Meet the Robinsons

[SpringHeelJack]

How will I know which theater will have Working for Peanuts or Boat Builders before it? (I'd rather see Peanuts because it was shown at Disney World in 3D)

If you see it in 3D, it's "Peanuts", if you see it normal, it's "Boat Builders".

[akhenaten]

i have a question about working for peanuts. when shown in D-3d, does it look like the picture in that red camera-eye view toy? shoot i forgot its name..u know..the camera where u put the reel in and there's a lever on the left to turn the reel around...does anyone get what i mean? anyway does it give the same effect??

i love that camera..i have reels of bambi and lion king and some vintage reels from the 60s showing famous places in the world...

anyway i hope to see robinsons again today.

[SpringHeelJack]

i have a question about working for peanuts. when shown in D-3d, does it look like the picture in that red camera-eye view toy? shoot i forgot its name..u know..the camera where u put the reel in and there's a lever on the left to turn the reel around...does anyone get what i mean? anyway does it give the same effect??

I think you mean a Viewmaster, and that's a fairly accurate description of what it looks like. I actually didn't care much for seeing the short in 3D, for some reason it was giving me a headache (which also happened when I saw "Nightmare Before Christmas" at Halloween).

I'm seeing it again tomorrow with my sister, and I'm pretty pumped.

[akhenaten]

so how different is the 3d method from the one in imax..it doesnt have red green glasses too.. i saw open season in 3d on imax...how's that done? is it projecting from two sides or just a distorted image layered as one file?

[goofystitch]

akhenaten wrote:

so how different is the 3d method from the one in imax..it doesnt have red green glasses too.. i saw open season in 3d on imax...how's that done? is it projecting from two sides or just a distorted image layered as one file?

I saw "Superman Returns" in Imax 3-D. I greatly prefer digital 3-D. It adds more depth. I'm assuming that it is just one file instead of two different images projected at once since it is in a digital form.

And "Working For Peanuts" looked somewhat like what you see in a View Master, but instead of the image being split into two layers, I saw a maximum of four layers during some shots. It was pretty cool.

During the week, "Meet the Robinsons" has earned another $10 Million bringing it to around $35 Million. "Grindhouse" and "Fire Dog" opened today, but the first won't affect MTR's competition and the latter will more than likely bomb.

[akhenaten]

how do u suppose this digital-3d concept can be brought home in the future? through a television or a projector?

is there no one else going ga-ga abt robinsons?

[Jules]

is there no one else going ga-ga abt robinsons?

That's exactly what I was thinking! We need more people to comment! Aaaand, I seriously want to know if people noticed those changes between the movie and trailer, like I did. Reyquila has been the only one to post a reply.

[SpringHeelJack]

Aaaand, I seriously want to know if people noticed those changes between the movie and trailer, like I did. Reyquila has been the only one to post a reply.

Well, I mean, it's like Reyquila said, trailers often specifically create or tamper with things for greater effect. It's pretty much expected. Like Frannie never called them "genetically-enhanced frogs" in the film, she just says "Taught 'em everything they know!".

[Disneykid]

Exactly. I, too, noticed the changes. If you look at the trailers closely, most of the time when a line is spoken that doesn't appear in the film, it's been placed over footage that IS in the final film. "We'll help you, kid" is dubbed over the scene where Uncle Art confirms his pizza delivery. "Genetically enhanced frogs" is dubbed over the scene where Lizzy says she's always right. The only bits that actually show unused animation are the "I invented it! Me, me, me!" line and Lewis' "What is this? Where are we going?" which is shown from a long shot instead of a closeup like in the film. The blue orb when Wilbur appears was probably added to the trailer to give it a more mystical effect. We know from the actual film that Wilbur has no way of disappearing and reappearing without the time machine. I just hope that we get to see at least most of the stuff that WAS cut out after the original rough cut. This film is just screaming for a 2-disc set, but I'm not holding my breath for one just to be safe.

[jrboy]

Early Friday Box Office ....... boxofficemojo.com

1 BLADES OF GLORY
$9,020,000 $54,403,000

2 MEET THE ROBINSONS
$7,025,000 $42,257,000

3 ARE WE DONE YET?
$5,225,000

4 GRINDHOUSE
$5,005,000

5 THE REAPING
$3,925,000

[Soulbrotha432]

I'm usually lurking here on UD, but I had to come out and say that I just LOVED THIS MOVIE!!!!

Love, love, loved it! I really thought it had a great story, and like so many of you before me have said, it had so much heart.

I'm usually resistant to like CG movies this much, because as such a traditional animation fan I somehow feel like I'm not allowed to, lol. This movie, however, somehow appealed to me in a way that no other CG movie has in awhile.

As Roger Ebert says, "No good movie is too long and no bad movie is short enough". I really wish this movie could have lasted longer!

[ichabod]

I was just coming on over here to comment on the box office for Meet the Robinsons second Friday. I know it was a Good Friday, but hopefully the fact that it has managed to keep hold of the number 2 spot and made almost as much this week as last week are good indicator's it'll have some legs.

Also the margin between it and Blades of Glory has narrowed over the week, who knows it's quite plausible over the Easter weekend it could climb to the number 1 spot.

