Sims Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 Song of the South Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCS Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 Coraline for sure, so dark. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Homer Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 Kids (most kids, anyway) love dark movies. It's usally the parents who are more freaked out by them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AniNate Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 (edited) Kids (most kids, anyway) love dark movies. It's usally the parents who are more freaked out by them.Yeah, a movie isn't inappropriate for kids just because it's dark. Most Disney movies adopt a dark, intense atmosphere for their climaxes. Don Bluth has been quoted as saying that kids can handle anything so long as you give them a happy ending. Edited August 5, 2012 by tribefan695 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Webslinger Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 I'm always absolutely stunned Disney managed to get away with the "Hellfire" scene/song in Hunchback of Notre Dame. Topics the song deals with? Frollo confessing his great sexual lust over Esmerelda (who he believes cursed him to feel this way as she's a gypsy), plenty of references to demons and the devil, asking the gypsies be "smitten", and finally Frollo asking God (or the Devil?) that if Esmerelda doesn't choose to be with him that she burn in hellfire. All the while demons and fire are surrounding him in the church while he's singing. This is from a kid's movie? :huh:Besides that the whole movie is pretty dark and heavy handed with witchcraft, demons, all the religious topics, deformity issues, etc..Yeah, but then they had the wisecracking gargoyles and some colorful songs. ;)One of the differences that stands out to me about animated movies now and animated movies in the '90s is how the MPAA ratings and attitudes around them have shifted. Before Shrek in 2001, it was rare to see animated movies get anything other than a G, and most of the PG ones fell short of box office expectations (even The Prince of Egypt, which was only the second non-Disney animated movie to surpass $100 million domestically, was expected to be a bigger hit than it was). Now, however, it's rare to see animated movies hit screens with the G rather than the PG, and it doesn't seem like there's much concern about an animated movie being PG unless it's buzzed about as being scary (like Coraline). With how greatly things have shifted, I think most of the Disney renaissance movies would be rated PG if they were released today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cozmeesah Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 I figure as long as there is a happy ending, a funny character, bright colors, and nothing graphic (sexual or violent) then kids can handle anything.Any risqué jokes or innuendo, they won't understand or catch anyway. So I never care about those being in "kids" movies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudolf Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 Legend of the Guardians: Torture Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinocchio Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 Disneys Snow White (1937) was considered too dark and disturbing for kids back then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Letsuseournoggin Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 Bambi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kvikk Lunsj Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 Batman and Robin cause it sucks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommycruise Posted August 11, 2012 Share Posted August 11, 2012 we bopught a zoo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AniNate Posted August 15, 2012 Share Posted August 15, 2012 BambiThat movie is really schizophrenic. The first half is all cutesy and saccharine and then it goes all out dark towards the end. The mom getting shot is just the beginning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Nevada Posted August 15, 2012 Author Share Posted August 15, 2012 Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971): The tunnel scene. That is all. The remake is also not suitable for kids because its too horrible Fantasia: Great movie, but i can imagine kids being bored to death watching it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AniNate Posted August 15, 2012 Share Posted August 15, 2012 The tunnel scene is something you can easily fast forward over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ezen Baklattan Posted August 15, 2012 Share Posted August 15, 2012 For some reason, it wasn't the tunnel scene that scared me as a kid. It was the scene where Wonka yells at Charlie, resulting in "You lose! Good day, sir!" When we watched it in 2nd grade, everyone wanted the teacher to fast forward on that scene, but not the scary tunnel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lab276 Posted August 15, 2012 Share Posted August 15, 2012 The remake is also not suitable for kids because its too horribleReally? I loved the remake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AniNate Posted August 15, 2012 Share Posted August 15, 2012 (edited) For some reason, it wasn't the tunnel scene that scared me as a kid. It was the scene where Wonka yells at Charlie, resulting in "You lose! Good day, sir!" When we watched it in 2nd grade, everyone wanted the teacher to fast forward on that scene, but not the scary tunnel.Now that I think about it, he really does become a completely different character in that scene. He's no longer the charmingly sarcastic guy everyone's come to love, he's sincerely angry and heartbroken and it's hard to watch. That he's no longer wearing his signature jacket and hat amplifies it. Edited August 15, 2012 by tribefan695 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Nevada Posted August 15, 2012 Author Share Posted August 15, 2012 Really? I loved the remake. I think its a terrible, terrible movie. Johnny Depp and Freddie Highmore are dreadful in it, and overall its very annoying Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoursTruly Posted August 15, 2012 Share Posted August 15, 2012 (edited) I'm not coming up with an unsuitable movies, but there are some pretty intense scenes in Pinocchio, Neverending Story, Dark Crystal, Legend, and Willow. Edited August 15, 2012 by YoursTruly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hiccup Posted August 17, 2012 Share Posted August 17, 2012 Coraline and Where the Wilds Things Are Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
