Submitted by FlipprDolphin t3_11axya0 in movies
It has been difficult to find any non-animated family fun movies recently. We were watching beethoven, daddy day care, and other older movies since there just doesn't seem to be anything fun like those older movies for families. Am I looking at the wrong place or are they just not made anymore or not popular?
Marcel isn’t a kids film. Firmly for adults. A tampon is a character.
Oh no. It's got one of those things that every kids mom has a box of in the bathroom. How will they ever cope?!
It's not an animated character, and is on screen for all of five seconds as part of a crowd scene.
Among other adult things with eyeballs glued on. There’s also a scene of domestic violence.
Look, we get very, very few animated films for adults. I think we should acknowledge and appreciate when we do, and not automatically assume animated = for kids.
There are many challenging animated films still aimed at kids if you want to recommend those. But they’re asking for a family film, and Marcel is aimed and written for adults.
It's rated PG. Kids can absolutely watch and enjoy the movie
I think kids could probably handle it, but it’s aimed at adults. Kids might be bored by the long pacing. Young kids may struggle with the depiction of domestic violence.
Did we watch the same movie?
Pretty sure we did. I was grateful to see an adult animated film that didn’t rely solely on crass humour, though it did get some in there.
The same place RomComs went
Theater tickets are more expensive, people reserve the movie theater for movies that need to be experienced in theaters.
Streaming services could probably make some of these less expensive movies...but at the same time are they going to draw anyone in and make them subscribe? If a show isnt retaining subscribers or obtaining new subs, its a cost with now return for a service.
If streaming services ever evolve into 'heres a service for rom coms, heres a service for family content, heres a service for action' then maybe thered be a place for them...
I think the success of films like 80 for Brady and The Lost City proves this is a completely wrong line of logic.
Just because the studios have convinced themselves it's true, doesn't mean it is.
People only go see spectacle movies in theaters because there aren't many choices to be made on that front anymore.
80 for Brady had a budget of 28 million and this far has made 34 million.
How much was spent on marketing? Not sure.
If it has profited, it has done razor thin margins.
They made less money because they chose to sell all the tickets at a discount. The BO for that film is artificially under-inflated.
https://deadline.com/2023/02/box-office-knock-at-the-cabin-80-for-brady-1235248828/
Ok and if tickets cost more would they have sold as many?
Given that both my mother and mother in law saw it separately and learned that fact at the theater box office...probably? I haven't seen it as a big part of the marketing push.
Studios don't invest in movies like they used to. You may get a small budget film here and there that does ok at the box office and makes good profit in DVD sales but now DVD sales are non existent. If it can't make it at the box office a lot of studios don't want to invest and funnel it into these generic films running on algorithm and animation is cheaper usually.
Thing is I think a lot of people would take a low budget film that doesn't take itself serious and people could enjoy it. Theres this huge live action gap where you get these horrific films that adults die from cringe trying to watch or a 150 million dollar marvel movie. Theres also a huge lack of great comedic actors like your Jim Carey and such to make those movies. Sonic was a great movie that could be enjoyed by all but not bw terrible for adults. So you get these direct to streaming movies or a wannabe blockbuster but very few offerings in-between in a live action format.
I would expect the price point for animation is way way lower than live action, and if they are not going to get any more $ out of it, what is the point? (daytime tv is likely cheaper than animation, but i dont think that is what your looking for)
Cash is king.
What about the masterpieces that are Paddington 1 and 2. The main character is animated though.
We liked the first one a lot more than the second
I see your point! I haven't seen it but ma6be check out Yes Day on Netflix?
Was a good movie, we saw it a while ago. :)
What about Family Camp from last year?
Instant Family, Magic Camp, are recent Fun Family Movies.
They lost their audience of fun families.
Christian producers like Pureflix were the only place I could find recently made family movies. Hardly any other outlet makes them and if they do they don't advertise.
Strangely enough I found Chinese and Korean made family movies fun but all of them have captions and kids just can't read that fast.
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Don't you like Generic Super Hero Movie #872391? /s
Have you watched Marcel The Shell With Shoes On?