'Strange World' Disney's 2022 Animated Film

[TP2000]

Oh, geez, are we still talking about this movie? Okay, I'll bite...

I think we're through the looking glass here, people. Strange World actually has a pro-petrochemical agenda!

Well, they do cook with gas, so...

Makes you wonder where they get the gas.

LOL, that was a total blooper, especially since the agenda of the film was really about getting rid of fossil fuels.

Reminds me of all the Virtue Signaling that happens all over today, not just in Hollywood. Like North Face Sportswear that refused to sell its products to a Texas oil company who wanted logo-bedecked North Face jackets, because North Face Sportswear thinks oil is bad, or something. And then that Texas oil company had to remind them that the entire product line of North Face is made up of polyester and manmade waterproof materials that are made out of oil and oil byproducts extracted, refined, and manufactured in Texas.

The True Face of the North Face

The company depends upon the very fossil fuels it purports to abhor.

www.newsweek.com

Anyone who is sitting on a foam cushioned sofa, or who drives a car whether its gas or electric, or who has a bed mattress, or who has non-stick cookware or who uses trash bags or a toothbrush or an umbrella, uses oil and oil byproducts. Or, and this is the best part, anyone who has ever used the Internet to post rather worthless nonsense on a chat board about Disney amusement parks (and I have over 22,000 of those on just this one website alone!) has used many thousands of gallons of oil and oil byproducts to do that.

Are you reading this while using contact lenses or glasses with frames? You are using oil and gas and their byproducts to do that.

But sure, pretend it's the other guy killing the planet with his contact lenses and his sofa cushions and his non-stick pan and his iPhone and his laptop and his water-repellent jacket and his last night's dinner and his $180 Million movie his company produced that is killing the planet. Or that the planet is actually dying. When it's not. Hypocrites and idiots!

I love at the end it was dark and everyone was using candles.

It makes no sense. How would a suburban multiplex even show a movie like Strange World using candles or without fossil fuels? How would the Burbank corporate office function without electricity and petroleum and plastics? It wouldn't. The entire company would collapse if society went back to candle power, or even just solar electricity only available from 8am to 4:30pm on sunny days.

But sure, put that as the closing scene in a movie and Virtue Signal as if that's the ultimate goal we should all have. Except it isn't, and it's not. Nor should it be.

 

[TP2000]

Apparently, the more audiences experience the film, the more they dislike it as the All Audience score has fallen to a dismal 39% (on top of the lowest theater exit scores in Disney animated history).

What I find interesting is that Strange World is still in 1,200 theaters in the United States, two weeks after it got sent to Disney+ "For Free!"

And yet it's still doing really, really badly in those 1,200 theaters. Why is it even there? I'd love to know how theater chains, mostly owned by big companies, divvy up and plan for theater capacity when big studios like Disney say "We've got a big-budget tentpole family film coming out this Thanksgiving! It'll be huge! Give us 4,200 theaters please, and you won't be sorry."

But six weeks after the movie turned into a historical bomb and two weeks after it got sent to Disney+ for free, it's still in 1,200 theaters in a distant 10th place? Why? What's the purpose of that, exactly?

 

[Disney Irish]

What I find interesting is that Strange World is still in 1,200 theaters in the United States, two weeks after it got sent to Disney+ "For Free!"

And yet it's still doing really, really badly in those 1,200 theaters. Why is it even there? I'd love to know how theater chains, mostly owned by big companies, divvy up and plan for theater capacity when big studios like Disney say "We've got a big-budget tentpole family film coming out this Thanksgiving! It'll be huge! Give us 4,200 theaters please, and you won't be sorry."

But six weeks after the movie turned into a historical bomb and two weeks after it got sent to Disney+ for free, it's still in 1,200 theaters in a distant 10th place? Why? What's the purpose of that, exactly?

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I think you answered your own question. Despite it doing "poorly" its still in the top 10.

Showing that the theater chains are desperate for counter programming to the blockbuster movies like Avatar 2. This has been an issue for theater chains for the past 2 years since reopening. You'll have a single movie that is doing well to ok, and then no other alternatives to offer as Studios are still reeling from the pandemic with films backed up for the next several years.

