I remember seeing a review of The Rescuers that (from what I remember) acted as though the appearance of the picture made the entire movie pornographic or something, and barely even talking about the actual quality of the movie itself (which doesn't make it much a of review), but I can't find it now, so I don't know how bad it was.
I also feel that, for a time at least, it was all people talked about or seemed to remember about this movie, which is a shame, because in my opinion it is a great movie. When people talk about The Lion King, they may or may not mention the fact that "SEX" appeared in the sky (actually it was "SFX"), but they will remember other details about the movie (that said, I've never actually talked about The Rescuers to that many people in real life). I don't know if things have changed, but it seemed like the most memorable thing about this movie was a photo that appeared for barely a fraction of a second. The movie itself has some memorable scenes, and what's really annoying is that an actual scene I liked was actually (I think) the scene where this photo appears, but for the scene itself and the song played. It's actually a cute scene, and the fact that people focus, or focused on something that the majority of us wouldn't have even noticed if they hadn't been told about it.
That said, I have heard recently (but currently can't find where I read it, even though I know the forum) that it was never even supposed to be sexual or racy at all. Apparently the picture itself is an actual art, and the person who put it in could have been paying homage to the artist or something rather than try to ruin the movies reputation, though he or she would still be taking a risk in doing so as this is a children's movie, but regardless it was apparently meant to be "artistic nude" not "porno nude".
Either way, if it does harm the movie's reputation it does so in a very pointless way.
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Taran_Wanderer_2
11 years ago
The nonsense about the controversy has indeed died out finally, which is why Disney did not hesitate to give the film a publicized release on Blu-ray, even if the quality of the release is only so-so in terms of picture presentation.
Whether the image is a painting or a photograph does not change the fact that it is not pornographic. Nudity without sex is not pornography. The image in question is of female breasts, which although inappropriate to show publicly in conservative societies, are not sexual organs. Even if the image had been of sexual genitalia, that alone would not have made them pornographic. Otherwise, most classical art museums would be considered pornographic.
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