Cats Don't Dance - An Underrated FAILURE?
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- Опубліковано 2 жов 2024
- Why was Cats Don't Dance a massive failure at the box office? It cost over 30 million dollars to make but only made 3 million back. Why did such a great movie fail?
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Sorry for being late on this one! This week was crazy busy. Hope y'all like this review of one of my favorite non-Disney animated movies!
Saberspark it’s fine
Ya it's ok Saber
It is fine one day is not big deal
I love this movie! It was one of my all time favorites and I still have a VHS copy of it
We are all busy
Ironic how the story was about unrecognized talent and that’s what happened to the movie.
Extraterrestrial Content Ah dang, that makes me sad.
Ravenwing col
Extraterrestrial Content You mean *col -crying out loud. :’D
Meta, isn't it?
*oh shit u right*
*HOW Does the KITTY KAT **_GOOOOOOOOOO_*
still quote that religiously xD
@Phawnix And Probably by your comment alone, you have to Tell other people something they don't have but in the end your trying to make up for that empty soul of yours by putting other people down so they seem like they're below you but it seems you are the lowest of them all.
meow?
Danny: how does the kitty cat go?
@Phawnix Bro wtf are you talking about lmao
*Very GOOOOOOOOOOOOD*
I loved "Cats Don't Dance" as a kid. I actually had a hard time trying to find it down the road when I wanted to see it again.
It's currently on Amazon Prime
Me too, you know what I did to find it? Search at 'google images' type in "Cat singing movie animation'. Hehehe
I know what it is but I haven't seen it
It’s free on YT now
I still own it on vhs lol I’ve had it since I was 8 and it’s been one of my favourite movies:) im 22 now
This movie meant EVERYTHING to me when I was a kid, I had no idea it was a flop! I always just assumed it was in the same echelons as my other favorites, damn. I'm glad you liked it! It deserves a better shake than it got
@Angel Delgado To be fair, she does gradually get back from that attitude later in the movie, which make for a great character development I think.
Also, she is kinda justified at first by how he ruined her day when they first met XD
Ok to be fair I think most people loved this movie but they didn’t have enough for marketing for it or something idk
Fun Fact: This was the first Non-Disney animated film to win the Annie Awards for Best Animated Film.
when i saw the "annie" awards i instandly thought of the annie in lol :D
You mean emmy?
@@lqu No, I'm not joking.
@@vegetayami The Annies is for ANIMATION.
@@gilbertobenites4215 I never suggested you were joking. And, well. My bad. I thought the emmies were for animations.
WAIT THAT'S THAT FILM!!! THE PAGEMASTER!! You mean it *wasn't* a fever dream??? It was real??
I remember it too and the shitty library in it. "You can only get two books out." Bitch please, back at my local library you could get 25 items max.
Someone got me that movie for my birthday a few years ago... why???
DUDE THATS HOW I FEEL TOO
i was like
"....I remember this.
*WHY DO I REMEMBER THIS??*"
@@alabzam mone would let me take out 100.
Oh yes, it was real alright.
I didn't realize this movie was such a complete financial failure. It was fucking great! Iron Giant too.
Dude, I love the Iron Giant!
Iron Giant was great. For some reason I still to this day remember that one line when he's going up to the missiles: "Souls. Don't. Die."
Oh yeah I love Iron Giant too. Shame it bombed too.
Shadowsega Exaid I know but I glad people love this movie
IKR?
I also love that Darla is clearly meant to be a Shirley Temple-like character hahaha
More like Lina Lamarck
She was actually based off shirly temple
@@Rivers_TGwho?
@@Duskxdawnxwhy insult Temple like this?
@@seanmalloy0528apparently when I looked this up on google, the only similarities Darla and Shirley share are that they are young actresses with curly hair, but Darla’s personality doesnt resemble at ALL what Shirley was
"Remember The Page Master? You and only five other people!"
Me: /heart breaks/
No worries, you're not alone, I remember it as well and I remember it fondly! It is still a favorite of mine. I'm honestly surprised that few people know about it. I thought it popular, but I guess it really isn't. Much sadness.
The used to play it for us in elementary school when it was the end of the year! One part used to creep me out a lot but I can't remember what it was anymore 😅
My elementary school used to play that movie on Fridays for those wanted to watch a movie during lunch if we earned enough points for behaving and completed homework.
I remember The Page Master, but not too well. I remember watching it when I was really really young, and can only vaguely remember some select scenes. I do remember being thoroughly entertained by it, though.
@@houndfireandiceylion5860 probably the Jekyll and Hyde part near the beginning when the animated stuff happens. At least it was for me.
I loved cats don’t dance. I saw the trailer on tv and ask my dad to buy for me. I would watch it over and over. It looked fantastic, I’m so surprised it failed.
I did the same thing! I had all the songs memorized. So glad to know there's many others who appreciate this film.
I wish I could watch it but I didn't know about this and I was a wall e fan
I still don't understand how this movie isn't more well-known...
The idiots at Warner Bros. Who secretly hated animation.
geardog24 it's pretty fucking ironic. They made money off of animated shows but fucking hated it. Its like with Tiger Electronics marketing their video games to children but their bosses HATES kids (kind of explains why the RZone headset looks like it was designed as a torture device). These are people who have no interest in the medium they are in the business of. You're basically sabotaging yourself when you pull marketing for animated shows when your biggest projects ARE ANIMATED SHOWS.
