Maybe this makes me "Old Man Yelling at Cloud," but I'm opposed to all of the Disney "live action" remakes based on the principle of the thing. I heard great things about Favreau's The Jungle Book (and less great things about Beauty and the Beast, The Lion King, and Aladdin), but refused to see it.
I have such a visceral attachment to the original animated version of The Jungle Book, which was rereleased in theaters in the lat 80's. It was a huge part of my childhood. The Disney Renaissance happened when I was just about to hit middle school, and even though I avoided the "girly" Little Mermaid (which I now of course love), I saw every film that came after (mostly because my dad forced me and brother to see them, because, again, I was in middle school and they were "girly, dumb cartoons") and loved them all. Mulan came at the end of the Disney Renaissance, after a couple of Toy Story movies took the world by storm but right before the "Shrek-ification" of feature animation, and it was a great film.
I know why Disney the company is doing what they're doing, but to me, it's bereft of artistry and originality and I think Walt and especially Roy would hate it.
I’m not sure it’ll be on regular D+ in October. That would have been the date had it opened in March. We’ll see.
Personally, the idea of charging thirty dollars to watch a film on television instead of the big screen - literally twice the price - isn’t something I support at all.
Sure it might be cheaper for families, but for me who sees a hundred movies a year at the cinema - it’s a gut punch of a price if this is the way things are going.
However, reading between the lines it looks like this is as much Disney giving families the option of theatrical or watch at home - so they don’t feel forced to go out in the current climate. You can imagine the brand damage.
The rest of the world will be getting it cinemas by and large. International would have been 70% of the box office anyway, and I imagine it’ll still do fine. I’ll be seeing it big in the U.K. regardless.
Hard to imagine the copies made within minutes of it going up on Disney+ not inflicting real damage on it around the world mind.
Maybe this makes me "Old Man Yelling at Cloud," but I'm opposed to all of the Disney "live action" remakes based on the principle of the thing. I heard great things about Favreau's The Jungle Book (and less great things about Beauty and the Beast, The Lion King, and Aladdin), but refused to see it.
I have such a visceral attachment to the original animated version of The Jungle Book, which was rereleased in theaters in the lat 80's. It was a huge part of my childhood. The Disney Renaissance happened when I was just about to hit middle school, and even though I avoided the "girly" Little Mermaid (which I now of course love), I saw every film that came after (mostly because my dad forced me and brother to see them, because, again, I was in middle school and they were "girly, dumb cartoons") and loved them all. Mulan came at the end of the Disney Renaissance, after a couple of Toy Story movies took the world by storm but right before the "Shrek-ification" of feature animation, and it was a great film.
I know why Disney the company is doing what they're doing, but to me, it's bereft of artistry and originality and I think Walt and especially Roy would hate it.
I'm not paying $30 to rent any movie. They need my money more than I need their movie, and I have a million other options in the meantime.
I’m not sure it’ll be on regular D+ in October. That would have been the date had it opened in March. We’ll see.
Personally, the idea of charging thirty dollars to watch a film on television instead of the big screen - literally twice the price - isn’t something I support at all.
Sure it might be cheaper for families, but for me who sees a hundred movies a year at the cinema - it’s a gut punch of a price if this is the way things are going.
However, reading between the lines it looks like this is as much Disney giving families the option of theatrical or watch at home - so they don’t feel forced to go out in the current climate. You can imagine the brand damage.
The rest of the world will be getting it cinemas by and large. International would have been 70% of the box office anyway, and I imagine it’ll still do fine. I’ll be seeing it big in the U.K. regardless.
Hard to imagine the copies made within minutes of it going up on Disney+ not inflicting real damage on it around the world mind.
I will absolutely be paying for this. For me and my family, PVOD is the way of the future. A future that I have been waiting years for