Brad Bird's "Tomorrowland"

Looks like the mouse house is set to lose some big money from this.

Also, doesn't it seem odd that both John Carter and Tomorrowland are helmed by Pixar directors, and they both flopped?

Potential theory: could be that they were both movies that they thought Pixar directors could make work, and the unfortunate truth was that neither movie was likely to be an inherently successful movie in the end.

Which is a shame because John Carter was pretty good.

Disney makes literal shit tons of money. Not all of their projects have to be financial successes.

Yeah, John Carter was a good blockbuster. A disastrous ad campaign was what wrecked its box office.

No idea about Tomorrowland.

I do have to wonder about how Brad Bird must feel, since he said no to directing Star War Episode VII in favor of this film, which seems to have backfired on him.

Would depend on if he enjoyed this more than he would have directing a Star Wars film.

I saw this movie with my mom a couple of weekends ago. She thought it was just okay. I thought it was cool. :)

I've noticed it while I was at the theater a month ago and confirmed it yesterday (today?). Even after one A.M., Parisian street is still very active. And that means a lot of chaos and confusion on top of chaos and confusion. High chances of accidents everywhere. If the EMP stretched all the way to Le Bourget/Charles which is actually not very far from central Paris then the aeroplanes would also go down.

I seriously still can't get over the fact that Brad Bird said no to Star Wars VII, but yes to this, which ended up bombing hard.

How is the film btw? Does it at least feel like he was giving his all?

I thought so. It's good to see a movie take a stand against that stupid and annoying cliche. The one that says each and every story that takes place in the future has to be a horrifying, soulless dystopia.

On the other hand, odds are probably pretty good that there will be more Star Wars movies, so he'll likely get a shot to direct one eventually if he really wants to.

It is really that much of a cliche? because while is true the future is not going to be grimdark, dystopias have there one genre, diferent from the utopias, so much is and atack to a annoying cliche and how much is throwing bullshit to another genre?

If he is sad than he is sad that he couldn't reach the audience with his passion project, not that he made it. And who knows, maybe he didn't feel inspired by Star Wars at all. I mean, he is already a popular director, with no shortage on offers. It is not like a needs his big break.