F.U.R.R.I.E.S
@@AmaryInkawult You are a wonderful person. I have seen you stand up to the Furry-hating hoardes many times, and now these good words about animation? I love ya, and I'm not joking here.
You know why E3 always feels so cringy with the gaming CEO's standing on stage giving these pretentious "How you do, fellow kids?" type of speeches?
It's because they don't give a shit. They are businessmen, not gamers, not movie fans, not anyone who cares about the products that they are making. Hell, we even have this in the youtubing worlds, people like Nostaliga Critic, Cinemasins, and Honest Trailers used to feel like relatable people who you could understand, and they could understand you, but their presentations have become so corporate, pretentious, and bloated, they don't even feel alive anymore.
I remember where in the Honest Trailer for...Beauty and the Beast, I think, they made a 'joke' about how Beauty and the Beast was one of the highlights for 2-d animation, "followed immediately by it's downfall" and they put up images of many criminally underrated 2-d movies such as Atlantis: The lost Empire, Treasure Planet, and, you guessed it, Cats don't dance...fuck you, Honest Trailers. The people behind Screen Junkies claim to be relatable nerds like you and me, yet they promote this materialist corporate bullshit that because a movie does not make much money, it's bad?
I know that you could say that this is just a joke, but it ain't funny, and besides, a-many true things are said in jest. Good animators, and good storywriters who truly cared about animation have always been fucked over by their corporate overlords, but if we can give the creations of these under-appreciated artists the admiration it deserves, it won't matter what the critics, or businessmen, or fucking 'Honest Trailers' claims they know, because true art is made with *care and passion,* and these two emotions are so foreign to these types of people, that it might be considered another language to them.
On the nostalgia critic reviews comments section I saw a person who used to work at the company who made the movie and worked on the movie (there job was to draw basically anything but the characters in the scenes) but Warner brothers bought rights to the movie and bracelet did anything to advertise it all they did was slap the logo in front of the movie
Cats Don't Dance is one of my childhood favorites. It's such a gem, I almost named my daughter Sawyer. ❤
You should feel honoured in naming your daughter.
I got my fanfic sequels of Cats don't dance.
www.fanfiction.net/s/13405383/1/Cats-don-t-Dance-2-Danny-s-new-life
www.fanfiction.net/s/13415729/1/Cats-don-t-dance-3-A-New-Home
Cool!
Sawyer is whole mood 😏
jesus
If I ever have kids(which probably won't happen cause I personally hate the thought of it-) I'd totally name them Sawyer and Danny!
It's a shame this movie is considered a failure. It gives me the same vibe as Emperor's New Groove, although a musical.
_Paws_ Like the vid said, they both have Mark Dindal as the director! He has plans to direct an upcoming animated Garfield movie!
Yay for garfield ouo
@@SisterInnerMongolia Garfield is a rip-off of Heathcliff. Have a nice day!
PAWS
@@Little1CaveNo wonder I liked both films. They both gave off a similar cartoony vibe.
“Remember the page master?”
:D
“Yeah,you and five other people.”
:(
If not for the Nostalgia Critic, no, i wouldn't have
I thought everyone saw the Pagemaster when they were little. Me and my sister even had the video game!
That movie is great! I bought it in a $5 bin for my kids.
I love that movie! My dad bought it when I was a kid because everyone in my family liked live action but I like animation so it was perfect!
now i need to find 4 more people, and my copy of the movie
"she's my fave anthro design ever, like....EVER!"
*shows clip of said cat shaking her ass*
Brüh
Said?
Greg Schaffer it’s basically a way of saying “the previously mentioned”
@@yuke1256 oh
Hellooooooo kitty! (I had to.)
“There was a rumour, that there was going to be a hybrid live action sequel.”
Us in 2020: Cats
Don't compare Cats to this masterpiece
Lol God help us. 🤣
Based on the Michael Jackson involvement, the hybrid, and talks of making it modern to the 90s and not the 30s, the movie may have been a Who Framed Roger Rabbit or Space Jam vibe.
It could've been good and different, but not the Cats Don't Dance we love. 🖤✨
@abc.animal514 Oh, absolutely. That's what it's based on. ✌🏾
Man, Cats would be sooo much better in this sort of animated format
@@marcusblackwell2372 specifically the movie no the musical
"Cats Don't Dance"
Me: :O
"A Failure"
Me: Don't do this to my heart-
"It's GOOD! It's VERY GOOD!"
Tell me lies and I'll come running.
NoiseDay no i saw this movie years ago when i was lookin for trash to watch , and i was very wrong :
@@clair3taylor156 That happened to me but with Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs. Bought the DVD for only £3!!
I didn't know that the iron giant was a box office failure till today
Seems like Warner Bros liked butchering good animated films in the late 90s.
@@benchattin now they do it with their other movies.
Me too
I thought that movie was amazing but found out more recently yeah.....
That still baffles me too! Do they not understand how many people cried in the Iron Giant?!
"How does the kitty cat goooooooooo?"
