i remember when frozen came out people complained that the characters didnt die of frost bite, and elza didnt muder everyone who came to her castle with ice spikes, like fck bruh its a kids film.
funnily enough they gave them what they wanted in a way in frozen 2 and they complained it was a little too dark for a kids film
Luchin212 on
There’s no excuse for bad or lazy writing.
IvanTheAppealing on
It’s kinda telling that they seem to think shitty writing is okay if it’s for kids. Maybe ask them if they’d be okay with their kids watching nothing but cocomelon and skibidi toilet
DDrim on
Like a YouTuber / film critic once pointed out : “Exactly ! It’s for kids ! *It should be twice as good!*”
Due_Preference_1572 on
IMO. The only time when “It’s for kids” is a valid statement is when someone claims that the kids movie/show is boring. It’s like if you sat down to watch the PBS kids channel and complained it wasn’t mentally stimulating enough. Yeah, it’s made for children and made in such a way that a kid can understand the media.
Using it as an excuse for bad writing is also a disservice to kids who are learning how to think and part of that is engaging with story telling.
HorrorLettuce379 on
Fake, no way flextape would fail.
UrsusRex01 on
As french youtuber Karim Debbache said : “it’s for kids is the worst kind of excuse for a bad film. A film being for kids should be the very reason for the people making it to do the best they can because this film will be part of what those kids will grow up watching”.
Technical_Instance_2 on
at least make movies consistant
DoughNotDoit on
Hollywood had been creatively bankrupt, I want kids of the future to enjoy smart entertainment
BladeManEXE7 on
Does the dismissal of animated works as “for kids” and therefore unworthy of a grown up’s time or thought speak to some troubling expectation for kids media to be mind numbing and without substance?
memerminecraft on
I’m in cautious support here, but unfortunately, some people now call powerscaling “reasonable film criticism”
fluffynuckels on
Like none of you engage with trash content as an adult are happy about it
SympathyMoist7030 on
Okay, but also it depends on what is being criticized.
If you complain that the plot/jokes/characters/etc. of a kids movie are too simple, childish, or don’t appeal to adult audiences, then obviously it’s not a valid criticism no matter how reasonable it is because it’s a kids movie.
1SexyDino on
Especially when adults are watching it and defending it despite being “made for kids.” Ahem KPop Demom Hunters
mmmbhssm on
I am be honest, while I agree with this sentment as a whole, I have the people using it feel insufferable to talk to like that to the point I don’t wanna agree
According_Ad_8078 on
“let people enjoy things”
TylerMemeDreamBoi on
Movies can be fun but not good
TheLimeyLemmon on
“Sir, please leave the Paw Patrol movie”
dark_hypernova on
I remember that excuse with the Ratchet & Clank 2016 “remake” when criticising how patronising the gameplay is and how the writing is bland.
Yeah but the original was also “made for kids” yet actually had some teeth to the gameplay and some clever writing even.
WirusCZ on
Everyone knows kids are dumb and will like everything
No-Cauliflower-4661 on
Some of my kids’ favorite movies have the “laziest” writing and worst acting. Kids and adults sometimes have different tastes in movies. If a movie is made for a kid, it’s not always going to be received well by adults. That doesn’t mean movies created just for kids shouldn’t be made. Look at kids books vs adult books, they aren’t even in that same realm.
PhillSebben on
I had to watch Sing a lot. It took a while for me to realize, but the plot is rediculous and pretty much all characters are assholes
seras_revenge on
I reviewed a Disney film online once and complained that it was banal copy paste. It was fun, but generic run of the mill stuff. Plenty comments were, it’s a kids film, it’s for children. I replied that, if you feed them slop now they’ll grow up thinking it’s normal and that, really, we should be wanting better for our children. I didn’t think, and still don’t think, that is a bad thing but OMFG the comments. I started losing faith in the world about then.
User_158 on
Lookin at u, Despicable Me franchise
Abject-Bowle on
Sorry I don’t understand the meme. The water keeps flowing through the had because you actually can’t stop reasonable criticism by saying it’s for kids?
BoognishBenji on
Then dont see kids movies. Problem solved.
lilith_grl on
Winx Reboot be like:
RustleThemJimmiez on
Don’t forget pedos
Should_have_been_ded on
Despite how bad big corpo wants it, kinds aren’t just bags of dumbness
DamirVanKalaz on
I hate this attempt at a counter-argument so much every single time I see it. Why is garbage writing supposed to be acceptable if it’s for kids? If it’s for kids, its quality is even more important, because this is the stuff they’ll be experiencing during their development as a human being. If you’re exposing them to pure brainrot when they’re young, it’s going to dumb them down and give them a far more limited appreciation for the arts because they’ll struggle to enjoy anything more complex than what they grew up on.
If it’s for kids, the writing should be as thought-provoking as possible, compelling, and tackle very real, important subjects in life in a way where kids aren’t overwhelmed, disturbed, or traumatized by it despite still developing an understanding of the issue at hand. It shouldn’t cram any given moral or message down the child’s throat, but instead provide a good range of morals and perspectives to help the child learn who they are and who they want to be.
NahBruhThisABurner on
I will use that excuse if people are trying to pick apart every piece of logic in a fantasy universe (i.e. Pixar’s Cars)
MrMark27_13 on
I don’t have any, I don’t care.
SkeetBoogins85 on
That’s what they told me about “The Passion”…..
