rle4lunch
Well-Known Member
Well...wouldn't you be offended if somebody came up to you and told you to redo your work to the level of a four year old?
"And for this course our chef went out of his way to base this Japanese meal on fresh..." "Yo buddy, my three year old doesn't eat that. Add some ketchup and fries"
"Here's the new article I've written about our new local government and..." "My four year old doesn't understand that. Please rewrite in simple language"
I think Bird is admirably restrained. Although I understand the point that some leeway ought to be given because too often Disney has caved in and remade their product for pre-schoolers, to the point where parents think Disney / Pixar / WDW / the MK is toddler territory.
You know, George Lucas wrote the SW prequels to be dumbed down to pre-teen levels and look what we got, crap. Look what he got, warranted backlash and an eventual end to his reign of CGI terror.
When you're writing a PG movie (Not 'G'), you're not aiming for 4 year olds. You're aiming at a movie that is acceptable for younglings, but they're not necessarily going to 'get it'. And that's okay.