"Uhm....meow?"
"Vereh guuuuuuuuuuuud"
Yusssss
No joke but this was the very first scene I saw from the movie. It scarred me for a while until HBO here repeated the movie and then I suddenly found this scene funny because of how the butler grabbed the girl because he grabbed the cat! 😂
@@mariakutsu5946 I always loved that scene even as a kid
Favorite line!
Very good.
Cats Dont Dance: Sir, this movie is really coming together were thinking its gonna do real well
WB: I think its gonna flop
*does zero marketing*
WB: See what did I tell you!
Iron Giant: Sir, we got a real good movie here
WB: oh really?
*zero marketing/ inaccurate marketing*
WB: See what did I tell you!
Well it sounds like it's all your fault WB.
I will shoot Warner Bros in the fucking balls!
Pretty much... Damn it, WB...!
Man. So WB has been fucking over animation for years, smh.
This is one of my favorite movies when I was a child. I remember talking about this movie with my friends and none of them have seen it :(
I saw it a few times as a kid when they aired it on cartoon network as a Friday movie. I really enjoyed it.
Dude i had the same thing happened to me
Same. This movie came with me to many a sleepover and school movie day.
I just love how Max always spoke through his teeth. It's those extra touches y'know?
He was just as much done with Darla's shit as everyone else.
I'm mildly offended because I LOVED this movie. To learn that it was a huge flops hurts me because I grew up watching it. Max is also a whole ass mood
Loved cats dont dance it was one of those films I rewatched a lot as a kid. I knew it wasn't popular but I didn't know it was that bad financially. That sucks
I thought it was popular when I was young
Same
Same. The theater that I was in was packed. I still remember even though over 20 years have passed.
I love how expressive they make everybody in this movie, especially the villains. Darla Dimple goes from wholesome to raging lunacy at the drop of a hat and it's all animated to perfection.
"Cats don't dance"
>Has dancing cats
Wait that's illegal
*FBI Open Up!!!*
You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. You have the right to an attorney. If you cannot afford an attorney, one will be provided for you. Do you understand the rights I have just read to you? With these rights in mind, do you wish to speak to me?
Seems similar to the game plumbers don’t wear ties
@waitthatsillegalpolice
Damn that doesn't work it's not instagram.
Lol
Saber: I will fight you for Sawyer, she is a perfect anthro design.
Also Saber: I am not a furry
Ladies and gentlemen we got him(plays meme music)
But he didn't include #notafurry this time >-> suspicious
@Random Person what about Vanilla the Rabbit o3o
@Random Person they said Anthro, not feline =b
Wow. I actually own all those “failures”. I really loved them growing up, still do. They’re part of the reason I don’t make assumptions about films. They can surprise you.
True, you have to watch before you judge. For me most animated movies regardless of who did them are done well. The worst ones are the ones that look like they were rushed which isn't as bad as some of the non animated trash I've seen with bad acting, storylines and endings.
An example of a film that was rushed but actually paid off was Toy Story 2. Just by watching it alone, you wouldn't think it was rushed but it was. Pixar knew what they were doing, they pulled off the impossible and gave us a great 3D animated film enjoyed by everyone.
However, Cats Don't Dance which I think is an excellent film despite all the problems it had during production and still holds up today. I'd rather watch Cats Don't Dance numerous times than watch some of the movie trash I've seen on Amazon Prime.
I saw Megamind in theatres with a friend and didn't expect much.
Hands down one of my favorite movies, and an underrated hit. 😍
@@LoveMyUnusual Megamind is definitely not underrated, but I can see where you're coming from.
good animation :)
nice story line :)
Characters that are injoyble :)
*Terrible Marketing* (:O
"Cats don't dance"
14 Demon Jagger: Warner Bros pretty much poorly advertised all their animated movies, expect their Pokémon films they owned, space jam, quest for Camelot and Looney Tunes Back In Action.
Just like Treasure Planet :)
Don’t forget Osmosis Jones
"remember Page Master?"
Me: yes
"Well you and 5 other people do"
Me: I never have ever felt this attack before online but true. Lol
2! Comment on this person's post if u remember
I had The Pagemaster on VHS and watched it monthly.
I watched it like 4 years ago and as soon it was mentioned I just got a flood of memories
Factz
I loved thay movie as a kid. One scene burned into my memory was when Dr. Jekyll turned into Mr. Hyde, the dramatic turn as he screamed "My name is MR HYDE!" terrified me and I loved it.
"Cats Don't Dance" is kind of the "Wander Over Yonder" of the 90s when you think about it.
I'm guessing Lauren's husband, (Craig McCracken) got some little bit of inspiration for this movie.
I-.... I read this comment in Wackos voice
Optimistic orange main character who moves fluidly, and likes singing and dancing
HMMMM
SO TRUE
....thats so surreal to hear in wakkos voice....ya got me lol
I've literally spent YEARS remembering pieces of scenes from this movie and could never find anyone else who knew what I was on about or find anything online resembling what I remembered YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW SATISFYING IT IS TO FIND THIS MOVIE AGAIN AAAAAHHHH
This is how I feel about the film 'The Thief and the Cobbler' lol
Meanwhile I was watching this film on my dads old vhs in like 2013 cause it was like a £ a tape then
I remember the red cat singing "Me me me me meee!" And that's all I coukd remember. Never knew the name or what to look for. I thought it was a Don Bluth film, not Disney, so I was looking in the wrong place to begin with.
