Online Wars Aside, 'Snow White' Simply Isn't Getting Moviegoers to Buy In
With a $250 million-plus budget, Disney's latest remake will need a "Mufasa"-esque comeback to avoid disaster
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.
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?
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.
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?
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.
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.
I know why they do it, that doesn't make their movies suck any less
People want original stories. The recycled IP scheme is burnt out.
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.
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.
People want original stories.
People often say that, but box office grosses tell a different story.
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.
There's a difference between original story and original IP
I wish that were true but people go bonkers over copy pastes.
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.
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.
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!
The only one I enjoyed was Branagh's Cinderella. Good visuals, no weird messing with the story, just a straight up retelling, just with good acting and direction.
They're reselling the IP to the next generation of kids.
They've been recycling the same thing since 1937, nobody gives a shit