'Strange World' Disney's 2022 Animated Film

[LittleBuford]

I don’t think I ever seen people relish in the failure of a movie this much in any thread ever… If I did not know better I would say this movie is bringing out the phobes… it is the only explanation….even if I dislike a movie… I still don’t root for it’s failure… unless you forgot all film is subjective

I don’t know what’s motivating it, but much of it can only be construed as trolling at this point. I generally avoid such a characterisation, because it’s too often invoked to dismiss unpopular opinions, but what else can one call repetitious, disingenuous, and even mendacious gloating that is in no way intended to contribute to a productive dialogue?

 

[Prince-1]

I personally just enjoy the campfire tales of sold out theaters, rapturous applause, and standing ovations at one lone magical theater.

#resoundingsuccess

I personally just enjoy reading posts from people who come on here everyday to post about how horrible a movie is that they have never seen. It's funny how some people have nothing better to do than waste their time to try and make a point.

 

[LittleBuford]

It's funny how some people have nothing better to do than waste their time to try and make a point.

And a dishonest point at that, since no-one here has pretended the film did well.

 

[Prince-1]

And a dishonest point at that, since no-one here has pretended the film did well.

Yeah, honesty isn't one of his strong suites based on his past posts.

 

[Phroobar]

I personally just enjoy the campfire tales of sold out theaters, rapturous applause, and standing ovations at one lone magical theater.

#resoundingsuccess

I remember the days when movie theaters had one huge screen. None of these screens that are barely bigger than my TV.

 

[TP2000]

No, as the rest of my post made clear.

Okay, I reread it. But you still left out the part where almost all of us here are criticizing Strange World for including homosexuality in an animated movie aimed at young children.

It's an important distinction that you and a couple other childless adults here seem to never want to address or acknowledge.

The Birdcade was a fabulous movie, and Rated R and not marketed to children. Strange World was rated PG and marketed to young children. HUGE difference, and the reason why many parents find that inapropriate of Disney to be doing so.

 

[LittleBuford]

Okay, I reread it. But you still left out the part where almost all of us here are criticizing Strange World for including homosexuality in an animated movie aimed at young children.

It's an important distinction that you and a couple other childless adults here seem to never want to address or acknowledge.

I’ve acknowledged and addressed it multiple times, including in my responses to you. I'm surprised you would pretend otherwise.

Families can make that call for themselves. But if you’re asking me to agree with you that Disney’s inclusion of such themes is somehow age-inappropriate, then of course we’re not going to see eye-to-eye. I think it’s a wonderful thing.

That’s on the adults. It has nothing to do with the issue being “inherently sexual”. You can present the information to children in a manner that doesn’t sexualise it in the least, just as my sister did with my niece and nephew as they were growing up.

Again, I find it interesting that parents are apparently comfortable with their children learning about death, murder (including fratricide), black magic, kidnapping, false imprisonment, teenage marriage, etc., from Disney films but draw the line at love between gay people.

We agree! Leave the creative decisions to Disney. Parents can then decide whether or not they want their children to watch the resulting films.

It’s interesting that you consider a Viking checking out another man’s behind more tasteful than an innocent teenage crush. Those Midwestern Moms you keep going on about seem to be strangely selective in what they feel they need to protect their children from.

 

[DKampy]

Okay, I reread it. But you still left out the part where almost all of us here are criticizing Strange World for including homosexuality in an animated movie aimed at young children.

It's an important distinction that you and a couple other childless adults here seem to never want to address or acknowledge.

The Birdcade was a fabulous movie, and Rated R and not marketed to children. Strange World was rated PG and marketed to young children. HUGE difference, and the reason why many parents find that inapropriate of Disney to be doing so.

And I still don’t know why it is ok for heterosexuality but not for homosexuality

 

[Wendy Pleakley]

Okay, I reread it. But you still left out the part where almost all of us here are criticizing Strange World for including homosexuality in an animated movie aimed at young children.

It's an important distinction that you and a couple other childless adults here seem to never want to address or acknowledge.

The Birdcade was a fabulous movie, and Rated R and not marketed to children. Strange World was rated PG and marketed to young children. HUGE difference, and the reason why many parents find that inapropriate of Disney to be doing so.

