To put the matter baldly: as a frightening proportion of supposedly grownup movies have reverted to the childish, so a disarming proportion of supposedly child-friendly movies have found friends in an adult audience.Satire for a pitch session:
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The Puss in Boots movie is just another way for the Shrek producers to make more money. There seems to be little plot and little detail as to what the purpose of this movie is for. Kinda confuses me and makes me think that this is just another way for parents to entertain their kids with this nonsense movie. There is no reason to make movie and revolve the whole plot around a talking cat. But hey props to them if this makes it big and gains a lot of their money back. The demand for this movie may be low but the supply of Shrek movies/ remakes is endless.
ReplyDeleteI completely agree with Morgan when she states that the Puss in Boots movie is just another add on to the franchise. Since there are already 4 movies and other ones like 'Shrek the Halls', 'Scared Shrekless' and 'Donkey's Christmas Shrektacular'.. Puss in Boots is just another way to keep the franchise going and bringing in more money. The trailer above seems to have no meaning other than Boots is some sort of "Zoro Wannabe". I would not waste my time or money seeing this movie nor would I recommend anyone else.
ReplyDeleteLike Morgan said, this is just another way for Dreamworks to produce another movie and make more money using their successful and iconic characters from past Shrek movies. The reason why grownup movies have been reverted to children movies is to keep the grownups secretly entertained with adult related content while keeping kids entertained at the same time so that it would be a family experience and then that family would recommend the movie for other families to see; it's a chain of events. The adult movie character depicted in the Puss in Boots trailer is Zorro and the phase "hes been a bad kitty" are both humor the adults will understand since it is from their generation while the kids will not.
ReplyDeleteI find the second video comical. Interesting how they all kept mentioning movie ideas when there were already movies out there like that. OR they would propose an idea with just a tiny twist to the original one. Also interesting how Jerry Bruckheimer didn't remember any of the videos if they didn't make over $300 million. AND might I add.. Mr. Bruckheimer's hair do is absolutely ridiculous!
ReplyDeleteThe puss in the boots is just another Shrek but instead of an ogre we now have a talking cat. Kids may not notice this but all the movies are the same just with different characters. This cat is the same cat that was in Shrek and in this movie he's just like Shrek the main character. They have to also have some jokes adults would understand so they can be entertained as well.
ReplyDeleteThis is just for money and nothing more. The producers want to stretch this franchise as much as they can so we keep buying. Since it has worked so well before, why not keep going with it. I can already see the hats, stuffed animals, and books that will sell because of this movie.
ReplyDeleteThe Puss In Boots movie, as everyone else has already said, is just another sequel to Shrek. The makers of the Shrek movies just took one of the characters, aka Boots, and made their own story with only him. Where is the creativity in that? The pitch video is a little ridiculous. The people that are pitching the movies are basically just mixing two movies together and hoping that Brukheimer will like it enough that he will make it into a movie. This is stupid and they should come up with new movie plots and not the same ones that are always in movies. Brukheimer also didnt know one of the pitches was the movie G-Force. The reason he didnt remember it was because it didnt make a lot of money. Are you kidding me? The Candyland movie must be one of the most idiotic plots that I have ever heard of. Candyland is a game that I used to play all the time when i was little. It is a children's game and the plit that the people are pitching is a dark, evil, Lord of the Rings type of movie. Where is all the happy candy type of people in that? In the Disney Cars 2 article, they explain that the only reason they are making another Cars is because they want to advertise their toys more so they will make more profit. To be honest, I truly dislike sequels. The only way I would like one is if the first movie was amazing. So there is no point in making sequels. Just make up a new story plot and find new characters. With all the smart writers and other people that work on movies, you would think that this would not be very difficult for them.
ReplyDeleteI personally think this Puss in Boots movie looks extremely pointless and would not entertain anyone above the age of 7 or 8. It has no plot it seems and I don't really even understand what the producers were aiming for. I don't get how you can make an entire movie with an annoying talking cat and make a good profit, it just doesn't seem possible. I wouldn't go see this nor would I spend money taking my kids to see it, if I had any that is. Since the cat got such a good reaction from the previous movies, producers are probably assuming this movie will be a hit. As far as the second video goes, it was quite humorous to me. I also found it interesting as April pointed out that a lot of the ideas they mentioned already existed, with maybe a slightly different plot. Jerry seemed very lazy and relied on everyone else to do the dirty work while he sits back and gets all the money. very typical assumption of CEO's and "higher-ranked" workers these days. The ending was funny to me as well when after all that discussion, he just decides to make another Pirates of the Caribbean.
