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No death scenes in kid's movies please

posted 16 years ago by birdseed-11
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I think one of the big problems with this movie is that there are two deaths. Parents, like me, who don't want to have to explain death to my 5 year old (yet) wouldn't take their kids to this movie, or rent the DVD at this point.

I mean what has Disney been thinking lately? Let's entertain kids by showing them their families can be destroyed? Who is the sadist that comes up with this stuff?

First we get that obnoxious Lilo 'n Stitch. Awful! "Let's put a felon, no a most-wanted felon, no a galactic most wanted felon, with a little girl whose family might be broken up at any time. He has claws and could dice her up at any time because he's an irresponsible criminal. And let's portray government as bad people who want to destroy a family's happiness. And let's portray the peacemakers as vindictive assassins who want to kill innocent Stitch for no good reason. What family wouldn't want to see that?"

Then Lion King: "Let's have a lion cub who sees his father get killed and thinks it's his fault. Better yet, he finds his father's lifeless body. Wow! What a great way to entertain a family."

I actually caught my daughter crying in front of the Lion King at that scene. I had to stop and explain to her that it was all make believe. Thanks Disney!

Then we get Brother Bear: "Let's have three brothers. One gets killed. Right away so the kids can cry early. So the other brother kills the bear responsible who is also a mom to a cub who we meet and come to sympathize with. So the kids, who also have a mommy, will cry again when they think that maybe they could lose their mommy too. What family doesn't want to go home from the movies and discuss death and loss with their kids?" Brilliant!

[–] rileyhansensnowboard 9 years ago

I would have to disagree with your main point here seeing that you cant protect your children from every little thing in the world. A better word for that i guess would be sheltering your kids from things such as death.

If they understand that bad things can happen in the world and to treat every moment and every person they meet with respect, love and enjoy whats happening in the moment, then maybe society would be a little bit happier.

Should they be exposed to extremely violent video games and crude language or even some of the super hero movies out there that are all about blowing things up and looking cool? no! definitely not. I agree Disney does have some faults but i feel that for the most part they do a good job a teaching lessons.

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[–] Johanesse (503) 2 years ago

"I mean what has Disney been thinking lately? Let's entertain kids by showing them their families can be destroyed? Who is the sadist that comes up with this stuff?"

Well, I know that I`m replying to something that is already over a decade and that my response won`t be an original response. But death is a part of drama. Every story needs a conflict or a mission to drive it and death is essentially a part of great stories who`s larger than life. And death is a part of such drama to make it compelling or to enhance the events. If not, there wouldn`t be a story. So it`s not about sadism, it`s just a part of telling stories.

But the solution to your problem is simple: If you don`t want to explain death to your five year old (who`s now must be a teenager), then don`t let her watch Disney movies. Or better yet, see the synopsis of the movie before showing the movie to them.