My mom raised me on these brilliant non-Disney 90s movies and I am so damn grateful
Same! I didn't see most Disney films until highschool.
What’s wrong with Disney films?
@@ilikeemerica9619 Nothing, they're good. They're saying this is a good movie that's other than Disney
FireBirdTheEpic Same bruh, we’re cultured👏🏾
What do you have enough money to buy those?!
Treasure Planet had the exact same problem. It was an amazing movie, but it was marketed badly.
Breadsword did an amazing video on it right here on the Youbtoobs. Deffo check it out if you haven't yet.
Treasure Planet suffered from the fact it came when Disney stated not marketing 2D animations. Cause even to this day Hollywood fails to see that certian movies did well because of their writing and not just because they where 3D animated.
I feel like no one talks about Titan AE like my favorite movie as a kid
from what I heard on the cancelled sequel, it could have been so much fun.
I didn't like Treasure Planet all that much. It was a cool concept, but the movie just fell flat for me. Same with most of the movies Disney made in the 2000s.
Finally, people talking about how awesome this movie is.
How about a fanfic sequel of mine
www.fanfiction.net/s/13405383/1/Cats-don-t-Dance-2-Danny-s-new-life
@@twistedrxses7615
Why even reply if no is your answer?
@@twistedrxses7615
You started it
Dirk Strider I know right
honestly i’m ashamed i didn’t know it existed earlier
Cats Don’t Dance was one of my favorite childhood movies. In art school, we actually watched the entire movie one day because of the amazing color design
Yes! How to make pink frightening? Study this movie!
@@leovk5779 AAAAA PINKK 💕💓🌸💖💖🌸🌸💘🌸🌺🌸🌺🌸🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷
Saberspark: "Remember the pagemaster?"
Me: " who hasnt seen the movie in years visibly excited. "YEAH?!"
Saberspark: "Well you and about 5 other people
Me:.."oh...."
I like where this is going Sup!
I remember it kinda I watched it at my cousin's place when we were kids
Sorry I'm late. Here I am.
Well, me and my brothers liked it back then.
That surprised me,actually! Idk why,but I'd had the impression as a kid that it was pretty big.I know I was fascinated by it.
I FUKING LOVE PAGE MASTER. so underrated and cats dont dance both amazing films
I fucking love that movie as well!!!!
find your other 3 brothers who remember. Fulfill the prophecy.
Dude i fucking loved that movie as a kid
The Pagemaster was amazing to me as a kid. In my 20s now and thebsoundtracj still gets me emotional and nostaligic
I found it as a kid on TV somehow
I loved this movie as a kid. They showed it all the time on Saturday mornings on Cartoon Network when I was little. So many fond memories of watching it!
I mean I was probably considerably older than you were at the time but I do remember seeing this on cartoon Network back in the early 00.
Little did I know what a sad twisted story was lying behind all of it. when I first heard about what a mess this movie was behind the scenes I was unsurprised and yet very sad.
I remember watching it then as well. They used to have a lot of neat stuff like this all the time. I stopped watching TV after I got the Internet back in 2005, so I don't know if they continued that trend, but considering all the other lame stuff going on with TV at the time, I'm pretty sure they didn't.
Kinda sad, but I'm grateful they showed that stuff in the first place. I guess I moved on at the right time.
E.A. Cackowski I remember that, The Cartoon Network Theater. How do I miss it😢
Good thing it wasn’t like cats 2019 movie.
That movie will haunt me
@@______-fz8w same
It was a bust, I had it in my nightmares.. The worst part is they had actual good people in it, Taylor swift, Jason Derulo..
“Remember pagemaster? Well you and five other ppl”
Me: oh hey, I’m one of those five ppl
Me to.
Matthebandit DX I had the VHS
SAME~ It was one of our family's favorite movies growing up! XD
I remember seeing that in elementary school
Same
I'm surprised you didn't bring up:
-Darla Dimple's resemblance to Shirley Temple.
-How this film is possibly a metaphor for what black people delt with in Hollywood during the time period.
Anthony Baumgartner well maybe he's not american and he don't care about black people, so whatever
I always thought the story of this movie was a metaphor of the dying 2D animation industry. And a warning to the other industries (live action, 3D animation) that they could befall the same fate. If that's the case, it was entirely prophetic. "But I thought Hollywood was always looking for new talent?" Now they're not even looking for talented people for live action films. Just someone who can make the next remake of an 80s movie.
maxis2k damn, that's very clever :0
Iril Opatia- Ummm..Do you not hear his AMERICAN accent? and he’s not a racist.
New Order Future racism 😍😍😍
I know I watched this movie a lot as a kid, but my main memory of it is still the preview for it from my Space Jam VHS.
That bites.
Previews on the vhs tapes... what is it about them that sticks in the memory? I have the same thing with theme song for that awful tv show Butt ugly martians, never watched the show but the song was used as a trailer on most of my old videos so it's cemented in my brain.
