Er... why did audiences overwhelmingly like the 2 live action remakes of 2025

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saspa
09/01/2025
01:18 PM
#1
Why do the big 2 live action remakes of 2025 have such a surprisingly high audience score:

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/lilo_and_stitch_2025

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/how_to_train_your_dragon_2025

I remember being on the lookout for both these movies, and yet I ended up inadvertently missing out on both due to unexpected busy circumstances.
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KhlavicLanguage
09/01/2025
01:19 PM
#2
any release in the series of How To Train Your Dragon seems to awaken some kind of sleeper agent protocol among my (affectionately) weirdo ex-tumblr friends
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obsolete
09/01/2025
01:20 PM
#3
I heard How To Train Your Dragon was actually good.
pokedude900
09/01/2025
01:21 PM
#4
Nearly all of the Disney live-action remakes do insane numbers at the box office. That's why they keep making them despite being consistently terrible. People just have no standards.
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ai123
09/01/2025
01:28 PM
#5
They're not bad films at all. Kids love them.
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monkmith
09/01/2025
01:35 PM
#6
sure they do well. their target audience is little kids, and they dont know any better.
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dancing_cactuar
09/01/2025
01:39 PM
#7
Disney adults and parents needing to take their kids to see something to act as a distraction for an hour and a half minimum, presence of a cute critter in both movies acts as a bonus.
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Rantman
09/01/2025
01:41 PM
#8
i can't say anything about lilo and stitch but HTTYD is a nearly shot-for-shot remake of a legitimately great movie

so even if it is very redundant, it is watchable and more importantly (for universal), something you can bank on
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Hayame_Zero
09/01/2025
01:53 PM
#9
How to Train Your Dragon was genuinely good.
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foxhound101
09/01/2025
02:34 PM
#10
Live action appeals to me less than animation - So I've skipped all of the remakes.

Children's movies do have an advantage over other movie types though. They tend to be closer to the 90 minute mark, compared to 120-180 minutes. I've never been a fan of 3 hour long movies.

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Evolician
09/01/2025
02:55 PM
#11
Do kids these days not like cartoons anymore
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AceMos
09/01/2025
03:02 PM
#12
Evolician posted...
Do kids these days not like cartoons anymore

kids still like cartoons its corporations that hate cartoons

they want everything to have a huge budget to justify the effects studios they own
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chris1001_the_sequel
09/01/2025
03:03 PM
#13
ai123 posted...
They're not bad films at all. Kids love them.

I was at least a little interested in Lilo and Stitch and then I heard how they bastardized the ending.
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AceMos
09/01/2025
03:10 PM
#14
chris1001_the_sequel posted...
I was at least a little interested in Lilo and Stitch and then I heard how they bastardized the ending.

they also removed the anti tourism messaging

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JustaSandwich
09/01/2025
03:58 PM
#15
Because the originals were popular and they strongly resembled the source material.
saspa
09/02/2025
02:05 PM
#16
It's just highly unexpected, that's hell of a coincidence
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DipDipDiver
09/02/2025
02:11 PM
#17
ai123 posted...
They're not bad films at all. Kids love them.
This, plus kids generally don't have any connection to the old versions of stuff so they don't get hung up on comparing them
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Jeff_AKA_Snoopy
09/02/2025
02:21 PM
#18
Lilo and Stitch is more popular now than when it released, so no surprise there.
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JustaSandwich
09/02/2025
02:23 PM
#19
saspa posted...
It's just highly unexpected, that's hell of a coincidence

It's not though. They just did what obviously makes these live action movies successful, which is that they were remakes of popular animated movies that copied the original enough to trigger nostalgia. Last time that happened was Lion King and it was successful too. Aladdin and Beauty and the Beast were the same deal.
Akuryu
09/02/2025
02:29 PM
#20
Common comments made about live-action remakes:

"Its unnecessary."
No movie is necessary. Water and oxygen are necessary.

"Creatively bankrupt."
Supply and demand. Audiences show up for remakes, reboots, sequels and known IP. Audiences do not show up for original movies or unique ideas.

"A cash grab."
Broke-ass film school students make "art." Major studios do not. They are a business. When they invest 10s or 100s of millions of dollars, they want a return on that investment. In that regard, all studio films are "cash grabs."

"Who asked for this?!"
Millions of movie-goers. With their wallets.

In summation: your opinions don't matter. Facts matter. Remaking Lilo & Stitch and HTTYD were smart business decisions. There's an audience for them. That audience liked them. They made a lot of money. More live action remakes will be made.
MotaroRIP619
09/02/2025
02:31 PM
#21
How to Train Your Dragon looks dope, but I heard awful things about Lilo from people that saw it. About the changed ending and how it ruined everything the original stood for. I wont see it because of that.

I know a lot of fanboys werent very excited about the dragon movie, I still need to see the last animated movie before I see this live action one. I swear theyre coming out with some of this shit too fast.
mehmeh1
09/02/2025
02:34 PM
#22
after the last few disney live action remakes flopped i was hoping it'd be the end of it but with L&S doing so well......yeah we're cooked
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saspa
09/03/2025
01:50 PM
#23
Add to this a couple extra facts:

It's literally the same director of the original trilogy which is pretty wild.

That same director, is literally the same dude who directed lilo and stitch, further linking these 2 movies together
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