Disney Bombs #1: The Black Cauldron

Dave and Mike are back with the first episode in a 4 part miniseries delving into Disney Bombs. Did you that the Disney company doesn’t always just print money? They make mistakes sometimes! But we’re not interested in making fun of bad movies (well...we sort of do that). We’re taking a look at Disney movies that failed at the box office and try to figure out why. Were they really bad movies? Was the marketing wrong? Or are they good films that simply didn’t connect with an audience? In this episode we dig into The Black Cauldron, a Disney animated classic that no one really likes except Roger Ebert. Why do the characters look so weird? Why is the opening narration so brutal? Why are this magic pig’s powers so lame? Listen and find out why this film is actually a crucially important film in the Disney catalogue and may have set the course for the ensuing decades of Disney success. Also: our hottest takes on the just-announced Splash Mountain re-theme!