Originally Posted By ToonKirby <a href="http://www.traileraddict.com/trailer/the-sorcerers-apprentice/teaser-trailer" target="_blank">http://www.traileraddict.com/t...-trailer</a>
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA Is there some relationship between this 'Sorcerer's Apprentice' and the 'Sorcerer's Apprentice' from 'Fantasia'? If so, I don't get the connection.
Originally Posted By utahjosh Looks to me like it's just "inspired by." Not much of a connection. About the only similarities are: 1) There is a sorcerer. 2) There is an apprentice. 3) The apprentice gets into trouble with mops and buckets for one scene. 4) Disney put a little stars/moons/hat thing in the logo. That's it. The rest is all brand new, and hopefully, good.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA That's quite a jump to make -- but okay, thanks for clarifying.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA <Who can blame them for tying in a new movie into a beloved concept?> Are you serious?
Originally Posted By utahjosh Yeah, I'm serious. Is doesn't bother me. It's not going to take away any of the greatness the original composition nor the section of Fantasia. They will both still be amazing, forever more. It's just marketing. I'm not bothered by it.
Originally Posted By cheesybaby It is a known title. Half of the marketing work is done. (And no, it doesn't matter if the property the title is known for has any relationship whatsoever with this property.)
Originally Posted By wahooskipper Sometimes it works (Pirates of the Caribbean) and sometimes it doesn't (Haunted Mansion). If I had to take a guess I'd say this is going to be more Mansion than Pirates.
Originally Posted By Longhorn12 Anyone else notice the movies he produces are steadily getting worse?
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan At least it's just "The Sorcerer's Apprentice". Not "The Sorcerer's Apprentice: Flight of the Chrysler Building Eagle" or something suggesting an ongoing series.
Originally Posted By DAR Could be okay. Though another movie called Inception comes out that day, directed by Christopher Nolan. So that will be my first choice.
Originally Posted By ToonKirby Imdb credits this as based directly on the original poem by Goethe, which is what Paul Dukas' composition is based on and which the "Fantasia" segment basically followed plot-wise. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sorcerer%27s_Apprentice" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T...prentice</a> Three thoughts came to me while I watched this trailer: 1) No Dukas music at all. 2) It reminds me a lot of that movie that came out earlier this year, "The Vampire's Assistant" (anyone?) 3) Good lord, what has happened to Nicolas Cage's career.
Originally Posted By FiveBearRugs I noticed Alfred Molina in a possible villainous role at the 1:38 mark...
Originally Posted By FiveBearRugs After that, Disney will be releasing a family-friendly hybrid remake of Flashdance and Showgirls titled "Dance of the Hours"...
