Madison Thibodeau ‘21, Managing Editor
Individuals within the Millennial and Generation Z generations all remember the videocassette recorder or VCR that played our childhood favorites. We would pop in those chucky boxes of tape recorders to watch the animated classic and original Disney movies such as Beauty and the Beast, Sleeping Beauty, or Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
We would watch those movies over and over again on the big and fat VCR televisions. However, we would always have to wait in between takes to watch the movie being fast-forwarded to the beginning of the movie. It always had the childhood interest and laughably to watch the movie going backwards.
Recently, Disney has been pumping out multiple remakes of the animated classic and original Disney movies. In 2019, Disney has released Dumbo, Aladdin, and The Loin King and plan to release Lady and the Tramp, Mulan, and Cruella later on in 2019 and 2020.
The shattering box office power of these re-imagined remakes has brought Disney remakes box office total to over 7 million dollars. This era of Disney remakes had started at Alice in Wonderland in 2010 and continues with Aladdin and The Lion King in 2019.
Although it can be argued that this era of live-action remakes stared with 101 Dalmatians in 1996 and 2000, it really kicked-off with movies such asMaleficent, Cinderella, The Jungle Book, Beauty and the Beast, Alice Through the Looking Glass, Dumbo, Aladdin, and The Lion King. As long as these Disney live-action remakes continue to cross the million-dollar threshold, there will be no end to this era of remakes.
However, most teenagers and adults are not complaining because we are the reason Disney is making millions in the box office from these live-action remakes. When going to the movie theater for the Disney remakes, there are more teenagers and adults in those theater seats than children. This is because these Disney remakes are resembling those animated childhood movies.
However, most teenagers and adults are not complaining because we are the reason Disney is making millions in the box office off these live-action remakes. When going to the movie theater for the Disney remakes, there are more teenagers and adults in those theater seats than children. This is because these Disney remakes are resembling those animated childhood movies.
We become excited about this live-action remakes that are basically the same storyline as the childhood animated movies. Most critics of these Disney remakes called these movies “just okay” and “pretty awful” because the remakes are recycled material and lack the re-imagined aspect. But this does not stop the live-action remakes from become the most highest-rated and money-making movies in recent years. Teenagers and adults cannot get enough of these live-action remakes because it connects to the happy memories of our childhood. Disney movie just always brings smiles to faces.
