![]() ![]() ![]() What’s the point in remaking such an exquisitely-done piece of art? Perhaps things could be done differently, but the remake is always going to be inferior, so why bother? It would be like redoing the Mona Lisa because you think you have a bold new vision for her nose. Some dude once said “you can’t top pigs with pigs” (and no, he was not advocating against swine stacking competitions). Whatever the reason, I personally view remaking Cinderella no differently than remaking Citizen Kane. My guess is it’s partly a mix of people dismissively viewing animation as cartoons, coupled with reboots/remakes becoming the “new normal” for Hollywood. I’m not quite sure why people have been so accepting, considering they are remaking films that are unequivocal classics. ![]() The live action reboots (or retellings, or whatever) have done well at the box office. While this has caught the ire of some Disney fans, the general public has generally been okay with. However, this is essentially what Disney has been doing of late with its live action remakes: taking their animated classics and redoing them in live action. You’ve probably already dismissed the idea out of hand, as a stupid joke that typifies this blog’s poor attempts at humor. ![]() It’s a laughably bad idea for a number of reasons, the primary being the legacy of the source material. No studio would touch the idea of an animated “reboot” of Citizen Kane. With help from a young girl named Natalie, Grace sets out to investigate if this fantastic claim can be true… His daughter Grace believes this is just talk until she meets 10-year-old orphan Pete, who claims to live in the woods with a giant, friendly dragon. Meacham delights local children with stories of a mysterious dragon that lives deep in the woods of the Pacific Northwest. Pete’s Dragon stars Bryce Dallas Howard, Robert Redford, Oakes Fegley, and Oona Laurence. In this review, we’ll cover whether the movie is worth watching.ĭirected by David Lowery, the new live action version of the film is a reimagining of Disney’s family film by the same name, and chronicles the adventure of an orphaned boy named Pete and his best friend Elliott the dragon. Pete’s Dragon is a live action remake of the 1977 Walt Disney animated musical about a boy and his dragon best friend that is now available on the Disney+ streaming service. ![]()
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