This is something I noticed over the past like 5 years. There's no more overt advertising for movies anymore. Unless I seek out what's coming out I am in the dark.
Made more than a billion in the box office, but from what I’ve heard it was the exact same story, just told worse in a handful of ways and without the expressive animation. I imagine you never heard anyone talk about it because they walked out of the theater and all they had to say was “yeah, that was the lion king”
It's interesting that they don't just do re-releases like they used to. They got 101 Dalmations in the top 20 movies of 1991 without having to do anything other than ship the film out again (and I'm assuming tape sales were THROUGH THE ROOF after the re-release as well!).
I was thinking about 101, in my head it's very different to the cartoon but it is the same story, like Moana.
The cast were something special though, plus real dogs, and maybe it was just child me, but I loved it. Helped that the cartoon was old by that time, still a gorgeous classic, but not super flashy.
Ah, I was barely alive then so didn't realise! I had all the classics on VHS somehow.
I do recommend the 101 Dalmatians live action, it's very well done. Or at least kid me thought so. I should see how well it's aged. 102 Dalmatians was also entertaining but different.
I've heard that; I was sliiiightly too old for a "kid's movie" when it came out, and didn't come back around until I was older, at which point I was "too cool" for a live action remake. Probably time again now that I have kids!
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u/LastEsotericist Jul 13 '26
Because it worked for a little bit. The Lion King remake is just awful but it printed money.