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.....Is it bad that I didn't know Jaws was based on a book?
To be fair it was a pretty trashy novel.
.....Is it bad that I didn't know Jaws was based on a book?
Nah, a lot of elements from the book were even dropped, i believe it included the mafia for some reason. According to Spielberg the characters were very unsympathetic and he says he even wanted the shark to win......Is it bad that I didn't know Jaws was based on a book?
Nah, a lot of elements from the book were even dropped, i believe it included the mafia for some reason. According to Spielberg the characters were very unsympathetic and he says he even wanted the shark to win.
The studio system has become diseased. The accumulated filth of all their PG-13 and brand regocnition will foam up about their waists and all the producers and accounts will look up and shout 'Save us!' And Spielberg will look down, and whisper 'No'"
I'm pretty sure what Darth was getting at is it will allow them to continue to make movies they want to see regardless of what the box office is. Walt had a philosophy back in the day that he never cared about what the critics had to say or how the films performed at box office, he just wanted to make the films he wanted to see and everyone just happened to find them and love them years later. Disney was always on the brink of financial destruction. As the years passed, Disney became more and more successful but how films are made and how important the box office is changed too. And now they can continue taking risks with just the movies they want to see rather than being dictated by box office. They're big enough to go back to the "screw the critics, screw the box office, I just want to see this and I think some people will love them too" way of thinking about things which it seems Disney Pictures is more about these days - just making films they themselves want to see because their acquisitions are powerful enough to let them play around. I'd say that's an excellent thing because it's back in many ways to the experimental approach Walt had (other than a couple of his films, the critics were never on his side and many of them believe it or not flopped or disappointed at box office initially only later to go on to become CLASSICS), what other studio would put that level of money towards a huge sci-fi film and a huge western? These risks are ones that currently no other studio are making, so to me that's saying that they're going after the unexpected and it's creatively free like it used to be in the past. In my books, that's a really wonderful and amazing thing.
I wouldn't necessarily call that a bad thing. They're finding who the geniuses are and they're giving them a full playground to roam around in. And in terms of having the most successful production companies period, Disney is leagues ahead of the pack.
We are talking about a different ear though. I'm well aware Snow White was the only financial success they had for many years, the difference is with those films that flopped is that they actually are good movies and are called classic for a reason. Disney's integrity was maintained even throughout that period of financial failure. You honestly can't tell me Tron Legacy, John Carter Oz the Great and Powerful will be remembered in the same way as Bambi or Alice in Wonderland in 30 years time.
Todays Disney is not comparable to older Disney, it is much more commercial and relies on formulaic entertainment.
TODAY we see them as good movies, back then the critics were against them and the audience didn't show up in droves.
Historically, people were also gravitating more towards the cartoons put out by other studios and it was said that Walt was losing his touch. Today we know that's not true at all. But, there is no way you can say those films were seen the same as we see them today.
Will those three be remembered as classic? No. I do think they're better than some make them out to be. But will they be re-discovered and seen in a different light? Now that's the answer no one knows.
Dude, Fantasia was well received for the most part, Fantasia 2000 was a turd. Sleep Beauty was panned for being boring for the most part and the main complains for Alice were that it was too far removed from the book. Bambi wasn't nearly as panned as you're making it out to be. You're exaggerating what level of panning those film got.