tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post8427047633253149517..comments2024-03-28T11:27:25.537+00:00Comments on Ambush Predator: I Have My Problems With The Film...JuliaMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-42885312569892850582016-04-17T06:10:29.318+01:002016-04-17T06:10:29.318+01:00"King Louie was played by Louis Prima - an It...<i>"King Louie was played by Louis Prima - an Italian American from New Orleans."</i><br /><br />An inconvenient fact!<br /><br /><i>"Once they are done with the 'obviously' colonial stories are they going to come after the allegories next? "</i><br /><br />Yes, actually. I believe that's exactly what they'll do.<br /><br />JuliaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-48781560061530350552016-04-12T11:45:36.519+01:002016-04-12T11:45:36.519+01:00Might I also recommend 'A Monster in Paris'...Might I also recommend 'A Monster in Paris' made by a conglomeration of French film & TV companies a few years ago? I enjoyed it as much as most of Disney & Pixar's recent output and the soundtrack (in either English or French) is sublime.<br />Oh, and shut the fuck up! It's a bloody story... Once they are done with the 'obviously' colonial stories are they going to come after the allegories next? Or are the animal righties going to come for Moby Dick or The Old Man and the Sea? Or are we just going to teach our children that there is no such thing as context, and that everything has always been the way that the fascists would like us to believe it has been? Starship Fighterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16353775895611223962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-85305178401344679542016-04-11T11:00:47.017+01:002016-04-11T11:00:47.017+01:00"On the film’s release, the character of King..."On the film’s release, the character of King Louie was widely criticised for connoting inequality between African-Americans and Caucasians."<br /><br /> King Louie was played by Louis Prima - an Italian American from New Orleans.<br /><br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_PrimaJonathannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-600851488720564922016-04-10T18:59:56.855+01:002016-04-10T18:59:56.855+01:00JuliaM,
"You could just remove the word '...JuliaM,<br /><br />"You could just remove the word 'Disney' there... "<br /><br />Absolutely.<br /><br />And yes, Dreamworks, Studio Ghibli, Aardman, Disney and Pixar stand out. Cartoon Saloon in Ireland have made a couple of stunningly pretty animations too, but it's early days.Tim Almondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13369256383976094670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-50133548996542136682016-04-10T17:24:10.335+01:002016-04-10T17:24:10.335+01:00And it's good, but there's something about...And it's good, but there's something about the way the CGI animals talk that makes me uneasy.<br /><br />[Chuckles inanely to himself.]James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-73798444975402427892016-04-10T10:25:36.394+01:002016-04-10T10:25:36.394+01:00The whyfulness is terrific!
-Hurree Jamset Ram Sin...The whyfulness is terrific!<br />-Hurree Jamset Ram SinghAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-18278058002732421042016-04-10T06:30:45.228+01:002016-04-10T06:30:45.228+01:00"By whom? I don't remember any of that co...<i>"By whom? I don't remember any of that cobblers:- oh wait, we didn't have the PC and race-relations victimhood industries back then..."</i><br /><br />Exactly! <br /><br /><i>"Can often mean "3 loud-mouthed obsessives with an axe to grind"."</i><br /><br />And a social media-assisted megaphone.<br /><br /><i>"Do you think they will recover or are they damaged beyond repair? I feel so guilty."</i><br /><br />Better not let them read the book... ;)<br />JuliaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-87733699772125637162016-04-10T06:29:19.076+01:002016-04-10T06:29:19.076+01:00"...a lot of Disney films are a bit outdated....<i>"...a lot of Disney films are a bit outdated."</i><br /><br />You could just remove the word 'Disney' there... <br /><br />And what's wrong with it anyway? It might show some of the Special Snowflakes that they really have nothing to whinge about these days. <br /><br /><i>"And there's not many non-Disney films of that class."</i><br /><br />They've lead the world in animation for so long. But Dreamworks are fast catching up. Computer-assisted animation helps.<br /><br /><i>"Not long before the progressive PC fascists demand books that are non PC be burned ."</i><br /><br />With not a trace of irony, too...<br /><br />JuliaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-4127031879522234952016-04-09T20:24:18.857+01:002016-04-09T20:24:18.857+01:00I bought the original Jungle Book 3 weeks ago and ...I bought the original Jungle Book 3 weeks ago and watched it with my grandchildren. We had a hoot, laughing, joining in the dawn patrol, marching round the living room pretending to be elephants, booing and hissing at the snake and tiger, jumping on and off the settee acting like monkeys. Sheesh, if only I understood the racist undertones, I would never have exposed my grandchildren to it. Do you think they will recover or are they damaged beyond repair? I feel so guilty. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-87648757096843197612016-04-09T17:26:04.956+01:002016-04-09T17:26:04.956+01:00The main baddie in the Jungle Book has an English ...The main baddie in the Jungle Book has an English accent, but guess that's not the right kind of stereotyping to get het up about. Ditto for numerous Teutonic-looking villains in Hollywood films.Nice Mr Pierrepointnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-69219854413276716682016-04-09T15:08:24.453+01:002016-04-09T15:08:24.453+01:00Ted Treen said... "widely criticised"
C...Ted Treen said... "widely criticised"<br /><br />Can often mean "3 loud-mouthed obsessives with an axe to grind".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-91952047745076174282016-04-09T12:32:51.779+01:002016-04-09T12:32:51.779+01:00"...the character of King Louie was widely cr...<i>"...the character of King Louie was widely criticised for connoting inequality between African-Americans and Caucasians..."</i><br /><br />By whom? I don't remember any of that cobblers:- oh wait, we didn't have the PC and race-relations victimhood industries back then...<br /><br />...neither did we attempt to rewrite history to suit the mores of the day.Ted Treenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03392121240286596231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-41929049589198686352016-04-09T12:23:53.291+01:002016-04-09T12:23:53.291+01:00Not long before the progressive PC fascists demand...Not long before the progressive PC fascists demand books that are non PC be burned . Many of the classic were written in eras when what was seen as being morally correct then is not now. Rewriting history or airbrushing it out has long been the tradition of kings, tyrants, despots and the like. People who advocate the same now are they honestly any better than them? Besides telling it as it was warts and all enriches our knowledge and understanding of the world we inhabit and why should it offend anyone if the same is not practised now and if it does why should we care. <br /><br />Being mindful of the sensitivity of others is important but there are limits when it tries the patients of the more rational and sensible of us. There is also the element of domination involved in these faux outcries against airing past human misdemeanour's. They wish to control us to make us all clones of them so that we say, think and act exactly as they dictate we should.Antistheneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10120647617145756102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-46905311602065959772016-04-09T11:33:46.264+01:002016-04-09T11:33:46.264+01:00The CSM are normally a good read, but I'm stru...The CSM are normally a good read, but I'm struggling to see what's wrong with the original film, and a lot of Disney films are a bit outdated. I think the old Princess movies are very much of their time, for instance.<br /><br />Personally, I think The Jungle Book is perhaps their greatest movie. There's 4 films that I think are in a group above the rest and above most other animated movies: Jungle Book, Beauty and the Beast, Frozen and Pinocchio. I can't choose between them because they're that great. And there's not many non-Disney films of that class. The Iron Giant, The Incredibles, How to Train Your Dragon, Shrek, Monster's Inc and Toy Story 2. I'm also finding myself warming to Spirited Away.<br />Tim Almondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13369256383976094670noreply@blogger.com