How do you feel about the term "Kids' Movies?"
I'm sure a lot of you had movies to which you've grown a strong nostalgic attachment. I know a lot of mine are made from Disney and Dreamworks. As I got older, some of them are still great movies, while were just...bad. In terms of story, some of the older disney movie are actually quiet terrible.
Say for example I'm talking a friend about the Toy Story movies. We both agree all three of them were great films.
- Friend: Oh man! Toy Story 3 was the best! The story was amazing, and the ending made me cry so hard!!"
- Me: Really? I actually found it to be the weakest of the three.
- Friend: What? Why?
- Me: Because the story is very inconsistent with it's own logic. The monkey sees everything that goes on in the day care, yet did jack shit when Buzz got out of his room. One of the aliens somehow gets stuck under the lid on the garbage bin which made it possible for Lotso to drag Woody into it, even though there was no possible way for the alien to accidentally get caught in between. The magnet still has the pieces of metal that the group used to get to safety, but Slinky is somehow down there with them. I could go on.
- Friend: ...Well, what do you expect? It's a kids' movie.
Say if you point out objective flaws in a different movie, and your friend says that last line. What would you say?
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i don't watch child movies, but some people do i guess.
Depends what type of movie, If it like a Disney movie and they say that I won't argue that much or anything, But us Saltbros are different from you people....
It's no secret I'm a huge Disnerd around here. I understand classifying movies based on age groups, but I don't think one should dismiss a movie's quality because of the target audience. Realism? I think that can be dismissed on the grounds that the stories are supposed to be fanciful and not entirely based on logic. Rapunzel's hair should have gotten filthy from running around the whole movie, Goofy is treated as a human while Pluto is treated as a pet despite both being dogs, no other single maiden has Cinderella's shoe size, ect. These can make for some fun discussions, but Disney shouldn't be faulted for them. The worlds they create are supposed to defy what we know and make anything possible. Famous poet and philosopher, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, once said that to enjoy a work of fiction we must suspend our disbelief.
On Toy Story, I thought all three movies were extremely well done. I personally feel that (while still enjoyable) Toy Story 2 was the weakest, but that's just me. I'm also really curious- what older Disney movies do you feel were bad? Even though Pinocchio is an iconic Disney movie, I never liked it as a child and I still don't like it now (though I appreciate parts of it and what it did for Disney). I've always been lukewarm about the movie Dumbo too. What about you?
Coraline is a kids movie and its my favourite movie of all time, the work they did was incredible and theres a good amount of funny adult jokes in there also.
I think theres a werid stigma on kids movie where we automatically assume they'll be worse because theres no coarse language, violence, gore or death.. which isnt true imo.
I understand that you can't be too nitpicky with movie, but the only time when my suspension of disbelief reaches its limit is when it comes to the plot. I won't argue the fact what happens in the world of the story, but I care about how well the writer is able to follow the rules of their own story.
What older Disney movies I find bad? One that always comes to my head is Hercules. I know we're supposed to suspend disbelief when watching movies, but it's really hard to do that when you think about how annoyingly stupid some of characters can be at times. To this day, I still haven't seen Dumbo.
Oh absolutely not. Some of the best movies I've ever seen aren't "hardcore" at all.
Personally, I see Coraline as a family movie. It's entertain to kids with it child-friendly humour and visual while entertaining to adults with a good story and strong themes. Plus, stop-motion animation. I freaking love it.
While it's not one of my absolute favorites, I like Hercules. The soundtrack is great, the villain is hilarious, and I really like Megara. It had it's faults, though. I wasn't particularly fond of Hades's little demon things that were supposed to be the comic relief, or how Hercules was a somewhat bland character. I think it's an underrated Disney movie as a whole.
Interestingly enough, the next princess movie is going to tackle mythological gods- Polynesian gods as opposed to Greek gods like in Herc. On another note, there is going to be a new Toy Story movie. It apparently won't be about the old characters, though.
Yeah. I admit, the soundtrack is pretty damn catchy. Hades is a lot fun too.
I absolutely love "kids" movies. Sometimes, I'm just not in the mood for an "adult" themed movie.
A lot of people I talk to oti are ashamed of the things that they like and that always makes me really sad. You shouldn't be made to feel insecure just because you like to watch something from when you were a kid, before your time, or even a movie from the present.
Well, "How to Train Your Drangon" is considered a "kids" movie and it's one of my favorite movies of all time.
Kids movies get more of a pass because there aimed at a younger audience
This basically says it all for me:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pD0inuVLUs
Robin Hood, I've never liked it, everyone I know loves it for some reason.
Also, If you really like Disney movies, I reccomend Over the Garden Wall:
It's a TV Mini-Series. It's not made by Disney, and it can get a little crazier than most Disney movies but that's what I liked about it anyway.
How did I not know this >.>
Kid movie, family friendly movie, whatever you call it, it's never a good excuse for lack of quality. There's a lot of good stuff out there like "Over the Garden Wall". I really wish more series knew when to end.
But that's my problem with how people view these films.
See, movies like The Lion King, Kiki's Delivery Service, How To Train Your Dragon, The Nightmare Before, Toy Story, and a whole lot more? The reason why I still enjoy them as much as (if not more than) I did when I was younger is they are excellent on a different level to mature audiences. They entertain kids while keeping older audiences entertained with good quality writing, good voice work, and beautiful animation. This is why I prefer to call these Family Movies instead Kids Moves, and it's also why it frustrates me when I'm supposed to ignore the bad because its viewed only as a Kids Movie.
I can suspend disbelief, but I can't suspend bad writing.