'Strange World' Disney's 2022 Animated Film

[LittleBuford]

Tom Jones and Sting are classic

They are indeed, but the film still isn't a musical. And it's worth mentioning that several of the more musically inclined posters here have commented on how great the score of Strange World is.

 

[Californian Elitist]

I was just going to ask but you beat me to it…I was wondering what your experience was coming from California. The heat can definitely be brutal at times for sure! Your best bet is to visit anytime besides the summer, May included. November through February you have a chance of great weather. I need to get back out to Disneyland…haven’t been since 2019 which was the Walt’s office visit as well …

It was very nice to walk into a Disney park that was unfamiliar; it was new again. The two biggest thing I was missing from California was the convenience. I was not feeling the size of the property lol. There was so much walking. I also missed the convenience of outside vendors right across the street. Really could have eaten a Big Mac, since we couldn’t eat dinner in the park because everything was closed.

Disneyland is significantly better than Magic Kingdom, but, with that being said, I think MK holds its own and is still a fun park. I did enjoy myself. It’s definitely not Disneyland, though.

 

[ElvisMickey]

They are indeed, but the film still isn't a musical. And it's worth mentioning that several of the more musically inclined posters here have commented on how great the score of Strange World is.

Agree in regards to TENG not being a musical. Most of the songs written for the movie didn’t even make it into the movie, but are on the soundtrack. Disagree in regards to the Strange World score.

 

[ElvisMickey]

It was very nice to walk into a Disney park that was unfamiliar; it was new again. The two biggest thing I was missing from California was the convenience. I was not feeling the size of the property lol. There was so much walking. I also missed the convenience of outside vendors right across the street. Really could have eaten a Big Mac, since we couldn’t eat dinner in the park because everything was closed.

Disneyland is significantly better than Magic Kingdom, but, with that being said, I think MK holds its own and is still a fun park. I did enjoy myself. It’s definitely not Disneyland, though.

You can’t beat the history of Disneyland. And I can imagine that if that’s the resort you’re used to, WDW must seem crazy, and vice versa. As a kid who grew up in NJ, WDW was always my home away from home. When I took my first trip as an 11 year old to Disneyland I was like, “Oh…it’s right next to McDonald’s” lol.

 

[Californian Elitist]

You can’t beat the history of Disneyland. And I can imagine that if that’s the resort you’re used to, WDW must seem crazy, and vice versa. As a kid who grew up in NJ, WDW was always my home away from home. When I took my first trip as an 11 year old to Disneyland I was like, “Oh…it’s right next to McDonald’s” lol.

It really does depend on what you’re used to and grew up with. Before we’d park, my mom would take us to that McDonald’s and get us all breakfast. She would talk to us about which rides we wanted to do and get us amped up. Sometimes we would go afterwards as well.

It’s all nostalgia. But yeah, I was starving after MK. Ended finding a CVS and buying boxed lasagna and eating that lol.

 

[TP2000]

All of these inferior animation studios making movies that make hundreds of millions of dollars and Disney can't get in on the action. Where are all the fans that will see anything with Disney stamped on it?

No kidding. It's fascinating to see Disney stumble like this several times in a row now. It's bizarre, quite frankly.

Meanwhile, just 3 miles up the Ventura Freeway in Studio City, Universal is routinely doing great business with their animated movies.

And Puss In Boots is hugely popular overseas as well, where Strange World had an even worse showing in overseas markets than it did in it's already disastrous US domestic market.

Puss In Boots: Day 20 in Global Theaters = $201 Million global box office
Strange World: Day 47 in Global Theaters = $67 Million global box office

 

[LittleBuford]

Strange World bombed. Get over it.

I don’t think a single person in this thread has denied that it bombed. That’s why it’s so puzzling that certain posters keep gloating over the fact.

 

[Californian Elitist]

Strange World bombed. Get over it.

The only ones that care about it bombing are those obsessing over numbers, charts, stats, the success of other recent animated films, and faux wokeness.

 

[RobWDW1971]

I personally just enjoy the campfire tales of sold out theaters, rapturous applause, and standing ovations at one lone magical theater.

#resoundingsuccess

 

[LittleBuford]

I don’t think I ever seen people relish in the failure of a movie this much in any thread ever… If I did not know better I would say this movie is bringing out the phobes… it is the only explanation….even if I dislike a movie… I still don’t root for it’s failure… unless you forgot all film is subjective

I don’t know what’s motivating it, but much of it can only be construed as trolling at this point. I generally avoid such a characterisation, because it’s too often invoked to dismiss unpopular opinions, but what else can one call repetitious, disingenuous, and even mendacious gloating that is in no way intended to contribute to a productive dialogue?