Hence the use of the term homophobia.

The same sex stuff in Strange World is benign. Two boys are interested in each other.

If young kids can handle a man and woman kissing in a Disney film they can handle two boys kissing.

 

[LittleBuford]

If young kids can handle a man and woman kissing in a Disney film they can handle two boys kissing.

Which Strange World didn't even show.

 

[ElvisMickey]

Thank you for making sense.

I loved The Birdcage! Hilarious movie!
Almost 30 years later now when some youngster is annoying me, I still sometimes say "Try more gum!"

The Birdcage was also Rated R and obviously not marketed to children. Which is appropriate for that movie, it deserved to be Rated R and I would never dream of taking an 8 year old to see it.

Which is the point made here in this thread about Strange World.



Bingo!

Of course!

I haven’t watched it in YEARS! I need to go back and revisit one of these days!

 

[DKampy]

Which Strange World didn't even show.

which he has not seen….so He has no idea how such themes are portrayed, but still loves to complain about ir

 

[DKampy]

I think the term "unease" is fairer in some cases. Perhaps because my own father was for years uncomfortable with my being gay, I'm sympathetic to the fact that many people retain certain beliefs and prejudices that were, until recent decades, standard in most societies. I'd like to think that most of them can shift their way of thinking and are not inveterate in their bigotry. The dramatic change in polling on gay marriage (something that I, bizarrely, myself once opposed!) gives me hope.

Yes people can definitely change…I have been lucky enough to grow up in an area that was well integrated so I grew up knowing people of different races and sexual orientations…my wife grew up in a small town and has told me she use to be prejudice but since she startEd a new job in a downtown city…she was exposed to more variety of people and she is not prejudice at all anymore…and realized people are people…some people in her family are still bigoted…she does not even like talking to them as she now realizes how awful that is

Which is why I think it is important for stories like this…People are afraid of what they don’t know…anything that help normalizes

 

[Rich T]

I didn’t watch the Golden Globes, I don’t care about the Golden Globes, but I’m glad Del Toro’s Pinocchio won Best Animated Feature. Puss In Boots TLW would also have been a great choice.

 

[Phroobar]

Del Toro’s Pinocchio was pretty amazing. The Jim Henson company worked on that.

 

[LittleBuford]

People have the right to post the fact that Strange World bombed spectacularly world-wide.

We were, however, asked by @The Mom to focus on actually discussing the film itself rather than the (perceived) issues surrounding it. Have you watched it? If so, what did you think?

 

[Magenta Panther]

And yet you continue to blab about a film you have not seen. Got it.

I'm discussing the film's box office. That does not require me, or anyone, to have seen it. Duh.

 

[Rickcat96]

What a sad thread. Sad.

If you didn't like the film say your peace and move on
If you did like the film, say your peace and move on

 

[Disstevefan1]

What annoyed you about it?

This is my opinion and only my opinion -

At the very end, where the town was dark with candles, it seems to be preaching that we must totally stop all fossil fuels and live in the dark to save the planet.

As I have posted before, Fossil fuels made everything today possible.

Without oil and plastic, there would be no internet, no world wide web, no devices to access the web, no forums.wdwmagic.com, no WDW.

In my opinion, it's hypocritical to all of a sudden make fossil fuel the huge villain AFTER it got us to the great standard of living we enjoy on a daily basis, including everything needed end to end to post on this very site.

In my opinion, we still need oil to make all sorts of materials.

In my opinion, if we want to stop burning fossil fuels for power the answer is nuclear power.

Whatever solution peoplekind comes up with, it should develop over time as to not yank the rug out from under people just trying to live, work, grow their families and live their daily lives.

 

[Prince-1]

The fact that some of us haven't seen the film does not disqualify us from discussing its failure (unless the mods here say otherwise).

The mods aka The Mom has already spoken on the topic.

People, please stop arguing about what should or shouldn't be shown in a Disney films. Every argument for or against anyone's POV has been given - ad nauseam. Enough.

Perhaps people who have actually seen the movie could give their own reviews.

And the arguments about social issues have got to stop right now.