Koki on 30/6/2011 at 10:00
Hahaha what the fuck?
Yes, kids are dumb. Yes, that is the reason to make a movie dumb when you make a movie FOR KIDS. It doesn't need to be smart or carry hidden messages for adults.
Nobody gives a shit about you because you are not the target audience.
So you watch a dumb movie for kids and find it dumb? WOW, ARE YOU AN ADULT?
june gloom on 30/6/2011 at 10:07
Well, are you?
(seriously though I agree- and how often does that happen)
Sulphur on 30/6/2011 at 10:11
Maybe you missed the memo, Koki, but Pixar movies were never just 'for the kids'. Great animated movies always had something for people of all ages in them, and the very best of them successfully treaded the line between being for kids and for everyone else, and always found ways to be deep enough for both.
Koki on 30/6/2011 at 10:32
Quote Posted by Sulphur
Maybe you missed the memo, Koki, but Pixar movies were never just 'for the kids'.
That's what some untrustworthy people on the Internet say
dexterward on 30/6/2011 at 11:02
You are at the computer games section. Walls are lined with merchandise and brash posters advertise recent titles. In front of you is a shelf with a cheery "PLATFORMERS! GET JUMPY!" sign.
Possible exits are west, south, up.
There`s a copy of Super Mario Galaxy.
There`s a copy of The Legend of Spyro.
Your son is here. He looks at you expectedly.
What now?
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Koki on 30/6/2011 at 12:39
I wouldn't shop at a store with GET JUMPY advertisement
june gloom on 30/6/2011 at 23:34
that's okay, the chances of you ever spawning a child or being able to care for it are equally unlikely
Ko0K on 1/7/2011 at 02:25
Quote Posted by Sulphur
...but Pixar movies were never just 'for the kids'.
I see... So this was in their mission statement somewhere? How about their contract with the movie-goers?
It's a rewarding experience to enjoy a movie on a sensory level as a kid, and be pleasantly surprised to enjoy the same movie on a cerebral level later upon revisiting it as an adult. It's great if you expected to sit through a movie because your kids wanted you to take them to watch it, then realized that there was something for the grown-ups in there, too. Regardless, when you go into the theater to watch a G-rated movie, it's only appropriate to expect that you'll be watching a kids' movie. What, I'm supposed to think otherwise just because it's a Pixar movie, even though it's got bright colors, round shapes and talking cars in it, and everyone knows that there'll be kids being kids in the theater?
Besides, what I was curious about was how this one, despite being shitty by Pixar standard (according to adults, anyway), fared with the primary target audience. ...not that said 'target audience' would respond here, anyway.
(edit) Also:
Quote Posted by Briareos H
Nice excuse for shitty writing and directing there. "kids will be all over it, all they care about are pretty images anyway!"
Also, many kids are not as thick as you'd believe. Maybe they're easier audiences leaving the theatre with a smile in all cases, but they surely won't be remembering Cars 2 over Up or Wall-E in 5 years.
Perhaps you should read what people say before responding. Not only did I have no opinion what so ever on the quality of the movie, but there wasn't even a hint of an effort to defend it. All I did was recognize the market the movie was intended for and the lack of feedback from said 'market.' But then again, perhaps you're qualified to provide feedback on that one.
Koki on 1/7/2011 at 06:39
Quote Posted by dethtoll
that's okay, the chances of you ever spawning a child or being able to care for it are equally unlikely
That was my first thought, but GET JUMPY? Seriously
Briareos H on 1/7/2011 at 07:07
@Ko0K: Consider my reply to you is made only of a verbatim quote of your original post. Can't be arsed.
