What if… gasp, what if you’re not the target audience?!
Everyone complaining about the poor quality of Disney’s live action remakes is overlooking the main reason why Disney is making them. They’re profitable.
With the relatively low cost compared to a traditional animated movie, the ability to lean on existing IP’s, and the fact that the main audience (children) don’t typically give a shit about quality, Disney has been raking in the money with these remakes. I don’t believe they’ve had a true “flop” (where they lost money) since they started.
The Disney that made original films and stories is long dead. And why wouldn’t it be? For all the complaints about the lack of originality in Hollywood, when a studio actually risks making one, it tends to be a bust. Going to a theater is an event, and people don’t want to risk their money on an unknown story. Money talks, and unfortunately it says that remakes and bland superhero movies are what the people want.
If these types of movies were profitable, there wouldn’t be these kind of articles saying oh my god they’re losing money
what if you’re not the target audience?!
I’ll bite: who is the target audience, then? Cos it seems like they’re skipping it for the most part, too.
Children.
Parents with children.
Keep in mind, they don’t need to actually like the film, as long as they are paying to see it.
Or, perhaps, it’s the scourge of the Disney adult that this is for.
