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Author Topic: 2009 line up of kids movies basically sucks! Justin Hamaker Film God Posts: 2253 From: Lakeport, CA USA Registered: Jan 2004 posted 03-26-2009 08:19 PM                        I was just trying to figure out trailer for Monsters vs Aliens and I realized the product for kids this year pretty much sucks - aside from Up and Ice Age. Where the Wild Things Are might be good as well, but the rest look horrible. Plus it looks like a number of them are 3D just for the sake of being 3D. Hannah Montana Battle for Terra Imagine That G-Force They Came from Upstairs Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs Where the Wild Things Are Astroboy Planet 51 Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore Tooth Fairy Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakuel  |  IP: Logged Bobby Henderson "Ask me about Trajan." Posts: 10973 From: Lawton, OK, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 03-26-2009 09:12 PM                     9 looks like it has some decent potential. The show is animated, but it might be a tad dark for really young kids.  |  IP: Logged Justin Hamaker Film God Posts: 2253 From: Lakeport, CA USA Registered: Jan 2004 posted 03-26-2009 09:55 PM                        9 does look interesting, but it doesn't look like it's intended for kids.  |  IP: Logged Chad Souder Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 962 From: Waterloo, IA, USA Registered: Feb 2000 posted 03-26-2009 09:55 PM                     Hannah Montana - Should do very well, although she's dying off a little Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs - Should be great because Anna Faris is really hot even when it's just her voice Where the Wild Things Are - Great potential Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore - I'm surprised they're making a sequal to this. The first one sucked, but who knows. Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakuel - Huge. I severly underestimated the first one, but man did it play well The rest I don't know so much one way or the other. If Monsters vs. Aliens is well received, it will boost all other 3D flicks for at least the next year.  |  IP: Logged Caleb Johnstone-Cowan Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 593 From: London, UK Registered: Mar 2006 posted 03-26-2009 11:51 PM                     I have to agree that looks like a poor line-up. From the trailers, 9 and WTWTA look like adult films in kids clothing. We still haven't released Coraline so it looks a bit better for us in the UK. For us Harry Potter and Night at the Museum 2 will capture some of the younger audiences, get the impression these films play a bit older in the US. Looking forward to Up as well, and the squirrel bits in Ice Age 3.  |  IP: Logged Geoff Jones Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 579 From: Broomfield, CO, USA Registered: Feb 2006 posted 03-26-2009 11:58 PM                        Don't forget the Toy Story re-issue in October!  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 03-27-2009 01:53 AM                        quote: Chad Souder Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakuel - Huge. I severly underestimated the first one, but man did it play well That's the truth. Our Christmas schedule was so crowded last year, I went so far as to pull the onesheets and trailer for the last one, until it went thru the roof nationwide. We played it 5 weeks after the break and it was our #2 grossing film for last year. I think the new "Ice Age" will do gangbusters. The last one was *nearly* as big as the first for us. "Up" also looks great.  |  IP: Logged Geena Phillips Expert Film Handler Posts: 198 From: Norcross, GA / USA Registered: Apr 2006 posted 03-27-2009 01:25 PM                        Astro Boy looks pretty boss.  |  IP: Logged Jerome Holmes Film Handler Posts: 35 From: San Jose, Ca Registered: Nov 2008 posted 03-27-2009 03:15 PM                     What about "Where The Wild Things Are?" I think it's looking rather impressive myself...  |  IP: Logged John T. Hendrickson, Jr Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 889 From: Freehold, NJ, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 03-27-2009 06:41 PM                     Kids pics are very difficult to predict. I think a lot depends on the marketing (Disney channel, Nickelodean, etc). Tracking on this type of fare is usually unreliable as well. Talk to your children and grandchildren. The buzz they get from school is usually your most reliable information.  |  IP: Logged Justin Hamaker Film God Posts: 2253 From: Lakeport, CA USA Registered: Jan 2004 posted 03-27-2009 07:34 PM                        I have not doubt that some of them will do ok at the box office. I just mean the quality doesn't look very good.  |  IP: Logged Andy Muirhead Master Film Handler Posts: 323 From: Galashiels, Scotland Registered: Dec 2000 posted 03-28-2009 08:35 PM                     quote: Chad Souder Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakuel - Huge. I severly underestimated the first one, but man did it play well Yup, we played it up to and just over DVD release, and it still sold out the last week we played it.  |  IP: Logged Chris Slycord Film God Posts: 2986 From: 퍼항시, 경상푹도, South Korea Registered: Mar 2007 posted 03-28-2009 09:30 PM                     Every time I see "The Battle for Terra" trailer I can't help but think all the artwork for the ships were quite liberally taken from Star Wars. It's not that I think all space ships look like Star Wars; these just seem a little too similar to not be a bit of a rip-off from it.  |  IP: Logged

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