Sunday, September 25, 2011

Lion King's Success Story: Should Hollywood Be Thinking Of Re-Releases Rather Than Reboots?

I'm getting a major case of deja-vu right now that The Lion King is currently the #1 movie in America -- and thanks to its re-release, it's close to becoming  the number-three animated movie of all time! Maybe the strategy in Hollywood should be not rebootings -- but simple re-releases (3-D where applicable)?

In Lion King's case, it boils down to families wanting to take their kids to excellent movies that they'll remember the rest of their lives. Sure, I'm champing at the bit to see Moneyball -- but my 3-year-old nephew isn't. And while the new family flick Dolphin Tale is a solid pick for the kid demographic, how many of these sorts of movies do they make anymore for children?

The new top ten Animated Movies Of All Time list at the moment is as follows:
1. Toy Story 3
2. Shrek 2
3. Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
4. Finding Nemo
5. The Lion King
6. Shrek the 3rd
7. Shrek Forever After
8. Up
9. Kung-Fu Panda
10. Ice Age: The Meltdown

Again, I have to wonder with initiatives to re-release classic films like Lion King, Titanic, and Ghostbusters, if the new Hollywood strategy -- especially in a recession -- isn't to just stick with the classics, they same way they are focusing more on public domain properties rather than licensed ones.

What is on your own Top Ten list for desired movie re-releases?
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2 comments:

  1. I got to watch a midnight showing of The Bride Of Frankenstein once in a proper theater, and I have to say the experience was really freaking cool.

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  2. Apocalypse Now (full-on 70mm version), Lawrence of Arabia (restored edition), Rear Window (restored edition), Vertigo (restored edition), The Big Lebowski, Conan the Barbarian (original, non-shitty one), Titus, The Secret of NIMH, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, and Big Trouble in Little China, to start. There's a slew of movies I'd pay to see on the big screen either for the first time or for an encore. I can only imagine what a messed up trip it would be to see a David Lynch movie like Blue Velvet on a huge screen. The first Superman movie would be nice, too. It'd be nice to see one of Fosse's movies (especially All That Jazz on a big screen, as well.

    It'd sure as shit beat a lot of what's been coming out of Hollywood in the past few years, that's for sure.

    And, honestly, how awesome would it be, if one were a parent, to take the kids to see something YOU saw as a kid (say, Willy Wonka or E.T.?

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