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Princess and the frog a failure?
- Thread starter ILLmaticS0ldier
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Wilt Dasney
Well-Known Member
Mediocre take for a mediocre film. Success or failure are all in the spin you want to give it. We determined this weeks ago.
Computer Magic
Well-Known Member
I totally agree. Old 2d characters should never be made into 3d characters.
matt_taylor1985
Member
WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
:lol:
Is that really bad?
EPCOT Explorer
New Member
If it keeps them current, why not? These things need to adapt.
I prefer 2D Mickey, too, but some things need to happen. 3D isn't all that bad, though.
SirGoofy
Member
Disney's looking at it as a huge disappointment. Just look at the backlash.
It's not really good.
No, Mickey's club house looks like an N64 game.
It looks WORSE than today's video games.
EPCOT Explorer
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SirGoofy
Member
Ummmm...the cancelling of Snow Queen and King of the Elves which has led to the loss of a ton of Disney's story artists to Dreamworks, the renaming of Rapunzel.
Shall I continue?:lol:
EPCOT Explorer
New Member
Do we know if that's linked to PatF? The Studio has undergone lots of changes in the past few months...
dxwwf3
Well-Known Member
No it isn't atrocious, but it isn't something to celebrate
SirGoofy
Member
Come on, it has to be. Lasseter was so excited to get all these 2D projects going, and then magically they get canceled after a lackluster box office?
EPCOT Explorer
New Member
^ I guess, but don't assume.:shrug:
A few times...:lol: I just attributed it to the visual style.
A few times...:lol: I just attributed it to the visual style.
SirGoofy
Member
Blue SKy Disney, a site I find to be fairly reputable, also sites the box office performance as the reason for all that.
EPCOT Explorer
New Member
Taking the jt04 route of persuasion? I never use blogs as "proof".
SirGoofy
Member
No persuasion. But the site usually has good info. Plus, I mean I have common sense.
EPCOT Explorer
New Member
Usually. Besides, who knows what they'll be doing instead of those movies? I wasn't too thrilled with the concepts for either of them as vague as they were.
No persuasion. But the site usually has good info. Plus, I mean I have common sense.
stlbobby
Well-Known Member
I don not see how a film that will return about 4 times it's budget when it is all said and done--theaters and DVD's--and landed on several critics ten best lists can be considered a failure.
It may not be the blockbuster hit hoped for but it provided a solid ROI, energized the princess marketing, and broke some race barriers further expanding the Disney brand.
I just do not see how that is going to kill an entire art form.
Even if it had totally bombed, what kind of business plan is it to put the fate of an entire division on the performance of one movie? That does not seem sensible.
I truly hope all the naysayers are wrong and they keep producing handdrawn pictures.
It may not be the blockbuster hit hoped for but it provided a solid ROI, energized the princess marketing, and broke some race barriers further expanding the Disney brand.
I just do not see how that is going to kill an entire art form.
Even if it had totally bombed, what kind of business plan is it to put the fate of an entire division on the performance of one movie? That does not seem sensible.
I truly hope all the naysayers are wrong and they keep producing handdrawn pictures.
SirGoofy
Member
I agree, I hope they do keep making them. But they've canceled 2 of the 3 they had on the table.
stlbobby
Well-Known Member
I'm not sure what two of three you mean.