Anyway, I still haven't managed to see it yet after 4 attempts to see it this week, all have been thwarted. I'm now pencilled in for seeing it Wednesday and by gum there'll be hell to pay if I don't!

[2099net]

Anyway, I still haven't managed to see it yet after 4 attempts to see it this week, all have been thwarted.

By a guy in a bowler hat?

[akhenaten]

go ichabod go! ive seen it 6 times now and will be going again sometime next week since i got work to do this weekend. my brothers r aching to see it again.

btw julian i think i know why MTR is doing so-so overseas (for now). overseas market usually depends on their US counterpart to dictate which movie is HOT or not. a number 1 or high grossing movie is usually a sign for them. they just cant make up their own mind most of the time

[ichabod]

btw julian i think i know why MTR is doing so-so overseas (for now). overseas market usually depends on their US counterpart to dictate which movie is HOT or not. a number 1 or high grossing movie is usually a sign for them. they just cant make up their own mind most of the time

I think the main reason MTR is slighty floundering in some European countries is because it was released the same week as Mr Bean's holiday. Mr Bean being one the UK's most succesful TV shows, insanely popular thoughout most of the world is the family movie that most are taking their kids to. As last weekend's box office shows, it took more than 6 times what MTR did.

1. Mr. Bean's Holiday (2007)
£6,440,093 1 512 £12,578 £6,440,093
2. 300 (2006)
£2,287,590 (-52%) 2 377 £6,067 £9,073,923
3. Meet the Robinsons (2007)
£895,955 1 451 £1,986 £895,955
4. The Hills Have Eyes II (2007)
£775,160 1 324 £2,392 £775,160
5. Premonition (2007/I)
£456,975 (-38%) 3 308 £1,483 £3,238,723
6. TMNT (2007)
£385,688 (-59%) 2 369 £1,045 £1,554,659
7. Amazing Grace (2006)
£337,523 (-22%) 2 239 £1,412 £1,160,877
8. Norbit (2007)
£294,819 (-51%) 4 324 £909 £5,120,072
9. Hot Fuzz (2007)
£234,277 (-44%) 7 232 £1,009 £20,514,502
10. The Last Mimzy (2007)
£188,116 1 286 £657 £188,116

By a guy in a bowler hat?

Yes! And I was bloody knackered after running away from that Tyrannosaurus!

[akhenaten]

as much as i love mr. bean i dont intend to watch it in the cinema because the trailer seems repetitious of the antics in his tv series.and that the first movie was a letdown...so..yea ill just rent it unless bean starts to talk, or found a ms. bean or die in the movie.that'd be a surprise.

oh one more thing, for those who've seen MTR in a foreign language..do the songs get dub into another language or played out in english. i doubt it'd be as effective if it was in english for foreign speakers as the lyrics help move the story along.

[reyquila]

$35,231,834 already as of today!!!

[Timon/Pumbaa fan]

Anyway, I still haven't managed to see it yet after 4 attempts to see it this week, all have been thwarted.

By a guy in a bowler hat?

Or even worse... Katzenberg?

[goofystitch]

I just saw MTR for a second time. I thought it was so much better the second time. It went from an A- to an A++++++. I didn't remember until I was at the theater that somebody had said something about a hidden "The Jungle Book" and "Toy Story" reference, but I forgot what scene and couldn't find them. I will look when I go again.

Audience reaction to "Boat Builders" was bad at the begining. A kid asked very loudly "We are seeing this?" and it was with dissapointment. A woman behind me actually started to boo about a minute into the cartoon. I was very upset, but about half way through, people started to laugh and they seemed like they enjoyed it more. It certainly made the new "Walt Disney Animation Studios" logo more relevant after seeing a Mickey Mouse cartoon.

The audience was about 3/4 full and mostly consisted of fathers taking their children. I'm assuming this is because many mom's are getting ready for Easter dinner. Last week, it was mostly mothers taking their children. But I think that MTR will pull in strong cash today.

And Julian Carter, I'm very impressed that you remembered all of that from the trailor. I didn't notice any of it my first time seeing it, but after reading your post, I watched the trailor before seeing it again and there was a lot of unused dialogue. And as Disneykid suggested, I really hope this gets a 2-disc treatment with a bonus feature about the way the movie was going to be. Or better yet, have a whole seperate rough cut of the film with any abandoned animation and dialogue with story boards for whatever wasn't animated. It would be interesting to see what the movie was like before the changes were made. There is certainly enough to make an amazing 2-disc set. Disney did it for "Brother Bear," which earned less than $100 Million, which is what MTR is expected to make by the end of it's run. So my fingers are deffinatley crossed.

And akhenaten, I am going ga-ga over MTR.

[gardener14]

I totally agree with "goofystitch" that Meet the Robinsons benefited from a second viewing. It was far better once I knew what was going on, and it went from a story about which I didn't care what happened to a story that I totally cared about and felt for in the end. There were so many details of the story, music, and animation that I understood on a new level upon the second viewing.

I'm surprised, however, that the audience at your theater, goofystitch, didn't react too well to Boat Builders. When I saw it the audience loved it. It got a very positive reaction with lots of laughter. I felt like I was at an old time movie theater. Then the quote by Walt Disney at the end fell into place with the old and new animation and the theme of the movie.