Comments on: Valiant http://www.badmouth.net/valiant-2005/ Look, Ma! No pants! Tue, 16 Mar 2010 01:54:14 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Deanna http://www.badmouth.net/valiant-2005/comment-page-1/#comment-4494 Deanna Tue, 07 Mar 2006 21:14:24 +0000 http://www.badmouth.net/?p=214#comment-4494 Didn't Disney himself go to jail because he refused to go to war? He must be turning in his grave. Didn’t Disney himself go to jail because he refused to go to war? He must be turning in his grave.

]]> By: Carol Flowers http://www.badmouth.net/valiant-2005/comment-page-1/#comment-2842 Carol Flowers Sun, 21 Aug 2005 23:12:10 +0000 http://www.badmouth.net/?p=214#comment-2842 Thank you for being the only person who has reviewed this to see the pre-school pro-war propaganda. I left half-way through. I found all the glorification of war and being wounded or killed offensive. The children this film was made for certainly do not understand the complex issues of WWII and are given the idea that all war is about freedom. The good guys have English accents and the bad guys have heavy German accents. What kind of conclusion could a young child come to except, like Boris and Natasha of Bullwinkle fame, all bad guys are dark foreigners? I found the movie innapropriate. Hopefully it will go over the heads of the target audience. But you cannot help but wonder why it would be advisable or desirable to teach children how to demand their right to be killed for their nation, no matter what the cause. Much of the dialogue seems to be right out of a Bush stump speech. (This movie has been out for a while in the UK, so mabe a bit of it was stolen from the pigeons?) There are many who feel the war in Iraq is a noble cause and our young men should be as ready to die as the young pigeon. If you are not one of those who support blind, unquestioning patriotism, you will not be comfortable with this movie, as it is a central message. Cindy Sheehan supporters will be especially uncomfortable with the scene between the young pigeon and his mother. After having written all of the above I feel a bit silly and not at all unlike the Dobsons and Falwell's of the world who debate the morals of other cartoon characters! Will our children really look to the likes of this silly little pigeon, or a square yellow sponge for moral direction? Hopefully not, but the movie is promoted as teaching a valuable lesson to children, so who knows! I was also disturbed about the poor fish floating in plastic bags at the end of Nemo, so I may have a tendency to take the plight of animated creatures a bit more seriously than others! Thank you for being the only person who has reviewed this to see the pre-school pro-war propaganda. I left half-way through. I found all the glorification of war and being wounded or killed offensive. The children this film was made for certainly do not understand the complex issues of WWII and are given the idea that all war is about freedom. The good guys have English accents and the bad guys have heavy German accents. What kind of conclusion could a young child come to except, like Boris and Natasha of Bullwinkle fame, all bad guys are dark foreigners? I found the movie innapropriate. Hopefully it will go over the heads of the target audience. But you cannot help but wonder why it would be advisable or desirable to teach children how to demand their right to be killed for their nation, no matter what the cause. Much of the dialogue seems to be right out of a Bush stump speech. (This movie has been out for a while in the UK, so mabe a bit of it was stolen from the pigeons?) There are many who feel the war in Iraq is a noble cause and our young men should be as ready to die as the young pigeon. If you are not one of those who support blind, unquestioning patriotism, you will not be comfortable with this movie, as it is a central message. Cindy Sheehan supporters will be especially uncomfortable with the scene between the young pigeon and his mother. After having written all of the above I feel a bit silly and not at all unlike the Dobsons and Falwell’s of the world who debate the morals of other cartoon characters! Will our children really look to the likes of this silly little pigeon, or a square yellow sponge for moral direction? Hopefully not, but the movie is promoted as teaching a valuable lesson to children, so who knows! I was also disturbed about the poor fish floating in plastic bags at the end of Nemo, so I may have a tendency to take the plight of animated creatures a bit more seriously than others!

]]> By: John Marcotte http://www.badmouth.net/valiant-2005/comment-page-1/#comment-2840 John Marcotte Sat, 20 Aug 2005 18:37:13 +0000 http://www.badmouth.net/?p=214#comment-2840 That's part of their other strategy: Making movies that no one would pay money for in the theater. That’s part of their other strategy: Making movies that no one would pay money for in the theater.

]]> By: Cartoon Central http://www.badmouth.net/valiant-2005/comment-page-1/#comment-2839 Cartoon Central Sat, 20 Aug 2005 18:31:36 +0000 http://www.badmouth.net/?p=214#comment-2839 <strong>Valiant</strong> Disney's cartoon strategy has animations like Valiant going direct to DVD.... Valiant

Disney’s cartoon strategy has animations like Valiant going direct to DVD….

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