made by Jim Henson's Creature Shop so maybe they thought they would be better then they actually were.

Sadly, they were found to be......

(Please forgive me....)

UN-BEAR-ABLE!!!!!


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[MickeyMoose15]

NO BAD BEAR JOKES AROUND HERE!!

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