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Miyazaki's Future w/ Disney

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the wonder-where-this-will-go dept.

An anonymous reader sent us an interesting little article about Miyazaki and Disney. Disney of course owns the rights to distribute his films (like to pick a gigantic example Princess Mononoke) to worldwide audiences. Apparently lackluster profits from Mononoke may jeopradize future Miyazaki titles release in the US, which would be terribly unfortunate considering that in the end, the DVD release of Mononoke was absolutely wonderful (although its a somewhat dark film for Mouse) This is all tied to Spirited Away, his latest film which is apparently doing great things at the Japanese Box Office.

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  1. Advertizing? by ajs · · Score: 4, Funny

    I've never seen an ad for Mononoke (though, of course, I own the DVD). It's interesting that Disney's compaining about sales but has never really pushed the film....

  2. Re:What a shame... by stang · · Score: 3, Funny

    movies that are commercially successful even though the critics hate them, like Tomb Raider

    What do you mean, critics hate them? All the ads *I* saw for Tomb Raider said things like:

    • "Wow! Blockbuster movie of the Year!"
    • "Angelina Jolie is incredible!"
    • "The Must-See Movie Event of the Summer!!!"
    • "If you only leave your house once, do it and go see Tomb Raider -- holy cow, it's just that good!!!!!!!!!!"
    • "It changed my life forever!!"

    Oh, sure, the critic in the paper hated it, but who reads those guys, buried in back of the weekly calendar section? I mean, really, man.

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  3. Re:What a shame... by SuiteSisterMary · · Score: 4, Funny

    Yeah, but it's what you DIDN'T see in the quote. One thing I'll never say about Tomb Raider is Wow! Blockbuster movie of the Year! When I saw how horrid she was, I said Angelina Jolie is incredible! You don't see acting that bad every day! The Must-See Movie Event Of The Summer!!! Sado-masochists everywhere agree! The studios would like me to say If you only leave your house once, do it and go see Tomb Raider -- holy cow, it's just that good!!!!!!!!! but they didn't offer me NEARLY enough dough. It changed my life forever!! I can never love theater again! It's all in the editing.

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