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hambluegar_sammwich t1_je6o1qk wrote

Reply to comment by Dragonborn83196 in Which movies do you want to like but find it hard to do so? by EngineeringOk3975

I stopped enjoying children’s animated movies at around 6 when the boys got outvoted by the girls at our after school care and we had to see the Little Mermaid instead of The Wizard. Years later as CG took over a trend started of adults, with or without children, watching children’s animated movies, and it never stopped. I don’t get it. The humor is designed to be the basest and least offensive. The stories, if not simply a remake, are extremely derivative and boring. The visuals are impressive but designed to be cute for children. When I’m forced to watch them because I’m possibly the only person on earth with this opinion, I will find some visuals cool and the occasional moment funny or touching, but mostly I feel like I’m watching derivative crap designed to sell merchandising.

So yeah, I want to like this genre of movie because it seems to make people angry that I don’t, but I genuinely don’t get the appeal to anyone over 10.

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Elthran t1_je8e8kt wrote

I'm with you on this. All my friends seem to love kids movies. For me they are fine to watch with my kid, but I would never want to watch them alone. They are just watered down versions of movies with very tame themes and jokes meant to appeal to both children and sometimes adults. I just can't fathom how you could get really into them. The latest Star Wars and Avengers are basically becoming kids movies as well and I just find them insanely boring. They don't need to be dark but I much prefer when they are written for an adult audience and have complex themes.

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