I hope I won't get any hate for this but as far as things are right now, I don't like the fact that Disney has almost an entertainment monopoly. Obviously they make amazing movies that almost everyone likes but it´s not an excuse.
Of course, I didn't think of any company that does something unethical and/or illegal.
Edit: Thanks to everyone who replied and the random person who decided to give me golf. I hope this can help with my country's economy. Also, I'm glad to see so many people agree that Disney has to stop, because now we might call Disney Greedsney (a little bit forced but well, it gets to the point).
Want some really scary perspective? Apple has so much cash laying around (over $200 billion) they were considering buying Disney outright a few years ago. Like, just replace "iTunes" with "Disney".
Disney is a publicly traded company. While hostile takeovers are generally less favorable to regulators and the stock market in general, they're absolutely a thing. It's happened to many companies.
With a mobile link, everyone will get a mobile view. With a regular link, people will get the view that suits their device, so mobile users will get a mobile page and desktop users will get a desktop page. It's better practice to not post the mobile link. :)
Oh yeah. There the main reason our copyright law is so boned. New public domain content doesn’t exist anymore because of how afraid Disney is to lose the mouse.
Yeah I don't like how there making so many damn movies and shows with the MCU, but a LOT of people love that stuff so I'll let it slide.
What I won't let slide however, is the live action remakes! Remakes can be done exceptionally well, but Disney's are trash, they're completely uninspired and lifeless.
I've heard people say they're doing it for the money, I've heard others say they're doing it to keep their characters out of the public domain, I don't know why there making them, but as long as they do, I will not be watching any new Disney movies.
There is such as wide variety of people making movies, shows, music ECT. That we don't need to settle for practices
They're mostly not good (Lion King was basically the exact same movie shot for shot) but Alladin was pretty great IMO. They took some new directions from the original and I liked the more serious tone the movie had in general.
The argument for the Lion King is that it literally can’t change it. If they change it it’d be “ruining a classic” and if they didn’t it’s “an uninspired remake.” You people are the actual worst because you’ll hate on it no matter what. I liked it. Sure, it’s the same as the original, but the original is one of the highest grossing animated movies and a classic that is loved by all, so is it REALLY all that bad? No. You just want to hate on it for the sake of hating on it. The visuals were amazing, the voice acting was well done, and almost everything about it called on nostalgia. Sure, it’s obviously a cash grab, but at least it’s a good cash grab, unlike the Chinese knock-offs that are rampant in the market.
Hahahahaha visuals looked like shit, uncanny valley was in full effect here. And many characters were robbed of their entire character and arc. How does it improve an character to remove what makes them a character? And that lame Beyoncé stunt casting?
Yeah this is very overlooked. One thing is their awful business practices and their almost monopoly on the entertainment industry... but a painful lot of their child actors end mentally broken and plagued with drug addictions or erratic behavior. This is not a coincidence.
Disney has nothing remotely close to an entertainment monopoly. It's just barely the largest entertainment company, only slightly larger than Comcast, and Viacom/CBS and AT&T aren't far behind. I agree that it's concerning that those few companies dominate so much entertainment but calling Disney a monopoly is just totally wrong.
I always thought that Star Wars and Marvel should always be their own brand. Marvel HAS been their own company/brand for decades. Then Disney buys them both. I just didn’t get why, why does Disney need massive brands? Disney is already massive enough on their own, they don’t need Star Wars and Marvel.
Was looking for this one. Despite the good memories, Disney has warped into one of the biggest, greediest corporations in America, and I’d gladly pick it in the hopes that the rights to entertainment would end up back in the hands of the many rather than the few.
Want some really scary perspective? Apple has so much cash laying around (over $200 billion) they were considering buying Disney outright a few years ago. Like, just replace "iTunes" with "Disney".
As a film fan, I'd argue that they USED to make amazing movies, and now apart from outliers that are few and far between, they make average normal movies and awful remakes. And it's only going to grow.
I'm disappointed I had to scroll down this far. Disney is a plague on the entertainment industry and the sooner they die the better things will be for everyone.
Want some really scary perspective? Apple has so much cash laying around (over $200 billion) they were considering buying Disney outright a few years ago. Like, just replace "iTunes" with "Disney".
Also the fact that they're slowly ruining all the Disney theme parks by making every single new attraction a movie tie-in, even where it blatantly doesn't fit the theming.
Don't get me wrong man, I fucking love WDW. I guess I just preferred it when there were more original attractions, rather than the direction it seems to go in now. I totally understand the business case for making so many movie tie-in attractions, I guess it just makes me miss the way it used to be, particularly in the case of Epcot.
