The Wild

rudekick · Post by **rudekick** » Apr Sat 15, 2006 5:16 pm

Has anyone seen it yet? What did you think? I think this is the last movie Disney is doing that won't have any Pixor influence. (Or at least I hope.) How sad is it that a Disney animated film in it's first weekend of release can't beat Ice Age 2 in it's THIRD??? http://www.boxofficemojo.com/daily/char ... -14&p=.htm

Fantasrick · Post by **Fantasrick** » Apr Sat 15, 2006 5:46 pm

It seems like Disney didn't spend enough advertising money promoting "The Wild" to properly position it.

Cheshire Cat · Post by **Cheshire Cat** » Apr Sun 16, 2006 10:54 am

It seems that because Dreamworks made Shark Tale right after Finding Nemo, Disney made The Wild right after Madagascar for revenge...

swarlock · Post by **swarlock** » Apr Tue 18, 2006 10:36 am

Cheshire Cat wrote:It seems that because Dreamworks made Shark Tale right after Finding Nemo, Disney made The Wild right after Madagascar for revenge...

Revenge makes people do stupid things unfortunately.

Esmeralda · Post by **Esmeralda** » Apr Tue 18, 2006 2:14 pm

Cheshire Cat wrote:It seems that because Dreamworks made Shark Tale right after Finding Nemo, Disney made The Wild right after Madagascar for revenge...

Is it really possible to do that though? I know it takes years to create these movies, so is there really a chance they knew Dreamworks was going to do the same sort of thing? I mean, it sure looks like someone was copying someone here, but I don't know how it's possible.

Has anyone seen The Wild? Our newspaper gave it 3/4 stars and said it was better than Madagascar. I'm not so sure if I want to go. Is it worth it?

Post by **js3901** » Apr Tue 18, 2006 6:56 pm

there is a certain amount of industrial espionage that does go on. Plus, it doesn;t help that these companies announce their intentions for the movies a couple of years in advance.

If you look at all the movies in the past few years, you'll see that the basic plot lines are exactly the same, the characters are essentially the same (at least in genre/species). At this point, it's kind of accepted, and each is taken for what they're worth.

I, myself, won;t pay to see The Wild in the theater, no matter how good it may be. I'll just wait for the movie to come out on DVD and rent it from netflix.

kronk's angel · Post by **kronk's angel** » Apr Fri 21, 2006 4:39 am

js3901 wrote:there is a certain amount of industrial espionage that does go on. Plus, it doesn;t help that these companies announce their intentions for the movies a couple of years in advance.

If you look at all the movies in the past few years, you'll see that the basic plot lines are exactly the same, the characters are essentially the same (at least in genre/species). At this point, it's kind of accepted, and each is taken for what they're worth.

I, myself, won;t pay to see The Wild in the theater, no matter how good it may be. I'll just wait for the movie to come out on DVD and rent it from netflix.

My family liked Madagascar, and this looks so much like it -- minus the lemurs, penguins and humor. With so much money at stake, you would think someone would just drop their project instead of playing multimillion $ "chicken." My kids watch DisneyChannel constantly, and no one has even mentioned the movie, despite many commercials for it...

We'll just rent it free from RedBox: http://insideredbox.com/index.php/codes

Other than obvious theme park tie ins (Mulan = Disney Hong Kong, Hunchback = EuroDisney, Pocahontas = Disney America), I honestly can't imagine how they're thinking up these film ideas. Its like they looked at old genres that no one really watches anymore and decided to.. .what? Did they think Valiant would revitalize WW2 films? Or Home on the Range would get everyone watching westerns again??

OTOH, I gotta hand it to DisneyChannel on High School Musical's success. Whoda thunk? And although it worked with Bugs Life vs. Antz, reviews like this show they didn't pull it off this time:

http://www.film-finder.com/Review.asp?ID=46079

Anyone know what the new regime has in the pipeline?

AKLRULZ · Post by **AKLRULZ** » Apr Fri 21, 2006 7:27 am

I'm personally not interested in The Wild. Disney Animation has been abysmal since 1999's Tarzan. Pixar has saved them.

Fantasrick · Post by **Fantasrick** » Apr Sat 22, 2006 3:25 pm

i think that all of these 3D animated films are great and they promote healthy competiton among the studios. So far It is Disney/Pixar, Fox, and Dreamworks, but I'm sure other companies aren't too far behind.