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Quote from: ringwraith10 on December 02, 2015, 07:57:30 PMHaha, I was going to ask if it was half as scary as Land Before Time, but then I saw that article. I haven't seen it yet, but I'm sure it can't be scarier than the stuff we saw when we were kids! (Brave Little Toaster, anyone?)I know, right! The '80s had some really scary stuff for kids. We survived just fine. sailorstitch
Haha, I was going to ask if it was half as scary as Land Before Time, but then I saw that article. I haven't seen it yet, but I'm sure it can't be scarier than the stuff we saw when we were kids! (Brave Little Toaster, anyone?)
See, I saw it and thought it was a beautiful movie! It didn't seem too scary at all and there were many little kids who went to see it day before opening night with me and from the comments in the bathroom a lot of kids also enjoyed it! Lots of feels and laughs like a an emotional roller coaster but not scary. Older Disney movies were way scarier! Beauty and the Beast (fight scene) was scary for me as a kid and so was Hunchback of Notre Dom but still great movies!
When Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs came out, theater owners hated it. Why? Because it was so scary that children WET themselves. That's right. The theater owners got tired of cleaning pee out of the seats. And that one's rated G. I haven't seen The Good Dinosaur yet, but based on the complaints, I don't think those parents have seen a lot of Disney movies.Parents complained that the characters had to deal with the death of close family members. Cinderella's parents died when she was a little girl and she grew up being abused. (Cinderella is rated G.) In The Lion King (rated G) Simba's father was thrown off a cliff and trampled to death by wildebeests. He was then told it was his fault and chased by hyenas who threatened to kill him as well. Most Disney princesses have lost at least one parent (usually their mother). Anna and Elsa (Frozen, G) lose both of their parents. The complaint about the dinosaur and the caveboy eating fermented food and acting drunk obviously came from someone who never saw the Pink Elephants scene in Dumbo (also rated G). Pinocchio (G) depicts boys that run away to Pleasure Island, a place where drinking and smoking is encouraged.Further examples of scary sequences/violence in Disney cartoons:The Dinosaur sequence from Fantasia (rated G) was violent and scary. Not to mention Night on Bald Mountain depicting demons having a party. Pinocchio (rated G) was abducted by a Gypsy, smoked and drank, watched his friends get turned into donkeys (who were then sold to pull carts in a mine) and was swallowed by a whale, who then chased him and his father when they escaped, nearly killing them both.Bambi's mother was shot by hunters. Almost every villain dies in the end, usually by falling from a high place, but some of them were literally ripped to pieces. Scar was attacked by the hyenas. McLeach (Rescuers Down Under) was almost ripped apart by crocodiles. They only stopped attacking him when he got too close to the waterfall, which he then went over. Clayton (Tarzan) was hung. The Hydra (Hercules) was crushed under a mountain of rocks. Sykes (Oliver and Company) was hit by a train.The point is, Disney movies have a history of being scary and violent. The difference between old Disney movies and new Disney movies is that parents back then didn't rely on Caillou and Dora to raise their kids. They decided whether or not a movie was too scary for their child to see and didn't necessarily base it on the rating. Yes, I'm sure this movie is too scary for some children. But to go off and complain that it's scarier than other Disney films just says that they've never actually watched any.
Secret of Nimh
Quote from: Beldarna on December 03, 2015, 03:59:51 AMSecret of NimhYES! This is my FAVORITE non-Disney animated movie and one of my favorite movies of all time. I still watch it! And it's scary and violent, especially at the end. Maybe I was a warped child, but I always kind of liked the bad guys. I wanted them to be defeated but I still liked them. Jenner in the Secret of Nimh- I mean, c'mon. That rat was awesome.Having said that, my folks usually watched movies all the way through before letting my brother and I see them when we were really young to make sure it wasn't too much for us. The most disturbing movie I ever saw that I refuse to watch to this day was Ernest Scared Stupid. My mother did not preview that one and I was terrified something would grab me from under the bed. *shudderWhat about The Last Unicorn? The harpy, anyone? Holy cow. She's terrifying. Or the old 1970s animated Hobbit?
Quote from: Beldarna on December 03, 2015, 03:59:51 AMSecret of NimhYES! This is my FAVORITE non-Disney animated movie and one of my favorite movies of all time. I still watch it! And it's scary and violent, especially at the end. Maybe I was a warped child, but I always kind of liked the bad guys. I wanted them to be defeated but I still liked them. Jenner in the Secret of Nimh- I mean, c'mon. That rat was awesome.
Oh, Justin.... swoon... (if I were a rat, of course )
Quote from: Marlin on December 03, 2015, 04:47:02 PM Oh, Justin.... swoon... (if I were a rat, of course )I know, right!? And Disney's Robin Hood... What a fox!