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Spirited News & Observations II -- NGE/Baxter
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prfctlyximprct
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Oz was beautiful visually. I would love to be immersed in that theme.
Genie of the Lamp
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Anyone know when the next testing of NG will occur? Also which resort(s) are expected to participate in it?
Magenta Panther
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I saw the Oz film today, and was overall pleased with it. I've written a review of it: http://forums.wdwmagic.com/threads/...ul-well-what-do-you-know.861332/#post-5363137
I thought James Franco was fine. He's no Frank Morgan, but one couldn't expect that, I suppose. (I agree that Depp or Downey would have been better choices). To me the weakest actor was Michelle Williams as Glinda - she was bland, and lacked sparkle. And I really didn't care for the romance angle, or the trumped-up tale of how the Wicked Witch of the West came to be. But the movie was a lot better than I expected it to be, just the same. And I even liked (no, loved) the 3D. Definitely worth the price of admission. Not as good as the original, of course, but not anywhere near as bad as Wonderland, thank goodness.
I thought James Franco was fine. He's no Frank Morgan, but one couldn't expect that, I suppose. (I agree that Depp or Downey would have been better choices). To me the weakest actor was Michelle Williams as Glinda - she was bland, and lacked sparkle. And I really didn't care for the romance angle, or the trumped-up tale of how the Wicked Witch of the West came to be. But the movie was a lot better than I expected it to be, just the same. And I even liked (no, loved) the 3D. Definitely worth the price of admission. Not as good as the original, of course, but not anywhere near as bad as Wonderland, thank goodness.
@flynnibus said it would and I called him out on this prediction but I don't want to turn this into a whole I told you so thing
Well, looks like my $69 million was accurate ... for international BO. Seems it did hit the $80 million domestically.
Those numbers are HUGE for time of year and film.
http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2013/03/10/oz-has-powerful-opening/?mod=google_news_blog
Magenta Panther
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Yep, it's a hit. And Disney's planning a sequel. Now wouldn't it be great if the Patchwork Girl, the Sawhorse and Jack Pumpkinhead were included in it?
GoofGoof
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That seems like a pretty good guess. About 75% of what Alice did in total which is in line with what the opening weekend was. Just to make a different guess I'll say a little higher at $275M domestic and $900M worldwide. Not going to hit the $1B mark though.
HMF
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Sigh, this is not going to help our cause.
Cody5242
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I can see this film doing that well abroad. Chinas market is huge now
disney fan 13
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david10225
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I think Disney is going to sell a ton of China girl dolls. My adult aged daughter cried twice during tne film.
The Empress Lilly
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You didn't call him out, you called him an idiot, repeatedly.@flynnibus said it would and I called him out on this prediction but I don't want to turn this into a whole I told you so thing
For any told you so's, you therefore have to show Flynn is an idiot, not that Oz made eighty million. Good luck with that, considering Flynn is an intelligent, well-respected poster.
I know it is none of my business, but wouldn't you agree that the mature thing to do is to issue an apology instead of running around 'triumphantly'?
Clever Name
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What part was he going to play? The Iron Man without a heart?
jt04
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The time was right to reboot this story and a proper treatment would have made a billion dollars globally (at least) and launched a franchise similar to Pirates.
Still time to do just that. But Star Wars is likely the priority now.
the.dreamfinder
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It's not necessarily the movie itself, but the underlying philosophy at the studio that created it. Disney studios almost exclusively do tent pole films, big budget films that have to triple their budget and marketing to be considered successful. This puts undue pressure on the studio to absolutely have every film to be a hit to get by. The problem is that not every film is a Avengers or Toy Story 3 and under this tentpole only model, that's failure. Disney does not need to do this, they aren't some tiny company where you live and die by the BO. One of Disney's greatest periods of box office success was during the mid-late 80's and 90's where the studio relied mostly on singles and doubles, lots of smaller budget films targeted at a variety of groups, and a handful of big budget productions like Roger Rabbit or Aladdin or Beauty and the Beast. If Oz, The Great and Powerful existed in that context, then the criticism would potentially be smaller. Unfortunately for the time being, we don't live in that world.
Spirited change will come... hopefully soon...
the.dreamfinder
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Is Universal still working on a film adaptation of the musical "Wicked"?
lazyboy97o
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I believe so, but they remain unrushed while the Broadway and touring shows continue to do great business.