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Online Wars Aside, 'Snow White' Simply Isn't Getting Moviegoers to Buy In (www.thewrap.com)
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[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 hours ago

Disney doesn't even care to make a movie that is good enough to make money.

It's about exercising their IP of "Snow White movie" so that their copyright doesn't expire, so that others can't make their own "Snow White movie" even though the German fairytale Snow White by the Brothers Grimm is in the public domain.

Well, they can but they can't use Disney Snow White's iconic dress, and anything resembling the dwarves, for example, or anything that could possibly resemble anything that happens in the Disney movies.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 23 hours ago

Not just Disney, but all movie companies that are currently remaking their classic movies and let’s be honest not many of them are good. How about instead they remake the films that flopped the first time and make them better. The second go around?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 22 hours ago

Maybe I'd want to see disney remake a movie with modern ideals and values, but Disney doesn't have ideals or values. That's why this has taken over a decade, bastards keep scrapping it every time they get a little bit of heat. Same reason the sequel trilogy was half baked. Just leave it in the fucking oven til it's done, stop giving the whole world a view so far from the finish line.

[–] [email protected] 42 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Well, why the hell would I drag my ass to a theater to see a retread of a movie made by the same studio, when the studio already has a bad track record with remakes?

Like maybe beauty and the beast was a solid enough standalone movie to merit a theater trip. Maybe. But even that wasn't necessary, it was still just a retread made to keep their finger in the pie. It didn't offer anything more than the original, unless you're a hard core Watson fan.

The rest? Tepid at best.

Why would anyone think that this movie, with trailers that already show the cgi brings nothing interesting to the table, spend money on it?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago

I mostly agree though I didn't really like Beauty and the Beast enough to watch it more than once. I think Cinderella was the better of the live action remakes that they've made. I also didn't see the appeal of the LA Jungle Book.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago (3 children)

What if.... gasp, what if you're not the target audience?!

Everyone complaining about the poor quality of Disney's live action remakes is overlooking the main reason why Disney is making them. They're profitable.

With the relatively low cost compared to a traditional animated movie, the ability to lean on existing IP's, and the fact that the main audience (children) don't typically give a shit about quality, Disney has been raking in the money with these remakes. I don't believe they've had a true "flop" (where they lost money) since they started.

The Disney that made original films and stories is long dead. And why wouldn't it be? For all the complaints about the lack of originality in Hollywood, when a studio actually risks making one, it tends to be a bust. Going to a theater is an event, and people don't want to risk their money on an unknown story. Money talks, and unfortunately it says that remakes and bland superhero movies are what the people want.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

If these types of movies were profitable, there wouldn't be these kind of articles saying oh my god they're losing money

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

I don't know if that is accurate. "Hollywood" is famous for its accounting games. Many films are unprofitable for the tax breaks. The money is moved around to other entities the company owns.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago (2 children)

what if you’re not the target audience?!

I'll bite: who is the target audience, then? Cos it seems like they're skipping it for the most part, too.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Children.

Parents with children.

Keep in mind, they don't need to actually like the film, as long as they are paying to see it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 22 hours ago

Or, perhaps, it's the scourge of the Disney adult that this is for.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 23 hours ago

Money is the target audience.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago

I know why they do it, that doesn't make their movies suck any less

[–] [email protected] 44 points 2 days ago (7 children)

People want original stories. The recycled IP scheme is burnt out.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 hours ago

Not really. Take a step back and you realize most popular movies are recycled ips and marvel or sequels. If people wanted original stories we wouldn't be on 90th marvel movie and 20th john wick.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

Eh. Ever since i saw these mentally ill people who started crying during the lion king remake, i don't belive that anymore. There are enough people who just watch everything with a disney logo on it.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 days ago (2 children)

People want original stories.

People often say that, but box office grosses tell a different story.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago

Yeah, that’s not the reason this one is failing. I think it’s much simpler… it looks terrible and the CG dwarves are disgusting.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

There's a difference between original story and original IP

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I wish that were true but people go bonkers over copy pastes.

  • Marvel films
  • Ubisoft games
  • Call of duties
  • sports games
  • Nintendo games
  • Souls games
  • Battlefields
  • star wars -bethesda games

None of them are original, all of them are at best small iterations upon previous few. Majority of the people don't seem to want something great and different. They want something safe and good-enough.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago

Of the top 10 box office movies last year 9 were sequels, prequels or remakes. The exception was Wicked, as an adaptation of a very established IP.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I haven't cared about any of their live-action remakes so far, but I have to admit I'm looking forward to the Lilo & Stitch one.

EDIT: And I just looked it up and apparently Jumba and Pleakley will appear human most of the time. Never mind!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

They're reselling the IP to the next generation of kids.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 2 days ago

They've been recycling the same thing since 1937, nobody gives a shit