Because remember that theater chains aren't in the movie business, they are in the concession business. So any film right now that will bring at least 1 butt to a seat will having showings, as that is a potential sale for popcorn, soda, and candy. Its the exact reason why theater chains were begging Netflix to keep Glass Onion in theaters longer and why Violent Night is still playing in 2563 theaters for only a handful of people.

 

[DKampy]

That it has a lower score than the abysmal Chicken Little tells me that review bombing is a large part of what’s going on. As this thread has proven time and again, some people are so bent out of shape by the very idea of Strange World that they’ll find any opportunity to lash out at it online, despite having never seen it.

It’s a strange world indeed.

Agreed…that the Audience score would go down once it was on streaming and available for anyone to review it without proof of a movie ticket says everything you need to know about it being reviewed bomb

 

[Magenta Panther]

What I find interesting is that Strange World is still in 1,200 theaters in the United States, two weeks after it got sent to Disney+ "For Free!"

And yet it's still doing really, really badly in those 1,200 theaters. Why is it even there? I'd love to know how theater chains, mostly owned by big companies, divvy up and plan for theater capacity when big studios like Disney say "We've got a big-budget tentpole family film coming out this Thanksgiving! It'll be huge! Give us 4,200 theaters please, and you won't be sorry."

But six weeks after the movie turned into a historical bomb and two weeks after it got sent to Disney+ for free, it's still in 1,200 theaters in a distant 10th place? Why? What's the purpose of that, exactly?

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Maybe because theaters can't put Avatar 2 on every screen?

As for the "review bombed" statements regarding Strange World - LOL. Excuses, excuses. Hey, what do you call it when theatergoers refuse to see a movie? "Box-office bombed"? There ya go!

 

[Disstevefan1]

Oh, geez, are we still talking about this movie? Okay, I'll bite...






Reminds me of all the Virtue Signaling that happens all over today, not just in Hollywood. Like North Face Sportswear that refused to sell its products to a Texas oil company who wanted logo-bedecked North Face jackets, because North Face Sportswear thinks oil is bad, or something. And then that Texas oil company had to remind them that the entire product line of North Face is made up of polyester and manmade waterproof materials that are made out of oil and oil byproducts extracted, refined, and manufactured in Texas.

The True Face of the North Face

The company depends upon the very fossil fuels it purports to abhor.

www.newsweek.com

Anyone who is sitting on a foam cushioned sofa, or who drives a car whether its gas or electric, or who has a bed mattress, or who has non-stick cookware or who uses trash bags or a toothbrush or an umbrella, uses oil and oil byproducts. Or, and this is the best part, anyone who has ever used the Internet to post rather worthless nonsense on a chat board about Disney amusement parks (and I have over 22,000 of those on just this one website alone!) has used many thousands of gallons of oil and oil byproducts to do that.

Are you reading this while using contact lenses or glasses with frames? You are using oil and gas and their byproducts to do that.

But sure, pretend it's the other guy killing the planet with his contact lenses and his sofa cushions and his non-stick pan and his iPhone and his laptop and his water-repellent jacket and his last night's dinner and his $180 Million movie his company produced that is killing the planet. Or that the planet is actually dying. When it's not. Hypocrites and idiots!



It makes no sense. How would a suburban multiplex even show a movie like Strange World using candles or without fossil fuels? How would the Burbank corporate office function without electricity and petroleum and plastics? It wouldn't. The entire company would collapse if society went back to candle power, or even just solar electricity only available from 8am to 4:30pm on sunny days.

But sure, put that as the closing scene in a movie and Virtue Signal as if that's the ultimate goal we should all have. Except it isn't, and it's not. Nor should it be.

In my opinion, Strange Worlds agenda about getting rid of fossil fuels.

To me it was a blooper to show gas stoves.

At the end of the film, with the dark city with candles is trying to tell us we should be willing to sacrifice to save the planet.

Personally, I love oil, I love plastic, I know life is great today because of oil and plastic.

Without oil and plastic, there would be no internet, no world wide web, no devices to access the web, no forums.wdwmagic.com, no WDW.

In my opinion, we still need oil to make all sorts of materials.

In my opinion, if we want to stop burning fossil fuels for power the answer is nuclear power.

 

[Phroobar]

I assume the gas used for the gas stoves is natural gas found in a weird looking stinky vent to the far east of their land.

 

[DKampy]

Maybe because theaters can't put Avatar 2 on every screen?

