Yeah, sorry for the thread highjack, but I think this thread would have died long ago if it wasn't highjacked (not that would have been a bad thing).
The single biggest reason why I hate Eisner's Disney are the overly simplistice messages and stereotypes contained in the vast majority of its movies marketed at children:
-Attractive people are good;
-Good people are attractive;
-Ugly people are evil;
-Evil people are ugly;
-Mothers and surrogate mothers are either evil, incompetent, irrelevent or non-existant;
-History is irrelevant if it interferes with the overiding -Disney theme (Pocahantus for example);
-The themes and events in classic stories are routinely disregarded if they interfere with the overidng Disney theme (ie Tarzan)
-The live of young women are incompete unless they find a handsome and strong prince or princely-type young man to rescue them.
I could go on but other than the brilliant animation, I rarely see any contemporary Disney movie with any redeming quality for children to see.
Good movies for kids are rare but ehy are being made. Shrek, for instance is a fantastic movie with an appropriate message for young kids. The fact that its a brilliant satire of Eisner's Disney is icing on the cake. I have no problems with my kids watching Shrek and other more worthwhile movies. The massive marketing angle is disturbing but I agree that any parent with any balls just has to say no. I would never take my kids to "ShrekWorld" and if I did, I surely wouldn't be bragging about it.