 

[Prince-1]

I personally just enjoy the campfire tales of sold out theaters, rapturous applause, and standing ovations at one lone magical theater.

#resoundingsuccess

I personally just enjoy reading posts from people who come on here everyday to post about how horrible a movie is that they have never seen. It's funny how some people have nothing better to do than waste their time to try and make a point.

 

[LittleBuford]

It's funny how some people have nothing better to do than waste their time to try and make a point.

And a dishonest point at that, since no-one here has pretended the film did well.

 

[Prince-1]

And a dishonest point at that, since no-one here has pretended the film did well.

Yeah, honesty isn't one of his strong suites based on his past posts.

 

[Phroobar]

I personally just enjoy the campfire tales of sold out theaters, rapturous applause, and standing ovations at one lone magical theater.

#resoundingsuccess

I remember the days when movie theaters had one huge screen. None of these screens that are barely bigger than my TV.

 

[TP2000]

No, as the rest of my post made clear.

Okay, I reread it. But you still left out the part where almost all of us here are criticizing Strange World for including homosexuality in an animated movie aimed at young children.

It's an important distinction that you and a couple other childless adults here seem to never want to address or acknowledge.

The Birdcade was a fabulous movie, and Rated R and not marketed to children. Strange World was rated PG and marketed to young children. HUGE difference, and the reason why many parents find that inapropriate of Disney to be doing so.

 

[LittleBuford]

Okay, I reread it. But you still left out the part where almost all of us here are criticizing Strange World for including homosexuality in an animated movie aimed at young children.

It's an important distinction that you and a couple other childless adults here seem to never want to address or acknowledge.

I’ve acknowledged and addressed it multiple times, including in my responses to you. I'm surprised you would pretend otherwise.

Families can make that call for themselves. But if you’re asking me to agree with you that Disney’s inclusion of such themes is somehow age-inappropriate, then of course we’re not going to see eye-to-eye. I think it’s a wonderful thing.

That’s on the adults. It has nothing to do with the issue being “inherently sexual”. You can present the information to children in a manner that doesn’t sexualise it in the least, just as my sister did with my niece and nephew as they were growing up.

Again, I find it interesting that parents are apparently comfortable with their children learning about death, murder (including fratricide), black magic, kidnapping, false imprisonment, teenage marriage, etc., from Disney films but draw the line at love between gay people.

We agree! Leave the creative decisions to Disney. Parents can then decide whether or not they want their children to watch the resulting films.

It’s interesting that you consider a Viking checking out another man’s behind more tasteful than an innocent teenage crush. Those Midwestern Moms you keep going on about seem to be strangely selective in what they feel they need to protect their children from.

 

[DKampy]

Okay, I reread it. But you still left out the part where almost all of us here are criticizing Strange World for including homosexuality in an animated movie aimed at young children.

It's an important distinction that you and a couple other childless adults here seem to never want to address or acknowledge.

The Birdcade was a fabulous movie, and Rated R and not marketed to children. Strange World was rated PG and marketed to young children. HUGE difference, and the reason why many parents find that inapropriate of Disney to be doing so.

And I still don’t know why it is ok for heterosexuality but not for homosexuality

 

[Wendy Pleakley]

Okay, I reread it. But you still left out the part where almost all of us here are criticizing Strange World for including homosexuality in an animated movie aimed at young children.

It's an important distinction that you and a couple other childless adults here seem to never want to address or acknowledge.

The Birdcade was a fabulous movie, and Rated R and not marketed to children. Strange World was rated PG and marketed to young children. HUGE difference, and the reason why many parents find that inapropriate of Disney to be doing so.

Hence the use of the term homophobia.

The same sex stuff in Strange World is benign. Two boys are interested in each other.

If young kids can handle a man and woman kissing in a Disney film they can handle two boys kissing.

 

[LittleBuford]

If young kids can handle a man and woman kissing in a Disney film they can handle two boys kissing.

Which Strange World didn't even show.

 

[ElvisMickey]

Thank you for making sense.

I loved The Birdcage! Hilarious movie!
Almost 30 years later now when some youngster is annoying me, I still sometimes say "Try more gum!"

The Birdcage was also Rated R and obviously not marketed to children. Which is appropriate for that movie, it deserved to be Rated R and I would never dream of taking an 8 year old to see it.

Which is the point made here in this thread about Strange World.



Bingo!

Of course!

I haven’t watched it in YEARS! I need to go back and revisit one of these days!