Monday, June 29, 2009

The Experts That Aren't...


All those Wall Street experts that were worrying about the potential of Pixar's latest film have been very quite lately...

As of today, the Lamp's tenth film, "Up" is officially the highest grossing film of 2009. And many of the same naysayers were wondering if kids would go and see this film about an old man, much less buy merchandise related to it.

I wonder how long Pixar will wait for an apology? I don't think Lasseter and crew are really even caring about what's being said. Other than by the film goers themselves. The critics liking the film was icing on the cake and the critics that were worried about the appeal of this film, well? They're toast, after having their lunch handed to them. Enough of the food metaphors, but you get the point.

Now, let's hope the critics did too...

UPDATE:
The only downside of this is that as of next week, the incomprehensible mass of action minus a story known as "Tranformers: Revenge of the Fallen" will overtake it. Another feather in Michael Bay's "whoneedsaplot" cap.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

"The only downside of this is that as of next week, the incomprehensible mass of action minus a story known as "Tranformers: Revenge of the Fallen" will overtake it. Another feather in Michael Bay's "whoneedsaplot" cap."

Yeah, but hey, what can we do?
I'm glad that Up has been a success. I really enjoyed the film. But if Pixar IS in fact waiting for an apology, then they will be in for a very long wait.
Nobody apologies anymore. People are just too proud, if most of the Internet community is any indication.

Spokker said...

"And many of the same naysayers were wondering if kids would go and see this film about an old man, much less buy merchandise related to it."

What's wrong with speculating that kids might not want to see a movie about an old man? How do you know that those analysts weren't in fact looking forward to the film and were just stating a valid fear?

And if Up was not released by Pixar/Disney, would it have been the success it was? If a no-name director and a budding studio produced it, would people see it? Maybe, maybe not.

All films are helped or hampered by their studio's reputation in some way. They either overcome it or glide on it. Up was the best movie of the year, but sometimes the best movies of the year aren't discovered because they aren't released by a Disney or a Pixar.

Would Toy Story had been discovered if it weren't released by Disney originally? Perhaps there is an alternate dimension where these nerd scenarios are being played out.