fla4fun
DIS Legend
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- Nov 12, 2006
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I think the problem is two basic issues.
One, people are used to the convenience of viewing movies at home, especially after the pandemic. No more dealing with people talking or using their electronics during a film. No more overpriced and mediocre snacks. No missing a part of the action due to a bathroom break. Whether you stream or buy a DVD/digital copy, it’s simply a more enjoyable experience most of the time to wait until you can see it at home.
Which brings me to point two . . . the quality of the product. To entice people out of their homes and into the theaters, you have to deliver a product people want to see in a larger than life format. The live action films based on animated classics won’t cut it. Films about a side character no one paid attention to won’t cut it. Over-saturating the market with a successful franchise to the point your customers don’t care anymore won’t cut it. You need a great story, with characters the audience can root for and want to see succeed. When you get it right, such as Frozen ten years ago, it’s gold. When you get it wrong, it’s dust.
Perhaps a few of these movies will do better once DVD sales and streaming revenue are added in. Perhaps not. Personally, I think that Disney should be surveying their customers to find out why they didn’t like or didn’t even see some of these latest movies and then actually incorporate the results of the surveys into their decisions. I mean, it’s not like they don’t have the ability to contact hundreds of thousands of us with the data they have collected. Find out what products your customers do want and maybe they will actually buy it.
One, people are used to the convenience of viewing movies at home, especially after the pandemic. No more dealing with people talking or using their electronics during a film. No more overpriced and mediocre snacks. No missing a part of the action due to a bathroom break. Whether you stream or buy a DVD/digital copy, it’s simply a more enjoyable experience most of the time to wait until you can see it at home.
Which brings me to point two . . . the quality of the product. To entice people out of their homes and into the theaters, you have to deliver a product people want to see in a larger than life format. The live action films based on animated classics won’t cut it. Films about a side character no one paid attention to won’t cut it. Over-saturating the market with a successful franchise to the point your customers don’t care anymore won’t cut it. You need a great story, with characters the audience can root for and want to see succeed. When you get it right, such as Frozen ten years ago, it’s gold. When you get it wrong, it’s dust.
Perhaps a few of these movies will do better once DVD sales and streaming revenue are added in. Perhaps not. Personally, I think that Disney should be surveying their customers to find out why they didn’t like or didn’t even see some of these latest movies and then actually incorporate the results of the surveys into their decisions. I mean, it’s not like they don’t have the ability to contact hundreds of thousands of us with the data they have collected. Find out what products your customers do want and maybe they will actually buy it.