OutrageousDoubt4719 on
I tried rewatching some of the shows we enjoyed as kids and found them cringe
vksdann on
The only time the “it’s for kids” excuse is plausible is when the plot is dumbbed down. Kids are not supposed to understand that “the guy letting go of the ring was a metaphor for letting go of past grudges” and whatnot.
Kids will laugh their asses out because one of the characters have a bun hidden inside their pants and the other character will go “that’s a big bun” meanwhile adults will be spitting the 😈 emoji out their noses.
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sometimes its fair.
i remember when frozen came out people complained that the characters didnt die of frost bite, and elza didnt muder everyone who came to her castle with ice spikes, like fck bruh its a kids film.
funnily enough they gave them what they wanted in a way in frozen 2 and they complained it was a little too dark for a kids film
There’s no excuse for bad or lazy writing.
It’s kinda telling that they seem to think shitty writing is okay if it’s for kids. Maybe ask them if they’d be okay with their kids watching nothing but cocomelon and skibidi toilet
Like a YouTuber / film critic once pointed out : “Exactly ! It’s for kids ! *It should be twice as good!*”
IMO. The only time when “It’s for kids” is a valid statement is when someone claims that the kids movie/show is boring. It’s like if you sat down to watch the PBS kids channel and complained it wasn’t mentally stimulating enough. Yeah, it’s made for children and made in such a way that a kid can understand the media.
Using it as an excuse for bad writing is also a disservice to kids who are learning how to think and part of that is engaging with story telling.
Fake, no way flextape would fail.
As french youtuber Karim Debbache said : “it’s for kids is the worst kind of excuse for a bad film. A film being for kids should be the very reason for the people making it to do the best they can because this film will be part of what those kids will grow up watching”.
at least make movies consistant
Hollywood had been creatively bankrupt, I want kids of the future to enjoy smart entertainment
Does the dismissal of animated works as “for kids” and therefore unworthy of a grown up’s time or thought speak to some troubling expectation for kids media to be mind numbing and without substance?
I’m in cautious support here, but unfortunately, some people now call powerscaling “reasonable film criticism”
Like none of you engage with trash content as an adult are happy about it
Okay, but also it depends on what is being criticized.
If you complain that the plot/jokes/characters/etc. of a kids movie are too simple, childish, or don’t appeal to adult audiences, then obviously it’s not a valid criticism no matter how reasonable it is because it’s a kids movie.
Especially when adults are watching it and defending it despite being “made for kids.” Ahem KPop Demom Hunters
I am be honest, while I agree with this sentment as a whole, I have the people using it feel insufferable to talk to like that to the point I don’t wanna agree
“let people enjoy things”
Movies can be fun but not good
“Sir, please leave the Paw Patrol movie”
I remember that excuse with the Ratchet & Clank 2016 “remake” when criticising how patronising the gameplay is and how the writing is bland.
Yeah but the original was also “made for kids” yet actually had some teeth to the gameplay and some clever writing even.
Everyone knows kids are dumb and will like everything
Some of my kids’ favorite movies have the “laziest” writing and worst acting. Kids and adults sometimes have different tastes in movies. If a movie is made for a kid, it’s not always going to be received well by adults. That doesn’t mean movies created just for kids shouldn’t be made. Look at kids books vs adult books, they aren’t even in that same realm.
I had to watch Sing a lot. It took a while for me to realize, but the plot is rediculous and pretty much all characters are assholes
I reviewed a Disney film online once and complained that it was banal copy paste. It was fun, but generic run of the mill stuff. Plenty comments were, it’s a kids film, it’s for children. I replied that, if you feed them slop now they’ll grow up thinking it’s normal and that, really, we should be wanting better for our children. I didn’t think, and still don’t think, that is a bad thing but OMFG the comments. I started losing faith in the world about then.
Lookin at u, Despicable Me franchise
Sorry I don’t understand the meme. The water keeps flowing through the had because you actually can’t stop reasonable criticism by saying it’s for kids?
Then dont see kids movies. Problem solved.
Winx Reboot be like:
Don’t forget pedos
Despite how bad big corpo wants it, kinds aren’t just bags of dumbness
I hate this attempt at a counter-argument so much every single time I see it. Why is garbage writing supposed to be acceptable if it’s for kids? If it’s for kids, its quality is even more important, because this is the stuff they’ll be experiencing during their development as a human being. If you’re exposing them to pure brainrot when they’re young, it’s going to dumb them down and give them a far more limited appreciation for the arts because they’ll struggle to enjoy anything more complex than what they grew up on.
If it’s for kids, the writing should be as thought-provoking as possible, compelling, and tackle very real, important subjects in life in a way where kids aren’t overwhelmed, disturbed, or traumatized by it despite still developing an understanding of the issue at hand. It shouldn’t cram any given moral or message down the child’s throat, but instead provide a good range of morals and perspectives to help the child learn who they are and who they want to be.
I will use that excuse if people are trying to pick apart every piece of logic in a fantasy universe (i.e. Pixar’s Cars)
I don’t have any, I don’t care.
That’s what they told me about “The Passion”…..
I tried rewatching some of the shows we enjoyed as kids and found them cringe
The only time the “it’s for kids” excuse is plausible is when the plot is dumbbed down. Kids are not supposed to understand that “the guy letting go of the ring was a metaphor for letting go of past grudges” and whatnot.
Kids will laugh their asses out because one of the characters have a bun hidden inside their pants and the other character will go “that’s a big bun” meanwhile adults will be spitting the 😈 emoji out their noses.