[goldstategop]

I'm glad the movie bombed. It was an affront to everything Americans revere about their history and the heroes who died at the Alamo. Americans had the good sense not to watch Disney's politically correct dud about what happened in 1830s Texas. We're tired of Hollyweird forcing its anti-American garbage down our throats and voted with our pocketbooks to send Disney a message. We hope they heard it loud and clear.

[Huber]

Home on the Range also had a disappointing weekend. From a business perspective, we are looking at a massive loss of goodwill by the Disney company. Audiences used to trust the Disney name and would flock to theaters, often based on the brand alone. They do not anymore.

The bottom line is that over time, all the PC nonsense (which is just another form of lying) erodes trust between a company and its customers, and with it, shareholder value.

[IrishRainy]

When I saw the previews, I just knew it was gonna be a flop. Yeah, the Passion would be a bust, but a movie where we know beforehand that the main characters all DIE, that's gonna be a hit. What were these people smoking?

[Guenevere]

I haven't (& probably won't) see the new Alamo....

..but the version with John Wayne stands well through time, IMO.

Surprisingly (having just watched it again, recently)....

..it doesn't sugarcoat the personalities or character of Bowie, Crockett, or Travis, IMO.

It protrayed them as real, warts & all.....but in a respectful manner.

I found it showed them as imperfect people...(aren't we all)....who found courage & had the conviction to do the right thing when the odds were against them.

[Guenevere]

ps...I've been to the Alamo, as I'm sure many have...

.. and felt it an honor to be there....

..it held an aura of a very special place, in spite of the tourism and crowds of people...most of whom were very respectful.

[arasina]

Eisner is toast. And as it so happens, so is Disney's non-executive chairman, former Democrat Senator George Mitchell. From tvweek.com:

Meanwhile, in a move that could signal his acknowledgement that his work as Disney's non-executive chairman won't be easy, George Mitchell said he won't seek re-election to the Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide board when his term expires May 7. He has served on the hotel chain's board since 1997.

Mr. Mitchell was named non-executive chairman of Disney immediately following the Disney board's decision to strip Mr. Eisner of his chairman title after the no-confidence vote by shareholders. However, Mr. Mitchell's appointment hasn't been without controversy. He garnered a 24 percent no-confidence vote at the March 3 shareholders meeting.

[Dante3]

Perhaps, as some have written, people who would have wanted to see "The Alamo" did not go because of their dislike of Eisner.

[Paul_B]

How ironic that so many theatres bounced The Passion _on Good Friday_ to make room for this. An awful lot of money, to say nothing of goodwill, just got lost by the Hollywood establishment.

[NotJustAnotherPrettyFace]

$100 million to make this movie when Gibson made the Passion on $25 million? That should tell you something.....

[kidd]

Eisner may have released this movie, at this time, specifically because of the Comcast take-over bid.

1. If Comcast takes over Disney, Eisner is toast. Eisner knows this. Eisner had to temporarily "devalue" the company.

2. The movie bombed in viewer screenings. It was originally going to be released in December (before Comcast showed public interest in Disney).Why release a big budget movie in the weakest movie month (April)? This movie would have done much better in the summer. Because its after the shareholder meeting that was held in Philly in March.

3. Right now Disney looks less attractive. However Disney movies generally do very well on DVD/VHS release (about Christmas-time), and park attendence is way up. Eisner will survive the spring and will look like a star at the end of the year.

Of course this is Mr. Eisner thinking of himself and not the good of the Disney product.

BTW - I saw the "Home on the Range" cartoon. An hour and a half long. Unimpressive graphics. Predictable story line. Lots of "bathroom" humor. No original music score. Rosanne Barr was the voice of the main character. It was a Hanna-Barbarra quality cartoon. Not worth the price of a matinee ticket and not worth the cost of a DVD/VHS. Hard to believe that this same company turned out gems like Snow White or Toy Story. This will be no one's favorite movie.

[Ichneumon]

"The Alamo" raked in a paltry $9 million in its opening weekend, coming in tied for a distant third behind Mel Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ" and "Hellboy," a comic book adaptation.

Interesting trifecta: Heaven, Hell, and Texas. In that order.

[onedoug]

I just saw it and I liked it. Any movie that can get me misty a few times.... Except perhaps for a little poetic license here and there, what was wrong with it?