As for the "review bombed" statements regarding Strange World - LOL. Excuses, excuses. Hey, what do you call it when theatergoers refuse to see a movie? "Box-office bombed"? There ya go!

No one said people did not see the movie because of review bombing…perhaps you should reread the thread

 

[LittleBuford]

Maybe because theaters can't put Avatar 2 on every screen?

As for the "review bombed" statements regarding Strange World - LOL. Excuses, excuses. Hey, what do you call it when theatergoers refuse to see a movie? "Box-office bombed"? There ya go!

If you’ve watched both Strange World and Chicken Little, you’ll know there’s no earthly reason that anyone would rate the latter more highly. That isn’t a ringing endorsement of Strange World, to be clear; pretty much all films are better than Chicken Little.

 

[Disstevefan1]

What I find interesting is that Strange World is still in 1,200 theaters in the United States, two weeks after it got sent to Disney+ "For Free!"

And yet it's still doing really, really badly in those 1,200 theaters. Why is it even there? I'd love to know how theater chains, mostly owned by big companies, divvy up and plan for theater capacity when big studios like Disney say "We've got a big-budget tentpole family film coming out this Thanksgiving! It'll be huge! Give us 4,200 theaters please, and you won't be sorry."

But six weeks after the movie turned into a historical bomb and two weeks after it got sent to Disney+ for free, it's still in 1,200 theaters in a distant 10th place? Why? What's the purpose of that, exactly?

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It makes you wonder if TWDC buys tickets to their own movies to keep them propped up.

And my thinking from the start was Strange World did poorly for two reasons; they spent no money advertising the film and everyone knew it was going to be on D+ for “free”.

Why bother going to the theater when you can watch something from the comfort of you home where the snacks are better and cheaper

I am for sure waiting for Avatar 2 to come to streaming.

At 3 hours and 12 minutes, I will for sure fall asleep so I will need to rewind.

 

[Casper Gutman]

Maybe because theaters can't put Avatar 2 on every screen?

As for the "review bombed" statements regarding Strange World - LOL. Excuses, excuses. Hey, what do you call it when theatergoers refuse to see a movie? "Box-office bombed"? There ya go!

Odious people routinely review bomb any film or TV program they consider too woke (acknowledging LGBTQ people exist or depicting minorities outside of a very narrowly defined set of “acceptable” roles). We know that. We’ve seen it again and again. It’s not debateable.

Strange World is a huge box office bomb. It is also being review bombed. Both things are true.

To the folks against minority representation in popular art - you know you’re going to lose, right? Is there a single instance in American history in which those fighting against representation of particular minority groups have triumphed over the long run? Is there a single instance where they haven’t earned history’s scorn?

 

[Disstevefan1]

Odious people routinely review bomb any film or TV program they consider too woke (acknowledging LGBTQ people exist or depicting minorities outside of a very narrowly defined set of “acceptable” roles). We know that. We’ve seen it again and again. It’s not debateable.

Strange World is a huge box office bomb. It is also being review bombed. Both things are true.

To the folks against minority representation in popular art - you know you’re going to lose, right? Is there a single instance in American history in which those fighting against representation of particular minority groups have triumphed over the long run? Is there a single instance where they haven’t earned history’s scorn?

In my opinion, Strange World did not do poorly at the box office because of minority representation or being too woke.

Strange World poorly at the box office because it was not advertised, and everyone knew it was going to be on D+

 

[_caleb]

Reminds me of all the Virtue Signaling that happens all over today, not just in Hollywood. Like North Face Sportswear that refused to sell its products to a Texas oil company who wanted logo-bedecked North Face jackets, because North Face Sportswear thinks oil is bad, or something. And then that Texas oil company had to remind them that the entire product line of North Face is made up of polyester and manmade waterproof materials that are made out of oil and oil byproducts extracted, refined, and manufactured in Texas.
Anyone who is sitting on a foam cushioned sofa, or who drives a car whether its gas or electric, or who has a bed mattress, or who has non-stick cookware or who uses trash bags or a toothbrush or an umbrella, uses oil and oil byproducts. Or, and this is the best part, anyone who has ever used the Internet to post rather worthless nonsense on a chat board about Disney amusement parks (and I have over 22,000 of those on just this one website alone!) has used many thousands of gallons of oil and oil byproducts to do that.

