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Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2011 10:38 pm
by SpringHeelJack
4th Life of Thomasina wrote:
That was a really interesting article. I wonder why Seth is still shilling for the movie. Maybe it was a mutual decision or something....
Or a contractual obligation...
The article does point out the absurdity of having thirty-something Seth Green be the physical doppelganger of a kid, then having a kid come in and do the voice for a motion-capture kid acted by said thirty-something. Again... why do we do this?
At least this time Zemeckis realized that having an adult mimic a kid's voice isn't the way to make an already-creepy-looking mo-cap performance less disturbing. Eddie Deezen's voice coming out of a kid on the Polar Express was one of the creepy, weirdest things in a terrible movie full of creepy weird things.
Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2011 6:50 am
by estefan
Well, in Zemeckis' defence, it wasn't the first time Deezen provided the voice of a child. Dexter's Lab, anyone?
That said, Milo still looks like Seth Green and Green is probably still credited at the end of the movie. Nonetheless, I'm glad Zemeckis is leaving motion-capture behind for Roger Rabbit 2.
Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2011 7:09 am
by Sotiris
Mars Needs Wells
http://www.awn.com/articles/3d/mars-nee ... page/1%2C1
Disney's "Mars Needs Moms" combines out-of-this-world adventure with down-to-earth humor and heart
http://jimhillmedia.com/editor_in_chief ... heart.aspx
Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2011 12:45 pm
by SpringHeelJack
estefan wrote:Well, in Zemeckis' defence, it wasn't the first time Deezen provided the voice of a child. Dexter's Lab, anyone?
Yeah, but "Dexter's Laboratory" and "The Polar Express" were hardly striving for the same level of realism. "Dexter" skews cartoonish, as is its intent, and thus it's not strange to hear Christine Cavanaugh's voice coming out a little boy's mouth. On the other hand, when three of your four main child characters are voiced by actual children, an adult doing a kid's voice sticks out like a sore thumb.
Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2011 11:21 am
by Sotiris
Putting a New Face on Mars Needs Moms
Read how Mars Needs Moms takes performance capture to the next level.
http://www.awn.com/articles/article/put ... page/1%2C1
Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2011 6:46 am
by Sotiris
But the movie that all of Hollywood was talking about Friday is Disney's lamely titled Mars Needs Moms 3D. Why? Because this is going to be one of the biggest money losers of all time. It cost $150M but, even with the higher 3D ticket prices, it'll be lucky to pull in $10M this weekend -- that's right all weekend. "It's about as bad of an animated miss as possible," one rival studio exec emailed me. It's rare that any Disney toon flops at all, much less this badly. But my insiders say this movie is why, after Rich Ross screened it, Disney a year ago shuttered Robert Zemeckis' Imagemovers Digital which also produced Disney's A Christmas Carol.
Source: http://www.deadline.com/2011/03/first-b ... oneyloser/
The current rating at
Rotten Tomatoes is 42%
Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2011 8:49 am
by jrboy
Conversely, Disney’s performance capture Mars Needs Moms fared dismally in its first day, grossing roughly $1.8 million. The family film -- costing a pricey $140 million to produce -- could only gross $8 million for the weekend, one of Disney’s worst openings
link
Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2011 9:23 am
by dvdjunkie
We wasted our time seeing this movie yesterday. What a disaster. And the motion-capture is excellent, but the story is very slow to develop and my six-year-old grandson fell asleep about half way through it.
There is no character in this film that you even want to care about. The music is very lame, and has that "I've heard that before" rhyme to it.
I hope Disney rethinks any plans they have for any more of these motion-capture films.
Let's get back to the drawng boards, men, and produce a real animated film!!
Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2011 10:11 am
by estefan
dvdjunkie wrote:
I hope Disney rethinks any plans they have for any more of these motion-capture films.
Well, they apparently closed down ImageMovers Digital because of this movie. So, yeah, I think they're done. Robert Zemeckis will likely make the Roger Rabbit sequel next, while Simon Wells returns to DreamWorks.
Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2011 11:19 am
by The_Iceflash
I guess that's what happens when one values style over substance.
Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2011 2:28 pm
by Disney's Divinity
jrboy wrote:Conversely, Disney’s performance capture Mars Needs Moms fared dismally in its first day, grossing roughly $1.8 million. The family film -- costing a pricey $140 million to produce -- could only gross $8 million for the weekend, one of Disney’s worst openings
link
They can't be surprised?
Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2011 3:24 pm
by 4th Life of Thomasina
Can't say I'm surprised that it's tanking. It just didn't look appealing at all; who was the target audience for this anyway?
Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2011 3:31 pm
by disneyboy20022
I think this in order
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Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2011 8:29 pm
by TheValentineBros
I am so happy that Mars Needs Moms bombed completely at the box office. I mean, this, Red Riding Hood, and Battle: Los Angeles will be the films I will never see!
Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2011 8:34 pm
by Sotiris
I really hope that Mars Needs Moms' low box office earnings will result to the cancellation of the mo-cap remake of The Yellow Submarine.
Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2011 8:56 pm
by disneyboy20022
Sotiris wrote:I really hope that Mars Needs Moms' low box office earnings will result to the cancellation of the mo-cap remake of The Yellow Submarine.
Heck we should post that on some Beatles Fan Forum....This Project would disappear by May at the latest in a heartbeat
After this there might be more traditionally animated films would open possibly....or other shelved project such as The Snow Queen
Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2011 9:10 pm
by TheValentineBros
Sotiris wrote:I really hope that Mars Needs Moms' low box office earnings will result to the cancellation of the mo-cap remake of The Yellow Submarine.
I was thinking the same thing.
Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2011 1:02 pm
by estefan
Weekend estimates are in and Mars Needs Moms only made $6.8 million. Ouch.
Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2011 2:48 pm
by TheValentineBros
estefan wrote:Weekend estimates are in and Mars Needs Moms only made $6.8 million. Ouch.
Huzzah! Never wanted to see it, never will. Probably the movie posters scared kids rather than entertain them.
Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2011 5:31 pm
by Kyle
The_Iceflash wrote:I guess that's what happens when one values style over substance.
Your suggesting this movie has style?