Originally Posted By RoadTrip At least according to this guy's list. can you believe it?? Article: <a href="http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/44260962/ns/today-entertainment/" target="_blank">http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/...ainment/</a>
Originally Posted By mawnck Guess he didn't see Hugo the Hippo. Or Doogal. Or (ick! ick! ick!) The Lion of Judah.
Originally Posted By basil fan Obviously, this fellow didn't view a wide range. And you see a pattern emerging. His main quarrel is content he considers too scary or too upsetting. Hardly a balanced review. Let's face it, any film giving human personality to animals helps kids to see these critters as people. How many kids flushed their fish down the toilet after watching Nemo? And they thought they were helpin' 'em. Plus, adults and children purchase pets based on the last film they enjoyed. It's always been that way and probably always will be. A very lame article.
Originally Posted By mawnck >>His main quarrel is content he considers too scary or too upsetting.<< Like I said ... Hugo the Hippo, Doogal, and The Lion of Judah.
Originally Posted By Manfried Bambi, Old Yeller and 101 Dalmations? Obviously this guy is a little whacked. Three classics with good touching stories that are not afraid to deal with issues that can and do affect children. I'm sorry, this guy is one of those Nanny-state freaks that believe that children should be surrounded by a cocoon until they are adults, then have absolutely no real-life experiences to help them succeed in the world. He should go back to school and get another career, maybe serving fries at McDonald's as that is the level of his intelligence.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I also disagree with his opinions, mostly because films that avoid any real conflict for the sake of a gentle story end up being just plain bad. While I haven't seen the new one, and I know millions of people would disagree with me, this is my biggest gripe with The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh. There's no real conflict, there's no dramatic arc, and I don't feel like any of the characters or relationships have developed any more depth the end of the film. In perfect contrast to this, look at Old Yeller, which has a very dramatic relationship between Travis and Yeller. First they hate each other (or at least Travis hates the dow), but grow to love and depend on one another. When things turn south, it creates a really tragically beautiful ending. It's very intense, but still manages to do it on a level that is entirely approachable and appropriate for kids. There aren't many films out there that can do that. Yes, some of these films are intense, but you can't have a happy ending without a sad beginning. Even films that the public won't dare criticize, like Snow White, have very intense scenes. Hiding these from your kids won't do them any good. They'll find out about them eventually, and you'll be bored to tears watching dull movies with them in the process.
Originally Posted By DlandDug "I don't believe in playing down to children, either in life or in motion pictures. I didn't treat my own youngsters like fragile flowers, and I think no parent should. Children are people, and they should have to reach to learn about things, to understand things, just as adults have to reach if they want to grow in mental stature. Life is composed of lights and shadows, and we would be untruthful, insincere, and saccharine if we tried to pretend there were no shadows. Most things are good, and they are the strongest things; but there are evil things too, and you are not doing a child a favor by trying to shield him from reality. The important thing is to teach a child that good can always triumph over evil, and that is what our pictures attempt to do." --Walt Disney
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Also, does Bambi get shot? This guy seems to think so. I must have missed that part.
Originally Posted By mawnck Get up, Bambi. Bambi, get up. You must get up. GET UP! (I need an alarm clock with this on it.)
Originally Posted By DyGDisney Post #10, love it! I thought UP was the most upsetting movie of all time for kids because there was....GASP....Blood! The most PAINFUL kids movie I have ever had the displeasure to see was The Care Bears Movie. UCK! It was mentally damaging!
Originally Posted By Autopia Deb So this guy let's his kids watch movies in the car without seeing them first? He deserves to be stuck in a car with kids whaling over Bambie's mother if he's that stupid.
Originally Posted By Bellella "Bambi" a bad kids' movie? Bite your tongue!!! It'll teach them to have more respect for nature. "101 Dalmatians" is just plain funny. Sure we have that k-razy she-monster Cruella to deal with, but the rest of the movie is kid-friendly to the extreme. "Old Yeller" I haven't seen yet, but I'm not sure if this one was intended just for kids. This one also teaches a lesson: if a pet is suffering from an incurable disease, it's better to put him out of his misery. Btw, I grew up on Disney movies. I saw my first when I was about 1 and a half or 2, and since then my addiction has been fueled by almost every Disney film I've seen since.
Originally Posted By Schmitty Good Vibes I think he was trying to hard to be funny, his point being that these were no movies you'd let your kids watch for the first time alone, or in the back seat of the car while you have to drive and can't deal with their inevitable reactions. I don't think this is to be taken too seriously and I hope none of you did. I'd let my kids see Old Yeller or Bambi at any age, but I'd want to be there the first time they saw it to guide them through the difficult parts. I saw Bambi at around age 3, and I bawled when his mom got shot, but I'm cool with that and so were my folks. I think I got a hug.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip One of my favorite movies is "Marley and Me", even though I bawl like a baby at the end.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros About a year or two ago, I was on a plane, and they were showing Marley and Me. By the end of it, there was not a dry eye in the house, but of course, everybody was trying to pretend like they were fine, since nobody knew each other. I agre that it's a great movie, and has so many great moments in it, and manages to have such an impactful ending because of it. As a result of this thread, I've started watching Old Yeller again, and I'm really impressed with it thusfar. While nothing substantial has happened yet, it just approaches everything in a matter-of-fact way that very few modern films manage.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros >>I thought UP was the most upsetting movie of all time for kids because there was....GASP....Blood!<< I've heard this from a lot of people, but it's by no means the first family film to have blood in it. Even Pixar's done it before. In Finding Nemo, Dory gets a nosebleed, starting a feeding frenzy with the sharks. Yah, it's a comic scene, but you can tell she's in pain either way. I'm not positive, but I also think that there was blood in The Lion King and Hunchback, and I'm sure others that I can't think of right now. Yes, in Up, it was the protagonist who injured the other character, but blood is blood. And animated blood is nothing new.
Originally Posted By u k fan <<<About a year or two ago, I was on a plane, and they were showing Marley and Me. By the end of it, there was not a dry eye in the house, but of course, everybody was trying to pretend like they were fine, since nobody knew each other.>>> I had the same experience on a plane watching the end of Cars!!!
Originally Posted By DyGDisney FerrotAfros...I was being sarcastic because of the hullabaloo that occured when UP came out over that blood. Doesn't bother me a bit!