Are you reading this while using contact lenses or glasses with frames? You are using oil and gas and their byproducts to do that.

But sure, pretend it's the other guy killing the planet with his contact lenses and his sofa cushions and his non-stick pan and his iPhone and his laptop and his water-repellent jacket and his last night's dinner and his $180 Million movie his company produced that is killing the planet. Or that the planet is actually dying. When it's not. Hypocrites and idiots!
It makes no sense. How would a suburban multiplex even show a movie like Strange World using candles or without fossil fuels? How would the Burbank corporate office function without electricity and petroleum and plastics? It wouldn't. The entire company would collapse if society went back to candle power, or even just solar electricity only available from 8am to 4:30pm on sunny days.

But sure, put that as the closing scene in a movie and Virtue Signal as if that's the ultimate goal we should all have. Except it isn't, and it's not. Nor should it be.

I don’t understand the tendency to write off any effort to mitigate bad things unless the solutions are 100%.

Is it just easier for you to dismiss the message “we should take care of our environment” if plastics or fossil fuels were used?

Why is “virtue” a zero sum game for you?

 

[Magenta Panther]

In my opinion, Strange World did not do poorly at the box office because of minority representation or being too woke.

Strange World poorly at the box office because it was not advertised, and everyone knew it was going to be on D+

It is certainly a matter of opinion that Strange World wasn't advertised. I saw ads for it, before the movies I watched at the theater, and on all on the streaming services I view. Can't comment on network, since I rarely watch network shows. And the public was undoubtedly aware of it, if only because of the controversy it engendered. Who decided it wasn't advertised?

 

[_caleb]

Strange World poorly at the box office because it was not advertised, and everyone knew it was going to be on D+

So nobody knew about the film (due to lack of marketing), but everybody knew it was going to be on Disney+ soon so they waited to watch it?

 

[BuddyThomas]

I cannot believe that this ignorant little hate club is still going on and on and on about this movie they have not even seen that was released in freaking November. Time to move on and direct your hate to the next new thing, folks!

 

[mickEblu]

To the folks against minority representation in popular art - you know you’re going to lose, right? Is there a single instance in American history in which those fighting against representation of particular minority groups have triumphed over the long run? Is there a single instance where they haven’t earned history’s scorn?

This is an interesting question. I’d probably agree if your question was in regards to said minority groups rights. But this isn’t that and representation is a different beast. Particularly when it comes to children’s movies. Ultimately money talks and BS walks. A lot of people would either have to change their mind on this or Disney will have to find a way to make these movies on 1/4 the budget of Strange World. You underestimate parents protectiveness when it comes to their children. Now, if the content in Strange World is something that requires that is another discussion.

 

[DKampy]

This is an interesting question. I’d probably agree if your question was in regards to said minority groups rights. But this isn’t that and representation is a different beast. Particularly when it comes to children’s movies. Ultimately money talks and BS walks. A lot of people would either have to change their mind on this or Disney will have to find a way to make these movies on 1/4 the budget of Strange World. You underestimate parents protectiveness when it comes to their children. Now, if the content in Strange World is something that requires that is another discussion.

What are they protecting children from… people who have love and affection for one another… I did not know that was such a tough concept to grasp.

 

[mickEblu]

What are they protecting children from… people who have love and affection for one another… I did not know that was such a tough concept to grasp.

Maybe “protecting” was too strong. But you know what I mean. I can only come up with so many ways to say the same thing. I’m not spending too much time on a post that’s going to be deleted in 45 minutes.

 

[RobWDW1971]

The great thing about CinemaScore ratings (and why studios rely on them) is that they cannot be manipulated.

They are conducted at random theaters from actual moviegoers who bought tickets on the opening days.

By definition, if you are buying a ticket to a new film on opening day you are more likely to be a fan of the film's concept, stars, etc. so the ratings are always skewed to the positive. Films receiving A+ or A are commonplace.

For a major Disney animated film to receive a terrible B CinemaScore, its lowest in its history, is not due to the ridiculous "no marketing" myth, "review bombing" conspiracy theories, etc.

It is a statement of rejection of the film by those that knew about the film, raced out to buy a ticket for the film for their families, and disliked it.

As is nearly always the case, the CinemaScore is an indication of the film's eventual word of mouth and box office legs, which was certainly the case here.