"WE ARE THE MARTIANS! THE BUTT UGLY MARTIANS!"
Same here
3:28
"Remember the Pagemaster?"
Oh yes actually I thought I'd never see it ag-
"Well you and five other people."
ah
This is that one animated movie that people enjoyed when it popped up on TV networks but vaguely remember
Estrano Perez I remember it coming up on Cartoon Network’s Saturday movies like all the time.
Movie: * is called cats don't dance*
Video: * shows cats dancing at 1:23*
Me: visible confusion
Wolf-Strider **Whispers to director.** YOU SIT ON A THRONE OF LIES.
That's the idea: they can dance but THEY DON'T DANCE... And every time they dance something will always reminds them that THEY DON'T DANCE.
0/10 "false advertising"
Just watch the movie. Just. Do. It. It's so good. I didn't get to see it when it came out (pagemaster I did see) but I did see it when I was sick in highschool on cartoon Network.
Hit em with that surprised Pikachu face 😮
Spark, please pin this comment. This was written by Ryan Simmons, one of the movie's animators, he posted the following on the Nostalgia Critic's video about Cats Don't Dance.
"I was one of the animators that worked on this film. We were so excited for it to come out... it was looking so good! The animation was done by Turner Feature animation. During the creation of this film, Warner Bros. bought out Turner Networks and suddenly had this film land in their lap. WB totally dropped the ball concerning the marketing of this film. They did virtually nothing so no one knew about it, let alone had any desire to go see it. They did have a promotional tie-in with Subway and a few cheap happy meal type toys were made for it. But they just let it die. It was devastating.
When we went to the cast and crew screening, the first thing that came up was the WB logo, as if it had anything to do with the creation of the film. It was a slap in our faces especially after how poorly they marketed it.
And THAT is the reason if bombed at the box office... no one knew about it. It was never given a fair chance to sink or swim on it's own merits."
That's such a shame...
He said that in the video, though. That essentially the marketing was too lacklustre.
Gotta love corporate!😔
ackbarfan5556
it makes me wanna cry because the movie truly is breathtaking. and older small minded people will just assume 2D animation is dead because movies like this never get the attention they deserve. now everything is CGI which can be equally as beautiful, but doesnt have the same charm..such a tragedy.
Gotta love that corporate mindset🤦♂️
So happy my mom bought this movie when I was a little kid. This movie was my go to sleep movie when I had this playing on VHS. Memory lane.
Cats Don't Dance Was. My. Shit!
I remember watching that when my parents rented it. Ahhh, good times.
Weed is also the good shit
Literally the ONLY movie i can watch numerous times in a row without being annoyed after the second time.
My grandparents had this and space jam on VHS. My sis and 2 cousins watched those two ALL THE TIME. We never took any movies from our home because we were only capable to watch those movies when we visited our grandparents so we watched those, over and over again and I still think those are good movies (or its just nostalgia ;))
Fuck I need to watch Cats Don't Dance on weed.
@@JLCL01 fuck yeah man
I remember watching this movie! On Cartoon Network Theater! Can you do a video about Balto?
Emilia Martinez I looooved Balto as a kid and recently found a double feature dvd of Balto and Balto II at Walmart and I scooped it up 😍
I saw the second movie too, but never seen the third and final movie. Because I didn't think it was all that.
@@emiliamartinez9944 Don't watch Balto 3-4 Not good
Balto was good
@@perkon_side i watched 3 all it was was an hour and 30 minute fucking nascar movie
To this day, the final dance number at the end is one of my favorite scenes in any movie. It's inspirational. It's energetic. It's fun. And, after seeing everything go wrong through the whole movie, it is so emotionally rewarding to see everyone get their spotlight.
I've always loved Cats Don't Dance and I always will.
Agreed
A friend of mine worked Cats Don't Dance. I remember him telling me about the problematic production back then. Also Max is one of the best secondary villains of all time, bar none.
I've always wondered Max has superpowers. If I had to guess, he's probably a mutant supersoldier.
@@DigiMega351it’s borderline canonical since Danny reacts to Max’s seeming ability to teleport when they get to Darla’s first version of Big and Loud. For such a big guy, he sure is fucking fast apparently lmao
Disney: makes mediocre movie
Also Disney: gets paid
Smaller Company: makes good movie
Also Smaller Company: gets bought by bigger company
Bigger Company: “I’m about to end this man’s whole career”
It's so unfair, especially since lately Disney's been pushing the "live-action remake trend" a bit too much. Like, how about an ANIMATED remake?!
MRTwizyfizzy I’ve heard the only reason is to stop the originals from being released for public domain. Haven’t confirmed it though
@@sigma5902 I've read about about this. tldr is that making remakes won't actually prevent their older movies from entering the public domain. Especially the ones based off of other fairy tales. It's possible that they could be trying to utilize their properties before they get released but the most likely they're capitalizing on the live action remake trend for a mediocre profit.
@@JollucasChannel On that note, remakes really aren't a new thing...in fact, there are SEVERAL beloved classics out there that are, in fact, remakes...take for example the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, the first two films of it being remakes of seperate halves of the animated "Lord of the Rings" movie...
