I also meant the original version of "The Black Stallion" - never bothered to see that obviously inferior knockoff (IMHO). The thing is, if a film does well with girls and women, it does well - at least in this country, where women are well above 50% of the population. If movies like "Hidalgo" and "Dreamer" are poorly attended, then not many females showed up (probably not a lot of guys, either). But "chick flicks" and films aimed sqarely at young girls can be blockbusters even if ONLY the target audience shows up (look at "the Princess Diaries", or in large part, "Titanic" - my audience was about 90% pre-teen female). To me, that says that either Hollywood simply isn't trying to provide enough quality content for women, and/or the good films that are getting made aren't being marketed aggresively enough. I have heard that "Hidalgo" was pretty good and I'm sorry I didn't catch it while it was still in the theater. "Dreamer" looked pretty cheesy, but who knows? I really can't believe somebody would remake "The Last Unicorn" - I mean, stuff that can play in a cartoon might seem pretty silly. But I might be provd completely wrong here! I guess I think that young women deserve more choices thanthat, you know?
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Date: 2006-06-17 04:34 am (UTC)The thing is, if a film does well with girls and women, it does well - at least in this country, where women are well above 50% of the population. If movies like "Hidalgo" and "Dreamer" are poorly attended, then not many females showed up (probably not a lot of guys, either). But "chick flicks" and films aimed sqarely at young girls can be blockbusters even if ONLY the target audience shows up (look at "the Princess Diaries", or in large part, "Titanic" - my audience was about 90% pre-teen female). To me, that says that either Hollywood simply isn't trying to provide enough quality content for women, and/or the good films that are getting made aren't being marketed aggresively enough. I have heard that "Hidalgo" was pretty good and I'm sorry I didn't catch it while it was still in the theater. "Dreamer" looked pretty cheesy, but who knows? I really can't believe somebody would remake "The Last Unicorn" - I mean, stuff that can play in a cartoon might seem pretty silly. But I might be provd completely wrong here! I guess I think that young women deserve more choices thanthat, you know?