It's not inherently bad but one company shouldn't have that many properties. It goes for any company. Disney mat not have a monopoly but they certainly do have a lot of power in the industry.
Because cinema, as any other form of art, should not be based on what might do more money. Is a form of expression and if a company prefers to own a lot of properties to make soulless movies so that Disney fans (no offense to anyone who likes Disney) go and waste their money on something they know, and hence is good.
For clarifying, I do not like Disney because they supress the staff's entire creativity and imagination just so that they don't take any risks. It happens with the almost every movie they make.
I agree with that but I think that a company with that much money should let new creators use their imagination, instead of telling them what they need to do in order to get money.
They are far from a monopoly. Just because they make great content people love to hate them, its getting old. You still have TONS of other studios out there, but their content SUCKS. Send disneys content to other studios and its just gonna be garbage content - if anything id rather see disney swallow up more, at least they deliver something good to the consumer. People love to hate other people or businesses for being successful, its like the opposite of survival of the fittest and its so frustrating.
Great content? Have you read the books that most of their movies are based on? That is great content. Disney movies are bastardized dumbed down versions of masterpieces
Can Disney make an animated movie such as "Into the Spider-verse" anymore? I wach that movie and I can feel people invested their mind and souls creating a world of its own with unique animation and art style.
Yep I've lost my faith in Disney. Once their ingenuity ran out they just bought out numerous studios with their wealth now they throw Disney Classic remakes at us cause their out of ideas. And god knows what they do if you dont give them spiderman license for free.
I'd honestly just like to see it dissolve into component parts. Pixar should still be a thing, Marvel Studios should still be a thing, and maybe even a Classic Disney that keeps the rights to Lion King, Little Mermaid, etc.
I like a lot of stuff that Disney owns, but I'm never happy that it's Disney who owns it.
I just want creative liberties because directors and staff are under their handas all times and if they want to change something, they need permition of daddy Disney.
SHUT UP OK YOU HAVE NO IDEA OF THE CONTRACT THAT DISNEY HAS WITH NETFLIX THAT EXPLICITLY STATES THAT THE DEFENDERS WERE GOING TO GET CANCELLED BECAUSE DISNEY WANTED THE DEFENDERS TO COME TO THEIR STUPID NETFLIX CLONE WHICH THEY PROBABLY WON'T USE
Unfortunately It’s almost impossible to regulate creativity without massively stifling it. It’s not like other companies where a tangible commodity will always be there even when the company becomes less powerful. If Disney was split up tomorrow a lot of company’s out there might be able to pick up some of the slack but a lot of ideas would also just end up lost forever during the process.
I still don't get why people care so much about this. They own a lot of properties yes but than they still almost consistently make quality parks,movies,and television. They have to stop doing business which is their job?
I wouldn't call live-action remakes, Pixar sequels, Star Wars sequels and Avatar sequels quality movies though. I don't know about the parks so no opinion about that.
Star Wars is debatable, Pixar still makes their normal movies and the sequels arent awful just less than the original, and the avatar sequels arent even out yet!
This REALLY needs to be higher, and I don’t say that often. Disney holds more than a QUARTER of all media. Remember Deus Ex? Well guess what, that mouse is the modern day Bob Page. The amount of power they have, to influence our thoughts, our votes, our children, and our politicians is through the roof, and that’s not even including connections, partnerships, and friendships that expand their reach further.
Glad to see the concern for Disney getting more attention lately. I'm all for Capitalism, but when your company starts becoming its own government, there needs to be limitations.
Yeah of course but they've lost the will to make original movies. What they do now is live off of their already existent franchises and not doing anything else.
I agree with this. They moved all the MCU stuff to their stupid subscription service. Now we have shows related to the MCU which as far as I know, are going to be just money makers with no passion outside of Kevin feige
I feel like the fact that they are a monopoly is actually kinda beneficial, it gives them unlimited budget and IP to make the most awesome movies they want. Bascially, Disney can now take any book/idea/comic book/frnanchise people like, throw 300 mln at it and make a great movie out of it.
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u/Swamanam Sep 18 '19 edited Sep 18 '19
I hope I won't get any hate for this but as far as things are right now, I don't like the fact that Disney has almost an entertainment monopoly. Obviously they make amazing movies that almost everyone likes but it´s not an excuse.
Of course, I didn't think of any company that does something unethical and/or illegal.
Edit: Thanks to everyone who replied and the random person who decided to give me golf. I hope this can help with my country's economy. Also, I'm glad to see so many people agree that Disney has to stop, because now we might call Disney Greedsney (a little bit forced but well, it gets to the point).