Thing is, good remakes are made with care and a true vision of how the film's story could be told better. Without that care, a remake can easily come across as a cheap and cynical cash-grab, which I believe is the true issue that people are having with this latest batch of Disney remakes. Used to be, you would see a remake once in a great while when a studio actually had a great idea for an old film that they wanted to flesh out. With "Lord of the Rings", it seemed as though there was deeper story potential than what could fit into the original's run-time...so, making it live-action and stretching that film's story across two movies allowed the studio to delve deeper into the story than the original had and allowed for it to have a more epic feel, hence giving us the blockbuster success that the remake truly was....again though, these remakes only happened once-in-a-while if said remake was warranted...
Now, we get remake after remake with nothing new and original coming out...which means movies that haven't really NEEDED remakes to further delve into the story are getting them with what seems like little effort being put in to improve on the original...hence, the sense of these movies being cynical cash-grabs...
Like music, gaming, and anything else. Really sucks. And then we wonder why creativity dies.
You’re telling me not only Cats Don’t Dance failed financially , but Pagemaster and Iron Giant failed too? It seems it was tough times even back then. {: (
It wouldn't have been nearly as bad, it Warner Brothers had just pulled their head out of their ass
Warner Bros. were colossal idiots back then.. They could've easily competed with Universal.
Crazy. I've watched The Iron Giant probably 10+ times. One of my favourite movies of all time. Would never have guessed it was a financial failure; the movie is held in such high regards by everyone I've known who watched it.
@@Thornskade WB just didn't want to pay to advertise it correctly
@@gregwillis3896 Yeah thanks, I also watched the video.
UA-cam is really bold to put these double ads every second when I'm trying to enjoy this quality content.
It's getting way out of control. Someone needs to do something to stopping this.
@@bugloverspiderlover8490 just use an ad block lol
I'm guessing Michael Jackson dropped out of the project, because 1993 - 1994 was when he dealt with his first accusation of child abuse. I also read that he was taking painkillers to cope with all the stress. Based on the newspaper article with interviews from David Kirschner, Michael Jackson put in his heart & soul for "Cats Don't Dance". If he went through with this project, we may have seen a live-action/CGI hybrid that would've blown us away like the audience while they're watching Danny, Sawyer, and the others perform on stage at the ending.
Wait, Page Master wasn't popular? I loved that movie as a kid. Along with this one as well.
I do too
Me too man
Page master was the shit. One of my favorite movies growing up.
I never saw it but I know I would've loved it as a kid
So here’s the 4 people out of 5 that Saberspark was talking about 😂
I LOVED this movie when it came out! The Iron Giant too! They were some of my favorites!
Warner Bros. wouldn't know a good movie if it slapped them in the balls!
"In Hollywood, remember kids, it's not important if it's of high quality. Only if it makes money". -Mark Hamill
Pretty much
Illumination
This movie is where I first learned of the girl's name "Sawyer" , and I like it's unique!
SS:
How many Cats and furries should I Put in the Thumbnail?
Me:
*YES*
I ADORE Cats Don't Dance. Had it on VHS as a kid and have it now on DVD. I sing its praises to anyone who'll listen.
I had it on vhs too and still remember watching it with my siblings
I watched cats don't dance on UA-cam...and I love it
My parents bought it for me too when I was a child... I used to watch it over and over even though I relate it better with the spanish dub
Only recorded it on TV back in 2003. I've known this since I was 11
Saberspark: * Sees actually good female anthro character *
Sabersparks brain: now THAT'S a spicy meatball!
Thats what i said about other anthros
I wear a wolf suit now.
And if he sees a bad one i imagine him saying "no........ NOOOO!!!!!!!"
Sunshine Skittles Stop it, get some help
Cant stop, wont stop, gonna do it till i drop.
Of heat exhaustion.
@@shadowlover221 Just remember to wash it :P
The legend NATALIE COLE was Sawyer's singing voice...how did Warner Bros NOT see the potential in that?? She was amazing, and Scott Bakula held his own for Danny when they sang together. There's honestly so many solid actors in this film, like Kathy Najimy (Hocus Pocus and Sister Act) and John Rhys-Davies (Gimli in the LOTR series). Truly one of my favorite movies growing up, along with these other box office "failures." I'm glad it's free on UA-cam, I've randomly thrown it on a few times in the last couple years!
Who else grew up with this highly underrated classic 😁👌
I did
Me too. My favorite character was the turtle because he collects fortune cookie fortunes.
here here!
I remember watching this all the time, great movie!!
I love this movie. Made sure I bought the DVD so I can always watch it
I found the movie from the song, “big and loud”
One of the best villain songs I’ve ever heard.
Yaaaaaaaas!! 10/10.
Yup same.
IKR
I used to question myself on whether or not I was a furry every time I saw Sawyer. Her design is just a pleasure for me.
Cresent Moon the character design notes for her are strict. The entire production is fascinating. The animators were not allowed to give Sawyer any stray hairs on her tail, like a fur split or clump anywhere. One long fluffy clump was the goal. I love it.
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pleasure?
@@jm-sh6qr Makes me happy.
Alguien ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
"Shes my favourite anthro design ever!"
Dude, Captain Amelia from treasure planet!!!
