tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34647587.post6806196449846008073..comments2023-10-31T05:13:39.415-04:00Comments on 2719 HYPERION: Drawing on Tradition: The Princess and the FrogJeffrey Pepperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00990997892044489714noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34647587.post-50251765291355539642010-03-21T20:24:35.331-04:002010-03-21T20:24:35.331-04:00Well said, Jeff. I had the same exact stance. I me...Well said, Jeff. I had the same exact stance. I mean as it is, I'm getting better clarify on my 61" high def television than i would in most, older theaters. So it takes a lot for me to go to a movie, and it takes an utter geek classic to get me to go more than once (which was something i used to regularly). Avatar's 3D presentation broke that trend for me. And i imagine Hollywood is feeling happy that they're going to gain a lot of money back with 3D (see Alice in Wonderland's amazing grosses to date). <br /><br />Waiting for DVD is no longer an indictment on the expectations of seeing a movie, it's merely the economics of living in America. I wanted to see Princess and the Frog but always figured I'd just wait to see it on DVD. Sure, i won't say the same with Toy Story 3, but that's more of an event and a franchise I adore. (And the 3D presentation being a technology simply unaffordable with home viewing.)<br /><br />Disney partially has itself to thank with this trend. They have had good deals and coupons for these Blu Ray combos that anybody with a few minutes could hunt down online.Disney's Follyhttp://www.disneysfolly.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34647587.post-51254056253146078502010-03-19T23:01:00.201-04:002010-03-19T23:01:00.201-04:00Well, I'm glad you finally saw it and liked it...Well, I'm glad you finally saw it and liked it , but doggone it we needed every ticket sale at the Box Office we could get . <br /><br />Thankfully the DVD/BluRay sales in the first few days seem to be VERY , VERY good so PATF may end up in a solid profit margin after all, but the higher-ups at the Disney Corp. were watching the Box Office on this one and frankly it did not do the business needed to convince them that Traditional hand-drawn Animation is still a good investment in the long run.<br /><br />I'm afraid too many were like you and just opted to '"wait for the DVD/BluRay".<br /><br />Of course who can really blame you when the Disney Corp. itself , in it's bloated greed, conditioned the audience to consider these hand-drawn films to be a dime-a-dozen , nothing special . Mulan 2, Brother Bear 2, Cinderella 2 and 3 , Little Mermaid 2 and 3 , Lilo & Stitch 2 and 3, etc. etc., bloody etc. <br /><br />No wonder the magic is gone. Strangle the goose who lays the golden eggs and no more golden eggs.<br /><br />The times have changed indeed.Former Disney trad. animation artist -- out of work AGAINnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34647587.post-15163678646521945652010-03-18T12:56:42.221-04:002010-03-18T12:56:42.221-04:00Quite the negative type, aren't you, Anonymous...Quite the negative type, aren't you, Anonymous #1?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34647587.post-40385668105658056362010-03-18T00:49:59.158-04:002010-03-18T00:49:59.158-04:00While I do like the film, I don't love it. Th...While I do like the film, I don't love it. The stylized sequences are over used, if beautifully designed (by the great Sue Nichols, among others), and I found the songs very poor and characterless, except the Evangeline song. I liked the firefly character.<br /><br />Almost every major plot point happened off screen. The villain's motivation is VERY unclear and muddled, and he's never really a threat. I liked the Charlotte character. The alligator was uneccesary, as was the old lady in the tree who peed yellow sparkles. I didn't hate the movie, but I didn't love it either.<br /><br />With DVD sales down 50%, it'll be interesting if this one does better than anticipated.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34647587.post-46783014372075854292010-03-17T09:41:08.458-04:002010-03-17T09:41:08.458-04:00It's a catch-22... While the DVD sales are whe...It's a catch-22... While the DVD sales are where the real money's at (and I do wait for the TBPs now too!), it was Disney's thinking about that which led to the endless series of cheap sequels. Direct-to-DVD does not yet translate in North America to the same kind of quality found in Japan's Original Video Animation (OVA). At least not yet. Maybe some day.Cory Grosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12141983255020503557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34647587.post-30081238188889802262010-03-16T23:14:02.309-04:002010-03-16T23:14:02.309-04:00I work in the comic book industry, and occasionall...I work in the comic book industry, and occasionally in television, and see the film industry's future very much beginning to move in ways that the comic cook industry is. <br /><br />In comics, it used to be that the actually monthly magazine/pamphlet format comic books (and later sales of back issues) is where the money was, but with inflated costs of paper making comic books a fairly expensive purchase now at $3.00 and up an issue, sales of these issues are understandably low. The publishers now recognize that the money is to be made in comparatively affordable trade paperback collections. They still publish them in single issue magazine format knowing full well that most people will wait to purchase the trade paperbacks. The reason? The individual issues sell well enough to pay the creative staff a regular income, rather than make them wait until they've finished a 100+ page storyline. <br /><br />With movies, I think things are going the same way. Even though Disney sees the box office take of "The Princess and the Frog" as a failure (at $200 million +)that money more than covers the cost of making the movie. The real money will come in the DVD sales. This is going to be the case particularly with family fare for the reasons you site. While I DID take my kids to see this, and UP last year, generally we skip movies in the theater. I point out to my kids that for the same money we can pick up a somewhat pricey box set of something they can watch whenever they want with continued enjoyment.John Rozumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03626209473214085436noreply@blogger.com