http://toddsmovieblog.com/2009/04/05/why-is-this-a-bad-thing/ Todd Gault's thoughts on movies and entertainment Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:25:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://toddsmovieblog.com/2009/04/05/why-is-this-a-bad-thing/#comment-210 Neal Mon, 06 Apr 2009 16:54:47 +0000 http://toddsmovieblog.com/?p=132#comment-210 I think parents are more likely to enjoy the children's movies of today than the schlock that was perpetrated on kids back in the 70s. Most of the live action films that Disney put out back then, while passably enjoyable for kids, must've been torture for parents. I think the animated musicals that Disney put out in the late 80s and 90s lulled adults into thinking that all children's movies should actually be adult films with whimsical themes so they can relive their child-like sense of wonder. They could use the excuse that they were for the kids, but they were really aimed at adult sensibilities. Dreamworks shrewdly realized that kids like crude, obvious humor, which is why the films are successful, even though I can't stand them. I imagine many adults feel the same way, but they are at least watchable. I think parents are more likely to enjoy the children’s movies of today than the schlock that was perpetrated on kids back in the 70s. Most of the live action films that Disney put out back then, while passably enjoyable for kids, must’ve been torture for parents. I think the animated musicals that Disney put out in the late 80s and 90s lulled adults into thinking that all children’s movies should actually be adult films with whimsical themes so they can relive their child-like sense of wonder. They could use the excuse that they were for the kids, but they were really aimed at adult sensibilities. Dreamworks shrewdly realized that kids like crude, obvious humor, which is why the films are successful, even though I can’t stand them. I imagine many adults feel the same way, but they are at least watchable.

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