The most memorable part of this movie for me is the song that goes:
BIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIG AAAAAAAAAAAAND LOOOoooOOOOUUUUD!!!!!!!!!!
🎺🎺🎺🎺🎺
nowadays, listening to "You don't have to be good, but you have better be... BIG AND LOUD!" makes me imagine if that isn't Michael Bay's philosophy xD
IT'S GONNA BE BIIIIIG ANNNNND
*HAHAHAHAHAHAHA*
*LOUUUUD*
I always think of this 5 year old looking girl, amazing villainess Darla Dimple roaring...
*I DIDN’T GET WHERE I AM TODAYYYY, BY LETTING MYSELF GET PUSHED AROUND!!!!!!*
I love it when I can hold that long note
I prefer the reprise :D
Well now we know who Saber’s furry crush is.
Fair play to him, he’s got good taste.
Ri'sallidad agreed I think that we have all had a crush in an animated female animal. And I think some people kept that crush and are now furries
@@Violette_06 That tends to be how furries are born. The rise in animated anthropomorphic animals has caused an increase in furries and the community they are part of. Much like being exposed to a specific childhood game and ending up in that fandom.
Makeshift Kazoo Studios yup
I can't blame him.
I remember watching this movie when I was a Kid...
Now I realize that Dan is a cat and not a Fox... :|
For real...
"underrated failure"
how i try to describe myself when im in a good mood
People are sleeping on this movie. It was one of my favorites. It’s a must watch for animation lovers.
I guess that's why it's considered a sleeper title of its own. As along with many others being partially mentioned. Or even the entire 90s(or 80s?) generation of animated films.
Saberspark covers a movie? I click.
Saberspark covers a strange furry movie? *I C L I C K*
STFU. Just because a movie has anthropormorphic animals in it, it doesn't make it a furry movie. I mean, look at Zootopia - possibly Disney's best (and only) crime movie. I mean, just because furries tend to like something does not immediately make it furry property. What if they liked American Horror Story, or some movie _you_ liked? Would you stop liking it just because they did? Or would you go along with it and be fine?
@@APoliticalConfusionAndMess I'm a furry and like Terminator two. Therefore, it's a furry movie. I just find this funny for some reason.
Is no one else gonna say it? *Sigh*
SAWYER IS TOO DAMN CUTE!!!
Ha furry
My Bi Ass' opinion: Tim Curry Penguin > Sawyer
@@secretname3897 Muscular Birds are terrifying to me personally. Dunno what it is, it just seems to wrong.
I agree 100%
@@Dokataa Doesn't mean he's a furry
This movie was so good. I was sad when I got older and discovered it was considered a failure. But I stayed true to believing I was right for loving it. Happy to see an honest review giving it praise
RIP Natalie Cole, it wasn’t until I grew up that I learned you were Sawyer’s singing voice 🎶
Oh wow I didn't know that was her voice!
Don't forget Gene Kelly. He didn't voice anyone, but this was the last movie he did. Glad to see that the movie honored him in the end of the film
Did anyone else's parents buy them this DVD randomly and ended up loving it?
I used to work in a small video store and was constantly recommending it to people renting animation.
YUP
I rented the VHS when I was a toddler :)
My grandma got the VHS. Dang I feel old now. Lol
So glad I grew up with this instead of Sing
I'm so glad to see this movie getting some recognition. I loved this movie growing up, it is such an underrated beauty.
We should let the children who will be born from next year and the future watch this underrated masterpiece.
We won't let this be forgotten.
This was also the final project that Gene Kelly worked on as a choreography consultant.
The comment section is emtpy. Must come up with something witty...
*W E E D E A T E R*
Much funny
yes this caused me a laugh
I'm glad you all have the same broken comedy as me
Green banana and apple?
Is that the sequel to Soul Eater?
i LOVED page master but so little people knew what i was talking about i thought maybe i dreamt it.
My favorite character was Horror.
AHHH I KEEP LOSING THIS AND REMEMBERING IT RANDOMLY THANK YOU
Alee13Soul same
That movie was the very first time i was introduced to jekyll and hyde, and because in my country our culture is not very literate a movie like this was very welcome.
I thought this movie was actually pretty good in my opinion. 😊😺
Everybody thought it's good, it just wasn't marketed at all, that's why it failed. A failed movie doesn't necessarily mean that it was bad
ZT Squid me too
11:40 The suit the orange cat wears is extremely similar to Tom's suit (from Tom and Jerry) in the short "The Zoot Cat" where Tom dances with a girl cat.
I think they just slipped in a reference to other cats dancing.
From what I recall from history class, Zoot suits were really popular in Black and Latino communities around that time. Makes sense they'd appear in animation/pop culture.
5:29
"We then discover that Hollywood is place of discrimination for other animals despite their talent and potential"
"An underrated failure"
"So much potential"
Oh man...the irony...
What irony?
Wish we could live in a timeline where this movie was successful.
honestly, same
God I absolutely LOVED this movie growing up. I had this on VHS and watched it countless times. I had a kid crush on Danny and Sawyer was like my fav non disney female character. She has a beautiful voice and character design. Everything about this movie was great. The animation, the songs, the colour palette, the visuals and omg Darla Dimple's Big and Loud was such a good classic! Wish the movie had done better because it deserved it! Thankfully it's getting some of the recognition it deserves.
pineapple282
You're not the only one. Deviantart, fanfics and others have Danny and Sawyer.
