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Walter Rhein's avatar

Well said. I've felt absolutely no interest in this whatsoever from the first trailer I saw. You've explained that feeling perfectly.

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Simon Dillon's avatar

Thank you. Glad you concur. :)

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Mark Kureishy's avatar

Believe it or not, given I watched virtually every other so-called kids animated film from the 00s to the late 20-teens with my kids, and, by and large, loved them all, I never watched this at the time.

. But, I rectified that about a month ago, and absolutely loved the original animated film. The second less so, and this live action remake just leaves me cold. Because who needs this?

No creativity other than to steal more money at the box office. Some of which is being grifted from my daughter tonight as she prepares to see it on an IMAX screen…she’ll very excited, though Lord knows I’ve tried to dampen her expectations!

A sad state of Hollywood affairs, if you ask me…which no one did…ha-ha!

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Simon Dillon's avatar

Exactly. No one needs this remake. Sorry to hear your daughter is determined to see it regardless.

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Mark Kureishy's avatar

She’ll be home soon, so I’ll get the report, but I suspect she’ll love it!

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David Perlmutter's avatar

"The only legitimate creative reason to revisit animated classics is to craft significantly different takes that aren’t misguided or cynical attempts at cash grabs." You are so right.

This remake practice is an odious one, and can only really be stopped if one of these live versions fails so badly financially it takes a studio down with it. Unfortunately, with the current state of copyright law in the U.S., we can't sue them for wrecking what was once good if we wanted to.

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Simon Dillon's avatar

It is incredibly frustrating. I hoped Snow White would teach Disney a lesson, but after the success of Lilo & Stitch they’ll probably double down on other live action versions of animated classics. What’s worse is that other studios (like Dreamworks in this case) are now copying the trend.

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