Wednesday, March 17, 2010

How can they be compared? - Joseph D

These days people are saying that that some modern day movies can be put into the same category of some classic Disney movies. Movies such as Toy Story, Aladdin, and The Lion King became instant classics when they were released, they all had amazingly creative ideas and were also very original. Some are saying that movies like Finding Nemo, The Incredibles, and Ratatouille, can be compared to the original Disney movies. We all know that although these new movies were entertaining but they just cant be put into the same category as the classic Disney movies.
Walt Disney was hands down the father of everything great we see in animated movies these days, he started with simple, soundless, colorless animated short films, but quickly jumped up to full length instant classics such as Beauty and The Beast. His creativity and perseverance has brought him up with some of the worlds greats, In my book he would be right up on the podium next to Jesus and Ghandi.
Now days movies are getting less and less like they used to be made. There is so much more profanity and innuendos slid into movies recently, all just to reach out to more types of audiences so in the end all they are trying to do is make more money. In one movie I saw recently, Ice Age III: Dawn of the dinosaurs, there were lots of little inappropriate parts that most people didn’t even notice because they have become so used to seeing it in all modern day movies. I am sure if some people actually decided to go back and watch some of the older classics they would realize how much that they have changed, and what is considered “okay” to be in a young kids movie.
So all I am really trying to say is that I really enjoyed the watching the old Disney movies because I can watch them and I would feel completely fine watching someones little kid watch these movies without having to ask their parents permission first. I don’t think a lot of the parents would let their kids watch so much television and recent movies if they realized what was being forced into their kids head, without the kids even knowing.

1 comment:

  1. ilike most of it, espeically that you would put walt disney up next to jesus & gandhi! buuuut, i think your wrong about how the things are getting worse, old disney movies had innaporpiate things in them too, here are a few things to prove that old school disney movies were in the wrong too;

    http://www.snopes.com/disney/films/rescuers.asp

    http://www.snopes.com/disney/films/lemmings.asp

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