>>9510971I think it was too serious to be funny and goofy
but too goofy to be serious.
I think it had the unfortunate problem of not knowing what it wanted to be
the military stuff was serious and dark. almost horror in some scenes. the toy soldiers were serious and the voice over was serious. their threat was serious and dangerous and deadly.
but the other part of the movie was silly and had the tone of Casper or hocus pocus or something. the kid and his family were silly and the little monsters were goofy and the music and tone was silly.
I think people were turned off by this.
kinda like MARS ATTACKS. that also combined silly with serious