Originally Posted By mawnck >>What exactly did Disney say about Treasure Planet?<< IIRC, they wrote it off as a multi-million-dollar loss a week or two after it opened. It was more a financial accounting thing than anything else (the quarter was ending), but many saw it as a self-fulfilling prophecy. Personally, I don't think that had as much effect as the movie's fans would like to believe. People weren't interested in the thing, and it just wasn't good enough to build word-of-mouth and overcome that. No less an authority as actingforanimators is certain that it will someday be recognized as a classic, but I hope he isn't holding his breath.
Originally Posted By Route66 Evidently this German person has watched Treasure Planet 500 times and made a whole website dedicated to the film.. <a href="http://www.dolphys-disney-den.de/Home.htm" target="_blank">http://www.dolphys-disney-den....Home.htm</a>
Originally Posted By Route66 Sorry, here is the direct link. Some great fan art here too, <a href="http://www.coralgalaxy.de.vu/" target="_blank">http://www.coralgalaxy.de.vu/</a>
Originally Posted By u k fan IMHO, Atlantis was a great idea poorly executed. I came out of the theater wondering what the last 20 minutes were about! Again, IMHO, it should have been darker, longer and released by Touchstone as a proper animated sci-fi drama. The need to make it "Disney" did it a dis-service!!!
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA ^^I agree, u k fan. Sometimes, because a movie is animated, it's labeled as a 'kid's' movie. So, in the case of 'Treasure Planet' they end up adding in the Martin Short robot, or that fluffy little blobby thing -- so 'the kids' will have something to relate to. I like your idea of releasing an animated movie under Touchstone Pictures, and letting it be darker or more dramatic, and not so reliant on selling cute action figures and plush.
Originally Posted By Disney and beyond I could write a ten page rant about the perception of Animated films as children's movies and arguements against it.
Originally Posted By jdub "Meet the Robinsons" is delightful. Of course, I liked the source material to begin with, and think William Joyce is great in general--but I think some advertising backbone (& perhaps an ill-gained "Pixar" label slapped on) would have gotten it a proper & very appreciative audience. The film certainly bolstered my confidence in Disney's potential for an animated comeback.
Originally Posted By FiveBearRugs You'd think with the popularity of POTC and Captain Jack Scissorhands that Treasure Planet would be welcomed with open arms...
Originally Posted By DAR They may not be the greatest films, but I find the Package Films to be an entertaining way from me to kill some time if there's nothing on. Saludos Amigos The Three Caballeros Make Mine Music Fun and Fancy Free Melody Time The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad All of them are charming and bring a smile to my face.
Originally Posted By basil fan They are all good movies. There's at least a few great segments in each one.
