Aren't amazed and confused by a talking bear? Are talking/friendly bears supposed to be common-place in this alternate reality? Everyone was just so nonchalant about it.
Cute movie though!
Well to be fair, Montgomery Clyde was taken aback at the start of the film ("Good - Lord!"), but yeah - everyone-else seemed surprisingly unsurprised by it.
I did laugh at Mr Brown's "Stranger danger" observation though...
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That's one of the things I always loved about the original stories: everyone is just so matter-of-fact about the existence of a sentient talking bear.
(Cab driver in the first book: Bears is sixpence extra. Sticky bears is ninepence.)
I'm going to reach but maybe that's a bit of commentary on society if not just London.
They've kind of seen it all and are more concerned with themselves than anything around them particularly that scene at the train station.
It's pretty much true to the original Paddington bear book. In the book Mr. Brown is actually very surprised when he first finds him at the station and also Paddington introduces himself as a very rare species, so obviously talking bears are not supposed to be common there, but for some reason people don't seem all that amazed or confused. They treat Paddington like a regular person.🐻
It's a fantasy world as other posters said.
Never throw away a chance for happiness too quickly...it can get to be a habit.share
I've always taken it as talking bears are unheard of, but people have encountered other talking animals, so when they see Paddington they aren't as shocked.
shareIn no way is this 'true to the original'. In fact, I have had to walk away and start again, how apoplectic am I!.. I own a complete set of the original works (including that late addition in 2007), and cannot believe this travesty is being marketed as 'original'-it's simply awful... Paddington bear was reared in an unpretentious North London suburd in post-war London-in thoise days, going 'up West' to see the Christmas lights was a treat. Why should elevenses with Mr Gruber feature in a modern world-why should Paddington's gentle jousting with Mr Curry figure at all?.. Why was this whole scenario not set in 1950's post-austerity London?.. The whole thing is a mess, and best avoided... I shall now make myself a flask of cocoa, some marmaleds sandwiches, retire to the log burner with a collection of Paddington's best, and laugh myself silly... I know Michael Bond was involved with this production, but he should have run away-much better, for younger viewers, is the BBC series with Michael Horden... They captured the whole ehos of the original stories... This is just a mess.
shareThey might be trying to tell us that people in London are proper and self absorbed. Plus it makes as much sense as Brian from "Family Guy" talking and driving a car and other human things and people just accept it.
Um, you do know it's a fantasy?