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Murder and S&M in a kids movie

posted 8 years ago by billhaldenby
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The idea of the baron wanting his wife dead has always perplexed me on both the reality of movie making as well as the plot. On the reality front, who's idea was it to have the Baron attack his wife over and over in a kids movie, what purpose was there in this to the film, especially considering this flick was likely made for audiences about the same age as the kids in the film. On the plot end, why would the Baron want her dead by the most violent means possible? They both dislike kids, so that's not the issue. She seems truly in love with him, cares for him and buys whatever toys he desires. Then of course she is drop dead beautiful and wears sexy tight clothing showing off an amazing figure, and for this she lives in terror of when he will try and kill her next? Amazingly weird, but wouldn't change it for anything :)

[–] snelling 8 years ago

They played it for comedy. Like the roadrunner and the coyote. The fact that there is no reason at all for killing her makes it even more entertaining. She was drop dead gorgeous.

"'Extremely High Voltage.' Well, I don't need safety gloves, because I'm Homer Sim--" - Frank Grimes

[–] billhaldenby 8 years ago

Ya that makes sense, except they have the Baroness dressed in a corset showing a lot of leg, That could not be for the kids :) Yes she was Gorgeous, If I was the baron, I would have had other things on my mind hehehe

[–] snelling 8 years ago

I watched this for her and Truly Scrumptious. Like the whore and the wholesome one. Best of both worlds.

"'Extremely High Voltage.' Well, I don't need safety gloves, because I'm Homer Sim--" - Frank Grimes

[–] billhaldenby 8 years ago

hmmm, never thought of the Baroness as a whore. It seemed to be all for her husband. The moron :)

[–] dalbrech 8 years ago

That is pretty tame compared to the violence in many classic fairy tales......

[–] BillyBob0012 8 years ago

Except for the sexual overtones of the baroness dressed in sexy tight revealing clothing as her husband is trying to kill her!

I could never figure out why he'd ever want her gone. I could certainly see why the towns people may want both of them dead, but she seemed to really love her man and acted flirtatiously towards him all the time.

[–] Blueghost 8 years ago

How many little boys and girls understand anything in your post, much less the title?

Absolutely none.

[–] billhaldenby 8 years ago

They don't hence the reason for the post, why was it in this movie.

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[–] billhaldenby 8 years ago

Huge difference, as this scene is almost erotic with the Baroness dressed as sexy as can be all the while her husband is trying to kill her for no apparent reason. She may have been evil in the eyes of the kids but the man who is trying to kill her has had no evil directed towards him. Quite the opposition, she is a very loving wife to him

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[–] CoriSCapnSkip (2187) 6 years ago

That scene disturbs me...I avoid watching it. It may be especially upsetting for kids who ever witnessed domestic violence. Even more disturbing when you realize the whole Vulgaria sequence is a story told by Mr. Potts to Truly and the children. What kind of a grown man tells such things to a woman and two young children?

[–] liscarkat (18446) 4 years ago

Because it was funny to both kids and adults, at least those without a rod up their arse.

[–] whoanelly (1586) 4 years ago

The original story was written by Ian Fleming. ‘Nuff said.

[–] AmeriGirl26 (14419) 4 years ago

I'll tell you what my perspective was as a little kid, watching this:

I thought the Baroness (I thought she was a Queen at the time) looked a bit odd in her underwear, (what was she doing in her underwear?) and she had really long, blond braids that could compete with Rapunzel. At first I thought it was weird, that the "King" (I later learned he was a Baron, not a king) and her were singing a very sappy, gross, sickly sweet song of affection, and yet all these weapons kept appearing and nearly killing the "Queen." Although it did seem kinda funny at times, because I had seen gags like that with cartoons, and this movie was most certainly a "cartoon with people in it," as mom describes it.

As you can see, there are a lot of things adults would pick up on, but kids would not.