Comments on: Why I’m Mad at Curious George

By: Sarah (Real Life)

Sarah (Real Life) — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 18:02:14 +0000

It is the PC thing, I think. The narrative in pop culture is this:

Animals: perfect, and worthy of every sacrifice
Kids: inherently good
Adult Humans: destructive, and selfish: the world would be better off without them
Women: slightly better than humans as a whole
Men: the scum of the earth, and the source of all evil.

I’m being tongue in cheek, but the culture in general has been turned so upside down, it’s scary.

By: John A

John A — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 19:29:15 +0000

Hollywood seems to have lost what makes the classics timeless.
I believe that PC is mostly to blame. It’s like their trying to mold them to fit the modern stereotypes. What makes good stories work is the fact that they stand out in a positive way.

By: ded

ded — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 18:18:53 +0000

There is a war on “dad” in the culture, no doubt. It reflects the rebellion against our heavenly Dad, I think. If earthly dads have sense and wisdom and love and guidance that means one would have to listen to them. Kind of makes one feel like an alien in these part, you know!

By: Ben Cotten

Ben Cotten — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 03:26:06 +0000

Well, the animation really was amazing. They did some really cool stuff with “natural” lighting that was something I had not seen before in an animated movie. If you watch it, you’ll notice that there is almost never a scene that is lit with anything other than natural light through a window or something. Pretty cool to see. I don’t know how they did that.

I think the writers misjudged what makes those books work so well. It’s not just that George gets into messes. It’s also that the Man in the Yellow Hat always shows up to save his bacon and teach George a lesson in a non-preachy way. Take that element out and you have lost the essence of Curious George and perpetuated the idea that all Dads are idiots.

By: John Alsto

John Alsto — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 01:45:56 +0000

Oh. man. Now I feel less excited about seeing the movie.
Of course, any character played by Will Ferrell can only be but so wise!