What Are Your Thoughts On Disney Doing Live Action Remakes of Its Animated Films ?

And in a few years, they will again remake the live action remakes .
 
I read recently that after the failure of the Black Cauldron it was suggested by people at the top of Disney that the animation side of things be passed off to companies outside the US and Disney just take the profits, after all, it was argued, most of their money came from the theme parks anyway.
 
Vladd67 said:
I read recently that after the failure of the Black Cauldron it was suggested by people at the top of Disney that the animation side of things be passed off to companies outside the US and Disney just take the profits, after all, it was argued, most of their money came from the theme parks anyway.
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The Black Cauldron wasn't a bad film.
 
BAYLOR said:
It based of the second book of the same name in Lloyd Alexande'rs Prydain Chronicles
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The movie was ok, not particularly good and not particularly bad, but the book was so much better, I imagine that the movie didn't have the advantage of many, if any, fans of the Prydrain series urging their friends to go see it. I certainly never recommended it to anyone.
 
Teresa Edgerton said:
The movie was ok, not particularly good and not particularly bad, but the book was so much better, I imagine that the movie didn't have the advantage of many, if any, fans of the Prydrain series urging their friends to go see it. I certainly never recommended it to anyone.
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I recently acquired the whole book series via Walmart. It's on my to read list.
 
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BAYLOR said:
I recently acquired the whole book series via Walmart. It's on my to read list.
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They are children's books, of course, but can be enjoyed by adults as well. I discovered them while they were still being written, when I was in my late teens, loved them, recommended them to my cousins (older and younger) and they became family favorites.
 
Teresa Edgerton said:
They are children's books, of course, but can be enjoyed by adults as well. I discovered them while they were still being written, when I was in my late teens, loved them, recommended them to my cousins (older and younger) and they became family favorites.
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Why did Disney do the second book and not the first?
 
As Jeeves might say, "Disney has not confided in me, sir."

But I suspect it's because the second book has a catchier title, and if I recollect correctly (it was a long time ago when I saw the film when it first came out), there are elements from both books in the movie.

I will note that Disney, even if no recommendations, did get the price of four tickets out of me, since my husband and I took our two oldest children to see it.

Several years ago, my youngest daughter asked for the books for Christmas. This was when the first Potter books were pushing older books off of the bookstore shelves at Christmas-time. None of the stores had them, none of the sales people I asked had even heard of them. "But they're classics," I protested in reply. Actually, after a few bookstores, I may have raised my voice just a wee bit when I said it. (To be fair, these were probably temporary help taken on for the holidays and not experienced booksellers.)

I finally ran the set to earth in a teacher's supply/book store. I told the person at the counter that I'd had trouble finding them elsewhere. "But they're classics!" she said.
 
Teresa Edgerton said:
As Jeeves might say, "Disney has not confided in me, sir."

But I suspect it's because the second book has a catchier title, and if I recollect correctly (it was a long time ago when I saw the film when it first came out), there are elements from both books in the movie.

I will note that Disney, even if no recommendations, did get the price of four tickets out of me, since my husband and I took our two oldest children to see it.

Several years ago, my youngest daughter asked for the books for Christmas. This was when the first Potter books were pushing older books off of the bookstore shelves at Christmas-time. None of the stores had them, none of the sales people I asked had even heard of them. "But they're classics," I protested in reply. Actually, after a few bookstores, I may have raised my voice just a wee bit when I said it. (To be fair, these were probably temporary help taken on for the holidays and not experienced booksellers.)

I finally ran the set to earth in a teacher's supply/book store. I told the person at the counter that I'd had trouble finding them elsewhere. "But they're classics!" she said.
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I hate seeing newer books crowd out older books that I like but , I do understand why it happens .


I knew of Prydain and, also couldn't find them in any bookstores in my area and, then one night I was shopping at Walmart . I walked through the book section and I saw a boxed set of Prydain , It was the only one there among the Harry Potter books . I knew that if I didn't buy it , Id likely would see another set for a long long time.:)
 
Teresa Edgerton said:
The movie was ok, not particularly good and not particularly bad, but the book was so much better, I imagine that the movie didn't have the advantage of many, if any, fans of the Prydrain series urging their friends to go see it. I certainly never recommended it to anyone.
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It had appears that Disney required the film rights to the Black Cauldron some years ago and a live action remake is in the works.
 
Not Disney but there is a live action remake of How to Train Your Dragon in the works [filming in Northern Ireland].
 
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