Going straight to Disney+


This is one of the few of Disney's live-action remakes that actually got me excited and it's going straight to Disney+? What is this bullshit?

Why no theatrical release? And does this mean it's going to feel more like a TV movie than a big-budget production?

https://comicbook.com/movies/2019/08/08/disney-lady-and-the-tramp-live-action-dogs-first-look/

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They're using real dogs. Looks like a low priority for them despite the high caliber cast.

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Using real dogs is a much, much better choice than using CGI. Homeward Bound used real dogs and that was a big part of that film's charm.

I agree the film doesn't seem like a high priority for them, though. I wonder why, because it's a classic, beloved property. The animated film is actually my favorite Disney animated film of all time.

When all of their other live-action remakes have made so much money, why not give this one the same attention, release it theatrically and make another $500+ million?

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I suspect because the story is smaller in scale compared with their other film so why spend $100M on two dogs humping?

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It didn't look like Homeward Bound at all, looked almost 100% animated from what I saw.

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Not sure why you perceived it that way. They use real dogs. Lady, for instance, was gotten from an animal shelter.

Maybe watch the trailer again.

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I watched about half of it online and it was mostly animated. Do you think they trained the dogs to move their mouths that way? And a lot of the movements.

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LOL well the mouth motions are obviously animated but that's a small detail. They could've just used the disembodied voices like in Homeward Bound and it would've essentially been the same. I don't think the mouth movement makes the movie "mostly animated." It's just a bit of animation placed on top of a real, live dog.

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See this scene here? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uL-A6KClJ4Q It's mostly animated. You can't train dogs to move like that.

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I was actually just looking at that clip earlier. I can't really tell what's animated and what's not outside of the mouths. There's clearly some kind of motion enhancement, but it's still real dogs in the scene.

I think it looks good, personally. It certainly looks better than it would if they were entirely CGI creations that didn't exist in time and space.

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But will they use CGI spaghetti and meatballs? I'm going to boycott this if so!

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Probably due to the lukewarm reception of other live action remakes like Dumbo or Mary Poppins. They probably smelled a box office dud and instead decided to use it as an incentive movie to sign up for Disney +

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It's not a bad decision.

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