I won't lie. I've only known this film since I was 11 and I did expect Danny and Sawyer be together.
Warner bros studios: "Remember that movie we made, cats don't dance?"
"Yeah, burt, what about it?"
"Remember how it made 1 million in the box office?"
"What are you getting at, burt?"
"Well it just shot up to 3 million out of the blue,"
*Spits coffee* "What was that?"
"3 million dollars,"
"Well who did that?"
Saberspark audience after watching this video: *Awkward silence*
All Dogs Go To Heaven 1 & 2
Who remembers that movie?
I definitely do! But its not my favorite movie from this company that title has to go to this movie below
*cats dont dance*
@@sadbugzz
As long as fans like us are here, we can still make fanfics about Danny and Sawyer, I've started mine.
@@TheLatiosnlatias02 yay i cant wait to read it. Im thinking of making a fanfic of cats dont dance too. Its great how even though the company gave up on it, us fans never will
@@sadbugzz
I'll be looking forward to seeing yours.
@@TheLatiosnlatias02 ok!
Another great movie that Warner Brothers didn't advertise is Batman: Mask of the Phantasm.
That was such an amazing movie it could have been huge. Still one of my favorite animated movies to this day.
Shoot that script in live action and it becomes the newest neo-noir masterpiece.
Um that movie was huge and is still widely and very well known.
@@amyschildgamerlive4519 Batman: MOTP fell just short of making back its production budget during its initial theatrical run.
Yes! Frikkin’ Joker... goddamn
@@Wired4Life2 it has since developed a massive cult following. It's on nearly every top 10 batman movie list.
Man this review takes me WAY back. I remember I was introduced to this movie when I was in elementary school. My music teacher showed the class this movie and when I was a kid I was OBSESSED with this movie for years. I loved the music, the animation, and the characters, especially Darla Dimple. Every time I see that kid on screen it makes me crack up! There's just something hilarious about seeing this Shirley Temple-esque character just go insane! Anyway, This movie is very highly underrated and is still my second favorite non-Disney animated film to this day (second behind The Prince of Egypt.)
Also another thing I noticed while watching this review is how similar the plot is to Zootopia. Think about it: it uses animals as a commentary on racial stereotypes, the main character is an optimist who helps change the pessimistic views of another character as they get to know each other, and many things everyone says to Danny about keeping his dreams more realistic is very similar to many moments with Nick and Judy when they first meet (albeit Nick is more sarcastic and straightforward, but the point still stands.)
8:36 FaiRy GOd PaRenTS
I’m one of the five that remember The Page master. I grew up watching that movie and absolutely adore it.
Same here. I remembered being scared of the Hyde-Jerkll scene, too lol
@@siga.7578 OH MY GOSH YES
✋✋✋✋✋
Oh shit, this must make me the fifth.
Okay, no more people are allowed to remember Page Master now. The quota has been filled.
Fantastic movies like this, Secret of NIHM, and others of the same vein... and people wonder why my generation has so many furries... lol
I think it was because we grew up in a time where animation was huge, especially in "kids" shows, and anthro character designs work very well with animation. With anthro designs you can often tell what a character is like just by looking at a single frame of them due to their exaggerated features and what behaviors we might associate with the animal in real life. So from an artistic point of view, anthro designs are a very effective at expression and it makes a lot of sense to go that route. Combine that with a generation of developing children and it is no wonder why a lot of people can get sucked into the furry culture. It's still super cringe and does not translate to real life (costumes) very well though.
If secret of nimh is what made you want to be a furry, then that raises a lot of red flags.
That movie is borderline Watership Down and The Plague Dogs.
@Angel L it’s a dark movie, but Secret of NIMH is still a good movie
The Iron Giant? Are you kidding me? That movie is pure gold! Warner Bros., what were you thinking?
They weren't clearly. 😒
As an aside, it's quite sad that Randy Newman is only ever remembered for Toy Story - he's actually a talented musician with a history of making controversial music.
You haven't mentioned Big and Loud, Saber oh my lord. It's one of the best, if not the best song in the movie. and my personal highlight tbh.
I love both the original and the reprise. Both are amazing!
@@Luna-and-Skylar-Productions I like the reprise a little more, just the sinister aura and visuals during that are so satisfying
I love how the villain is a human child, Darla, love her character
I cant beljeve that he didnt ask the most impkrtant question of the movie
How does the kitty cat goooooo?
Ribttes Agreed. MASSIVE fail. He could’ve talked about Darla more in general.
Saber: Danny's energetic, fluid, and radiates positive energy
Danny: *simultaneously has a spasm on screen*
So Sing 2016 is a rip off of this movie... Who would've thought it?!
🤔... 🤯
A TERRIBLE rip off at that!
Idk man, can you please explain how it became a rip-off?
Sing is Garbage I have not seen Cats Don't Dance but it looks kinda good.
Wait a second...
Darla + Lauren Faust' My little pony= isn't that Cozy Glow the mean brat pegasus , I mean they even have the same hairstyle.