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Augen on 14 October 2015
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Lawlight said:
Johnw1104 said:
Well people seemed to really like him in Les Miserables, so that's something.

Otherwise, who the heck thought we needed yet another Peter Pan movie?


No one really. But more than that, do movies with kids really do well other than animated movies?


If they are well done they can.  E.T. had a kid as central character and did amazing.  Sixth Sense had a kid in a dramatic role (he won awards I think) and it made a ton of money.  Harry Potter started with kids and did big business (was based on iconic books).  I do agree kids offer a challenge in many films.

In regards to "Pan" to me it is simply that certain stories have been told and didn't feel like this added anything worth while to it.  In 2003 we had a live action Peter Pan and it did okay, but most folks forgot about it quickly. Disney's animated Pan is the iconic version and Spielberg's Hook did some very different ideas with the story.  Beyond that I don't think anyone wanted this and from what I've heard it is not a good film.

Hollywood often has these Monday morning conversations after bombs happen.  Guardians of the Galaxy last year had many people before saying "unknown heroes, including a tree and talking raccoon? People won't go for this!"  Then it was a huge success because it was a fun, well made film.