Nobody wants to actually make movies for kids these days, though. It used to be that a kids movie release was An Event. You got your family, dressed up in your finest sweat pants, and you took them to the Movie Theater (RIP) to watch A Show (all capitalizations intended.) It was the kind of event that generated revenue because the studios got profits from the box office releases, and the theaters benefitted too. Parents PAID MONEY so their kids could see a movie, and have An Experience, so shows were created to be engaging for both the kids AND adults. Nobody is going to see the Minecraft movie in theaters. I'm pretty confident in that prediction. The ecosystem has changed; theaters are gross and overpriced. Stay home and rent and order a pizza, you'll be more comfortable AND pay less. So less effort goes into them, because they're no longer relevant as money-makers like they used to be. Movie execs never cared about kids, they only cared about their parents money, and now they don't have any reason to try. Only a few studios make an effort, largely because their identity was built AROUND those movies (Pixar, Disney) This is my theory anyway, probably wrong, but it feels good and that's what's important. (Long) comment and like , still not hydrating properly.
I remember the golden era of kids movies, like the first pokemon movie with mewtwo, that was peak! I remember the OG jumanji movie, and so many others.
There are a few kids movies still being made that are good. The Spiderverse movies (though I suppose those are more for general audiences), Turning Red, Luca, Puss in Boots The Last Wish, Coco. That being said as someone who grew up in Disneys golden age and the first movie I saw in theaters was The Lion King, I do feel like the overall quality has gone down lol
Children and teens deserve good quality storytelling in the movies & series they watch alone or with family & friends even if it's full of themes and moral lessons that can make them feel scared or unsettled and start wanting to do things better in the future, they will not just care about how it makes them feel entertained.
Im trying to recall when kids movies were exclusively good. Because to my memory for every toy story, there was the trash live action movies that disney would release at around the same time. There are simply two schools of thought. One treats kids with intelligence and kinda appeals to adults too. And there is media thats basically on the assumption that kids are dumb as hell. And will pretty much watch jaggling keys in movie form. This take usually stems from relevancy bias since people only remember the good movies of their youth. And tune out the trash at the time. Same deal here.
You could apply this to modern kids cartoon series too. That stuff is just... brainrot. Teen Titans Go being a prime example, trying to compare it to the original from the early 2000s is a slap in the face.
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How did we go from getting peak movies like Wall-E to whatever the hell we have now
No, Lord of the Rings is peak.
Nobody wants to actually make movies for kids these days, though. It used to be that a kids movie release was An Event. You got your family, dressed up in your finest sweat pants, and you took them to the Movie Theater (RIP) to watch A Show (all capitalizations intended.) It was the kind of event that generated revenue because the studios got profits from the box office releases, and the theaters benefitted too. Parents PAID MONEY so their kids could see a movie, and have An Experience, so shows were created to be engaging for both the kids AND adults.
Nobody is going to see the Minecraft movie in theaters. I'm pretty confident in that prediction. The ecosystem has changed; theaters are gross and overpriced. Stay home and rent and order a pizza, you'll be more comfortable AND pay less.
So less effort goes into them, because they're no longer relevant as money-makers like they used to be. Movie execs never cared about kids, they only cared about their parents money, and now they don't have any reason to try. Only a few studios make an effort, largely because their identity was built AROUND those movies (Pixar, Disney)
This is my theory anyway, probably wrong, but it feels good and that's what's important. (Long) comment and like
, still not hydrating properly.
I remember the golden era of kids movies, like the first pokemon movie with mewtwo, that was peak! I remember the OG jumanji movie, and so many others.
I thought it was
“MINECRAFT meets CONCORD”
… the movie.
Dude shut the hell up. People like you are a actual disease
There are a few kids movies still being made that are good. The Spiderverse movies (though I suppose those are more for general audiences), Turning Red, Luca, Puss in Boots The Last Wish, Coco.
That being said as someone who grew up in Disneys golden age and the first movie I saw in theaters was The Lion King, I do feel like the overall quality has gone down lol
Children and teens deserve good quality storytelling in the movies & series they watch alone or with family & friends even if it's full of themes and moral lessons that can make them feel scared or unsettled and start wanting to do things better in the future, they will not just care about how it makes them feel entertained.
The moment teen titans go came out was the downfall
How is it that a kids movie like spy kids is still enjoyable by adults to this low quality shit.
Im trying to recall when kids movies were exclusively good. Because to my memory for every toy story, there was the trash live action movies that disney would release at around the same time.
There are simply two schools of thought. One treats kids with intelligence and kinda appeals to adults too.
And there is media thats basically on the assumption that kids are dumb as hell. And will pretty much watch jaggling keys in movie form.
This take usually stems from relevancy bias since people only remember the good movies of their youth. And tune out the trash at the time.
Same deal here.
I dont remember being so critical when I was kid x)
You could apply this to modern kids cartoon series too. That stuff is just... brainrot. Teen Titans Go being a prime example, trying to compare it to the original from the early 2000s is a slap in the face.