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[–] Ilandar@lemmy.today 1 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Do animated animal films ever bomb? They kinda feel like a cheat code.

[–] rafoix@lemmy.zip 4 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Animated films are a 2-hour window for parents to not have to deal with their children.

[–] lefaucet@slrpnk.net 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Films are also often how kids form ideas about how the world works.

Parents can talk about how the world works, but films show them how it works (or teaches them lies if you're not careful)

Think of the impact films like Star Trek, Jurassic Park, 101 Dalmations, and Surf Ninjas have had on our society.

And don't even get me started on Shrek... Akch! What a load of flush [Somebody!]

[–] rafoix@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

That’s why my kids are only allowed to watch Paul Verhoeven films.

[–] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Didn't that last Disney original bomb?

[–] Ilandar@lemmy.today 1 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Zootopia 2? It made $1.8+ billion.

[–] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 3 days ago

Zootopia 2 is not a Disney original... It's a sequel?

[–] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

I meant Elio. Budget was 150-200 million, vox office 154 million.

[–] Ilandar@lemmy.today 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I don't even know, there was very little marketing. I think it's aliens

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

They're mermaids, IIRC. So half alien half animal? 🤷‍♂️

Edit: Wrong movie... I hadn't even heard of Elio, apparently.