Disney must have just been a cynical guy! Almost all of his movies has either no parents or one parent + evil stepparent. It's pretty depressing.
I liked the LBT. I disliked Sarah...a lot.
Lol - most Disney movies are based on folk/fairytales. He isn't personally responsible for the storylines.
This may be true, but I've heard he had an bad relationship with his mother or something, but never read/heard the details. It is likely just speculation. It's usually always the mother who dies in Disney movies.
Disney must have just been a cynical guy! Almost all of his movies has either no parents or one parent + evil stepparent. It's pretty depressing.
I liked the LBT. I disliked Sarah...a lot.
Lol - most Disney movies are based on folk/fairytales. He isn't personally responsible for the storylines.
That's true. But kids don't know that at the time lol. I always wondered why he didn't like parents when I was younger. It's always "Disney presents.... (Name of (sad) movie)"
Lol - most Disney movies are based on folk/fairytales. He isn't personally responsible for the storylines.
This may be true, but I've heard he had an bad relationship with his mother or something, but never read/heard the details. It is likely just speculation. It's usually always the mother who dies in Disney movies.
I don't know anything about his relationship with his mother but you should blame the Brothers Grimm for compiling and publishing the fairytales from around Europe. Snow White, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty (the lone story with living parents) and countless others are all theirs. The Little Mermaid is Hans Christian Anderson's though - no mention of her mother in the story and in the real version she doesn't get the Prince and dies at the end. So we should be angry at him too.
Lol - most Disney movies are based on folk/fairytales. He isn't personally responsible for the storylines.
That's true. But kids don't know that at the time lol. I always wondered why he didn't like parents when I was younger. It's always "Disney presents.... (Name of (sad) movie)"
He was definitely responsible for making sure generations of American children were familiar with fairytales, though some details were softened. Can you imagine if Cinderella had included the parts where each of the ugly step sisters cut of their toes and heels respectively to fit in the glass slippers?
I saw all these movies as a kid and while they were upsetting, NOTHING set me off like the book A Bridge to Terabithia. And then someone tried to make me watch the movie a few years ago. NO. FUCK YOU and your sad book and movie.
That's true. But kids don't know that at the time lol. I always wondered why he didn't like parents when I was younger. It's always "Disney presents.... (Name of (sad) movie)"
He was definitely responsible for making sure generations of American children were familiar with fairytales, though some details were softened. Can you imagine if Cinderella had included the parts where each of the ugly step sisters cut of their toes and heels respectively to fit in the glass slippers?
Bleh! That would have been horrible. I'm glad he wasn't that crazy. Lol
It is such a different experience watching these kids movies as an adult. Gah. So many are depressing. I'm thinking of Fivel singing "somewhere out there" and looking for his family.
I was shown this in after school care when I was 8 or so. I was crying so badly and so upset that I locked myself in the bathroom. They had to call my mom to come get me. Yes, that moment when he is singing.....heartbreaking.
He was definitely responsible for making sure generations of American children were familiar with fairytales, though some details were softened. Can you imagine if Cinderella had included the parts where each of the ugly step sisters cut of their toes and heels respectively to fit in the glass slippers?
Bleh! That would have been horrible. I'm glad he wasn't that crazy. Lol
He knew how to play to an audience, that's for sure!
Post by open24hours on Feb 27, 2014 1:21:58 GMT -5
As a kid, I loved Poltergeist. Bambi turned me into a mess.
But really, isn't the point of these stories to show the triumph of the human/animal spirit over adversity? Like Simba's father died, he went through emotional crap, but in the end he ends up being a good (as we are led to believe) king/father/husband. So, even if your life is crap, you can still have a happy ending.
Post by game blouses on Feb 27, 2014 1:22:21 GMT -5
I grew up on the Grimm versions and was always kind of confused when I later saw the Disney versions. That said, ET is my fuck you movie. I still haven't seen the ending.
As a kid, I loved Poltergeist. Bambi turned me into a mess.
But really, isn't the point of these stories to show the triumph of the human/animal spirit over adversity? Like Simba's father died, he went through emotional crap, but in the end he ends up being a good (as we are led to believe) king/father/husband. So, even if your life is crap, you can still have a happy ending.
But, even with that, I still can't watch Bambi.
Sure, that makes sense as an adult, but to a kid? Terrifying.
My grandparents gave Ollie The Land Before Time because apparently they hate us and of course he found it and was all "I WATCH DINOSAURS!!!"
You guys, it is so fucking sad! The mom, him seeing his shadow and thinking it's her, carting that tree star around- whhhyyyy??? This is a kids movie! Why would they make a kids movie so ridiculously depressing?!
Of course this was also my favorite movie growing up, which makes sense considering my favorite children's book was The Little Matchstick Girl : /
I can't watch that movie. Someone gave it to my kid ... I watched the very beginning, then left the room to cry my eyes out, never to return.
We'd watch LBT as kids... but it was totally not my favorite. Would make me cry every time, and I'd beg my sister to at least fast forward through the beginning. I did much better watching LBT 2, 3, 4...
I watched Fivel ONCE. Couldn't do it. I cried to my sister/mom about where was his family, how the cats were so mean, etc.
Fox and the Hound was on Netflix not too long ago (or maybe it was FatH 2), and DH turned it on for our niece to watch. I walked into the living room and was all "TURN THAT SHIT OFF NOW!!" He had never seen it, and just thought she'd like the dog in it. They used to show it in school as a "reward". If I knew ahead of time I'd beg Mom to let me stay home "sick" that day.
Do you know what was fucking terrifying as a kid though? The Jabberwocky scene in the live-action of Alice in Wonderland. To this day I have NEVER seen the end of the movie. We'd get to that part and I would either walk out while my sister finished it or I'd turn it off.
Post by vanillacourage on Feb 27, 2014 9:54:40 GMT -5
I am shocked that nobody has mentioned Pinnochio on the WTF?!?!!?!! scale.
Meanwhile, across town, Honest John and Gideon become acquainted with a Coachman who promises to pay them a handsome reward if they can find him stupid little boys to take to Pleasure Island. They convince Pinocchio that he is sick, and the only cure is to go to there as a vacation. There, he befriends Lampwick, a misbehaved and disillusioned boy. With no rules or authority to stop them, Pinocchio and the other boys soon enjoy gambling, smoking, getting drunk and vandalizing, much to Jiminy's dismay.
Is why I cry when I leave my cat to go on vacation. FFS, that scene is why sometimes I get worried that he thinks I'm gone forever when I go to work. What if he doesn't know I'm coming back!?