No more princess movies?

[crazydaisy00]

I just read this article on yahoo http://blog.movies.yahoo.com/blog/1...rincess-movies-because-boys-think-theyre-icky. I do have to say that even though boys arent really into the princess movies my son will sit with us and watch any Disney or any animated film. We all enjoy watching the movies for the entertainment. I think Disney does a great job making sure the entire audience enjoys the movie not just the little girls! My son doesnt brag to his friend that the princess movie was full of laughs and excitment but he doesnt refuse to join us on any Disney film!

 

[jerivera]

The day Disney stops doing Princess movies will be when they run out of Princess stories to convert into movies. They're a huge money maker for them.

Take the article with a huge grain of salt. They didn't make Princess movies for quite a while, then produced Princess and the Frog and now Tangled. "Quite a while" is a very subjective term, where Disney is concerned.

 

[plutotek]

The end of princess movies can't come quick enough.

 

[skiingfast]

There are a bunch of these articles out there. It started when the Orange County Register printed that Tangled was going to be the last Disney animated movie. To which a couple hours later Disney replied that that was not true.

 

[doconeill]

I just posted this in a thread in the T&P forum...

Actually, the reports were not about princesses specifically, but that Disney wasn't going to produce any more "Fairy Tale" animated movies any more, going for a more broader based audience. But this seemed an overstatement of what Ed Catmull said. What he was really quoted as saying was, "...we don’t have any other musicals or fairy tales lined up." That doesn't say "never again" to me.

Disney also called the report "erroneous" on Facebook.

 

[Queenofspoons]

Disney is kind of runnining out of well known Princess stories to adapt really, the only one left is the Princess and the Pea and I dont know how you expand that into a full movie,if they want to make more princesses either search the lesser known ones for inspireation, or just start creating their own fairy tales.

 

[Peter Pirate 2]

I think quality has a lot to do with what is happening and Disney doesn't get it.

The Princess and the Frog was a good movie. I enjoyed it and didn't think about it much. That could be a significant point. I just watched Aladdin as it popped on TV last night and now I know why I didn't think much about P&tF. Compared to Aladdin, Beauty, Mermaid, etc., it sucked.

So, it could be they're running out of great characters to adapt, doubt it, it's more likely easier to go broad based, like everything else, than strive for an Academy Award caliber animated move.

I also think the abandonment of classic, original and quality musical scores have hurt them deeply.

I want Disney to tell me a GREAT story. Don't care about demographic or product tie in, I want a real story teller to tell me his story.

 

[Grandmouse]

"Quality" is the right word. There is no way to compare P&F with Snow White, Cinderella, Beauty & the Beast, Mermaid. I went to the P&F movie with my granddaughters and have no desire to ever see it again. If this is the best Disney can do, then they shouldn't do any more. I've got my fingers crossed for Tangled.

 

[Figment632]

I'll believe it when i see it.

 

[Oglet]

I just got back from watching Tangled and in my opinion they got it just right with this movie. Great story, Great Characters and too me it felt like a real classic.