they are for kids! Are you really that influenced by what a few critics say? Some of the greatest films of all time were destroyed by critics. Well, to simply answer your question about why scripts for kid's movies are sub-par. The writer didn't focus on the plot by adding unintentionally hilarious and cheesy dialogue for Arnold Schwarzenneger, and the director, Joel Schumacher, did a lazy job directing, just because the crew was being impatient, and was focusing on marketing, while they were filming.Īm I getting something wrong here? Is this guy complaining that children's movies have lousy scripts? Is he saying Pixar and Disney are just pumping movies out as quickly as possible to make a buck? It lacked Tim Burton's dark vision of Batman in the first two films, just because the stupid producers just wanted a Batman film to be more kid-friendly. Films like Batman and Robin (one of the worst films of all time), was just made for marketing. I hope they don't do this with Beverly Hills Cop IV coming out in a couple of years. Seeing John McClane not swear anymore was dissapointing, plus the violence was less graphic just because the idiotic producers, who care about nothing but money, wanted a PG-13 action film, instead of being true to the series, and making an R-rated sequel. Look at Live Free or Die Hard, a good movie, but it wasn't the same as the previous Die Hard films. Todd Leopold, CNN.com Entertainment ProducerĪnother reason why most kids movies, in addition to some summer blockbusters, suck these days is because the producers just want to them marketable. We’ll revisit the topic Thursday with some of the best responses. So send in your thoughts, comments or complaints. (Come to think of it, it would be nice if that could be true for all films.) Still, it doesn’t seem to be asking too much to want better scripts and fewer cheap pop-culture (or poop culture) jokes. All a parent with an energetic 6-year-old wants is something entertaining for 90 minutes, a chance for a little family time. OK, so Pixar- or Disney-level quality isn’t everything when it comes to family films. Kids are better served watching reruns of “SpongeBob SquarePants.” And yet the majority of family films are glorified TV specials, lacking wit and warmth. Pixar takes great care with its releases, such as this year’s “Wall-E” the “Ice Age” films have some of the manic invention of old Warner Bros. Seems to me that great family films are the exception, not the rule - but they don’t have to be. Comment below or click on iReport and submit an entry. “Kung Fu Panda” topped the benchmark of $200 million “Beverly Hills Chihuahua,” which received some scathing reviews, was the top film in the country for two weeks.Ĭan’t the movies do better? We want to know what you think. The sequel to 2005’s “Madagascar” made $63.5 million, outdoing its predecessor by almost $20 million, on a regular weekend in early November - not a holiday weekend when kids are out of school, like the first “Madagascar.” And the film did so with middling reviews (though, it should be noted, slightly better reviews than the first film got - the sequel earned 60 percent good reviews on, up from 55 percent for “Madagascar”).įamily films are regular cash cows for Hollywood - even if they’re mediocre. 1 movie at the weekend box office last weekend. “Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa” was the No.
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