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I've thought about this for a while now, and feel that I must respectfully disagree.
I didn't want to post in haste, so I thought about what you said. Monsters Inc. was not a funny movie, per se. Great story line and very interesting, with excellent graphics and voice overs. Cars, not funny, again per se. Up, NOT funny at all.
There are funny moments in these movies, but I would not categorize Cars or Monsters Inc as comedies. I watched the trailer again and found the plot and story line interesting. The graphics are outstanding and the voice overs appear to be good. I believe that I am Pro-Cars 2 at this point, as I have decided that it does not need to be funny to be good.
Incidentally, my daughter laughed her a$$ off for a good 10 minutes at the start of Wall-E. I thought she was going to get lock jaw! But the movie on the whole, was not funny; in fact it was more of a romance/tear jerker.
Given my epiphany, I must now ask SS, what criteria constitutes a "Big Time" Bomb? If it's laughter from the audience, then I can go against that. If it is bad graphics, poor voice overs, terrible plot, etc... then there may be something to reconsider.
Please advise. Thx.
Disney, CinemaCon - updates Mar 29, 22:56
it's Pixar. it's not Merchant Ivory. Any twenty minutes of a Cars movie should be a laugh a minute {nm} Mar 29, 23:43
Pixar isn't pure comedy, Wall-E had very few laughs, Up had long serious stretches... {nm} Mar 30, 07:12
"He p$#@ed in what?!?!" {nm} Mar 30, 09:40
I've thought about this for a while now, and feel that I must respectfully disagree. Mar 30, 15:01
Yeah, totally agree... ;) JK {nm} Mar 30, 15:05
Surprising Mar 30, 05:05
Yes, well, there's a good chance that maybe Cars is a concept that works better in 5 to 10 minute increments. {nm} Mar 30, 06:12
I don't recall Cars being a comedy. {nm} Mar 30, 05:13
Were there kids in the audience? The first one wasn't that well received by adults either, but kids gobbled it up. {nm} Mar 30, 05:18
Cars made $244M Domestic, $218M Foreign, $245M in DVD Sales...to do anything less would be quite a blow for Pixar Mar 30, 06:30
True, but it's the OW that matters right now. How much higher than 60 can we expect it's growth? 80? 100? {nm} Mar 30, 10:32
Toy Story 1-2-3 went 29-57-110, or close to doubling with each sequel. Mar 30, 10:38
I agree, Cars is not Toy Story. So, a 30% increase is not over-reaching? {nm} Mar 30, 10:59
I seem to remember the first CARS (the full thing) going through similar long stretches of silence back at ShoWest. {nm} Mar 30, 07:11
gee thanks - wonder which way you're holding the stock? {nm} Mar 30, 08:51
and how much did Cars actually open to ,,, IMO overvalued {nm} Mar 30, 01:12
OW= 60.1; Total Domestic = $ 244.1 Domestic Mar 30, 01:21
IMHO Cars2 will be the first critical and box office dissapoinment for PIXAR, when you make a decision based on Mar 30, 11:12
I seem to recall people saying that CARS would be Pixar's first box office dissapointment as well. {nm} Mar 30, 11:36
I doubt it'll be a financial flop, but it certainly isn't looking like an awards contender {nm} Mar 30, 12:13
Muppets kinda flopped too Mar 30, 15:56
Muppets weren't big film grossers to begin with. {nm} Mar 30, 16:08