ReplyDeleteI agree with most of these comments. It seems fairly easy to market movies to children. They don't require an in-depth plot or big name actors. Just include some animated animals and slapstick comedy and most small children would enjoy it. Since they're making an entire movie about Puss in Boots, just think of all the future movies that could be made. They could make a feature length movie for every minor character in Shrek, not to mention all the other animated series. There is clearly alot of money to be made here, and producers will undoubtedly continue to exploit this.
ReplyDeleteI see a connection between the two commercials. Starting with the second one, all of the movie people a barnstorming movie ideas but the head man dose not like any of them. So he chooses to go with something that is safe and been done before. There are two safe things that the movie people are going with in the Puss in Boots movie. They are going with the very successful Shrek movies and Zorro. It is really funny that you put those two commercials together, because in the second commercial they are basically taking a couple older movies and mixing them together. This is basically what the new Puss in Boots movie is, to older movie and putting them together. Is this movie really a “new” movie? And if no is the lust for money taking the creativity out of Hollywood? By making this movie the creators are taking the safe way out and using something that has already been done. I like to think of movie making as a form of art, but the new Puss in Boots movie is not an original work of art. It is like taking a Da Vince and a Picasso, cutting there painting in half and taping a half from each together and calling that a new painting. I would like to see Hollywood be more creative and make some more original movie.
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ReplyDeleteI agree with most of these comments. Most of the Shrek movies were successful but the producers needed a new idea for a movie. Instead of creating an entirely new film with an original idea, the producers just took a popular character from the previous movies and made him the star. The film definitely have differences from the original Shrek movies but the producers didn't have to step completely out of their safety zone of movies plots that have already made them money. Its just like when the producers of the show Family Guy created the Cleveland Show. They took a character from Family Guy and created a show about his life. The two shows are the exact same idea just different characters.
ReplyDeleteI too agree with everyone's posts. The plot to Puss in Boots is not creative and just takes a character that is already made and ready to go from Shrek to make this movie. They know that Shrek is already a huge success to their company so why not feed off of that? People recognize the character and when they watch the previews will be able to recognize that the cat is from Shrek and if they like Shrek they will want to see it. This is probably a cheap movie that can be made and what they see as an easy way to bring in more money for a family movie.
ReplyDeleteI agree with jgabriel23 that it is easy for movie producers and directors to sell a shrek movie or cars to little kids because they don't really need much to do in order for them to catch the kid's attention. All they really need is some fun talking figures that they are familiar with like cars, barbies, etc with comedy involved like he said and it's a done deal. Kids don't really care who does the talking but how the characters are portrayed. So that makes them want more if the movie was a success which results into other sequels
ReplyDeleteIts mostly already all been said, so I will say I agree with almost all posts here. There are no truely new movies coming out these days and there really havent been for years. Producers and directors are just building off of age-old ideas and old movies and series that they can turn into profits based on the large number of people already interested in the series. Take the "Fast and Furious" movie series, they just released the fifth movie of the series and from what I can tell, they'er all essentialyl the same. Theres bad guys, theres good guys, they're racing and stealing things, and some people get shot at. Thats about it. But people continue to go and see the movies and the companies keep making money so we can expect to see the same thing again in the near future.
ReplyDeleteI Say all power to them, Puss in boots is just another way for them to make mad profits off the movie, first off they saw how much they made off Shrek and we want to keep the money flowing so they just took a character from the movie everyone seemed to like and gave him a movie so that if this were to be a total fail they still can keep making Shrek movies without it being old I mean how many times can one spread the story of one character without people being sick of it. Point is that their genuis in my opinion and keeps it going, plus it gives the kids something to watch that they already like and are familiar with the character. This helps make the movie producer feel good about the fact of making profit off the movie.
ReplyDeleteIm sorry, but I think that this is going to be a horrible movie. It's just another money making scheme by the creators of Shrek. They're milking Shrek for every dollar that it's worth. I think that it's a good idea, but it's just unfair to the people who have to endure these movies over and over again. But if the people keep coming to see them than why not keep making them
ReplyDeleteIts obvious that the producers of this movie just pulled another title and story line out of their ass and copped the world of a legitimate, original movie. I think it is fair to say that the makers didn't go too far out of the box with this one, but i don't blame them. They can pretty much put any old movie out with its title and history of movies related to this one, they will automatically make money off of it.
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